Originally published Monday, November 24, 2008 at 12:00 AM

Hardcoretet and Tower of Power bring jazz, funk to Seattle

Seattle groove jazz band Hardcoretet is giving a free concert at The Triple Door Musicquarium November 25. Plus, Tower of Power is performing at Dimitriou's Jazz Alley between Dec. 11 and 14.

By Marian Liu

Seattle Times staff reporter

Some funky shows to take note of this fine sunny Monday morning:

• Seattle groove jazz band Hardcoretet is giving a free concert at The Triple Door Musicquarium Tuesday, Nov. 25. The show goes from 9 p.m. to midnight.

Also playing: Chris Potter, Avishai Cohen, Jeff "Tain Watts," Joshua Redman, Mulgrew Miller, Brian Blade, Freddie Hubbard and Robert Glasper.

To preview Hardcoretet, go to www.myspace.com/hardcoretet.• Tower of Power performs at Dimitriou's Jazz Alley between Dec. 11 and 14. As one of the longest running jazz-funk-rock-soul bands, Tower of Power celebrates its 40th anniversary this year. The band is known for such hits as "What is Hip?" and "You're Still a Young Man." Plus Tower of Power's A-list collaborators include: Elton John, Rod Stewart and Aerosmith.

To listen to their music, go to www.towerofpower.com.

The Jazz Alley is located at 2033 Sixth Avenue, in Seattle. Concert times each night are 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. Tickets are $40. For more information, call 206-441-9729, or check www.jazzalley.com.

Marian Liu: 206-464-3825 or mliu@seattletimes.com

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Ms. Liu, you got me all excited. You said "Also playing: Chris Potter, Avishai Cohen, Jeff "Tain Watts," Joshua Redman, Mulgrew... Posted on November 24, 2008 at 7:09 PM by mhopkin. Jump to comment

Also Dec 18, 9pm at the Musicquarium. Like their myspace tracks. Posted on November 25, 2008 at 11:23 AM by monkimind. Jump to comment

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