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AZZ & BLUES FESTIVAL MAY 25
Friday, May 17, 2013 • tacomaweekly.com • Section B • Page 5
Live Music
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MAGIC FINGERS. Blues keyboardist Arthur Migliazza will headline the Harmon Pub and Brewery on May 25. By Ernest A. Jasmin the U.S. Navy Show Band. ejasmin@tacomaweekly.com
On May 25, the 11th annual Tacoma Jazz and Blues Festival will bring some of the best regional players to the Swiss Pub and Harmon Pub & Brewery in downtown Tacoma and Stonegate Pizza on South Tacoma Way. “What (the festival) means to me, and I think the other guys, is just keeping this music visible, keeping it relevant and letting lots of people realize there’s all kinds of great jazz and blues happening around here,” said Rich Wetzel, who books the festival with South Sound Blues Association president Gary Grape. For this year’s festival, the blues stage will be set up at the Harmon Pub, with music starting at 12:30 p.m. The big band stage will go from 1 to 6 p.m. at the Swiss, and the evening stage will showcase Wetzel’s Groovin’ Higher Jazz Orchestra – performing with special guest trumpet player, Mike Vax – starting at 8 p.m. at the Stonegate. Vax – a native of San Francisco – is known for playing with the Stan Kenton Orchestra, the Clark Terry Big Bad Band and BARBARA (105 MIN, PG-13)
Fri 5/17-Mon 5/20: 1:55, 6:45 Tue 5/21-Wed 5/22: 1:55 Thu 5/23: 1:55, 6:45
FROM UP ON POPPY HILL (91 MIN, PG)
Fri 5/17: 2:10, 4:15, 6:30 Sat 5/18-Sun 5/19: 12:05, 2:10, 4:15, 6:30 Mon 5/20: 2:10, 4:15, 6:30 Tue 5/21: 4:15 Wed 5/22: 2:10, 4:15 Thu 5/23: 2:10, 4:15, 6:30
THE COMPANY YOU KEEP (121 MIN, R)
Fri 5/17: 2:30, 5:25, 8:00 Sat 5/18-Sun 5/19: 11:50am, 2:30, 5:25, 8:00 Mon 5/20-Thu 5/23: 2:30, 5:25, 8:00
THE ANGELS’ SHARE (101 MIN, NR)
Fri 5/17-Thu 5/23: 8:45
MUD (130 MIN, PG-13)
Fri 5/17: 2:55, 5:40, 8:30 Sat 5/18-Sun 5/19: 12:10, 2:55, 5:40, 8:30 Mon 5/20-Thu 5/23: 2:55, 5:40, 8:30
THE SAPPHIRES (103 MIN, PG-13)
Fri 5/17: 4:30, 9:00 Sat 5/18-Sun 5/19: 11:40am, 4:30, 9:00 Mon 5/20-Thu 5/23: 4:30, 9:00
BURN (86 MIN, NR)
Tue 5/21: 2:00, 6:45, 6:50 Wed 5/22: 6:45, 6:50
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“Every major entertainer you can think of – Mel Torme, all these people – he’s played with,” Wetzel said. “The last few years, he’s been the bandleader of the Stan Kenton Alumni Band.” Vax will also give a trumpet clinic with the Tacoma Community College Jazz Band at 7:30 p.m. on May 21, at the TCC Student Center. The event is free and open to trumpet players and aspiring jazz musicians of all ages. The blues headliner this year is keyboard player Arthur Migliazza, who will headline the Harmon from 5 to 6 p.m. Migliazza started playing piano at age 9 and his playing was influenced by listening to the likes of Otis Spann, Champion Jack Dupree and Professor Longhair. Before he relocated to the Northwest, Migliazza was inducted into the Arizona Blues Hall of Fame and was a finalist at the International Blues Challenge in Memphis in 2010. “He’s just a phenomenal keyboard player, boogiewoogie style blues,” Grape said. “I’ve never heard anybody play as good as this guy can. When you watch or hear him play, you’re just amazed at how fast his fingers fly around the keyboard.”
FESTIVAL SCHEDULE BLUES STAGE
Harmon Pub & Brewery 1938 Pacific Ave. (free and open to all ages)
12:30 P.M. Steve Cooley and the Dangerfields 2 P.M. The Cody Rentas Band 3:30 P.M. Maia Santell and House Blend 5 P.M. Arthur Migliazza
BIG BAND STAGE
Swiss Restaurant & Pub 1904 S. Jefferson Ave. (free and open to all ages)
1 P.M. Johnny Lewis Big Band 3:30 P.M. Roadside Attracton
JAZZBONES: Rockaraoke, 9 p.m. SWISS: Mark Riley Band (Blues) 8 p.m. UNCLE SAM’S: Bill Pease, Paul Buck, Chris Gartland (Blues) 8 p.m.
TUESDAY, MAY 21 STONEGATE: Leanne Trevalyan (Acoustic open mic) 8 p.m.
SATURDAY, MAY 18 EMERALD QUEEN: Chapter 5 (Top 40) 9 p.m., NC
C.I. SHENANIGAN’S: Collaborative Works Jazz, 8 p.m. DAVE’S OF MILTON: Popoffs, $10 GREAT AMERICAN CASINO: Bang Kieu (Asian pop) 9 p.m., NC NEW FRONTIER: Halcion Halo, Death By Stars, Blacstahl, 8 p.m. STONEGATE: Crosswalk, 9 p.m. SWISS: Kry (Rock covers) 9 p.m. UNCLE SAM’S: Hookerfist (Tool tribute) 8 p.m. VARSITY GRILL: Rock-Bot live band karaoke, 8 p.m., NC
SUNDAY, MAY 19 DAWSONS: Tim Hall Band (Blues jam 8 p.m., NC
ANTIQUE SANDWICH SHOP: Open mic, 6:30 p.m., $3 DAVE’S OF MILTON: Jerry Miller (Blues) 7 p.m., NC, AA DAWSONS: Jho Blenis, Shelly Ely (Blues jam) 8 p.m. LOUIE G’S: (Acoustic open mic) 6 p.m. NEW FRONTIER: (Open jam), 9 p.m., NC UNCLE THURM’S: Blenis/Ely Band (Blues jam) 7:30 p.m., AA
WEDNESDAY, MAY 22
CLIFF HOUSE: Megan Biegalski (Jazz) 6:30 p.m. DAVE’S OF MILTON: Rubber Band (Jam session) 8 p.m. DAWSONS: Crazy Texas Gypsies (Jam session) 8 p.m. GIBSON’S (STADIUM DISTRICT): Ephraim Richardson (Open mic) 7 p.m. STONEGATE: Dave Nichols, 9 p.m., NC
THURSDAY, MAY 23 OLIVE BRANCH CAFÉ: Michelle Beaudry (Jazz guitarist) 4 p.m., NC, AA
EVENING STAGE
Stonegate Pizza & Rum Bar 5419 South Tacoma Way ($5 cover charge, 21 or older)
8 P.M. Rich Wetzel’s Groovin’ Higher Jazz Orchestra with special guest Mike Vax More information is available at www.tacomajazzandblues.org
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C.I. SHENANIGAN’S: Collaborative Works Jazz, 8 p.m. DAWSON’S: No Left Turn, 9 p.m., NC EAGLES LOUNGE: Darrell Data (Vocals/guitar) 6 p.m. EMERALD QUEEN: Tesla, 8:30 p.m. EMERALD QUEEN: Chapter 5 (Top 40) 9 p.m., NC GREAT AMERICAN CASINO: Gold Digger (Top 40) 9 p.m., NC JAZZBONES: Tim Hall Band, the Derivatives (Blues) 8 p.m., $6 PARADISE BOWL: Just Dirt (Rock covers) 9:30 p.m. MAXWELL’S: Lance Buller Trio (Jazz) 7 p.m., NC NEW FRONTIER: Bath Party, Mr. Tang, 9 p.m. STONEGATE: Crosswalk, 9 p.m. SWISS: Space Band, 9 p.m. UNCLE SAM’S: Three Quarter Minus, 8 p.m. UNCLE THURM’S: Gary Cook (Jazz guitarist) 5:30 p.m., NC, AA UNCLE THURM’S: Maia Santell & House Blend (Billie Holliday/Duke Ellington tribute) 7:30 p.m., NC, AA VARSITY GRILL: Rock-Bot live band karaoke, 8 p.m., NC
STONEGATE: Rafael Tranquilino (Blues jam) 8 p.m.
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ANTHEM: Taxi Driver (Jazz) 7 p.m. CLIFF HOUSE: Jazz Misfits, 6:30 p.m. IMMANUEL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: Mark Riley Trio, Elk & Boar, 5 p.m., NC, AA NEW FRONTIER: (Bluegrass jam) 3 p.m. STONEGATE: Bobby Hoffman & All-Star Band, 8 p.m. SWISS: Puget Sound Music for Youth, 3 p.m., $5, AA UNCLE SAM’S: Remedy (Rock jam) 7 p.m. UNCLE THURM’S: Kareem Kandi Band (Jazz) 3 p.m., AA
GUIDE: NC = No cover, AA = All ages, 18+ = 18 and older
DAWSON’S: Billy Shew Band (Jam session) 8 p.m., NC EAGLES LOUNGE: Biff Moss (Ukelele/guitar) 6 p.m. ROCK THE DOCK: (Open mic) 8:30 p.m. STONEGATE: Billy Stoops (Jam) 9 p.m. SWISS: Barley Wine Revue, 9 p.m. UNCLE SAM’S: Jerry Miller (Blues) 7 p.m.