Ask The Ages | Group Portrait Photography
Brian Heaney has a new group, Ask The Ages, that he wanted me to photograph so we made a series of informal individual and group portraits outside his house where the jazz group were rehearsing the other day for an upcoming concert on Thursday, July 15, 2010 7:00pm – 8:30pm, at Egan’s Ballard Jam [...]
Portrait of Jessica Lurie
While backing up some folders I came across this picture of Jessica Lurie. I photographed Jessica Lurie in an alley in Pioneer Square here in Seattle, a few years ago just before she packed up and moved to Brooklyn, New York. I had previously photographed her with her group Living Daylights and I [...]
Tomasz Stanko | Jazz Photography
Here are some more pictures from last weeks Tomasz Stanko and his New Quintet performing music from their CD release Dark Eyes
Tomasz Stanko and his quartet, featuring pianist Alexi Tuomarila, drummer Olavi Louhivuori, Anders Christensen on bass, and Jakob Bro, on guitar, put on a cool, mesmerizing and memorable [...]
Gebhard Ullman | Clarinet Trio Jazz Photography
Gebhard Ullman Clarinet Trio performing at the Chapel Performance Space.
Wow. I was not sure what to expect from a trio of clarinets coming out of Berlin, but I was blown away by the talents of Gebhard Ullman, Juergen Kupke and Michael Thieke and their music from their opening number as they slowly strolled through the [...]
Ingrid Laubrock
Ingrid Laubrock playing with KRIS DAVIS’S STONE TRIO at Tulas as part of the 2009 Earshot Jazz Festival. Ingrid is a jazz saxophone player (alto, soprano, tenor, and baritone saxes) from Germany who is based in London, England. She is a member of the F-IRE Collective. In 1998, she released her first solo [...]
Tomasz Stanko
Tomasz Stanko performed Monday night at the Triple Door as Earshot Jazz Spring Series rolls on.
Tomasz Stanko and his quartet, featuring pianist Alexi Tuomarila, drummer Olavi Louhivuori, Anders Christensen on bass, and Jakob Bro, on guitar, put on a cool, mesmerizing and memorable performance. Playing smouldering Slavic soul music [...]
Wayne Horvitz & Briggan Krauss
At The Chapel Performance Space at Good Shepherd Center Thursday night, Wayne Horvitz, Briggan Krauss, and Lê Quan Ninh perform as the Earshot Jazz Spring Series continues strong.
Keyboardist Wayne Horvitz, tenor saxophonist Briggan Krauss, and percussionist Lê Quan Ninh, made up a diverse and crackling trio. Their set sparked and crackled with energy and [...]
Michael Jackson
As Michael Jackson’s memorial service was being held in L.A., I felt moved to go back to my files and pull up an old negative from the time when I got an assignment to see him perform and photograph him. We were all so much younger, and his music was a dominant note [...]
Antonio Sanchez | Migration
Three time Grammy Award winner Antonio Sanchez brought his quartet to Jazz Alley tonight and blistered. Playing off of the saxophone tandem of Chris Potter and David Sanchez, and with veteran bassist Scott Colley, they played through a number of the songs on their 2007 album Migration.
“On a jazz scene brimming over with dazzling [...]
RALPH TOWNER And PAOLO FRESU
Ralph Towner and Paolo Fresu put on a beautiful concert last Sunday night at the Triple Door as part of the Earshot Jazz Spring Series. I especially appreciated the sound of the classical guitar and the trumpet mingling together it was so sweet. Here are the rest of the pictures I wanted to share [...]
DUO | RALPH TOWNER And PAOLO FRESU
The duo of Towner and Fresu put on a beautiful concert. The sound of the classical guitar and the trumpet mingling together so fluidly was especially compelling. I never would have thought the sounds would be so sweet. I will post some more pictures of the performance by these two in the coming [...]
Jazz Photography – Travis Shook Comeback
Travis Shook made his comeback to the Seattle jazz scene at Tula’s Jazz Club last October, playing in town for the first time in about five years. His performance with the Travis Shook Trio was greeted warmly by a full house. The Seattle Times ran an article by Hugo Kugiya detailing his [...]
Marc Seales Wins Golden Ear Award
Marc Seales received the 2009 Jazz Hall of Fame award from fellow University of Washington faculty member Coung Vu. The Golden Ear Awards are given out annually by the Earshot Jazz organization. Earshot Jazz Golden Ear Awards night is always a blast to see how the jazz community in Seattle comes together [...]
Industrial Revelation
Josh Rawlings, Fender Rhodes, Evan Flory-Barnes, double bass, Ahamefule J. Oluo, trumpet, and D’Vonne Lewis, drums performed at the CD release party at Electric Tea Garden Saturday night, up on Capital Hill. It was a great scens and the music was smokin.
All photographs on this website are by Daniel Sheehan © 2010. All Rights Reserved. [...]
Tinariwen – The Touareg Blues
Tinariwen in Concert: Wonou Walet Sidati, vocalist, Elaga Ag Hamid, guitar, Ibrahim Ag Alhabib, guitar, Abdallah Ag Alhousseyni, guitar, Eyadou Ag Leche, bass, and Said Ag Ayad on drum.
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As promised, here are some more images from Tinariwen’s [...]
Conduction – Butch Morris
Saturday night at PONCHO Hall, Butch Morris conducted his Conduction® No. 189, S & P.
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The New York-based composer, conductor, and cornetist Lawrence D. “Butch” Morris redefined the roles of composer, conductor, and performer with this concert [...]
Jazz Festival -Earshot Jazz 2007
One of the highlights of the 2007 Earshot Jazz Festival for me was the performance of Ahmad Jamal.
It was the firast time I got to see him play after listening to his music for decades.
Here is what they wrote about him in Earshot Jazz Magazine.
Pianist Ahmad Jamal has infused small jazz ensembles with an orchestral [...]