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The Weekly Wire: This Week's Recommended Events

Mark Morris Dance Group

The Short List: The Week's Recommended Shows

Blackie, Chad VanGaalen, and the start of Earshot Jazz Fest.

The Month Ahead

St. Vincent, The Long Winters, and a killer chicken-fried steak.

Fall Arts 2011 Calendar

St. Vincent, The Long Winters, and a killer chicken-fried steak.

The Short List: The Week's Recommended Shows

St. Vincent, The Long Winters, and a killer chicken-fried steak.

Tonight: Fahir Atakoglu at Jazz Alley, Vieux Farka Toure at Neumos

​Fahir Atakoglu. Jazz Alley, 2033 Sixth Ave., 441-9729. 7:30 p.m. $24.50. You can easily hear the jingle-writing, soundtrack-composing side of this Istanbul-born pianist. There's a certain density of emotion that contrasts with the ambiguous, elusive nature of a lot of modern jazz. And that's ... More >>

Win Free Tickets to Fahir Atakoglu's Opening Night at Jazz Alley Tomorrow Night

​The internationally acclaimed Turkish pianist Fahir Atakoglu will be at Jazz Alley on Tuesday and Wednesday night, playing in support of his latest record, Faces and Places. (He'll be joined by bassist Anthony Jackson and drummer Horacio "El Negro" Hernandez). Our own editor-in-chief Mark Fef ... More >>

Fahir Atakoglu

​The internationally acclaimed Turkish pianist Fahir Atakoglu will be at Jazz Alley on Tuesday and Wednesday night, playing in support of his latest record, Faces and Places. (He'll be joined by bassist Anthony Jackson and drummer Horacio "El Negro" Hernandez). Our own editor-in-chief Mark Fef ... More >>

The Short List: The Week’s Recommended Shows

​The internationally acclaimed Turkish pianist Fahir Atakoglu will be at Jazz Alley on Tuesday and Wednesday night, playing in support of his latest record, Faces and Places. (He'll be joined by bassist Anthony Jackson and drummer Horacio "El Negro" Hernandez). Our own editor-in-chief Mark Fef ... More >>

Summer Guide Events Calendar: Beer, Pride, and Rollergirls

A selection of the season's major happenings.

Tonight: Eldar Trio

​Just one tonight, guys, and it's part of the Earshot Jazz Festival: Eldar Trio at Tulas, 8:30 p.m., tonight and tomorrow, $10-$18 I'm not sure anyone at Earshot has the kind of major-label backing that supports this 22-year-old Kyrgyz-American phenom, signed to Sony five years ago. The publ ... More >>

This Week's Earshot Jazz Picks

Marc Seales, Thomas Marriott, and a kid named Eldar.

Happy Monday: 24 Free MP3s From the New NPR.org

Chris KornelisThis is me trying to salvage a pic of Fleet Foxes from REVERBfest 2007. Fleet Foxes plays the "Newport Fucking Folk Festival" on Saturday.​There's a lot of talk swirling around about NPR's revamped online presence at NPR.org. I wasn't a regular before this morning, but if we're g ... More >>

The Short List: This Week's Recommended Shows

Chris KornelisThis is me trying to salvage a pic of Fleet Foxes from REVERBfest 2007. Fleet Foxes plays the "Newport Fucking Folk Festival" on Saturday.​There's a lot of talk swirling around about NPR's revamped online presence at NPR.org. I wasn't a regular before this morning, but if we're g ... More >>

Happy Apple

Tuesday, May 19

Trying to Understand the Logic of The Bad Plus

Are they just covering the same old ground?

What's Coming...

Spring Arts Calendar

November 1-7

This week's music calendar.

2005 in the Mix

We asked Seattle Weekly's music writers to compile a CD-R of their favorite music from the year. Here's what they came up with.

In Tribute

We asked Seattle Weekly's music writers to compile a CD-R of their favorite music from the year. Here's what they came up with.

Nov. 2-8, 2005

We asked Seattle Weekly's music writers to compile a CD-R of their favorite music from the year. Here's what they came up with.

Thelonious Monk and John Coltrane

Also: The Bad Plus, OHM+, and DangerDoom.

Oct. 26-Nov. 1, 2005

Also: The Bad Plus, OHM+, and DangerDoom.

Fiery Furnaces

Also: Mates of State, Pat Metheny Group, Brooks, Jesu, Dead Meadow, Dälek, Dead Automatica, Iron & Wine, Happy Apple, Pop Ambient 2005, and Psapp.

2004 in the Mix

Seattle Weekly's music writers were asked to compile a CD-R of their favorite music from the year. Here's what they came up with.

Triple Trouble

One year. 273 songs. 22 hours of 2004's best music.

Cocktails for Three

Trio albums from Frank Kimbrough and Brad Mehldau go range roving.

Bumbershoot in a Box

Wish you could take Seattle's biggest arts and music festival home with you? Start with these four CDs' worth of music from this year's lineup — or use it as a guide to Bumbershoot's best.

Seven Nights

Wish you could take Seattle's biggest arts and music festival home with you? Start with these four CDs' worth of music from this year's lineup — or use it as a guide to Bumbershoot's best.

Pop Clients

Seattle Weekly plays Jukebox Jury with Mylab's Wayne Horvitz and Tucker Martine.

All Sounds Incorporated

Skerik helps Seattle jazzor whatever it ismake noise again.

Music Calendar

Skerik helps Seattle jazzor whatever it ismake noise again.

Millennial Mingus

Ken Vandermark's white jazz has a wide base.

Letters to the Editor

. . . [Mark D. Fefer] should get out of the kitchen and go back to reviewing jazz Muzakthe real Seattle sound.

May 21-28, 2003

. . . [Mark D. Fefer] should get out of the kitchen and go back to reviewing jazz Muzakthe real Seattle sound.

Who's Bad?

They say the Bad Plus are where jazz is headed. Do I want to go?