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Sad.

Have a fabulous Festivous to all.

Patrick, I'm so glad you are enjoying our music. The gig we did at Twins in October was a blast. Bertrand and Stefan were there representing the board (weizle was too scared to show his face around me ). It was the last show of the tour, the place was hot, we were sounding very tight and I sweat so much it looked like I pissed my pants when we were done. But don't despair. We plan on being around for a long time to come and will certainly play in DC and the surrounding area in the not so distant future. Right now were working on a west coast trip for spring.

Dave's True Story Album: Nature Duane Andrews Album: Crocus Kerry Politzer Quartet Album: Labyrinth Reptet Album: Do This! Solade Album: Boro Song http://www.musiciansatlas.com/pages/IMAFin...umFinalist.aspx

Me too. BTW head man, Sabir Matten has gone on to have a very artistically successful career after Horace. He played with Sun Ra for a bit (being from Philly), then in the NY subways and beyond with TEST, sessions with Hamid Drake, Daniel Carter and others.

2006 Golden Ear Awards Party January 29, 2007; 7:30pm EMP Science Fiction Museum (325 Fifth Ave N, Seattle) Admission: $10 general; $5 EMP & Earshot members & working musicians This year, the Earshot Golden Ear Awards Party takes place in EMP’s Science Fiction Museum. Should be a warp of a time. Each year, the awards recognize and celebrate the outstanding achievements of the previous year in Seattle jazz, and Seattle jazz fans and performers take stock of, and show gratitude for, the region’s rich, vibrant jazz ecology. The awards are determined by a combination of nominations and popular vote. Fans can vote for nominees identified by a committee of Seattle jazz players, audience members, journalists, and industry reps. Or, they may vote for their own, write-in selections. Awards are made in several categories (see below) and one or more inductions are made each year to the Seattle Jazz Hall of Fame. This year’s gathering will be the eighteenth, and the music will be of a particularly high caliber. In the Marc Seales New Quintet, the pianist leader presents a sterling lineup of fine young turks: Thomas Marriott, trumpet; Evan Flory-Barnes, bass; D’Vonne Lewis, drums; and Larry Barilleau, percussion. The emcee for the event is the celebrated jazz radio programmer Jim Wilke, who assures a genial, informed, and well-paced evening. Please email (jazz@earshot.org) or mail (3429 Fremont Place #309, Seattle WA 98103) your selections to Earshot by January 20. (The goal is to get a sense of what fans actually like and support, not who can stuff the ballot box best.) The nominations for the awards this year are: 2006 NW Recording of the Year: � Big Neighborhood: 11:11 � Bill Anschell: More to the Ear than Meets the Eye � Valerie Joyce: New York Blue � Reptet: Do this! � Other:____________________________ 2006 NW Acoustic Jazz Ensemble: � Jim Knapp Orchestra � Reptet � Big Neighborhood � Bill Anschell Trio � Other:____________________________ 2006 NW “Outside” Jazz Group: � Frieze of Life � Amy Denio � Reptet � Gust Burns � Other:____________________________ 2006 NW Concert: � SRJO:The Endless Search: Music of Jimmy Heath � Pony Boy Picnic � Monktail Raymond Scott Project � Other:____________________________ 2006 NW Jazz Instrumentalist: � Mark Taylor � Doug Miller � Jay Thomas � Victor Noriega � Tom Varner � Other:____________________________ Emerging Artist of 2006: � D’Vonne Lewis � Evan Flory-Barnes � Tumbao � Valerie Joyce � Other:____________________________ NW Vocalist of 2006: � James Caddell � Gail Pettis � Rochelle House � Valerie Joyce � Other:____________________________ Seattle Jazz Hall of Fame: � Chuck Deardorf � Dean Hodges � Jim Knapp � Michael Brockman � KPLU � Other:____________________________

Wanna buy mine? Don't do it Chuck. Don't go over to the dark side.

Yes yes, I know. i was just trying to make a funny.

By B# don't you really mean C?

Hey there, My group Reptet is looking at playing in San Diego in the Spring and I've gotten the name of a few cafes and such that have jazz. Can anyone tell me which of these places (if any) would be a worthwhile venue for a touring emerging artist like ourselves? claire de lune twiggs lestat's Thanks in advance -john

Friday, November 24, 2006 The Reptet - Do This (Monktail Records, 2006) It's appropriate that the Seattle jazz outfit The Reptet would dedicate four of their compositions on this album to The Marx Brothers, because they add a good dose of madcap fun and humor to their music. This doesn't mean that they do not take their music seriously, quite the contrary, this band made up of Tobi Stone and Izaak Millson on reeds, Ben O'Shea on trombone, Samantha Boshnack on trumpet and flugelhorn, Ben Verdier on bass, John Ewing on drums was formed for the express purpose of performing original improvisational compositions in an increasingly homogenized jazz world. The bands music is bold and exuberant, exploring some of the freer and avant-garde realms but without the honk 'n' squeal that could scare some of the more timid jazz listeners away. "Bad Reed Blues" and the live "Ro" show the band at their feverish peak with good soloing, and on the slower, more introspective songs like "Mumia's Lament" and "Groucho" the band's ensemble playing creates tone colors worthy of a big band. This is an interesting band that deserves attention beyond the fertile Seattle scene. They remind me a bit of another regional favorite, the Boston based ensemble Dead Cat Bounce, another collective that encourages original composition and exploratory improvisation. It's good to see outfits like this evolve independently from the hothouse scene of New York and hopefully they will continue to produce interesting original music.

Reptet Do This! (Monktail) OutThere Monthly This is the latest offering by the Seattle jazz sextet Reptet. You need to buy this cd for one of three reasons. A: You enjoy music that embodies the creativity of the Art Ensemble of Chicago and swings like a classic Charles Mingus session. B: You say you like jazz but are afraid of anything that might step out of the mainstream, well Reptet can introduce you to some of creative sounds you have been missing while keeping one foot well within "the tradition". C: It has a decidedly hip Jim Flora cover. Whatever the reason, just Get It!, you won't be sorry.

Do This! Reptet | Monktail Records (2006) By Dan McClenaghan I looked up “reptet” in the dictionary. It's not there. The words skip from “reprove” to ”reptile”... no “reptet” listed. Maybe I don't have a big enough dictionary, or maybe the Seattle-based sextet made it up. And why not? The music on the group's second CD is all about spontaneity and improvisation, unfettered, exuberant energy and rubbery, loose-limbed grooves—on the one hand they don't sound like they're taking it all too seriously, while on the other, they make some very fine modern-sounding music. Various group members wrote the all-original compositions, and the influences have a broad base. “Zeppo,” the opener (penned by trumpeter Samantha Boshnack), has a nicely cluttered Charles Mingus feel. “Bad Reed Blues” (by multi-reedist Tobi Stone) is a whimsical weave of reed (bass clarinet) and brass in a sort of New Orleans/Allen Toussaint horn arrangement—after, maybe, the great arranger has had a glass of wine or two—with brass and reeds swirling in and out of the mix without fighting each other, each finding their own space. Everybody's assertive, but in a cooperative way, like a careening musical Roller Derby team. “Harpo”—there's a Marx Brothers theme going on here—includes special guest Bron Journey on harp. The delicate, classical-sounding beginning evolves into a hard-trudging, bass/drum-heavy forward momentum behind obstreperous horn solos. You'll hear a bunch of different small percussion instruments shaking and rattling in and out of the mix throughout the disc, suggesting a Art Ensemble of Chicago influence—with a strong sense of fun. With Do This the Seattle-based Reptet has crafted a fresh, engaging and innovative sound. Visit Reptet on the web. Reptet at All About Jazz. Track listing: Zeppa; Bad Reed Blues; Ro; Harpo; Chico; Groucho; Munia's Lament; Little Caesar; H.R.; Do This! Personnel: Samantha Boshnack: trumpet, slide trumpet, flugelhorn; Ben O'Shea: trombone, juju seed rattle; Tobi Stone: baritone, alto and tenor saxophone, clarinet; Izaak Mills: alto and tenor saxophone, bass clarinet, flute bull moose call, frog, maraca, mini bell, tamborine, train whistle, wooden ratchet; Ben Verdier: bass; John Ewing: drums and percussion. Special Guests: Lalo Bello: congas, bongos, mini maracas, shekere; Bron Journey: harp

Just received Reptet and Do this ! CDs, very nice stuff indeed, needs proper attention but first spin , very impressive Wonderful! My goal is to get Reptet out to Europe next year...Fall maybe. Hopefully I can make a connection with someone on the other side of the pond that might be able to help facilitate. If you know anyone like this please let me know.

No, because your chew chew Chewy, Aric evil twin.

Can't. No babysitter. Have you thought of hiring Aric as your babysitter?

Can't. No babysitter.

Aric Effron was at my show on Saturday night! Oh yeah, so was Bill Frisell.

Oh, and if anyone else has tried to send me emails and I did not respond, please except my apologies and follow the instructions to Allen above.

Allen, I never recieved that email. I don't know what happened, but I checked (and double checked) my inbox and trash (in case it got dumped in there thinking it was spam) an nothing from you is there. Please PM or send the email again, this time directly to reptet@hotmail.com. Sorry man, -john

Ah, man. I thought that John Hollenbeck was cool. Some of that stuff they were doing is very difficult to execute. Not neccesarily my cup of tea per se, but they we damn good.

Yes, I played mainly kit (I was in command of the only bass drum after all) and Mark Ostrowski played auxillary percussion (i.e. bells, whistles, woodblocks, cowbells, wooden cracker and rachet, sleigh bells, etc.) Thanks man, you were not the only one who liked it. The entire crowd seemed to really dig it. How many would you say were ther, 200, 250? We sold every Monktail disc we brought that night. I only brought 10 Reptet discs and they were all gone before the Claudia Quintet started...shoulda brought more.

Yes. There will be a pro video team recording it as well.

More venue names please. There's gotta be hundreds of places that have jazz muci on the west coast, no? I'd be so grateful.