Seattle-based trumpet player Thomas Marriott introduced a new suite of music at The Royal Room that is just mind-blowing. He was accompanied at the unveiling by Orrin Evans on piano, Eric Revis on bass and Donald Edwards on drums. The quartet recorded Marriott's tunes the next day for a CD, "Urban Folklore," to be released …
Tag: Seattle
The “Moses” Sunset
Yes, I have the bug. Call it sunset-itis. A few weeks ago, I was showing some friends (all professional photographers) around Seattle and they could not stop marveling at the light. After all, light is almost all a photographer cares about. Since we have almost constant marine layer in Seattle, even during the dead of …
Carl Ervin and a Point Guard’s Vision
Carl Ervin once wrote in my Cleveland High School yearbook, “Thanks for making me famous.” Over the years, I tried to argue with Erv that it was quite the other way around. But he loved to debate, and I figured that one day we’d be rocking on a porch having the same discussion over and …
