A new Seattle jazz group co-led by Mark Taylor and Dawn Clement made its debut at Tula's during this year's Earshot Jazz Festival. Both co-leaders are also composer, creating new music and adapting previous compositons for this group. Bassist Phil Sparks and drummer Byron Vannoy complete the group.
All four musicians are prominent as leaders, soloists and sidemen in Seattle and beyond, and they were joined in this performance by guest trumpet player Russ Johnson who's active on the Chicago jazz scene.
On this program drawn from two sets at Tula's, music includes original compositions by both Mark Taylor and Dawn Clement as well as music by Lee Konitz and the standard "My Ideal".
Jazz Northwest is heard Sunday afternoons at 2 p.m. Pacific on 88.5 KPLU and streaming at kplu.org. Jim Wilke records and produces the show exclusively for KPLU. Previous programs are available for streaming at jazznw.org.
