Jazz Port Townsend 'Friday Blowout'

A limited number of tickets are available for jazz fans to spend a day “inside jazz,” attending a series of intimate jazz clinics at Fort Worden on Friday, July 25, from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m.. 

There will be a total of twelve clinics (centered on discussion and demonstration, not on performance), presented by jazz greats like clarinet master Paquito D’Rivera,  trombonist Wycliffe Gordon, pianist George Cables, trumpeter Terell Stafford, and many others. 

The focus of these sessions is on education rather than performance.  These jazz artists will be discussing and demonstrating their instrument, their technique, their tradition.  This is not a “public performance,” but an insider’s look at the workings of jazz, held in a workshop setting.

Tickets, priced at $20, are available online, or at Centrum’s ticket office, 360-385-3102.

9:00 am-10:30 am

Wheeler Theater: Paquito d’Rivera (clarinet)
Building 204 Room 10: George Cables (piano)
Chapel: Eric Alexander (sax)
U.S.O. Hall: Bruce Forman & Dan Balmer (guitar)

10:40 am-12:00 pm

Wheeler Theater: Benny Green (piano)
Building 204 Room 10: Matt Wilson (drums)
Chapel: Jeff Clayton (sax)

12:00 pm-1:00 pm

Free Fridays at the Fort, featuring performances by Bruce Forman’s “Five guitar combo,” followed by one participant vocalist.

1:00 pm-2:30 pm

Wheeler Theater:  Participant Big Bands perform (40 minutes each)
Building 204 Room 10:  vocalist Nancy King  w/ Steve Christofferson
Chapel:  Chuck Deardorf & Christoph Luty & Martin Wind  (bass)

2:30 pm-4:00 pm

Wheeler Theater:  Taylor Eigsti (piano)
Building 204 Room 10:  Wycliffe Gordon (trombone)
Chapel:  Terell Stafford, Gilbert Castellanos, Jay Thomas & Willie Thomas (trumpet)