Sunday Jazz - Mark Lewis / Bill Anschell / Phil Sparks

WORLD CLASS JAZZ in an intimate and classy space featuring the most creative and accomplished musicians from around the region. EXCELLENT FOOD and tasty cocktails. Friendly staff and COOL VIBE. NO COVER.
A short walk from the Seattle/Bremerton ferry.
Internationally renowned saxophonist / flutist / composer Mark Lewis is performing Sundays at Remedy Speakeasy in downtown Bremerton. Different guest musicians every Sunday.
Saxophonist and flutist Mark Lewis has enlivened #jazz scenes from Seattle and San Francisco to Rotterdam and Paris and has created a vast and intensely stimulating body of music, including 1,800 compositions. Recent awards include Cadence Magazine Top Ten Critics Poll for his album Naked Animals and #2 on alto sax and #3 on flute in the 39th Annual Jazz Station Awards for his album The New York Session, a collaboration with piano legend George Cables, bassist Essiet Essiet, and drummer Victor Lewis.
“A distinctive original” – Paul de Barros
“A Northwest treasure” – Jim Wilke, Jazz Northwest on KNKX, Seattle
https://MarkLewisMusic.com
This week with:
Bill Anschell, a Seattle native and member of the Seattle Jazz Hall of Fame, returned to the Emerald City in 2002 after spending 25 years studying, composing, and performing across the country and around the world. Bill has played and/or recorded with a host of jazz greats including Richard Davis, Ron Carter, Benny Golsen and Russell Malone. Bill has received multiple Earshot Jazz Awards as the “Northwest Jazz Instrumentalist of the Year,” and his solo piano CD "Figments" was named "Northwest Jazz Recording of the Year." Bill’s original compositions have received widespread cable and network exposure, appearing on programs including NBC’s “The West Wing” and HBO’s acclaimed series “The Wire.”
Phil Sparks is a member of the Seattle Jazz Hall of Fame and among the leading bassists in Seattle, having performed with nearly every top jazz group in the city. He records extensively with many of the Northwest's top names and received a special mention as a star of the Seattle scene in Down Beat magazine. Phil has worked with some of the top names in jazz including Gene Harris, James Moody, Bobby Shew, Mose Allison and Art Lande.