Sunship preview by Peter Monaghan

Is That Jazz? Sunship preview by Peter Monaghan in the January 2010 Earshot Jazz magazine:

Taking its name from the album on which John Coltrane truly headed into outer orbits, this quintet has a good dose of all the things that matter – drive, flair, great imagination, nuance… You’ll probably be well aware of the inimitable Stuart Dempster, trombone master and conch-shell conjurer, long-ago North American pioneer of the didgeridoo, and grand vizier of open-eared and open-hearted sound. With him here is the stellar saxophonist Michael Monhart, a player steeped in musical traditions of the world. Sunship’s rhythm section – drummer David Revelli and electric bassist Andrew Luthringer – drives, thrusts, and anchors, while slashing and searing through the whole is the ridiculously too-little-acclaimed Brian Heaney, as fine a guitarist as any in the city, regardless of genre. This is an “intergalectric” ensemble that will reset your controls

Sunship in Is That Jazz? 2010 this Friday

Sunship is honored to perform in Is That Jazz?, Seattle's avant-jazz festival this Friday evening at 8pm at The Chapel Performance Space in the Good Shepard Center in Wallingford (4649 Sunnyside Ave. N, Seattle; SW corner of 50th & Sunnyside).

Admission is $15 general $10 student/senior and all ages are welcome.

Learn more about Is That Jazz? here.

Sunship and Stuart Dempster nominated for Earshot Jazz Golden Ear Awards

Sunship, has been nominated for an Earshot Jazz Golden Ear Award (Emerging Artist, 2009 NW Alternative Jazz and 2009 NW Concert of the Year). Stuart Dempster of Sunship has also been nominated to Seattle Jazz Hall of Fame.

Consider voting for all of your favorite Seattle jazz musicians (a link to the ballot is below). And, come out for the Golden Ear award ceremony on February 15th at The Triple Door.

Ballot and details here: http://earshot.org/Events/golden.html