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Tuesday, August 6, 2013

Jazz in The Georgian, August 3, 2013


This past Saturday, on August 3, 2013, my friend and terrific hard bop jazz pianist John Hansen was back for Jazz in The Georgian at The Fairmont Olympic Hotel.  As usual John brought his hard swinging phrasing and no-nonsense straight ahead jazz playing for another fun evening at this esteemed four-star restaurant in the heart of downtown Seattle.  It was an especially busy night that featured an unusual two-for-one dinner promotion over the weekend.  Such promotions occur only on the weekdays and exclude the weekends, but this was an exception.  The night before on Friday, there were so many guests dining and the collective din of conversational volume, that I could barely hear myself play my un-amplified bass with pianist Randy Halberstadt.  Tonight wasn't quite as busy as Friday, but the room still hummed with several dozens of patrons as the Georgian staff were put through their tough task of maintaining the high exceptional service that is trademark for this distinguished hotel restaurant.

John and I had a good time as usual playing lots of great tunes and standards.  We got a couple good takes from the evening.  The first video is a standard called The Song Is You by Jerome Kern.

The Song Is You


In this video we're playing a long time old standard by Ray Noble called Cherokee.
Cherokee




John Hansen will be back for more outstanding piano jazz playing at Jazz in The Georgian on Saturday, August 24.  Catch some remarkable jazz performance at the unique fine dining experience at The Georgian restaurant inside The Fairmont Olympic Hotel.







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Jazz in The Georgian every Friday and Saturday nights, 6pm-10pm at The Fairmont Olympic Hotel, 411 University Street, Seattle, Washington 98101, 206-621-7889.


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