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East West Jazz Alliance Releases new CD JAY-KOHAMA-IKEDA Sextet Produced by Jay Thomas, Yasuhiro Kohama,Atsushi Ikeda Co-Produced by Yoshihiro Iwamochi Recorded in October of 2006 at Triad Studios, Edmonds, WA

Jay's latest recording, Streams of Consciousness, was co-produced with John Stowell on guitar. Chuck Kistler on bass and Adam Kessler on drums make the other half of this new quartet click here to download an entire track and purchase the new CD.“ Streams of Consciousness ” is now on sale and avialable online. ›››

Jay's long awaited new studio recording, “Accidentally Yours” is now on sale and avialable online. ›››

Jay often plays with the The Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra.(SRJO) If you have a chance you should go experience this group of phenomenal musicians. They have been getting quite a bit of print latetly click here to read some news & reviews.

Japan Tour April 2007 Jay toured in Japan from April 6th through the 20th with his good friends from Nagoya. They went all the way to the top of Japan to Chitose and then back down to Tokyo. Check out the photo gallery for pictures and commentary from Jay.

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NEWS & EVENTS

FEBRUARY 2008 Feb 23, 2008 Feb. 1st, Garfield III Band, Paulsbo Jazz Festival (won division) Feb. 2nd, Bellevue Jazz Festival, clinic & soloist with BCC Jazz Band Feb. 4th, Jim Knapp Orchestra, Seattle Drum Schools Feb. 5th, Usual Suspects Big Band with Becca Duran, Tula's Feb. 6th, University of British Columbia, Vancouver BC with Amanda Tosoff, Adam Thomas and Julien McDonough Feb 17th, Collateral Damage Big Band with Becca & Garfield III, Tulas Feb 21st and 24th, Jazz Alley with Arturo Sandoval Orchestra(on alto) Feb. 23rd, Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival Univ. of Idaho, clinician Feb. 28th & 29th, Duke Ellington Orchestra, Jazz Alley

MARCH 2008 Feb 19, 2008 ARCH 2008 Feb , 10:30:46 March 1st, Duke Ellington Orchestra, Jazz Alley March 2nd, Duke Ellington Orchestra, TBA March 2nd, Collateral Damage Big Band with Becca Duran, New Orleans March 3rd, Jim Knapp Orchestra, Seattle Drum School March 4th, Usual Suspects Big Band with Becca Duran, Tula's March 7th, Jim Knapp Orchestra, Cornish School of Music March 8th & 9th, SRJO, The Music of Benny Carter March 16th, Collateral Damage Big Band, Becca Duran & Garfield III March 22nd, Quartet with Hansen, Kistler & Phil Parisot at Just Joe's Music Store, Bend Oregon clinic and concert March 26th, Quintet with Mark Taylor, piano, TBA, Paul Gabrielson, Adam Kessler, Central University, Ellensburg, Washington March 27th, Quintet, Ellensburg High School March 29th, Quartet, Hansen, Kistler, Kessler March 31st, leave for Japan tour Move Up

Message from Jay Feb 23, 2008 Besides the listings above I have worked countless one night gigs, as does every working musician to make ends meet. Many clinics with High School big bands are rewarding. It is a kick to work with these young jazz students. Even those that are just starting as jazz players bring a spirit and naiveté that is refreshing. Some other gigs are best left un-named and forgotten to protect the innocent. The Pacific Northwest area has many worthy musicians and I have had the good fortune to play with: Bill Ramsay, Thomas Marriott, Alexey Nikolaev, Tatum Greenblatt, Ben Roseth, Mark Taylor and Vern Seilert on horns; John Hansen, Randy Porter, Bill Anschell, Amanda Tosoff, Marc Seales, Dave Peck and Eric Verlinde on piano; Buddy Catlett, Chuck Israels, Russ Botten (from Canada), Paul Gabrielson, Phil Sparks, Jon Hammar, Doug Miller and Chuck Kistler on bass and Matt Jorgenson, Phil Parisot, Steve Korn and Julian McDonough on drums. Of course I have to include Jon Wikan on this list. Seattle’s loss is New York’s gain and people there are learning to appreciate Jon’s drumming like we have. My jazz gigs have a lot of energy when Jon Wikan visits Seattle from New York I often get a big bang and $$ from my work in the recording studio. Rock, hip-hop, belly dancing music. commercials and even Muzak sessions are opportunities to make music. Next time you are in your dentist’s office, your favorite grocery or department store listen for a trumpet or tenor solo on pop or big band “covers” such as Fly Me to the Moon or Hello Dolly. That could be me! I have to put a plug in here for some of my reoccurring big band gigs: • 1st Sunday of the month at the New Orleans Restaurant, Collateral Damage Big • 1st Monday of the month at the Seattle Drum School, Jim Knapp Orchestra • 1st Tuesday of the month at Tula’s, Usual Suspects Big Band with Becca Duran • 3rd Sunday of the month at Tula’s, Collateral Damage Big Band with Becca Duran, also Garfield III Band

11 Free Songs now Available Apr , 01:21:35 The new feature includes one complete song from each of Jay's 11 CDs available for free download. Browse the recordings pages to find them.

Video of East West Double Trio Performance Mar 24, 2007 This was a concert performed by a group from the East West Jazz Alliance. This concert was part of the Earshot Jazz Festival this year and took place at Seattle City Hall on October 19th. Also check out youtube.com for more videos and spread the word. Click this link to watch this video presented by Seattle Channel.org