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Live Music before the Holidays!

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Well — I’m fresh back from an incredible trip to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico with my wife Emily and boy Leo. It was our first international excurssion as a family and we had delightful time together. I’m excited to play some music this week and share some of that Traquillo R&R and Sunshine with you all!

I have 2 fantastic live performances in Seattle that I hope you can attend:

The first is this Wednesday, Dec. 21st at LUCID from 8pm to 11pm. I’ll be playing piano and accompanying vocalist Michelle Searle as well as some other special guest vocalists. We’ll be doing everything from Jazz to Funk/Soul and some holiday classics mixed in as well (or not – that is if you’re tired of hearing holiday tunes). Unfortunately this show is 21+, but the 2nd show below is all ages…if you’re looking to try and bring the little ones ;-)

More info can be found here: http://www.joshrawlings.com/shows/

The 2nd show will be with the Josh Rawlings Trio at Sip Seattle on Thursday, Dec. 22nd from 6pm to 9pm. My trio has been playing Sip Wine Bar in Issaquah and Seattle now for the past month and a half and have been really enjoying our shows. Sip features an incredible selection of first class wine and their food is AMAZING! We’ve been playing a select number of Thursdays and Thursday night just happens to be ‘Ladies Night’ as well! Discount prices on food and drinks for the ladies all night long! Join my Trio this Thursday and remember we’re taking requests — so you can request from nearly a list of 500 tunes — and that includes holiday tunes if you so desire ;-)

More info can be found here: http://www.joshrawlings.com/shows/

Also — for those of you who aren’t on my group The Teaching’s mailing list (if you’d like you can signup HERE), you’ll be happy to know (if you’re in the Denver area or know someone who lives there) that I have 3 shows planned for after Christmas in Denver. This will be our 4th year in a row performing as a group down there and I’m really excited to be back for this short run of shows. I’ll be at Dazzle Jazz Club on Dec. 27th, Christ the King on Dec. 28th and at the D Note on Dec. 30th. More information about the tour can be found on our websitehttp://www.theteachingmusic.com/shows

Happy Holidays and thank you so much for your support of my music and Live Music in the Seattle area! Would love to see you this week at a show.

Nick Drake Tribute Album

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Hi everyone,

I’m so excited to announce that the Jason Parker Quartet heads to Jack Straw Studios on Dec. 26th to record our next CD, “FIve Leaves Left: A Jazz Tribute to Nick Drake”. We will remake British singer-songwriter Nick Drake’s debut album in our own inimitable style!

To help raise funds for the project we have partnered with Kickstarter, the #1 site helping independent artists worldwide connect with their fans in new and innovative ways.

Please take a minute to check out the video below explaining the project at http://oneworkingmusician.com/nick-drake-project and make a pledge of support today.

Thank you so much for your support of this wonderful project.

Here’s a fun video put together by the bandleader, Jason Parker, of Robot characters talking about the recording project – you’ll laugh!

The Teaching Receives Earshot Golden Ear Nomination

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The Teaching was nominated in two categories for the 2009 Golden Ear Jazz Awards (2009 NW Acoustic Jazz Group & Emerging Artist of 2009). The ballots are here online if you’d like to vote for us or any of the other excellent choices! http://www.earshot.org/events/golden.html

This award could significantly help my group The Teaching in our efforts booking a large East Coast for the group next Fall.

If you’d rather mail in your ballot you can print a copy of the ballot by printing this image and mailing it to the following address:

Earshot
3429 Fremont Place, #309
Seattle, WA 98103

Please mail ballot in before January 22nd

Join Me in Support of the Haiti Relief Efforts

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Many of you know by know that many of our worldly brothers and sisters in Haiti are recovering from a major Earthquake that hit on Tuesday. A dear friend of mine David Pierre-Louis (many of you know as the owner of LUCID) has family and friends down in Haiti and hasn’t been able to get through on the phones. He’s flying out today with any aiding supplies he can carry on the plane. He’ll land in the Dominican Republic and actually have to drive into to Haiti as I believe their airport is in ruins.

It’s a trying time for the people of Haiti and the “aftershocks” have been felt all across the world – even here in our own music community. I encourage you all to do whatever you can to help whether it be donating to the Red Cross (or any of the other organizations former Pres. Bill Clinton recommends on his site HERE), or even donating to David’s bank account through LUCID.  Whatever you can do – big or small – just consider what you’d do if it were someone in your family you couldn’t get through to on the phone and didn’t know whether was safe or not. A helping hand at the beginning of 2010 can go a long way. Thank you!

Along with Jason Parker’s support efforts through his music – I too will donate 100% of all  Josh Rawlings Trio CD sales toward the Haiti Relief Efforts if you by one of my CD’s within the next 2 weeks.