Jazz Ensemble concert at Tula's Restaurant and Jazz Club Tuesday

SCC Jazz Band will perform at Belltown jazz club
Photo courtesy SCC

The Shoreline Community College Jazz Band, under the direction of Paul Harshman, will be performing at Tula's Night Club and Restaurant in Belltown Tuesday evening. The SCC Jazz Band will be opening for the pH Factor Big Band, with the first set starting at 7:30pm. There is a cover charge of $8 for this event. 

Tula's Restaurant and Jazz Club on Tuesday, November 25, 2014 at 7:30pm. Tula's is in downtown Seattle at 2214 Second Ave. Cover charge $8.

The ensemble is comprised of SCC music students who perform works from the libraries of the classic big bands, as well as contemporary arrangements and student compositions.

The ensemble records, tours and performs frequently throughout the Northwest. The Jazz Band has at least one concert per quarter. This quarter they are scheduled to perform at Tula's today, Tuesday, November 25, 2014 as the culminating event of the quarter. There are approximately 22 students involved in the concert. 

The pH Factor Big Band was formed in January of 2008 and was formerly known as the Musicworks Jazz Orchestra. Paul Harshman is the musical director and leads the group. His focus on exciting and challenging repertoire has drawn a highly talented ensemble of musicians that enjoy performing great big band compositions at the highest level. The players are some of the finest in the area and the band has a nice mixture of established and younger musicians that gives the group great chemistry. 

Together, the band strives to entertain the audience and itself by exploring a wide range of music from composers and arrangers such as Bill Holman, Fred Sturm, Maria Schneider, Astor Piazzolla, Peter Herbolzheimer, Chico O'Farrill, Jim McNeely, Tommy Newsom, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Benny Carter and Stan Kenton.