Josh Rawlings Trio CD Release

J&J Music and Broken Time Records are proud to announce the release of the Josh Rawlings Trio CD Climbing Stairs and CD Release concert at Bake’s Place in Issaquah. The concert and CD feature all original music composed by Seattle rising star Josh Rawlings. The show promises to be an intimate and inspired night with The Trio as they celebrate 6 years of playing together.

“The Trio tip-toes beyond everyday jazz and swirls up a batch of inspiration and joy for living life.” – Josh Rawlings

The Josh Rawlings Trio explores the sounds of what they call “joyful jazz.” They specialize in the spontaneous creation of compelling and exciting music with a wide-ranging repertoire, from original compositions to timeless jazz standards and arrangements of video game themes and more. Their music is light and upbeat, solid and mature, and carries a real sense of the emerging jazz voice from the next generation of players. Each member brings a vitality and youthful spirit to the music that sends audience members away exhilarated and delighted. The group features acclaimed songwriter and pianist Josh Rawlings, upright bassist Nate Omdal and drummer Adam Kessler, all graduates of Seattle’s renowned Cornish College of the Arts. The Trio found great inspiration learning from and performing with their professors; Denney Goodhew, Julian Priester, Randy Halberstadt, Chuck Deardorf and Mark Ivestor among others. They worked extensively with Goodhew in his latest project, The Qhromatics. That group fueled a matured sensitivity and focused interplay now exhibited by The Trio on every stage they perform.

The Trio has recently been seen playing sold out performances at the Triple Door, Bite of Seattle, Taste of Tacoma, Out to Lunch and the Pike Place Market music festivals. They have been featured at parties and galas for Cornish and with Seattle celebrities such as Paul Allen, Bill Gates and Mayor Greg Nichols.

The group’s début album Climbing Stairs is available on Seattle’s Broken Time Records. The CD exhibits the breadth of the Trio’s playing and conjures up a myriad of influences and emotions. From the burning, Monk-like Bebop of “Acquittal” to the Abdullah Ibrahim-inspired title track “Climbing Stairs”, the CD gets toes tapping and spirits swinging hard! The Trio anticipates going back into the studio in the fall of 2008 to record arrangements of video game themes and a recording of jazz standards.

Door open at 6:00pm and show times are 7:45 & 9:00pm. Dinner and show reservations are $44.50. This is a private show so please contact J&J Music at 206.250.5457 or jandj@jandjmusic.net for reservations.