Meet Spekulation
We recently caught up with East Coast transplant / now Seattle based MC/Rapper Spekulation to ask him a few questions about how he got introduced to The Teaching’s music, his experiences attending The Hang, as well as the story behind his recent sampling of our song ‘Beautiful Brooklyn‘ on his digitally released album ‘Hack Job [...]
The Teaching Nominated for Inside Out Jazz Awards!
Dear Friends and Fans of The Teaching, It’s my sincere pleasure to inform you that The Teaching was nominated in 3 categories for the Inside Out Jazz Awards put on by LUCID Jazz Lounge here in Seattle, WA. We are so pleased to be nominated and a part of this amazing new awards show. We [...]
Inside Out Jazz Awards at Benaroya Hall
On Monday, May 31st, Lucid Jazz Lounge will present the first “Inside/Out Jazz Awards” at Benaroya Hall’s Mark Tapper Auditorium. The I/O Awards night will consist of honoring musicians for being influential in the jazz community with hand-scultpted bronze awards. Award categories will range from, for example, the more common ‘Outstanding Instrumentals’, ‘Outstanding Album’, etc., [...]
The Formula of Influences
Here’s a really wonderful video formula of influences our bassist Evan Flory-Barnes sent to Jeremy and I yesterday and I’ve got to say – it’s spot on…what do you think? We are all heavily influenced by these movers and shakers in the progression of music. It’s a beautiful way to hear the continuum, the diversity, [...]
FLOW Recap
On Sunday, April 4th The Teaching took part in a sell-out performance of FLOW: An Evening of Music, Dance, and Visual Art at the Triple Door in Seattle, WA. For all of you who made it out that evening – Thank you so much! The night was a complete success on all parts. We had [...]
Jacob Stickney’s Senior Recital
Last Sunday The Teaching joined local Tenor Saxophonist and Hang regular Jacob Stickney for his Senior Recital performance at PONCHO Concert Hall at Cornish. The concert went incredibly well and Jacob even featured a couple of our originals in his recital set: Here’s a live recording of The Teaching’s composition ‘Sea Town’ from his recital: [...]
The Teaching Wins Golden Ear Award
We’re elated to announce that we won 2 awards at the Earshot Golden Ear Awards last February 15th! The Teaching was awarded NW Acoustic Jazz Group of 2009 and Evan Flory-Barnes was awarded the Jazz Performance of 2009. It was so wonderful to experience being awarded by our peers and jazz community that evening and [...]
It’s All About The Hang
This article was featured in the August 2009 edition of the Earshot magazine in Seattle, WA. It’s All About the Hang By Peter Walton “It’s a way of living your life – living with teamwork, cooperation, and integration. And we’re so excited about it now because this has been new for all of us.” Jeremy [...]
The Teaching Receives Earshot Golden Ear Nomination
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 [...]