“Jimmy Mak’s is just about exactly what you’d expect of a jazz club”
- Sunset Magazine

JIMMY MAK'S
221 NW 10th Ave. (between Davis and Everett)
503-295-6542
Open Monday-Thursday, 5pm-midnight
Friday and Saturday, 5pm-1am
Music begins at 8pm

Naomi LaViolette
Upper Left Trio
Double CD Release Event
Friday, January 27th
$10 Cover
Tonight we’ll be celebrating two CD releases, one a debut and another from an innovative Northwest mainstay. Vocalist Naomi LaViolette is releasing her self-titled debut recording featuring ten original songs, with an acoustic niche between the worlds of folk-singer-songwriter and jazz soulstress.  Fresh arrangements of George Gershwin’s Our Love is Here to Stay and Joni Mitchell’s Both Sides Now, complete the production. LaViolette skillfully weaves her training in classical piano performance and jazz standards with a variety of folk, soul, pop and gospel, creating a musical vibe that is both vintage and current. Her producer/engineer Dean Baskerville (Sheryl Crow, Everclear, Pink Martini) describes her sound as “…if Sarah McLachlan and Madeleine Peyroux took a road trip to the Oregon coast, they’d come back with songs that sound like this.” Miss LaViolette’s band is comprised of several first-call Portland players including Tim Ellis (guitar), Bill Athens (bass), and Ken Ollis (drums), as well as Michele VanKleef and Aliyih Bristol on backing vocals. She is also featuring the Classical Revolution String Quartet with Lucia Conrad and Lauren Elledge (violins), Mattie Kaiser (viola), and Nikki Graybeal (cello).
Making an all too rare appearance with us tonight is the Upper Left Trio, comprised of pianist Clay Giberson, bassist Jeff Leonard, and drummer Charlie Doggett.  They are releasing their fourth CD, Ulternative, on Origin Arts Records. This outstanding trio incorporates jazz with rhythmic and sonic elements. Ulternative pushes their hallmark interplay to new dynamic and textural heights, combining introspection with a hard-hitting rhythmic approach. Learn more about them at www.upperlefttrio.com.

Soul Vaccination
Saturday, January 28th
$10 Cover
We are always excited to welcome back the serious funk and soul of Soul Vaccination! This fixture in the Northwest music scene has been bringing you tunes from the likes of Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin, Earth Wind & Fire, and Tower of Power for years…and doing it quite well, thank you.
The band features the mighty Hammond B-3 organ playing of Louis Pain, as well as the outstanding guitar work of Kerry Movassa. Handling the bass is John Linn, while Edwin Coleman III keeps the time on drums. Jeannine Wiggins and Mark Wyatt share the vocal duties, with the recent addition of Intervision lead singer Paul Creighton! Lewis Livermore and Dave Mills carry the backbone sound of the Soul Vax horns on trumpets, with Mary Sue Tobin and Gary Harris on saxophones. They’ve recently added saxophonist Tim Bryson, who helps round out the old-school T.O.P. sound. It is seriously heavy folks! Be sure to pick up a copy of their latest CD, recorded live at Jimmy Mak’s! There is no doubt that this show will blow the roof off of the club, so don’t miss out! Check then out at www.soulvax.com.

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Dinner reservations are always recommended to guarantee seating for weekend shows, and special events. Please call us at 503-295-6542 to make reservations.

“Don’t miss nationally known Jimmy Mak’s jazz club”
- USA Today