Ian Carey Quintet @ The Jazzschool, Sat. Sept 4

Hi listeners--I'm really happy to announce a show for the Quintet coming up this Saturday at one of my favorite local venues, The Jazzschool, where Susan Muscarella and a small army of players and instructors have been teaching and presenting great music in the East Bay for over a decade. The performance space is a nice room in downtown Berkeley just steps (and stairs) from Shattuck Avenue, with a cafe for your coffee and vino needs (plus Charlie Parker's "Confirmation" helpfully spelled out in donor plaques on the wall--feel free to start singing it if you get bored).We'll be playing music from our new CD, Contextualizin' ("a digital masters' seminar" −All About Jazz), and 2006's Sink/Swim ("An exciting set of music with a heavy-hitting lineup of musicians" −Greg Bridges, KCSM), plus several brand-new original compositions (no quotes yet but you could be the first!) and new arrangements of music by American greats Charles Ives and Neil Young.Please come out if you can, and tell your friends, enemies, and enemies' friends. Here are the details:WHAT: The Ian Carey QuintetWHO: Ian Carey, trumpet & flugelhorn; Evan Francis, alto saxophone & flute; Adam Shulman, piano and Hammond B3; Fred Randolph, bass; and Jon Arkin, drumsWHEN: Saturday, September 4, 8pmWHERE: The Jazzschool, 2087 Addison St., Berkeley; t: (510) 845-5373HOW MUCH: $15 ($5 for Jazzschool students)UPDATE: We're a staff pick this weekend in the East Bay Express! "Album titles might not be a window to the soul, but they can certainly reveal something about intellect. In that sense, Ian Carey's 2010 album, Contextualizin', seems apropos. It's a well-crafted work by an incredibly thinking musician. Carey seems intent on using his trumpet to tell stories and create landscapes, but he's also good on building on other people's ideas. His version of "Just Friends" is about the most inventive you'll find on disc... Bolstered by a talented band -- drummer Jon Arkin, saxophonist Evan Frances, bassist Fred Randolph, and pianist Adam Shulman -- Carey performs Saturday, Sept. 4, at The Jazzschool."