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• Jazz at the Trout Season III
• Past Jazz at the Trout Events

Terra Madre

Thursday Oct. 18, 2012 at 7:30 p.m.

(Doors open at 6:30 p.m.)

Sponsored by

Experience an exciting synthesis of jazz, classical, and indigenous folk music, featuring a "double quartet" of a jazz quartet and a string quartet, performing innovative compositions and arrangements by Fred Sturm.  Terra Madre presents music from a spectrum of world traditions and cultures, including Appalachia, Argentina, Australia, Bulgaria, Celtic Traditions, France, Hungary, India, Japan, Mongolia, Native American Traditions, Republic of Congo, Scandinavian Traditions, and Tibet.  Featured musicians include:Minneapolis/St. Paul-based multi-instrumentalist David Milne on soprano, alto, and tenor saxophones, flute, wood flute, ocarina, and penny whistle, in an innovative jazz quartet setting with Mary Louise Knutson (piano/keyboards), Eric Graham (acoustic/electric bass), and Craig Hara (drums, percussion, and electronics) along with The Four Voices String Quartet: Laurie Petruconis (violin), Allison Ostrander (violin), Susan Janda (viola), and Rebecca Arons (cello).

“Terra Madre is a musical plea for world unity that celebrates both the diversity and shared influences of indigenous music from several different countries. Ethnic music, folk songs, and ancient works dating back as far as the 13th century are joined together in this contemporary chamber music setting.”

— Fred Sturm, Composer/Arranger

Randy Sabien, Jazz Violin

Thursday Nov. 15, 2012 at 7:30 p.m.

(Doors open at 6:30 p.m.)

Randy Sabien is a bluesy, rockin’, swingin’, funky, jazz violinist. With an intensely rhythmic, vibrant and inventive style, he has captivated audiences worldwide, playing with scores of bands and musicians.  At age 21 he founded and chaired the string department at Berklee College of Music in Boston. With more than 30 years of hands-on experience, he is reprising his role of starting a college level alternative string department. This time it’s at McNally Smith College of Music in St. Paul, Minnesota, where his students receive Bachelor and Master degrees in alternative string education from an extraordinary working musician and a gifted teacher who’s been there and back.

The Tom Washatka Quorum

Thursday Jan. 17, 2013 at 7:30 p.m.

(Doors open at 6:30 p.m.)

Featuring: Phil Nelson (Guitar), John Harmon (Piano), Brian Courage (Bass) and Andrew Green (Drums).

Tom Washatka (saxophone) is a multitalented instrumentalist/composer who has appeared in a variety of musical forums. Tom’s performance experience ranges from Symphony Orchestras to opening for Super Sax, Weather Report, Freddie Hubbard and Tito Puente. His award winning music has been featured in movies as far away as Australia and P.B.S. specials across the U.S. Tom currently teaches jazz saxophone and improvisation at the prestigious liberal arts college Lawrence University in Appleton Wisconsin.

Steve March-Tormé, Vocal Jazz

Thursday Feb. 21, 2013 at 7:30 p.m.

(Doors open at 6:30 p.m.)

Sponsored by

Singer-songwriter Steve March-Tormé returns to The Trout Museum of Art’s Jazz at the Trout series to perform classic standards, original songs and shares personal stories from his never boring life. From Broadway to The Beatles, from Mercer to Mel, Steve always entertains. Steve is the 91.1 Avenue host from 3 to 7 p.m. weekdays and Sunday noon to 6 p.m.

Bill Carrothers & Matt Turner, Piano & Cello Duo

Thursday March 21, 2013 at 7:30 p.m.

(Doors open at 6:30 p.m.)

Bill Carrothers has been a professional pianist for 30 years. He has played many venues throughout the U.S. and Europe including the Village Gate, Knitting Factory, Birdland, Blues Alley, New Morning (Paris), the Audi Jazz Festival in Brussels, the Nevers Jazz Festival (where he shared the bill with Abbey Lincoln), the Montreal Jazz Festival, Jazz Middelheim, and the Marciac Festival in France. He has been a leader on eighteen recordings, all of which have received critical acclaim. His sideman credits have included some of the greatest names in jazz including Scott Colley, Buddy DeFranco, Dave Douglas, Curtis Fuller, Eric Gravatt, Drew Gress, Tim Hagans, Billy Hart, Billy Higgins, Ari Hoenig, Freddie Hubbard, Lee Konitz, James Moody, Gary Peacock, Dewey Redman, Charlie Rouse, James Spaulding, Bill Stewart, Ben Street, Ira Sullivan, Toots Thielemans, and Benny Wallace.

Turner performs in a myriad of styles and has shared the stage with Cape Breton fiddle sensation Natalie MacMaster, avant-garde musicians Marilyn Crispell, Peter Kowald, and John Butcher, country musician Wanda Vick, singer-songwriter LJ Booth, and jazz musician Bobby McFerrin and has performed in Canada, Europe and Asia. Turner teaches improvisation at Lawrence University and at the Renaissance School for the Arts. Turner is a Yamaha Performing Artist and currently performs and records with Bill Carrothers, Janet Planet, John Harmon and Randy Sabien.

The Randal Harrison Trio, Original Jazz, Appalachian Funk, Tango Nuevo

Thursday, Apr. 18, 2013 at 7:30 p.m.

(Doors open at 6:30 p.m.)

Jazz violinist and Appleton native Randal Harrison Hoecherl (heck` rell) is returning home for a performance of his blend of Original Jazz, Appalachian Funk and Tango Nuevo. His ensemble, The Randal Harrison Trio, features two Lawrence Conservatory professors - bassist Mark Urness and percussionist Dane Richeson. Harrison and Richeson first performed together back in the mid-eighties. Together they created a fusion of jazz, reggae and the avant-garde every Wednesday night for two and a half years as members of the Red Stripe Reggae Band, the house band at the venerated Appleton music venue, Mongos. It was 2006 when Harrison first asked bassist Mark Urness to join him at his house gig at the esteemed Madison jazz club, Magnus. The result of the obvious musical chemistry was the acclaimed CD release, The Randal Harrison Trio. Music For America calls the RHTrio “Brilliant Musicians”. JazzReview calls Harrison “Captivating ... Exhilarating”. Appleton calls him home to make a little noise with the boys.

Christine Salerno & ZIJI will be unable to perform as originally scheduled for the April 18 concert. We definitely hope to have them back during the next season of Jazz at the Trout! Tickets already purchased for their performance will automatically be substituted for The Randal Harrison Trio. Please contact the museum at 920-733-4089 if there are any questions.

Janet Planet, Vocals & Tom Theabo, Guitar

Thursday May 16, 2013 at 7:30 p.m.

(Doors open at 6:30 p.m.)

Stellar recording artists,vocalist Janet Planet and guitarist, Tom Theabo bring their 30 plus years of musical collaboration to the Trout Jazz Series.

Regularly featured at Feinstein’s at the Regency and Metropolitan Room in New York City, Janet Planet and Tom Theabo draw on a cosmic repertoire of jazz standards and obscurities. From Blossom Dearie to Bob Dylan…Cole Porter to Antonio Carlos Jobim, Janet can craft her performance to suit any audience. Whether she’s belting the blues or just above a whisper, her powerful pipes and quirky humor enrapture any listener
and demographic. From jazz festivals, to concert halls, to the most intimate of night clubs, Janet Planet will delight the audience with an evening of sassy strains and
lingering lyric.

Tom Theabo is a full-time musician and teacher whose style is a unique voice in the guitar world. His recordings are numerous and his productivity in the studio is continuing. Tom Theabo and Janet Planet, through their unique style, communicate to the audience a true love for musical intimacy and nuance.