Music Fans, On Friday July 11th The Speakeasy in Tacoma WA will be featuring two great bands for an exceptional night of music. First set: 6pm to 7:15pm - The Pony Boy All Star Big Band Come enjoy an intimate evening of world class jazz in Tacoma's own exclusive downtown Speakeasy. Guests are invited to bring their own food and drinks to the performance. Snacks, beverages, beer, and wine will also be available for purchase. 6:00pm to 7:15pm All ages welcome Tickets can be purchased on Eventbrite: https://shorturl.at/E40Io Pony Boy All-Star Big Band “This Is Now - Live at Boxley’s 2024” This Is an amalgam of heritage projects, past players and big band lineage, followed to this present point in time. A current snapshot of new arrangements - informed by the music that has come before this time, and in tribute to the great players and music that have inspired us and brought us to “Now.” Both old and new; modern based in tradition. The new recording features fresh arrangements by members of the band: Greg Williamson, Conner Eisenmenger, Matso Limtiaco, and Keith Karns; and soloists like Jay Thomas, Steve Treseler, Tracy Knoop, Travis Ranney, David Marriott, Brian Shaw, Mike Mines, Chris Fagan, Kandin Neri, Greg Schroeder, Heather Chriscaden and John Hansen. My association with this heritage music began with the bands of 1980’s Glenn Miller, Woody Herman, Harry James and the All-Star band continued with Steve Allen, Don Rickles, Bob Newhart even big band behind Bobby Caldwell and Steve Miller and special archeological projects like NW’s Ronnie Pierce 1946 Dream Band, and Claude Thornhill’s “Real Birth of the Cool". The bands have included favorites like Bill Ramsay, Randy Lintott, Ted Bowden… and players Larry Fuller… Tula’s Jazz Club was home of NW big bands led by Jay Thomas with many more players… Early inspiration of Ernestine Anderson with big band at summer jazz festivals… Jim Wilke shared so much great Jazz… 10 years of Pony Boy Records Jazz Picnic, musicians and fans… Conversations and Deconstructions concert and CD of recorded interviews and music… Stravinsky Live at San Juan County Fair… Up to our current monthly run - of two years - at JazzClubsNW Boxley’s, with homage programs to Count Basie, Thad Jones/Mel Lewis, Bob Brookmeyer, Francy Bolland/Kenny Clark, Bob Hammer/Charles Mingus, Clayton/Hamilton up to modern interpretations of music by Mordy Ferber and now a fresh new collection of arrangers and players.We - the collective ‘we’ - have been studying the big picture and the small details, and sharing it forward with students and fans…This is today’s big band - musicians, audiences, and new music notes - still in progress, fueled by new arrangements a capture of today’s slice of music. This Is Now. Pony Boy All-Star Big Band. Live at Boxley's. Second Set: 8pm to 9:15pm - The Noah Pettibon Quartet Come enjoy an intimate evening of world class jazz in Tacoma's own exclusive downtown Speakeasy. Guests are invited to bring their own food and drinks to the performance. Snacks, beverages, beer, and wine will also be available for purchase. Noah Pettibon - baritone saxophone Eric Verlinde - piano Greg Feingold - bass Paul Hirschl - drums 8:00pm to 9:15pm All ages welcome Tickets can be purchased on Eventbrite: https://shorturl.at/LlVkj Born in 1998, Noah is a proud student of the baritone saxophone and the jazz tradition. Through these disciplines, he finds a niche among his peers in the Pacific Northwest scene. Being an equally dedicated bandleader, composer, multi-instrumentalist, and teacher of saxophone, clarinet, and flute, music is a second language for Noah. His basic music education began with piano lessons at age 6 which he continued until age 10 when he began playing saxophone in school band. In high school, Noah’s love of improvisation was initiated, at which point he began studying privately on saxophone, clarinet, and flute. He is a graduate of Central Washington University (‘21) where he studied clarinet in the concert tradition, performing in CWU’s Wind Ensemble on bass clarinet and Jazz Band 1 in the baritone saxophone chair. He is proud to have associated with some of the major figures in music, many of whom have become dear friends, sharing with him their passion for music making. Such individuals include the late educator and pianist Barry Harris, New York City baritone saxophonists Frank Basile and Gary Smulyan, Seattle multi-instrumental master Jay Thomas, and his Tacoma-native saxophone mentors Kareem Kandi and Tracy Knoop, among many others. Today, Noah records and performs throughout the Puget Sound area as a leader and sideman in many styles. He has performed with Delfeayo Marsalis, John Clayton, Dmitri Matheny, Jay Thomas, and Rich Wetzel’s Groovin’ Higher Orchestra, a rock and jazz fusion ensemble based in Tacoma. Noah has also recorded for a wide variety of artists, including for friend and composer Jafet Meza based in Mexico City and Florida-based producer EyeLoveBrandon. He has also produced multiple recordings under his own name, starting with his first EP-length record “Plus Two” at the age of 19.