The Teaching

Event Schedules

Bake's Place Bar & Bistro

155 108th Ave NE, Bellevue 98004

May 23 2012 - May 23 2012

8:00 PM - 10:30 PM on Wed

More schedule information: Dinner seating begins at 5:30pm.
Show time is 8:00pm.

Event Description

Featuring keyboardist Josh Rawlings, bassist Evan Flory-Barnes, and and percussionist Jeremy Jones, The Teaching creates immersive and infectious improvised music as no one else in Seattle is making it. The trio formed in 2006, growing exclusively from the chemistry the band discovered on stage. The band's philosophical trajectory was more clearly defined, as the trio shared the rather grand interest in sharing the teachings of mankind, while also fostering a musical environment of "devotion, surrender, sensitivity, enthusiasm, and joy to direct the flow of the music."

Musically, The Teaching revels in spontaneity, jumping off in any number of directions (hip-hop, jazz, R&B, soul, Afro-Cuban, drum-n-bass) on a whim, while controlling momentum and pacing with great precision. Josh Rawlings' sparkling, luscious chords (affectionately dubbed 'kraws' by those in the community familiar with the man), Flory-Barnes' explosive swing and inventive technique, and Jones' ferocious drumming are the trademark sounds of the band. More recently, spontaneous vocals and devotional chanting have added greater depth to the trio's sound. It is quite magical when it all comes together, and here the band does indeed create "music that has no limits," as Rawlings told Earshot Jazz in an interview during the summer of 2009.