Lisa Dupar Catering Open House
If you’re planning your wedding and haven’t yet settled on a caterer, you should be sure to check out Lisa Dupar Catering. One of Seattle’s top caterers for 25 years, Lisa and her team are wildly talented, creative, and a pleasure to work with. Each year they open the doors of their huge kitchen in [...]
ArtZone taping March 3rd!
Nancy Guppy’s program ArtZone on the Seattle Channel is a weekly 30 minute show devoted to the art scene here in Seattle. The JPQ will be the featured performer on an upcoming show, and we’ll be taping on March 3rd. Check back soon for the air date!
JPQ Returns to Egan’s
Egan’s Ballard Jamhouse is everything a Jazz club should be…intimate, friendly and a great sounding room. We haven’t played there since October, and we’re happy to be returning on Tuesday, February 24th. Join us as we debut a few new tunes that we plan to record for our next CD in April, and a few [...]
I Just Had To Share
My birthday was last month, and my present from my wonderful girlfriend was this original drawing of one of my heroes, Miles Davis. Pretty cool, right?!?!
JPQ on TV – ArtZone
If you are a lover of the Seattle art scene, you have probably seen Nancy Guppy’s show ArtZone on the Seattle Channel. Each week Guppy, of Almost Live! fame, spotlights three or four local artists, galleries, musicians, authors, movies and more. I’m proud that we’ve been asked to appear as a musical guest on an [...]
Two shows at Seattle’s newest jazz club!
I was thrilled to hear that Seattle was getting a new jazz club. Lucid opened in the University District just a few months ago and has already gained a reputation for being a real top-notch listening room. The owner, David, has put a ton of work into the space and made it into an inviting [...]
New Years at The Showbox with Devotchka!
OK, so this isn’t technically JPQ news, but I just had to share the wonderful experience I had on New Years Eve. A few years back I toured the country with Crooked Fingers, and on the first leg of the tour our opening band was Devotchka, an amazing band from Denver. If you haven’t heard [...]
Seattle Wedding Show
We had a great time playing at the Seattle Wedding Show yesterday at the Washington State Convention and Trade Center. We played two sets in the registration area and got a chance to showcase our talents, meet dozens of brides-to-be (and some husbands-to-be as well), and even saw some old friends. It was nice to [...]
I Don’t Like New Years Resolutions…
I don’t really believe in New Years Resolutions for two reasons: 1) because I almost always break them, and 2) because I feel if you want to do something you shouldn’t need an arbitrary time marker to make it so. That being said, I’m going to make a commitment, that just happens to be around [...]