ANNUAL HALLOWEEN CONCERT
Back in the 1970s, Halloween meant hordes of kids going door to door amassing bags and bags of sugar-laden loot. Mostly I remember the weirdoes: stoners doling out tightly wrapped bags of nickels and pennies in lieu of already-eaten munchies; well-meaning but hated proto-vegans passing out apples, bricklike bran cookies, and useless sundries like miniature tubes of toothpaste; and most of all, the neighborhood nut who scared the big kids by blasting creepy, sometimes backward, music from his stereo. Nowadays there aren't enough kids around to collect candy, so I'll probably go hear organist Carole Terry and her students stir up spooky organ classics. Walker-Ames Room in Kane Hall, UW Campus, 685-8384, 7:30 pm, $5/$8.
SPECIAL OPS
This offshoot of the Monktail Creative Music Concern touts itself as a "death-jazz combo." Expect thrashing fury and no-holds-barred skronk. 2nd Avenue Pizza, 2015 Second Ave, 956-0489, 9 pm, $3.
SATURDAY NOVEMBER 1
MICHAEL PARTINGTON
Excellent Seattle-based British guitarist premieres Toccata and Fugue by Michael Nicolella along with pieces by Rodrigo, Brouwer, Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Sor, and Portland's Bryan Johanson. Partington also flouts the Second Law of Classical Guitar: Thou shalt play Bach at every concert. Recital Hall at Benaroya, Third Ave and Union St, 297-8788, 7:30 pm, $22/$28.
THE TIPTONS
Formerly the Billy Tipton Memorial Saxophone Quartet, this blazing eclectic jazz combo's fearsome front line features Amy Denio, Jessica Lurie, and Sue Orfield. The group's moniker honors saxophonist and pianist Billy Tipton, who passed as a man for 50 years, probably in part to earn a living in the male-dominated world of jazz. Upon close study of my LP Billy Tipton Plays Hi-Fi on Piano, the pixie-faced pianist resembles those kinda sexy and ageless nuns from my years in Catholic school, which makes Tipton's deception a remarkable feat. The Triple Door, 216 Union St, 838-4333, 10:30 pm, $10.
SUNDAY NOVEMBER 2
SEATTLE JAZZ VESPERS
This monthly concert combines an hour-and-a-half jazz performance with a brief worship interlude. The bop stylings of the Floyd Standifer Quartet along with the willowy vocals of Janis Mann grace this month's service. Seattle First Baptist Church, 1111 Harvard Ave, 325-6051, 6 pm, freewill donation.
DURUFLÉ REQUIEM
In case you didn't offer obeisance to the deceased on the Day of the Dead, the Cathedral Choir of St. James and cathedral soloists present Duruflé's Requiem in its intended setting, the Church's solemn liturgy for the dead. St. James Cathedral, 804 Ninth Ave, 382-4874, 7:30 pm, freewill donation.
MUSIC OF REMEMBRANCE
MOR sponsors concerts of music composed by Holocaust victims and survivors. Lest the repertory run out, they also feature postwar compositions inspired by the Holocaust. This concert commemorates the 65th anniversary of Kristallnacht with Szymon Laks' Passacaille, Marc Neikrug's Through Roses, and a piano trio by Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco. Next year MOR should consider Alvin Curran's gutsy Crystal Psalms, a searing electroacoustic homage to Kristallnacht. Recital Hall at Benaroya, Third Ave and Union St, 365-7770, 7:30 pm, $25.
