PAUL SCHRAG: INGA SWEARINGEN FILLS THE DOCKSIDE BISTRO WITH JAZZ >>>

If Sade was born in the Netherlands, she’d sound like Inga Swearingen.

A student of acclaimed jazz vocalist Susanne Abbuehl, and a frequent guest on Garrison Keillor’s A Prairie Home Companion, Swearingen has pipes that will make you want to sink into the couch with a bottle of really expensive red wine and smoke a Virginia Slim. She’ll be at the Dockside Bistro in Olympia tonight, with a quartet and a new album in the works.

Reverie is an intriguing mix of moody originals and carefully chosen standards. Swearingen’s clear, strong voice paints a colorful landscape of soaring notes and earthy rhythms beautifully framed by Bill Peterson on piano, Jeff Denson on bass, and Ronen Itzik on drums.

Dinner reservations are required, but there’s no charge. The show kicks off at 6 p.m.

[Dockside Bistro, Saturday, July 18, 6 p.m., dinner reservations required, 501 Columbia St. N.W. # B, Olympia, 360.956.1928]