Samantha Boshnack Photo by Daniel Sheehan LETTER from the DIRECTOR EARSHOT JAZZ a Mirror and Focus for the Jazz Community
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A Mirror and Focus for the Jazz Community March 2014 Vol. 30, No. 03 EARSHOT JAZZSeattle, Washington Samantha Boshnack Photo by Daniel Sheehan LETTER FROM THE DIRECTOR EARSHOT JAZZ A Mirror and Focus for the Jazz Community Executive Director John Gilbreath The face of Seattle jazz … Managing Director Karen Caropepe Earshot Jazz Editor Schraepfer Harvey In reading the nomina- Contributing Writers Bruce Greeley, Steve tions and preparing the Griggs, Peter Monaghan ballot for this year’s Gold- en Ear and Seattle Jazz Calendar Editor Schraepfer Harvey Hall of Fame Awards, it Calendar Volunteer Tim Swetonic has become refreshingly Photography Daniel Sheehan apparent that the face and Layout Karen Caropepe sound of the Seattle jazz Distribution Karen Caropepe, Dan Wight and scene is evolving beauti- volunteers fully. Send Calendar Information to: You may have had a sim- 3429 Fremont Place N, #309 ilar thought as you stud- Seattle, WA 98103 ied your Golden Ear bal- JOHN GILBREATH PHOTO BY BILL UZNAY fax / (206) 547-6286 lot and made your votes. email / [email protected] have predicted. I guess that’s the na- This year’s ballot contains some Board of Directors Bill Broesamle, familiar names, to be sure, but it ture of jazz. Using the annual Golden Ear (president), Femi Lakeru (vice-president), seems that at least half of the nomi- Sally Nichols (secretary), George Heidorn, nees are names you would not have Awards event as a marker, it’s pos- sible to witness a tangible thread ex- Ruby Smith Love, Hideo Makihara, Kenneth seen even five years ago. I find this W. Masters, Lola Pedrini, Richard Thurston to be super affirming of the fluid pressing itself in this rich and var- and dynamic nature of the art form, ied community over the years. It’s Earshot Jazz is published monthly by and an encouraging sign for future almost like a unified “personality” Earshot Jazz Society of Seattle and is jazz artists, educators, and audienc- of an otherwise disparate group of available online at www.earshot.org. individuals. I am delighted that the es in Seattle and way beyond. Subscription (with membership): $35 Earshot organization can document It was my pleasure to attend the 3429 Fremont Place #309 this natural progression while giv- very first Golden Ear Awards Party Seattle, WA 98103 ing new praise and recognition to in 1990, and I have been a grateful phone / (206) 547-6763 Seattle’s great artists each year. participant in every one since. As fax / (206) 547-6286 long-time jazz fan and fresh trans- We look forward to seeing you plant to Seattle back then, I was at the Royal Room on March 10. Earshot Jazz ISSN 1077-0984 struck by the richness of history At 7pm, we’ll rock the music with Printed by Pacific Publishing Company © 2014 Earshot Jazz Society of Seattle and the colorful characters gath- Industrial Revelation, itself a collec- tive manifestation of the lineage of ered upstairs at the old Lofurno’s, MISSION STATEMENT th Seattle jazz history, and we’ll dig- on 15 Ave, just south of the Bal- Earshot Jazz is a non-profit arts and service lard Bridge. From then on, I have nify the awards presentation, which organization formed in 1984 to cultivate a been amazed by the incredible tal- begins at 8pm, with the familiar support system for jazz in the community ent honored each year in this event. countenance of Jim Wilke. More and to increase awareness of jazz. Earshot Industrial Revolution will follow. Jazz pursues its mission through publishing a Jazz tradition, locally and nation- monthly newsletter, presenting creative music, ally, is deep and unchangeable. On hand will be lots of old and providing educational programs, identifying and But it is fascinating to see how the new friends. Fun will be had. Join filling career needs for jazz artists, increasing US!!! listenership, augmenting and complementing present day connects with that past existing services and programs, and networking tradition in ways that we could not John Gilbreath, Executive Director with the national and international jazz community. 2 • EARSHOT JAZZ • March 2014 NOTES CUONG VU TRIO featuring Jazzed! Series on KCTS projects are considered for airing on Stomu Takeishi KCTS Television is looking for KCTS9.org and on-air programming. and Ted Poor youth-related jazz stories from the The workshop is free, but requires March 14, 8 pm Northwest to feature in its Jazzed! se- registration at http://kcts9.org/form/ ries. jazzed-workshops. MATT WILSON’S The segments have to date included For information, contact Vicki Fer- ARTS & CRAFTS one on a seven-year-old girl picking guson at [email protected]. featuring Ron Miles, up a trumpet for the first time, to a Write Earshot Jazz Larry Goldings, portrait of accomplished high-school and Martin Wind The Earshot Jazz magazine reflects jazzers competing in New York in a and shares the many ways that jazz March 15, 8 pm national competition. intersects with lives in the Northwest. The station is asking anyone with Earshot Jazz is seeking submissions Cornish Playhouse promising story ideas to get in touch from writers: Please email story pitch- 201 Mercer St. about taking part in a workshop, be- es, comments, news and announce- at Seattle Center ginning in March, on the fundamen- ments to [email protected]. tals of video production. Instructors from the 9 Media Lab will Help the Jazz Around the Sound offer guidance on story development, Calendar storytelling skills using video, and how Please email news and announce- to shoot, produce, and edit video. ments about jazz gigs, concerts and The workshop is geared to be ac- community events to jazzcalendar@ cessible to rank beginners. Finished earshot.org. IN ONE EAR Congratulations to Jessica Kenney Wilke hosts on Sunday afternoons at Vocalist and composer Jessica Ken- 2pm on KPLU 88.5FM, has a particu- ney, a key figure in new-music circles larly spectacular offering this month. of the Northwest, has received the On March 9, he’ll air excerpts from James W. Ray Distinguished Artist Duke Ellington’s Such Sweet Thunder Award, the largest financial grant that played by the Seattle Repertory Jazz the state of Washington makes to an Orchestra. Ellington’s musical por- individual artist. trayals of Shakespearean characters are The purpose of the Ray award is to paired with related readings by three advance the work of an extraordinary actors from the Seattle Shakespeare artist with an individualized program Company. of advisory support and access to op- But wait, there’s more. On March portunities offered through the Cre- 23 he’ll have highlights from the Jo- ative Career Center, which is a pro- vino Santos Neto Quinteto concert gram of Artist Trust, a not-for-profit from Earshot’s Art of Jazz series at the organization that supports artists in Seattle Art Museum – which, by the all disciplines. way, is now in its 17th year. The Art of THE SEATTLE JAZZ EXPERIENCE Jazz concerts take place at 5:30pm on a different kind of festival Jazz Northwest the second Thursday evening of each www.seattlejazzexperience.org Jazz Northwest, the always-out- for tickets and information standing radio program that Jim CONTINUED ON PAGE 23 March 2014 • EARSHOT JAZZ • 3 U CALL FOR ARTISTS Jazz: The Second Century Deadline June 3 Earshot Jazz seeks submissions from Seattle-area individual art- ists and ensembles for the 2014 Jazz: The Second Century series. The series brings the progression of jazz into creative motion on the concert stage. Projects that question and expand the conven- SERIOUS tions the jazz form are welcome. CENTRUM Seattle-area individual artists or groups, in any instrument combination, are eligible. Sub- PLAY TIME missions must include a recorded sample of a project that can be performed in a concert setting. We encourage applicants to in- clude a letter that speaks to their musical interpretation of the meaning of jazz and of the next stage of jazz music. Individual artists or ensembles CENTRUM’S are selected by a blind-jury pro- cess. Second Century artists and JAZZ ensembles perform during July PORT TOWNSEND 2014, and are paid a competitive WORKSHOP & MUSIC FESTIVAL John Clayton, Artistic Director fee for the performance. July 20-27, 2014 Please send submissions elec- tronically to [email protected] Port Townsend or by mail to Earshot Jazz, 3429 Fremont Place N, #309, Seattle, WA 98103. Deadline to apply is Seattle June 3. You can direct questions and comments to Earshot Jazz Register Early. Space Limited. at (206) 547-6763 or jazz@ear- shot.org. A list of past Jazz: The Second Century artists and en- sembles can be viewed at www. earshot.org/Events/2nd_Cen- tury.html. 4 • EARSHOT JAZZ • March 2014 GOLDEN EAR AWARDS 2013 NW Recording of the Year Steve Treseler, Center Song Golden Ear Awards Eugenie Jones, Black Lace Blue Tears B’shnorkestra, Go to Orange Jim Knapp’s Scrape, Approaching Vyones Other _______________________ Monday, March 10, 7 pm The quartet bears witness to the thriv- 2013 NW Acoustic Ensemble The Royal Room ing of Seattle jazz, and also to its con- Jacob Zimmerman Quintet Music at 7pm: Industrial Revelation tinuing prospects. Four of the finest of Royal Room Collective Music the generation earn their self-chosen Ensemble Awards Presentation at 8pm, emcee Jim Wilke B’shnorkestra motto of “garage-jazz” — drummer Jay Thomas and the Cantaloupes More Industrial Revelation at 9pm D’Vonne Lewis, bassist Evan Flory- Other _______________________ Admit it! Nothing warms the heart Barnes, trumpeter Ahamefule J. Oluo, 2013 NW Alternative Group quite like recognizing and honoring and pianist and Fender Rhodes ace McTuff members of one’s communities who Josh Rawlings.