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November 2017 Vol A Mirror and Focus for the Jazz Community November 2017 Vol. 33, No. 11 EARSHOT JAZZSeattle, Washington Paul Kikuchi Photo by Daniel Sheehan LETTER FROM THE DIRECTOR EARSHOT JAZZ A Mirror and Focus for the Jazz Community Executive Director John Gilbreath This is… Managing Director Karen Caropepe Earshot Jazz Editor Caitlin Peterkin Contributing Writers Halynn Blanchard, Jazz—in many forms and many Marianne Gonterman, Ian Gwin, Andrew voices, around the world, from Se- Luthringer, Peter Monaghan, Caitlin attle to Seattle! Peterkin, Paul Rauch The Earshot Jazz Festival 2017 is still in progress as this issue goes Calendar Editor Caitlin Peterkin to press, and it’s clear that jazz is… Photography Daniel Sheehan Layout Karen Caropepe more vibrant, cherished, diverse, Distribution Karen Caropepe & Earshot Jazz innovative, respectful, irrever- volunteers ent, connected, singular, spiritual, global, collaborative, studied, radi- visiting jazz artists showing up on send Calendar Information to: cal, refined, serious, joyful, soulful, our local scene has been nice. It’s 3429 Fremont Place N, #309 hard swinging, and Seattle(!) than been cool to have artists like Matt Seattle, WA 98103 ever before! The music, the artists, Wilson, Joe McPhee, Roxy Coss, email / [email protected] and the audiences have been en- Naomi Moon Siegel, and Greg Tate Board of Directors Danielle Leigh gaged and engaging on a whole new and the Burnt Sugar Arkestra in (President), John W. Comerford (Vice level through this year’s festival, town for a few days each. We appre- President), Sue Coliton (Secretary), Viren and it’s clear we’ll come away with a ciate the enhanced connections that Kamdar (Treasurer), Sheila Hughes, Chris refreshed and enriched definition of happen when a visiting artist is able Icasiano, Ruby Smith Love, Jon Perrino, what jazz is, inside each of us. to run some workshops, give a talk, Diane Wah This festival feels different from the show up at jam sessions, and get Emeritus Board Members Clarence Acox, inside out. “The living spirit of jazz,” better acquainted. We look forward Hideo Makihara, Kenneth W. Masters, Lola which Langston Hughes once spoke to more of that in years to come. Pedrini, Paul Toliver, Cuong Vu of, is strong this year. The individual We are so grateful to all of the Founded in 1984 by Paul de Barros, soul that each artist brings to the people and partners who make this Gary Bannister, and Allen Youngblood. stage seems to be somehow more festival possible. We’d certainly like Earshot Jazz is published monthly by present, maybe burning brighter, to thank all of the artists, audienc- Earshot Jazz Society of Seattle and is but expressing the self of each musi- es, and entities who make this fes- available online at www.earshot.org. cian like strands of DNA wrapped tival such a valued part of Seattle’s subscription (with membership): $35 around the notes. Clearly there’s also cultural calendar. We appreciate 3429 Fremont Place #309 a lot intellect, skill, and risk involved our regular volunteers and audience Seattle, WA 98103 in what we’re hearing, but the “head members enormously, and we’re de- phone / (206) 547-6763 and the heart” are in a particularly lighted to see many new faces in the Earshot Jazz ISSN 1077-0984 sweet harmony this year. crowd. Whether you’re among the Printed by Pacific Publishing Company This run really felt like a jazz fes- (tens of) thousands of new Seattle © 2017 Earshot Jazz Society of Seattle tival. It’s been fantastic to have so residents, or are just now acting on much music from Dawn Clement, your latent jazz impulses, we’re glad this year’s featured Seattle artist. you’re here. Don’t be bashful in M I ss ION STATEMENT either case. Keep in touch and get She is a jazz festival all her own. To ensure the legacy and progression And, even though the form of some involved! of the art form, Earshot Jazz cultivates jazz traditions has shifted slightly— Enjoy! a vibrant jazz community by engaging like reefer suddenly manifesting as –John Gilbreath, Executive Director audiences, celebrating artists, and gummy bears—the tradition of supporting arts education. 2 • Earshot Jazz • November 2017 NOTES The Bass Church The Bass Church The Bass Church The Northwest double bass specialists The Northwest double bass specialists The Northwest double bass specialists Applications for 2018 Jack Straw Maque, SoulCanvas provides artists Artist Residencies Now Available with an opportunity to record and www.basschurch.com www.basschurch.com www.basschurch.com The Jack Straw Artist Residency Pro- share original work through social grams offer established and emerging media and special events. Learn more artists in diverse disciplines an op- about the project at soulcanvasart.com. Sales, Rentals, Sales, Rentals, Sales, Rentals, portunity to explore the creative use WJMAC Jazz Walk Repairs, Restorations, Repairs, Restorations, Repairs, Restorations, of sound in a professional atmosphere Whatcom Jazz Music Arts Cen- Lessons Lessons Lessons through residencies in our recording ter (WJMAC), a 501(c)3 nonprofit arts Convenient North Seattle Location Convenient North Seattle Location Convenient North Seattle Location studios and participation in our vari- and education organization, is hosting ous presentation programs. Applica- its first-ever fundraiser for the WJ- (206)784-6626 (206)784-6626 (206)784-6626 tions for the 2018 program are now 9716 Phinney Ave. N. 9716 Phinney Ave. N. 9716 Phinney Ave. N. MAC Jazz Education Program, a jazz Seattle, WA. 98103 Seattle, WA. 98103 Seattle, WA. 98103 available at jackstraw.org, with a dead- ~by appointment only~ performance program for high school- ~by appointment only~ ~by appointment only~ line of November 1. Artists may apply aged musicians. Jazz Walk 2017 pres- to only one program per year. ents 12 bands in six venues in the Arts SoulCanvas Event Launch Party District of downtown Bellingham Join local artists on November 4 at on Thursday, November 16, from The Bass Church The Bass Church The Bass Church Frederick Holmes Art Gallery in Pio- 6–11pm. Regional bands include: Ju- The Northwest double bass specialists The Northwest double bass specialists The Northwest double bass specialists neer Square (309 Occidental Ave S) to lian MacDonough and Dan Faehnle, www.basschurch.com www.basschurch.com www.basschurch.com celebrate the official launch of SoulCa- Blake Angelos Trio, Kevin Woods nvas. Space is limited; tickets are avail- Quartet, Gail Pettis, Zoo Patrol, Ali- cia Dauber, Milo Peterson Trio, Joe able at brownpapertickets.com. Founded this past spring by Seattle Sales, Rentals, Sales, Rentals, Sales, Rentals, musicians D’Vonne Lewis and Elena CONTINUED ON PAGE 23 Repairs, Restorations, Repairs, Restorations, Repairs, Restorations, Lessons Lessons Lessons Convenient North Seattle Location Convenient North Seattle Location Convenient North Seattle Location IN ONE EAR (206)784-6626 (206)784-6626 (206)784-6626 9716 Phinney Ave. N. 9716 Phinney Ave. N. 9716 Phinney Ave. N. Jazz Radio Seattle, WA. 98103 Seattle, WA. 98103 Seattle, WA. 98103 90.3 KEXP, late-night Sundays, ~by appointment only~ ~by appointment only~ ~by appointment only~ 88.5 KNKX hosts Saturday Jazz features Jazz Theater with John Gil- Matinee, Jazz Sunday Side Up, Ken breath, 1am, and Sonarchy, midnight, a live-performance broadcast from Wiley’s the Art of Jazz, and Jazz Northwest, in addition to its weekday the Jack Straw Productions studio, NPR and late-night and prime-time produced by Doug Haire. Full sched- The Bass Church The Bass Church The Bass Church The Northwest double bass specialists The Northwest double bass specialists The Northwest double bass specialists jazz programs. Full schedule and info ule information is available at kexp. at knkx.org. org and jackstraw.org. www.basschurch.com www.basschurch.com www.basschurch.com Abe Beeson hosts The New Cool, Sonarchy’s November schedule: No- Saturdays, 3pm, featuring 21st cen- vember 5, The Antenna Project, solo tury jazz inspired and informed by the music for a live setting in which the sounds of today, hip-hop, funk, elec- player is the muse, creator, director, Sales, Rentals, Sales, Rentals, Sales, Rentals, tronic & punk rock, followed by Rob- and listener; November 12, Cage- Repairs, Restorations, Repairs, Restorations, Repairs, Restorations, in Lloyd’s Jazz Caliente, 5pm, where match, new music for jazz quartet, Lessons Lessons Lessons with Kate Olson (sax), Matt Endahl Convenient North Seattle Location Convenient North Seattle Location Convenient North Seattle Location jazz meets Latin rhythms. Jim Wilke’s Jazz Northwest, Sun- (piano), Gary Prince (guitar), and Tim Cohen (drums); November 19, Marc (206)784-6626 (206)784-6626 (206)784-6626 days, 2pm, features the artists and 9716 Phinney Ave. N. 9716 Phinney Ave. N. 9716 Phinney Ave. N. events of the regional jazz scene. For Barreca, PacNW electronics pioneer Seattle, WA. 98103 Seattle, WA. 98103 Seattle, WA. 98103 ~by appointment only~ ~by appointment only~ ~by appointment only~ JazzNW podcasts of archived pro- grams, see jazznw.org. CONTINUED ON PAGE 23 November 2017 • Earshot Jazz • 3 PROFILE Paul Kikuchi: 9066 By Peter Monaghan For several years, Seattle-based per- cussionist and composer Paul Kikuchi has been delving into the archives of Japanese-American life in the city, and for his 2017 Earshot Jazz Festival ap- pearance has created a singular work merging past and present. His 9066 commemorates a dark chapter in American history: the imposition, 75 years ago, of Execu- tive Order 9066. It resulted in some 120,000 Japanese Americans, most of them U.S. citizens, being incarcer- ated in internment camps in the inte- rior of the western United States dur- ing World War II. Among them were thousands of Seattleites. Among his goals, says Kikuchi, is “to illuminate just how much Seattle lost PHOTO COURTESY OF ARTIST in terms of cultural diversity, and how of 78rpm records, as well as memoirs, members of the Japanese-American thriving a Japantown we had, and how that his grandfather, Zenkichi Kiku- community become aware of the work much was decimated and never came chi, left upon his death.
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