Earshot Jazz October 2001 (Festival Issue)

Welcome to the 13th ANNUAL Earshot Jazz Festival This year we come to our celebration of jazz, the remarkable A aron Parks, a sure sign tha t the fu land. typically regarded as a uniquely American manifes ture o f jazz is in good hands, at Tula’s. Seattle’s excit The production of the Earshot Jazz festival is tation of the creative spirit, with a tenacious grief ing Living Daylights headlines at the Rainbow that the collective effort o f many hard working staff, vol over the atrocities o f September 11th and a dark, un n igh t. unteers, and audience members. We are grateful to settled sense o f ou r future. T h e fu ll im pa ct o f these The big news in our festival this year concerns the many community members who provide input still-evolving events seems limitless — so large that two landmark concerts in two o f Seattle’s finest halls. and w o rk on the Earshot Jazz festival, and the in they appear to be ushering in an entire new “age.” We are honored to present Keith Jarrett with Gary creasing numbers of audience members who look A n age tha t no one seems qu ite ready to name. Peacock and Jack DeJohnette at Benaroya H all, and forward to each year’s offerings. Like jazz itself, our grief and uncertainty seem, the legendary Dave Brubeck Quartet at the Para This year we bring more artists to the region for at first glance, to be about America. But in the end— mount Theater, where he w ill be joined by Seattle m ulti-night engagements. That means extended con and deep inside we all know it — it has to be about treasure Bill Smith. tact with the community with opportunities for the whole planet, and all of its people. W ith this The centerpiece o f this year’s festival is an ex school visits, workshops and master classes. Also this series o f concerts, we seek n o t to deny or avoid the tra ord in ary series o f concerts w ith g uitar w izard B ill year our Jazz Reach program, supported by the King depth o f our collective experiences, but to bring the Frisell. This “triple B ill” o f projects includes the pre County Arts Commission, helps to bring festival music to the experience. m ier o f new w orks, com m issioned by Earshot Jazz programs to venues outside o f the city core. Jazz, born o f suffering blues, can nourish the soul and Seattle’s Rakumi Arts, from Bill Frisell and Organizationally, we continue to welcome sup and take us to places, inside, where g rie f and jo y live M alian guitar treasure Boubacar Traore. The unique port from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation the deepest w ithin all o f us. This celebration o f cre collaboration is supported by the Africa Exchange through its JazzNet program, which combines the ative music, and what Langston Hughes called, “the program of 651 Arts and the Ford Foundation and forces o f the Non Profit Finance Fund and the Na living spirit o f jazz,” reflects our collective spirit, past w ill be presented by EMP. The “triple Bill” also pre tional Endowment for the Arts. This five-year asso and present, w ith all o f the astonishment, grief, rage, sents a first-ever, live duo performance w ith drum ciation w ill see the completion, w ith your help, o f a resilience, pride, and unity that we now carry so mer Jack DeJohnette, and world premier perfor perm anent endow m ent fu n d fo r Earshot Jazz, w hich clearly. mances of Frisell’s new intercontinental Quartet, w ill benefit Seattle’s jazz community in perpetuity. T h e 2001 Earshot Jazz Festival showcases the with Brazilian guitarist Vinicius Cantuaria, Greek- Here at Earshot, we w ill continue to do our part breadth of jazz, from elegant concerts by living leg Macedonian oud player christos Govetas, and to bolster Seattle’s well-known jazz ecology and the ends in Seattle’s finest concert halls, to impassioned Malian percussionist Sidiki Camara. wide spectrum o f jazz activities under way here. The interpretations o f the jazz canon, to exciting visits Another international project in this year’s festi Earshot Jazz Festival is our strongest statement about to the outer edges o f the art form . val is the Seattle-area residency o f the Japanese big the health o f tha t scene. We kick off the festival this year with concerts band “Continued in the underground.” C uG will We’ve got a wonderful jazz festival lined up for that demonstrate, and celebrate, the Pacific pe rform w ith th e ir Seattle associates, trum peter Jay you this year. We invite you to join in this celebra Northwest’s place in the jazz continuum. W hile we Thomas, vocalist Becca Duran, and other guests. tion of jazz, America’s great contribution to world honor the accomplished jazz master D on Lanphere C uG perform in four venues within the festival set culture. at ou r O n T h e Boards m ain stage, we also present ting, in Bellevue, Seattle, Tacoma, and Vashon is John Gilbreath Thanks to everyone who makes the Earshot Jazz Festival possible! We are grateful for recognition and major sup County Arts Commission’s Sustained Support Program concept, design, and production of this year’s poster p o rt fo r the 2001 Earshot Jazz Festival from : and is p roviding educational residencies through the K in g and brochure. Thanks also to Van Diep for graphics JazzNet, a program of the Non-Profit Finance C ou n ty Arts in Education program. This year’s Jazz Reach work on festival advertising and programs and to Pe Fund, funded by the Doris Duke Charitable Foun program is funded by the Special Projects program o f the ter Monaghan for his tireless, high-quality work on dation and the National Endowment for the Arts King County Arts Commission. behalf o f Earshot Jazz. A n d welcome to Steve C line, The Allen Foundation for Music M any Earshot Jazz artists are presented through co the new editor o f the Earshot Jazz publication. National Endowment for the Arts operation o f the Western Jazz Presenters N etw ork, a con Thanks to the jazz programmers and managers Corporate Council for the Arts sortium o f jazz presenters in the Western US and Canada at KPLU-NPR 88.5FM, KBCS 91.3FM, and KEXP K in g C o u n ty Arts Com m ission dedicated to promoting jazz through “block booked” tour 90.3FM. Special thanks to Jim W ilke for his support The Seattle Foundation ing initiatives. The WJPN receives and distributes fund of Seattle jazz. Thanks to Bud Young, James Seattle Arts Commission ing from the Wallace-Reader’s Digest Funds. Rasmussen, and C huck Smart at Bud’s Jazz Records; Rainier Oven Building We are very grateful to the management and staff at M ark Sullo at Wall of Sound, American Music, John’s p o n c h o the West Coast Hotels for their enthusiastic participa Music, and, as always, Lola Pedrini. Wallace-Reader’s Digest Funds tio n as exclusive hotel sponsor o f the Earshot Jazz Festi Thanks to Michael Allison and Fred Gilbert for Torrefazione italia val. Thanks to Jean W erner at the Roosevelt H otel, Troy a ll of the work they do, and to Bryce Montgomery Alaska Airlines, Seattle Weekly, EMP, T h rifty Car Thrall at the Paramount Hotel, Jenny Bouska at the Vance for holding it all together at the Earshot office. Thanks Rentals, A T & T Wireless, American Music, Colum Hotel, Vicki Penchosky at the West Coast Grand Hotel. to Susan Pascal fo r our web page design. Thanks to bia Winery. Thanks to Calyn Hostetler at the Camlin Hotel. the folks at On The Boards for their enthusiastic wel Boubacar Traore’s residency, commissioning, and Significant in-kind donations for this festival come come. Thanks to Dan Mortensen’s impeccable ear and performance activity is made possible by Africa Ex from KPLU/NPR Radio, Alaska Airlines, Seattle Weekly, fine equipment. Thanks to all of the wonderful mu change, an international program of 651 Arts, gener Thrifty Car Rental, A T & T Wireless Services, Columbia sicians and audience members who make this festival ously supported by the Ford Foundation. Winery, W ild Ginger Restaurant, American Music, the a necessity. Earshot Jazz receives organizational support from West Coast Hotels, KEXP 90.3FM, and KBCS 91.3FM. Perhaps our most significant support comes from the W ashington State A rts C om m ission and has pro Thanks to Daniel Sheehan for his generous creative some 600 jazz supporters in the co m m un ity w ho are vided “Roots of Jazz” school programs to more than spirit, and for the photograph of Roscoe M itchell (taken members o f Earshot Jazz and the 70 + volunteers who 35,000 elementary and middle-school students with at the 1999 Earshot festival) that graces this year’s mar work on this festival each year. PLEASE JO IN US!! support from the Washington State Arts keting materials. Daniel’s wonderful photographs, includ Commission’s Arts in Education Program. ing shots o f m any Earshot Jazz events, are viewable at Thank you one and all! Earshot Jazz receives assistance fro m the K in g www.danielsheehan.com.

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