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Welcome to the 2006 Earshot Jazz Festival This year, “Seattle’s most important in three-day residency with the Seattle Roosevelt High School Band shares a bill annual jazz event” includes more than Repertory Jazz Orchestra that includes with the Ted Nash Quintet. 60 events over 18 days between October open rehearsals and workshops as well Th e Earshot Jazz Festival is by far the 19 and November 5. With more than as two concerts. biggest undertaking of the Earshot Jazz 200 artists participating, from around Once again, we’ll feature Seattle’s award- organization, but it is far from our only the world and around our city, this year’s winningest high-school jazz ensembles in activity. We present our own concerts event off ers as much as any of its prede- mainstage concerts with special guest throughout the year, collaborate on con- cessors to music lovers of the Seattle area. artist. Guest artists who have rehearsed cert presenting initiatives like SAM’s Art Th e festival includes main stage concerts, and performed with Garfi eld and Roos- of Jazz, the Anacortes Jazz Festival, and, club dates, meet-the-artist receptions, evelt High School Bands in the past have coming up, EMP’s Jazz in January. We jazz fi lms, and plenty of opportunities included saxophonists Ravi Coltrane publish the monthly Earshot Jazz news- for all fans of all ages to learn a bit more and Joshua Redman and New Orleans letter, and work to provide educational about the music and the musicians. trumpeter Nicholas Payton. Th is year, opportunities and advancements to the We’re excited about this festival. With tenor-sax legend David “Fathead” New- fi eld. We also present an awards program so many events on the schedule, I’ll leave man joins the Garfi eld High School Jazz each year to recognize the achievements you to browse the full lineup that follows, Band in a tribute to Ray Charles while of Seattle’s jazz artists. but I do want to highlight a few special continued on page 3 programs. Th e Earshot Jazz festivals are known for celebrating the continuum of jazz around the world while shining a most positive light on Seattle’s place in the global jazz community. One of the ongoing themes in all of our festi- vals is to honor the legends of Seattle October 20, 2006 Jazz – past, present, and future. We are pleased to join members of Seattle Mayor Greetings! Greg Nickel’s Offi ce and the Seattle City Council at noon on October 19th for a On behalf of the citizens of Seattle, it is my pleasure to welcome you to the free, kick-off concert with a “double trio” 2006 Earshot Jazz Festival! of artists from Seattle and Japan lead by Since 1984, the Earshot Jazz Festival has become Seattle’s biggest, and Jay Th omas. according to Down Beat magazine, most important celebration of jazz music Th is year we also celebrate a relatively in our city. This festival attracts some of the finest musicians from around the recent part of Seattle’s rich jazz history world and highlights some amazing local talent as well. This year, Earshot will with a look at the club scene of the 90’s feature more than 200 artists and numerous jazz education events throughout (that’s the 1990’s) with guitarist Brian the Seattle area. Nova. In collaboration with Town Hall we honor one of Seattle’s true originals, The City of Seattle is proud to open the 2006 Earshot Jazz Festival at City Stuart Dempster. We are also pleased to Hall with a free performance by Seattle trumpeter Jay Thomas and the East/ welcome back Seattle jazz heroes, Chris West Double Trio. Festival highlights include local jazz greats such as Wayne Horvitz, Bill Frisell, Marc Seales and Tom Varner, and out-of-town guests Speed, Jim Black, and Andrew D’Angelo including Wynton Marsalis, Toshiko Akiyoshi, Cyrus Chestnut and Dr. Lonnie for special concerts. Smith. Earshot festivals present many of the most important established and emerging Seattle has a very rich and dynamic jazz history and I am proud to be mayor of artists in jazz. Th is year’s festival presents a city that truly appreciates the value of arts and culture. Thank you for joining the original works of three artist/en- me in celebrating one of the region’s finest festivals and recognizing that art, in sembles (Michele Rosewoman, Drew all its forms, plays a significant role in our community. Gress, and Kamikaze Ground Crew) generated by important commissions Sincerely, from Chamber Music America. We also honor the elders of the art form. Th is year we continue our practice of presenting NEA Jazz Masters program by welcom- GREG NICKELS ing the great Jimmy Heath, who will be Mayor of Seattle 2 • Earshot Jazz • October 2006 This year’s festival also includes our new In well over 1,400 concert presenta- for the Arts, Chamber Music America program, Jazz: the Second Century. This tions Earshot Jazz has demonstrated an and the Doris Duke Charitable Founda- Earshot Jazz initiative began earlier this absolute commitment to creative quality tion. This year we are pleased to welcome year with a series of focus groups, and will – whether young or old, local or national, the Raynier Institute and Foundation’s continue through the festival with panel straight-ahead, or avant-garde. Our No Wasted Notes as a major festival discussions and programs that look to concert presentations honor the progres- sponsor. Thanks also to Steve Peters and the future of jazz. Supported initially by sion of the art form, whether through Nonsequitur. And thanks to our com- 4Culture, this special project will influ- reinvention and bold experimentation munity partners, the Roosevelt Hotel, the ence our direction in the years to come. or through creative collisions with other MarQueen Hotel, the Seattle WEEKLY, Earshot Jazz is celebrating 22 years music of the world. We are very grateful and Triamp Productions. Thanks to to the owners and staff at the Triple Door the participating radio stations KPLU, of service to the artists, audiences, and and Tula’s Restaurant and Nightclub for KBCS, and KEXP, and to Bud’s jazz students of jazz and improvised music in their enthusiastic welcome of Earshot Records, Wall of Sound, and Easy Street the Seattle area. Earshot was founded as festival events. We are also pleased to be records. Also, thanks to the many volun- a newsletter in 1984 and incorporated as back at On The Boards for several of our teers who help us each year. the non-profit 501(c)(3) Earshot Jazz So- presentations. Most of all, thanks to you, the listen- ciety of Seattle soon thereafter, branching Thanks to our collaborators: Northwest ing, concert going, audience. Give us out to educational programs and concert Film Forum, the Seattle Repertory Jazz your feedback. Let’s keep jazz alive presentations. We’ve been distributing Orchestra, Town Hall Seattle, and Cor- and thriving in Seattle and the Pacific the Earshot Jazz newsletter in the area, nish College of the Arts. Northwest! free of charge each month, and have We express our gratitude to major Welcome to the 2006 Earshot Jazz enriched the region with many, many funders such as the Paul G. Allen Family Festival, enjoy! memorable concerts. Foundation, the National Endowment – John Gilbreath, Executive Director Jazz: The Second Century Jazz has been called “America’s greatest arts and culture agency, Earshot Jazz has Monday, October 30th, time tba gift to world culture.” Jazz is complex, initiated a series of focus groups, panel Poncho Concert Hall with Andrew and, at it’s best, always in some discern- discussions, lectures, and workshops D’Angelo, Hilmar Jensson & Jim Black ible motion. Inherent in its imperative called Jazz: The Second Century. Tuesday, October 31, 6:30pm for re-invention is the tension between The Earshot Jazz Festival offers an op- Poncho Concert Hall with Drew Gress, artistic integrity, and some kind of accep- portunity to engage visiting artists and Craig Taborn, Tim Berne tance, even within its own mainstream. a larger audience in the discussions. We That tension has fueled contention invite you to participate. Here is a sched- Sunday, November 5, 12:30pm within the field over a variety of issues, ule of free, open panels and interviews to Seattle Asian Art Museum with including: exact definitions of jazz, the be held during the upcoming festival. We Michael Schiefel interviewed on Jazz in historical context versus the future of jazz, hope you can join us. Europe racial issues in jazz, and considerations of Monday, October 23, Noon Additional educational programs: jazz education. Poncho Concert Hall Within the 22 years of Earshot’s work Matthew Shipp and Gust Burns The Rashied Ali Quintet will conduct in the King County area, the art form, a workshop with the Roosevelt High Saturday, October 28, 6:30pm and the realities of supporting it, have School jazz band. changed. In order to more effectively On The Boards, with John Hollenbeck, Drew Gress, & Chris Speed serve our constituents, and the art form The Ted Nash Quintet will conduct a in general, we plan to address some of the Sunday, October 29, 6:30pm workshop with the Roosevelt and Gar- issues in coming months and share wis- On The Boards field High School jazz bands. dom we’ve gained with the field. Through Kahil el Zabar and Billy Bang a grant from 4Culture, King County’s Inside this issue... Cover Photo by Daniel Sheehan Festival Introduction ____________________2 Preview of Festival Events ___________9-49 Earshot Jazz Films ____________________21 Jazz: The Second Century _______________3 What I’m really looking Monktail’s Raymond Scott Project ______30 Tickets and Information _________________5 forward to _________________ 10, 12, 14, 16 Notes _________________________________51 Festival Quick Reference Guide _________6 Interview with Matthew Shipp __________17 In One Ear ____________________________51 Photography Exhibits ___________________7 Art Installation by Paul Rucker _________18 Jazz Calendar _________________________52 October 2006 • Earshot Jazz • 3 To the sponsors, staff, and over 70 volunteers who make the NEA Jazz Masters Thank You! Earshot Jazz Festival possible.
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    Paul Maria Abbey Lincoln Rudresh Ambrose Schneider Chambers Akinmusire Hall of Fame Poll Winners Paul Motian Craig Taborn Mahanthappa 66 Album Picks £3.50 £3.50 .K. U 59th Annual Critics Poll Critics Annual 59th The Critics’ Pick Critics’ The Artist, Jazz for Album Jazz and Piano UGUST 2011 MORAN Jason DOWNBEAT.COM A DOWNBEAT 59TH ANNUAL CRITICS POLL // ABBEY LINCOLN // PAUL CHAMBERS // JASON MORAN // AMBROSE AKINMUSIRE AU G U S T 2011 AUGUST 2011 VOLUme 78 – NUMBER 8 President Kevin Maher Publisher Frank Alkyer Managing Editor Bobby Reed Associate Editor Aaron Cohen Contributing Editor Ed Enright Art Director Ara Tirado Production Associate Andy Williams Bookkeeper Margaret Stevens Circulation Manager Sue Mahal Circulation Assistant Evelyn Oakes ADVERTISING SALES Record Companies & Schools Jennifer Ruban-Gentile 630-941-2030 [email protected] Musical Instruments & East Coast Schools Ritche Deraney 201-445-6260 [email protected] Advertising Sales Assistant Theresa Hill 630-941-2030 [email protected] OFFICES 102 N. Haven Road Elmhurst, IL 60126–2970 630-941-2030 Fax: 630-941-3210 http://downbeat.com [email protected] CUSTOMER SERVICE 877-904-5299 [email protected] CONTRIBUTORS Senior Contributors: Michael Bourne, John McDonough Atlanta: Jon Ross; Austin: Michael Point, Kevin Whitehead; Boston: Fred Bouchard, Frank-John Hadley; Chicago: John Corbett, Alain Drouot, Michael Jackson, Peter Margasak, Bill Meyer, Mitch Myers, Paul Natkin, Howard Reich; Denver: Norman Provizer; Indiana: Mark Sheldon; Iowa: Will Smith; Los Angeles: Earl Gibson, Todd Jenkins, Kirk Silsbee, Chris Walker, Joe Woodard; Michigan: John Ephland; Minneapolis: Robin James; Nashville: Bob Doerschuk; New Or- leans: Erika Goldring, David Kunian, Jennifer Odell; New York: Alan Bergman, Herb Boyd, Bill Douthart, Ira Gitler, Eugene Gologursky, Norm Harris, D.D.