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92 DOWNBEAT JUNE 2017 40TH ANNUAL Brightest The Best Student Musicians of 2017 JUNE 2017 DOWNBEAT 93 Theresa Chen of the Eastman School of Music earned an Outstanding Composition accolade at the Graduate College level in the category Original Composition–Small Ensemble. Welcome to the 40th Annual DownBeat Student Music Awards Eastman New Jazz Ensemble, Eastman School of Music, Rochester, New York THIS SECTION IS ALL ABOUT YOUNG problems are compounded by one person talent. The annual DownBeat Student or group’s inability to view an issue from Features Music Awards (SMAs) provide a show- another, opposing perspective, we should case for some of the world’s most talent- all take a moment to reflect on the values 100 JAZZ INSTRUMENTAL SOLOIST ed young musicians—from the junior that are promoted in a music classroom. high level all the way up to graduate col- As students are learning about the 106 LARGE JAZZ ENSEMBLE lege students. We are proud to highlight technical aspects of making music, they and encourage the musical endeavors of also learn about democracy, equality, col- 114 VOCAL JAZZ SOLOIST all our competitors. laboration, cooperation and the devel- For 40 years, the SMAs have been a opment of invididual contributions that 118 BLUES/POP/ROCK GROUP stepping stone for many of the world’s enhance the efforts of the collective. They greatest musicians. Among the notewor- also learn to respect colleagues who might 122 JAZZ ARRANGEMENT thy SMA competitors over the decades have different backgrounds and opinions are such major artists as Norah Jones, than they do. When students learn to per- 126 DOWNBEAT JAZZ EDUCATION Brad Mehldau, Maria Schneider, Chris form in harmony, it is often in both a liter- HALL OF FAME: Potter, Donny McCaslin, Darcy James al and a figurative sense. CLARENCE ACOX Argue, Roy Hargrove, Zaccai Curtis, Jon So while we applaud all the great melo- Irabagon, Grace Kelly, Kendrick Scott and dies, compositions and arrangements 130 DOWNBEAT JAZZ EDUCATION Aaron Parks. crafted by SMA musicians, we also realize In addition to the students who have that their work on the bandstand and in ACHIEVEMENT AWARD: become major jazz artists, and the hun- the recording studio often results in those PAUL CONTOS dreds of musicians who became jazz edu- musicians being a bit more empathetic cators, there are thousands of SMA com- when they are off the bandstand. 132 DOWNBEAT JAZZ EDUCATION petitors who have benefited in other ways. On the following 38 pages, you’ll see ACHIEVEMENT AWARD: For those who did not choose a career path the names and photos of some of the best in music, their studies helped them to and brightest young musicans on the plan- HOWARD STONE become better listeners, better team mem- et. In the future, we know that you’ll be bers and better leaders. hearing a lot more music from some of 96 DOWNBEAT STUDENT MUSIC Nowadays, when so many of our social these gifted youngsters. —Bobby Reed AWARDS—COMPLETE RESULTS 94 DOWNBEAT JUNE 2017 JUNE 2017 DOWNBEAT 95 Student Music Award Listings Jazz Ensemble I at the University of Wisconsin Eau-Claire Hamilton High School Performing Arts High School Jay Anderson Jazz Soloist Eric Rasmussen Outstanding Performance New York, NY Chandler, AZ Junior High School Winners Howard Dietz Luca Mendoza Joseph Yang Alto Saxophone Henry Acker Piano Trombone University of North Texas Guitar Colburn Community School of Valley Christian High School Brad Leali Performing Arts Duxbury Middle School Dr. Marcus Wolfe Denton, TX Lee Secard Jill Norenberg San Jose, CA Los Angeles, CA Duxbury, MA Tobias Meissl High School Vibraphone Matthew Lee Community College Drums and Trumpet Outstanding Performances Berklee College of Music Outstanding Performance Greg Hopkins Glenfield Middle School Albert Newberry Boston, MA Jon Ward Piano Arek Gralnic Montclair, NJ Guitar North Cross School Henry Solomon MiraCosta College Baritone Saxophone Junior High School John Salmon Greensboro, NC Steve Torok USC Thornton School of Music Outstanding Performances Oceanside, CA Bob Mintzer David Sneider Los Angeles, CA Daiki Nakajima Trumpet Undergraduate Tenor Saxophone Ardsley High School College Winner Graduate Moreland Middle School Alan Goidel College Winner Dann Zinn Ardsley, NY Josh Shpak San Jose, CA Trumpet Eitan Gofman Performing Arts High Berklee College of Music Tenor Saxophone Oliver Tuttle School Winner Trombone Tiger Okoshi Manhattan School of Music Boston, MA Justin DiCioccio Edna Brewer Middle School Petros Anagnostakos New York, NY Zack Pitt-Smith Drums Oakland, CA Undergraduate College Humber College Graduate College Community Outstanding Performances High School Winners Music School Outstanding Performances Kirk MacDonald Cole Davis Alex Yuwen Toronto, Ontario Acoustic Bass Chase Morrin Tenor Saxophone Canada Manhattan School of Music Piano 96 DOWNBEAT JUNE 2017 JOE MARTINEZ he May 18, 1978, issue of DownBeat included a at the age of 22, was serving as pianist and arranger for Tcover story on Frank Zappa with features on bassist Art Blakey. He would later go on to head up the jazz Dave Holland and baritone saxophonist Nick Brignola. studies program at William Paterson University. Those On the cover, the “down beat” logo was two words, ren- three jazz-education titans started a tradition of amaz- dered in a lower-case font that screamed, “This is the ing adjudicators that continues to this day. ’70s!” The tagline above the logo let everyone know that Some of the competitors went on to have great db was “the contemporary music magazine.” careers, like high school saxophonist Ted Nash, who But that cover did not mention what would become received an honorable mention for solo instrumental one of the cornerstones of DownBeat and its dedication performance. Today, Nash is revered as a leader and as to jazz education—the Student Music Awards. In those a member of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra. days, they were actually called the “down beat Student Other participants from the 1978 competition went Recording Awards,” and given all of one-and-a-half on to do great things in the music business, like Jim pages of space in the magazine. Rupp, the drummer for The Ohio State University These awards prove that “from small things, mama, Jazz Ensemble. He toured with Woody Herman and big things one day come.” The goal was to create an Maynard Ferguson, and spent eight years drumming awards program that could one day be as important for Diane Schuur. But Rupp is probably best known to student musicians as the Grammys were to the pros. as the owner of Columbus Pro Percussion, one of the Performances that year were adjudicated by a trio nation’s best drum shops, located in Columbus, Ohio. of jazz education royalty—David Baker, Bunky Green And still others became teachers, bankers, lawyers, and James Williams. Baker was already making history civic leaders and parents. If a person can learn to do in his post as head of jazz studies at Indiana University. one thing well, chances are they can learn to do many Green was making his mark as head of jazz studies at things well. Shining a spotlight on students who learn Chicago State University. He would later become the to play jazz well: That’s been the spirit of the SMAs for Grammy winner Ted Nash received an honorable mention accolade in chair of jazz studies at the University of North Florida. the past 40 years. And it’s a tradition that will continue the 1978 Student Music Awards. And Williams, who taught at Berklee College of Music for many more. —Frank Alkyer JUNE 2017 DOWNBEAT 97 Jazz Orchestra, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan Berklee College of Music Academy of Music Marco Pignataro & Performing Arts Boston, MA Jim Foschia Los Angeles, CA Shai Golan Alto Saxophone Honors Ensemble Winner Manhattan School of Music Justin DiCioccio Thelonious Monk Institute New York, NY National Performing Arts High School All-Star Peer- Small Jazz Combo to-Peer Jazz Quintet Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz, UCLA High School Winner JB Dyas Los Angeles, CA Tempus Fugit Ann Arbor Community High School Honors Ensemble Jack Wagner Ann Arbor, MI Outstanding Performances High School Advanced Jazz Workshop 1 The Jazzschool Community Outstanding Performance Music School Michael Zilber Jazz Combo I Berkeley, CA Folsom High School Curtis Gaesser SFJAZZ All-Stars Combo Folsom, CA SFJAZZ Dan Zinn Performing Arts San Francisco, CA High School Winner Community College Winner Colburn Jazz Workshop Monday Night Band Jazz Combo I Colburn Community School of Riverside City College Performing Arts Joel Paat Lee Secard Riverside, CA Los Angeles, CA Community College Performing Arts Outstanding Performance High School Outstanding Performance Jazz Collective MiraCosta College Hamilton ‘A’ Combo Steve Torok Hamilton High School Oceanside, CA 98 DOWNBEAT JUNE 2017 Jazz Instrumental Soloist Joseph Yang Eitan Gofman Matthew Lee VARIED SKILLS YIELD REWARDS IN NOVEMBER 2014, TENOR SAXOPHONIST graduate college level, is developing a broad Eitan Gofman returned to his native Israel to set of skills. While he impresses listeners with play in a big band that was performing the his playing, he is pursuing endeavors that Josh Shpak ANDRE LAMAR music of his countryman Eli Degibri. To take complement his performing. part in the concert, Gofman took a leave of After finishing course requirements for his absence from the Manhattan School of Music, performance degree at Boston’s Berklee Col- where he was a first-year master’s student in lege of Music, Shpak, who hails from the San jazz performance. Francisco Bay Area, decided to complete the As it happened, Mike Holober, who taught requirements for another major: film scoring. Gofman arranging at the Manhattan School, He hopes to apply what he has learned to com- was the conductor and arranger for the Degi- mercial work and film production.