Brian Monroney 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 2017 Vol. 33, No. 3 EARSHOT JAZZSeattle, Washington Brian Monroney Photo by Daniel Sheehan LETTER FROM THE DIRECTOR EARSHOT JAZZ A Mirror and Focus for the Jazz Community Call now with your donation… Executive Director John Gilbreath or go online to earshot.org Managing Director Karen Caropepe Program Manager Caitlin Peterkin This month, we’ll Jazz has documented Earshot Jazz Editor Caitlin Peterkin hear fund-drive cam- one of the most vi- Contributing Writers Halynn Blanchard, paigns on all of our brant jazz scenes in Derek Decker, Marianne Gonterman, public radio stations. the country, with Andrew Luthringer I want to invite you well over one mil- right now to think of lion copies distrib- Calendar Editor Caitlin Peterkin this newsletter and uted free of charge all Photography Daniel Sheehan this appeal as the around the city since Layout Caitlin Peterkin Distribution Karen Caropepe & Earshot Jazz Spring Pledge Drive 1984. We could not volunteers for Earshot Jazz. do that without your Please make a dona- financial support at send Calendar Information to: tion at earshot.org. earshot.org. 3429 Fremont Place N, #309 In the course of my own commit- Earshot’s unique concert present- Seattle, WA 98103 ment to the vibrant cultural commu- ing history is widely admired. We email / [email protected] nity here in Seattle, I am happy to are known for a commitment to Board of Directors Sue Coliton (president), participate in public radio fundrais- the quality and creativity of the hu- Danielle Leigh (vice president), Sally ing behind the mic, as a listener, and man spirit, and a pure dedication to Nichols (secretary), Viren Kamdar as a longtime donor. Even though the rich past and brilliant future of (treasurer), Ruby Smith Love, John W. seven or 10 days of almost constant jazz, “America’s great gift to world Comerford, Chris Icasiano, Diane Wah “pitching” for donations can be as ir- culture.” Over the years, with your Emeritus Board Members Clarence Acox, ritating to me as to anyone else, I’m support, Earshot Jazz has given this Hideo Makihara, Kenneth W. Masters, Lola often a bit envious of the captive au- city thousands of unforgettable con- Pedrini, Paul Toliver, Cuong Vu diences that radio stations have, and cert experiences, with a dedication Founded in 1984 by Paul de Barros, amazed by the successful model of to Seattle artists counting for 65% Gary Bannister, and Allen Youngblood. their consistent pleas. That’s why I’m of our presentations. You can help Earshot Jazz is published monthly by asking you right now to call (206) us nurture the careers of important Earshot Jazz Society of Seattle and is 547-6763 with your donation to Ear- emerging artists by making a gift available online at www.earshot.org. shot Jazz, or go online to earshot.org now at an amount that is meaning- to make a gift to this organization. ful to you. Call (206) 547-6763, or subscription (with membership): $35 Earshot Jazz is Seattle’s non-profit go online at earshot.org 3429 Fremont Place #309 jazz support organization. Earshot’s Earshot’s programs earn the respect Seattle, WA 98103 long-running programs are interna- and support of institutions like the phone / (206) 547-6763 tionally respected but exist in ser- National Endowment for the Arts; Earshot Jazz ISSN 1077-0984 vice to the artists, audiences, educa- the state, county, and city arts com- Printed by Pacific Publishing Company tors, and students of this great city. missions; and major foundations na- © 2017 Earshot Jazz Society of Seattle That’s why we’re asking for your calls tionwide. But we exist for, and with of support right now at (206) 547- the individual support of, the mem- 6763. Your donations are tax deduct- bers of this incredible community. MI ss I O N S T A T E M ENT ible. Give now at earshot.org. Please join us at (206) 547-6763, or To ensure the legacy and progression This monthly Earshot Jazz maga- go online at earshot.org. Your sup- of the art form, Earshot Jazz cultivates rd zine for instance, is in its 33 year as port is essential to this organization. a vibrant jazz community by engaging a “mirror and focus” for the Seattle Please donate now. Thank you!! audiences, celebrating artists, and community. Over that time, Earshot –John Gilbreath, Executive Director supporting arts education. 2 • Earshot Jazz • March 2017 U CALL FOR ARTISTs Jazz: The Second Century Deadline June 1 Earshot Jazz seeks submissions from Seattle-area individual art- ists and ensembles for the 2017 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- tions of the jazz form are wel- come. Seattle-area individual artists or groups, in any instrument combination, are eligible. Sub- 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 are selected by a blind-jury pro- cess. Second Century artists and ensembles perform during July 2017, and are paid a competitive fee for the performance. Please send submissions elec- tronically to 2ndcentury@ear- shot.org or by mail to Earshot Jazz, 3429 Fremont Place N, #309, Seattle, WA 98103. Dead- line to apply is June 1. You can direct questions and comments to Earshot Jazz at (206) 547- 6763 or [email protected]. A list of past Jazz: The Second Cen- tury artists and ensembles can be viewed online at earshot.org. March 2017 • Earshot Jazz • 3 NOTES 4Culture Project Grants jazz ensembles to create, perform, and of the highest quality jazz ensemble The deadlines to apply for a 4Culture if desired, record new works. Funding literature playable by high school, col- Project grant in Arts, Heritage, and is supported by the Doris Duke Chari- lege, and professional bands alike. This Preservation have been set. Grants are table Foundation. Deadline is March project is supported in part by Seattle available to artists and art groups, re- 5. More at chamber-music.org. Office of Arts & Culture, 4Culture, siding in King County, who are creat- and the Seattle Foundation. ing and presenting work in dance, the- 5th Annual Jazz Contest for Visit swojo.org for contest details and ater, music, media, literature, and the Women Composers online application. visual arts. The Arts Projects deadline Seattle Women’s Jazz Orchestra for individuals and groups is March 1. Seattle Office of Arts & Culture (SWOJO) is now seeking submissions Youth Arts Projects More at 4culture.org. for its fifth annual composition con- test, this year a drum feature. The win- Youth Arts is an annual funding pro- CMA New Jazz Works Grant ning compositions will be performed gram for arts education, beyond the Chamber Music America’s New Jazz and recorded live by SWOJO with regular school day, for Seattle middle Works program supports the creation special guest Sherrie Maricle of DIVA. and high school youth. Funds and of new works by professional US-based Submission deadline is June 18. technical assistance from this program jazz artists (with CMA Organization- The contest was created to encour- level membership). The grants ask US age the composition and performance CONTINUED ON PAGE 22 IN ONE EAR Jim Knapp Retires from Cornish Knapp was for years the program a handful of other venues in the area, Longtime music professor Jim head of Jazz within the Cornish Mu- including Seamonster Lounge and Knapp recently retired from Cornish sic Department. Among his awards Salty’s on Alki. College of the Arts, aptly celebrating are a National Endowment for the Every Sunday from 10am-2pm in with a performance of his Scrape proj- Arts Jazz Composition Fellowship, a the Dunbar Room, the brunch will ect, an original music string orchestra Seattle Arts Commission Individual include a buildable, shareable “Jazz with guitar and harp. Artist Music Composition grant, and Brunch Tower” of small plates, as well Jazz has been taught at Cornish Col- support from Meet the Composer and as larger plates like French toast, eggs lege of the Arts since the 1960s, but Artist Trust. In November 2006, he benedict, paninis, and more. Cock- came into its own when a young trum- was honored by Cornish for “35 Years tails include bottomless mimosas and peter named Jim Knapp “codified the of Jazz.” In 2007, he was inducted into a Bloody Mary bar. Music starts at program as we know it now,” in words the Earshot Jazz Hall of Fame, and in 11am in the Fireside Room, with a dif- of tribute from departmental colleague 2010 received the “Certificate of Ex- ferent group featured each week. Chuck Deardorf. It’s been the better cellence in Teaching” for 2009-2010 part of 50 years since then, and be- from Cornish College of the Arts. Jazz Radio Knapp has recorded as a composer cause of Knapp’s pioneering work, Jazz 88.5 KNKX hosts Saturday Jazz Mat- and/or performer on the ECM, A- at Cornish has national stature. inee, Jazz Sunday Side Up, Ken Wiley’s Records, Origin, Pony Boy, Seabreeze, A Chicago native, Knapp attended the Art of Jazz, and Jazz Northwest, in Flying Fish, Catalyst, and Mode re- the University of Illinois, from which addition to its weekday NPR and late- cord labels. he received both a Bachelor of Arts night and prime-time jazz programs.