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A Mirror and Focus for the Jazz Community June 2016 Vol A Mirror and Focus for the Jazz Community June 2016 Vol. 32, No. 6 EARSHOT JAZZSeattle, Washington LETTER FROM THE DIRECTOR EARSHOT JAZZ A Mirror and Focus for the Jazz Community Jazz is _________ Executive Director John Gilbreath Managing Director Karen Caropepe Program Manager Caitlin Peterkin Earshot Jazz Editor Caitlin Peterkin Earshot Jazz Editor-at-Large Schraepfer Harvey Contributing Writers Halynn Blanchard, Sara Jones, Andrew Luthringer, Peter Monaghan Calendar Editor Caitlin Peterkin Photography Daniel Sheehan Layout Caitlin Peterkin Cover Design Beth Rocha & Josh Sin Distribution Karen Caropepe & Earshot Jazz volunteers send Calendar Information to: 3429 Fremont Place N, #309 Word. Henri Matisse said, “Jazz is rhythm Seattle, WA 98103 Jazz is… so many things, to so and meaning.” Louis Armstrong al- email / [email protected] many people, that it all has to be legedly said, “If you have to ask, right. This month, we’re kicking you’ll never know.” Board of Directors Ruby Smith Love off a new campaign to affirm the What do you think? Anything is (president), Sue Coliton (vice president), breadth of creative expansion that fair game. Initially, for instance, I Sally Nichols (secretary), John W. Comerford, Chris Icasiano, Danielle Leigh, the word JAZZ conjures. And we thought, Jazz is Monk (or Miles or Diane Wah, Viren Kamdar want to hear your solo. Mingus) or Jazz is Swing (or Chang- Emeritus Board Members Clarence Acox, We’ll be collecting words through es or Blue). Jazz is Seattle (or Jackson Hideo Makihara, Kenneth W. Masters, Lola this summer from people just like Street or Bud’s) but the more I con- Pedrini, Paul Toliver, Cuong Vu you, through sources ranging from sidered, the more open it became. institutions of higher education to Jazz is Hard, Jazz is Motion, Jazz Founded in 1984 by Paul de Barros, street-graffiti posts, and from jazz is Black, Jazz is Freedom Now, Jazz Gary Bannister, and Allen Youngblood. is published monthly by fans to jazz haters. We’ll publish re- is Revelation, Jazz is Origin – Jazz Earshot Jazz Earshot Jazz Society of Seattle and is sponses in upcoming issues of Ear- is Old School, New School, Out of available online at www.earshot.org. shot Jazz magazine, and we’ll collect School, No Fool; In Your Face, Of and share the dialogue on earshot. Your Race, Space and Time, Out subscription (with membership): $35 org, social media, and other, more of Line, Oh So Fine. You’ve got it 3429 Fremont Place #309 low-tech media. Give us your name, already. Seattle, WA 98103 or not, but we will give away some In this issue, you’ll see some initial phone / (206) 547-6763 festival tickets later this summer thoughts on Jazz is_____, with seri- Earshot Jazz ISSN 1077-0984 based on random excellence. Jazz is ous thanks to Beth Rocha and Josh Printed by Pacific Publishing Company YOU. Sin, for ideas and art. You’ll also see © 2016 Earshot Jazz Society of Seattle On International Jazz Day, Presi- that Jazz is Summer Festivals, Jazz is dent Barak Obama said, “Jazz is Bad Luck, Jazz is Jazz Records, and fearless and true….It is the ultimate Jazz is All Around the Sound. M I S S I O N S TATEMENT in rugged individualism, and the Give us what comes to you. Right Earshot Jazz cultivates a vibrant jazz truest expression of community.” now. Shoot an e-mail to jazz@ear- community by engaging audiences, He also quoted Duke Ellington, shot.org. celebrating artists, and supporting who referred to jazz as the best “ba- Jazz is NOW! arts education to ensure the legacy rometer of freedom.” – John Gilbreath, Executive Director and progression of the art form. 2 • Earshot Jazz • June 2016 NOTES 4th Annual Jazz Contest for logg. Submission deadline is June 30. genres and instrumentation; all styles Women Composers Visit swojo.org for contest details and of music encouraged to apply. Sign-up online application. deadline is July 11. More info & ap- Seattle Women’s Jazz Orchestra STG Songwriters Lab plication at stgpresents.org/education/ (SWOJO) is now seeking submissions songwriters. for its fourth annual composition con- STG’s Songwriters Lab, which runs Office of Arts & Culture Project test. The winner of the contest will July 18-23, is for young musicians receive a $400 honorarium, a live au- (ages 14-early 20s) interested in pursu- Funding dio recording of her composition, and ing their artistic vision as songwriters Seattle’s Office of Arts & Culture the winning piece will be published. and lyricists. Under the mentorship of is now accepting applications for its The Honorable Mention composer professional musicians, students learn CityArtist Projects grant program, will receive a $100 honorarium and a creative approaches to song compo- with a deadline of July 20. The pro- live audio recording of her composi- sition and lyric writing, along with gram provides funding for Seattle- tion. The winning compositions will strategies for navigating the music based individual artists to develop and be performed and recorded live by business. STG’s Songwriters Lab en- present their work. More information SWOJO with special guest Jenny Kel- courages collaboration across music available at seattle.gov/arts. IN ONE EAR Wayne Horvitz Named 2016 tition recently performed at the Kobe cific Lutheran University announced it Doris Duke Performing Artist Jazz Vocal Queen Contest in Kobe, Ja- was selling the radio station to KUOW pan. The finalists were LaVon Hardi- back in November. In order to “Save Seattle’s prolific pianist/composer son (winner of the adult division) and KPLU,” the community needs to raise Wayne Horvitz recently earned the Kristina Buno (winner of the high $7 million by June 30. To date, the prestigious Doris Duke Performing school division). campaign has raised nearly $6 million. Artist Award, alongside the likes of Every fall for the last 16 years, the Visit kplu.org/save-kplu to learn more Dave Douglas, Wadada Leo Smith, winner of the Kobe Shinkaichi Jazz information or to donate today. Henry Threadgill, and others. Vocal Queen Contest has flown to Se- The award, which grants artists Jazz Radio attle to make her US debut at Dimi- $275,000 each, signifies a deeper in- triou’s Jazz Alley. Eleven years ago, the 88.5 KPLU hosts Saturday Jazz vestment in the potential of dedicated Seattle-Kobe Sister City Association Matinee, Jazz Sunday Side Up, Ken artists, empowering them through the began holding a jazz vocalist audition Wiley’s the Art of Jazz, and Jazz freedom of unrestricted support while as the reciprocal component of this ex- Northwest, in addition to its weekday celebrating past achievement. Horvitz change. NPR and late-night and prime-time says his principal goals with this award jazz programs. For KPLU’s full jazz include: the completion of his projects The Beaver Sessions on Hiatus schedule, see kplu.org/schedule. 21 Pianos and Those Who Remain-Part In the wake of the Greenwood gas Jim Wilke’s Jazz Northwest, Sun- II, both installations, and The Heart- explosion in March, neighborhood bar days, 2pm, features the artists and song of Charging Elk, a chamber opera The Angry Beaver, host to a weekly events of the regional jazz scene. For based on the novel by James Welch; Sunday jam session, has been expe- JazzNW podcasts of archived pro- recording and documenting a back riencing some unexpected delays in grams, see jazznw.org. catalog of chamber music; and taking reopening. The Beaver Sessions have 90.3 KEXP, late-night Sundays, time to consider new projects for the therefore been postponed until the bar features Jazz Theater with John Gil- coming decade. is back in business, anticipated to be breath, 1am, and Sonarchy, midnight, Seattle-Kobe Female Jazz sometime in mid-June. a live-performance broadcast from the Vocalists Perform in Japan Save KPLU Campaign Launches Jack Straw Productions studio, pro- duced by Doug Haire. Full schedule The winners of the 12th annual Seat- A fundraising campaign, led by tle-Kobe Female Jazz Vocalist compe- KPLU itself, has launched, after Pa- CONTINUED ON PAGE 22 June 2016 • Earshot Jazz • 3 JAZZ IS... Our Music Life Blue Afrofuturism Improvisation Derogatory and dirty Real Not For The Faint Of Heart A thought Breaking habits Blues aesthetic Revolutionary Diversity Courageous Acceptance Growth The unknown #BAM 4 • Earshot Jazz • June 2016 Love the union of sound, sense, and boundlessness Movement Breaking the rules, making new rules Persistent The sound of the city The accord of math and expression The middle ground between tranquility and devastation Reefer Imagination in real time unnameable Intuition on the fly God Anything alchemy Spontaneous insight Spooky action at a distance Mysterious and mystical Freedom of expression and community Cannot be put in a box and is not defined Sugar in my bowl Afrofuturism by Lincoln Center or Wynton Marsalis The intangible sexual connotations and disorientation rooted in the African American experience Ain’t nothin’ but soul The future never the same An elevated plane of discourse Creative improvisation and individual authenticity Resistance Always evolving Black American Music Searching freedom Path to self discovery whimsical Transcendent Feral Protest & power Evolving Dark matter Creating community earshot.org June 2016 • Earshot Jazz • 5 Jazz is the shape of the spaces in between the notes. Jazz is movement through those spaces. Jazz is the shape of the spaces between you and me; between you and the hardscape of the world. Jazz is all the spaces of the world singing to N A each other. And it's the silence NIEL SHEEH A in between even that. HOTO BY D P N A – Krys Holmes SON MOR A J The Bass Church The Bass Church The Bass Church The Northwest double bass specialists The Northwest double bass specialists The Northwest double bass specialists www.basschurch.com www.basschurch.com www.basschurch.com Sales, Rentals, Sales, Rentals, Sales, Rentals, Repairs, Restorations, Repairs, Restorations, Repairs, Restorations, Lessons Lessons Lessons Convenient North Seattle Location Convenient North Seattle Location Convenient North Seattle Location (206)784-6626 (206)784-6626 (206)784-6626 9716 Phinney Ave.
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