Cast your ballot by March 15

Each year, the Golden Ear Awards recognize and celebrate the outstanding achievements of the previous year in Seattle jazz. In the process, Seattle jazz fans and performers can take stock of and show gratitude for the region’s vibrant jazz ecology. The awards are determined by a combination of nominations and popular vote. Nominees this year were selected by a poll of Earshot Jazz readers, jazz performers, audience members, journalists and industry professionals. There are eight Golden Ear Award categories, including induction into the Seattle Jazz Hall of Fame. 

Please vote online at www.earshot.org, by email to vote@earshot.org, or mail your selections to Earshot Jazz, 3429 Fremont Pl. N., #309, Seattle, WA 98103, by March 15.

2014 NW Recording of the Year

Ann Reynolds’ Clave Gringa, Para Cuba Con Amor

Burn List, Burn List

Chemical Clock, Bad Habitat

Thomas Marriott, Urban Folklore

Other _________________________

2014 NW Acoustic Ensemble

Alex Dugdale & the FADE Quartet

Jacob Zimmerman Quintet

Sequoia

Steve Griggs Ensemble

Other _________________________

2014 NW Alternative Group

Bad Luck

Crystal Beth & the Boom Boom Band

Industrial Revelation

Trimtab

Other _________________________

2014 NW Concert of the Year

Table & Chairs Showcase (netcat, Cavity Fang, Japanese Guy, King Tears Bat Trip), Ballard Jazz Walk, April 18

Human Feel / The Westerlies, Seattle Art Museum, June 27

Tribute to Charlie Haden, Chapel Performance Space, September 25

Monk 10/10, Town Hall, October 10

Other _________________________

2014 NW Instrumentalist of the Year

Anton Schwartz

Evan Flory-Barnes

Kate Olson

Thomas Marriott

Other _________________________

2014 NW Emerging Artist

Ann Reynolds

Carmen Rothwell

Delvon Lamarr

Levi Gillis

Other _________________________

2014 NW Vocalist of the Year

Greta Matassa

Johnaye Kendrick

Katie Jacobson

Leah Natale

Other _________________________

2014 Seattle Jazz Hall of Fame

For a list of Seattle Jazz Hall of Famers, go to earshot.org/events/awards/halloffame.html

Amy Denio

Gary Bannister

Greta Matassa

Ruby Bishop

Other _________________________