
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
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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
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2014 NW Vocalist of the Year
Greta Matassa
Johnaye Kendrick
Katie Jacobson
Leah Natale
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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 _________________________