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April 2019

Volume 35, No. 04


Executive Director

John Gilbreath

Managing Director

Karen Caropepe

Programs Manager

Tara Peters

Marketing & Development Associate

Lucienne Aggarwal

Editors

Lucienne Aggarwal
Tara Peters

Contributing Writers

Halynn Blanchard
Marianne Gonterman
Ian Gwin
Andrew Luthringer
Peter Monaghan
Paul Rauch
Carlos Snaider

Calendar Editors

Casey Adams
Jane Emerson
Tara Peters

Photography

Daniel Sheehan

Layout

Tara Peters

Distribution

Karen Caropepe
Dan Dubie
Earshot Jazz volunteers

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Board of Directors

Danielle Leigh (President)
John W. Comerford (Vice President)
Jon Perrino (Secretary)
Sheila Hughes
Chris Icasiano
Maurice James
Chris Nutter
Gail Pettis
Ruby Smith Love
Diane Wah

Emeritus Board Members

Clarence Acox
Taina Honkalehto
Hideo Makihara
Kenneth W. Masters
Peter Monaghan
Lola Pedrini
Paul Toliver
Cuong Vu

Founded in 1984 by Paul de Barros, Gary Bannister, and Allen Youngblood.
Earshot Jazz is published monthly by Earshot Jazz Society of Seattle.

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Letter from the Director

A Celebration of Acknowledgements

As you can see by Daniel Sheehan’s photo on this month’s cover, the recent Golden Ear awards party at the Royal Room was a huge success. Riffing on the title from Evan Flory-Barnes’ earlier creative opus, Acknowledgement of a Celebration, this annual awards program is a celebration of acknowledgements, honoring the brilliant work done by Seattle’s established and emerging artists over the previous year. And the field was rich.

This year’s recipients were selected from a record number of votes, and once again exemplify the breadth and beauty of Seattle’s world-class jazz scene. 

In fact, Seattle’s jazz scene itself is a shining example of the excellence and multiplicity of approaches that are making this such an exciting time for jazz around the world. The Earshot Jazz organization has always embraced an expansive view of the art form. Earshot’s 33-year presenting history is full of names of the adventurous seekers who have helped to pave the way for the richness of today’s scene, much as the artists we’ll present in the coming months are blazing a trail to tomorrow.

Our April concerts provide a fascinating ride down the freeway of jazz in the present tense. From the New Orleans pianist Sullivan Fortner’s fresh refinements of the traditional jazz piano trio, to drummer Makaya McCraven’s advancements of Chicago’s commitment to creative musicians, and on to the emerging vision and artistry of saxophonist María Grand. 

We are also pleased to offer the long-overdue Seattle appearance of guitarist Miles Okazaki, with his incendiary Trickster quartet. A Whidbey Island native, Miles has been enriching the New York scene for a number of years, and touring the world as part of Steve Coleman’s Five Elements group. He will appear here with everyone’s favorite pianist Matt Mitchell, and the searing funk of Coleman’s long-time rhythm team of Anthony Tidd and Sean Rickmann. 

As we charge into this spring however, we are planning for the summer and fall. We encourage Seattle artists to prepare a concept and submit an entry for the annual juried series, Jazz: The 2nd Century, which we’ll present on consecutive Thursdays in July, at the Chapel Performance Space. And we encourage all of you to dive into this issue, join us at these fascinating concert opportunities, and clear the entire month of October for another supersonic jazz festival. 

Seattle is a jazz town. Let’s all get out to hear some live jazz this month!! 

See you out there.

–John Gilbreath

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