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Golden Ear Awards & Seattle Jazz Hall of Fame

The 2021 Golden Ear Recipients. Back Row: Dave Holden, Jr., Geoff Harper, D’Vonne Lewis, Eric Verlinde, Thomas Marriott. Middle Row: Darelle Holden, Xavier Lecouturier, Jay Thomas, Ari Joshua. Front Row: Marina Albero, Ann Reynolds, Greta Matassa. Photo by Lisa Hagen Glynn.

About the Golden Ear Awards

Now accepting nominations!

Earshot Jazz initiated the Golden Ear Awards in 1990 to recognize the accomplishments of Seattle jazz artists over the previous year, and to induct significant members of the jazz community into the local Jazz Hall of Fame. Over the years, the award categories have shifted slightly, but the essence of the process has remained the same.

  • Nominations accepted year round. Please submit your nominations here.
  • The official ballot comes out every February.
  • Party in March include a concert and jam session and announcement of recipients.

For a list of past recipients go here.

For a list of all inductees to the Seattle Jazz Hall fo Fame go here.

Jazz: The Second Century

Golden Ear Award 2021 Recipients

Call for Artistic Submissions

Seeking submissions, now through August 1, 2022!

Earshot Jazz seeks submissions from Seattle-area individual artists and ensembles for the Jazz: The Second Century series. The series brings the progression of jazz into creative motion and is a current and un-sentimental look at our city’s engagement with this diffuse, vibrant art form.

Projects that question and expand the conventions of the jazz form are encouraged. Submissions must include a recorded sample of a project and a written statement between 250-350 words. Our submission format is fluid and flexible. Artists are invited to use the tools and technology available to them to create a response to what jazz is right now.

Artists are selected through a blind jury process. We’ve adapted the format from a live concert to a pre-recorded audio or video performance, which will be presented at the virtual watch party in October during the Earshot Jazz Festival. Selected artists are paid a competitive fee for the performance ($125 per artist, for up to 8 artists or contributors per ensemble).

Presenting Seattle artists, who are selected by a peer panel, to showcase their original work embodies two essential core values of Earshot Jazz: to respect artists and nurture creativity. Thank you to the artists, panelists, and audience members who support this vision. A list of past Second Century artists can be viewed online at earshot.org.

Please send submissions electronically to 2ndcentury@earshot.org by August 1, 2022.

A list of past Second Century artists can be viewed here.

Concert of Duke Ellington’s Sacred Music

2023 Concert Scheduled for December 30, 2022

Tickets go on sale September 1!

Join us for the world’s longest running presentation of Duke Ellington’s sacred music. Ellington’s wonderful “Sacred Music” is both serious and swinging. It is a reverent and hip body of jazz composition, written late in his career, for jazz big band, vocal and instrumental soloists, gospel choir, and tap dancers. A holiday favorite for the past 33 years.

The concert features the 17-piece Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra (SRJO), co-directed by Michael Brockman and Clarence Acox, tap dancer Alex Dugdale, plus choir and special guest vocalists. 

Want to learn more about the sacred music concerts? Go here History page.