Golden Ear Awardees photo by Lisa Hagen Glynn
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
All photos within this piece by Lisa Hagen Glynn
Each year, the Golden Ear Awards recognizes and celebrates the outstanding achievements of the previous year in Seattle jazz. The community came together March 14 for an incredible evening to honor this year’s recipients. Our deepest thanks to D’Vonne Lewis Limited Edition for performing the opening set, the amazing Alex Dugdale for emceeing the night, Thomas Marriott for hosting the late-set jam session, to all who voted, and to our community for showing up and helping us celebrate this beautiful scene of ours together. Special thanks to Lisa Hagen Glynn for capturing wonderful photos of the award’s festivities on the following pages. Nominations for the 2022 are accepted year-round at nominations@earshot.org.
2021 Golden Ear Award Recipients
NW Recording of the Year
Inspired by Women Composers, Ann Reynolds
NW Acoustic Jazz Ensemble of the Year
Marina Albero Trio
Alternative Jazz Group of the Year
Ari Joshua Band
NW Concert of the Year
Marina Albero Trio w/ Ganesh Rajagopalan
NW Jazz Instrumentalist of the Year
D’Vonne Lewis
Emerging Artist of the Year:
Xavier Lecouturier
NW Vocalist of the Year:
Greta Matassa
Seattle Jazz Hall of Fame:
Geoff Harper, Marv Thomas, and Oscar Holden
Community in Action Awards:
Thomas Marriott, Seattle Jazz Fellowship
Owl ‘N Thistle for Tuesday Night Jams
Seattle Jazz Legacy Award
The Holden Family
