Luke Bergman - Earshot Jazz

Spring begins Apr. 1st!
Allison Miller/Rene Hart
Master Class Apr. 20th!
Come play with us!
Small Combos, Brazilian, Latin Jazz,
Gypsy Jazz, & Thelonious Monk
Ensembles, Big Bands, Classes for
Vocalists, Improv, Ear Training & more.
www.jazznightschool.org • (206) 722 6061
Open to All - Free
Sunday, April 7, 6 pm
Annie Eastwood
and the Bill Chism Trio
Jazz Standards and Blues
Sunday, May 5, 6 pm
BlueStreet Jazz Voices
20-voice vocal jazz ensemble
with a tremendous backup trio
100 Minutes of professional jazz
Family friendly concert | Free parking
Seattle First Baptist Church
1111 Harvard Avenue (Seneca and Harvard on First Hill)
Seattle, WA (206) 325-6051
www.SeattleJazzVespers.org/GO/SJV
LETTER FROM THE DIRECTOR
If jazz is dead, April didn’t get the
memo. Seattle rolls into Jazz Appreciation
Month (JAM) with three adventurous
jazz festivals on the calendar
– one of them a brand new event
celebrating Seattle Women in Jazz.
These vibrant festivals are in addition
to the ongoing calendar of jazz
events around Puget Sound, and the
home stretch now in view for our
many jazz students. By the time International
Jazz Day rolls around on
April 30, this city will have seen a
couple of hundred live jazz concerts
by some of the most dedicated players
on the planet. Not the result of a
special once-a-year promotion, this
is business as usual for Seattle jazz!
As you read your April issue of Earshot
Jazz, I challenge you to consider
any other city, outside of maybe New
York, that is putting up this variety
of events celebrating the diversity of
approaches to jazz music. Bear in
mind, that as this month unfolds,
three distinguished high-school jazz
FOR ARTISTS
bands are preparing to represent us
at next month’s Essentially Ellington
competition in New York, and,
odds are, bring home the hardware.
In this issue, we extend our congratulations
to the winners and
nominees of the 2012 Golden Ear
Awards, and we thank everyone who
made the awards party such a success.
For me, though, the great news
about this year’s awards is that the
considerable talent and energy in the
Emerging Artist category virtually
guarantees a robust future for us all.
I hope you’ll join us for two worldclass
Earshot Jazz concerts starting
off the month on April 2 and 3, at
Seattle Art Museum, and mark your
calendars for future Earshot events.
Moreover, let’s all make a commitment
(I will, if you will) to get out
more this month, in celebration of
Jazz Appreciation Month and the
tremendous richness of Seattle jazz.
See you out there!
John Gilbreath, Executive Director
U
CALL
Jazz: The Second Century
Deadline June 3
Earshot Jazz seeks submissions from
Seattle-area individual artists and ensembles
for the 2013 Jazz: The Second
Century series. The series brings the
progression of jazz into creative motion
on the concert stage. Projects that
question and expand the conventions
the jazz form are welcome.
Seattle-area individual artists or
groups, in any instrument combination,
are eligible. Submissions must
include a recorded sample of a project
that can be performed in a concert setting.
We encourage applicants to include
a letter that speaks to their musical
interpretation of the meaning of
jazz and of the next stage of jazz music.
Individual artists or ensembles are selected
by a blind-jury process. Second
Century artists and ensembles perform
during July 2013, and are paid
a competitive fee for the performance.
Please send submissions electronically
to jazz@earshot.org or by mail to
Earshot Jazz, 3429 Fremont Place N,
#309, Seattle, WA 98103. Deadline to
apply is June 3. You can direct questions
and comments to Earshot Jazz at
(206) 547-6763 or jazz@earshot.org. A
list of past Jazz: The Second Century
artists and ensembles can be viewed
at earshot.org/Events/2nd_Century.
html.
2 • EARSHOT JAZZ • April 2013