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Golden Ear Awards Program

Awards Ceremony
Monday, February 2, 2009
The Triple Door, 7pm

Hadley Caliman Quintet
w/ Thomas Marriott, Matt Jorgensen, Phil Sparks and Marc Seales

Jim Wilke emcee

Das Vibenbass
A special send-off to New York City for Das Vibenbass, late set, 9:30-11pm

Each year the Golden Ear Awards program provides an opportunity for Seattle jazz fans and performers to celebrate the region's jazz accomplishments of the previous year. 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.

2008 Ballot
One ballot per person.
D
ue January 25, 2009

Earshot asks a select list of King County jazz fans, artists, journalists, and industry professionals to help in a nominating process. The nominations included on the final voter ballot are drawn from a consensus of the suggestions Earshot receives. The final ballots consider work accomplished in the previous calendar year and are intended to recognize and reward artists and ensembles whose work for the prior year stands out as exemplary. Ballot write-in votes are also accepted. A PDF version of ballot available for download.

2008 NW Recording of the Year:

Hadley Caliman - Gratitude
Byron Vannoy - Meridian
Thomas Marriott - Crazy: Music of Willie Nelson
Matt Jorgensen +451 - Another Morning
Jeff Johnson - Tall Stranger
Other:

Emerging Artist of 2008:

Neil Welch
Byron Vannoy
The Teaching
Evan Flory-Barnes
Other:

2008 NW Acoustic Jazz Ensemble:

Hadley Caliman Quartet/Quintet
Jim Knapp Orchestra
Ziggurat
Hans Teuber/Geoffrey Harper/Byron Vannoy
Other:

NW Vocalist of the Year:

Kelly Harland
Kelley Johnson
Greta Matassa
Gail Pettis
Other:

2008 NW “Outside” Jazz Group:

Jeff Johnson Trio
More Zero
Thomas Marriott's Willie Nelson Project
Speak
Other:

2008 NW Concert of the Year:

Hadley Caliman at Ballard Jazz Festival
Hadley Caliman CD release party at Tula's
Lee Konitz at Ballard Jazz Festival
Wayne Horvitz Retrospective at Earshot Festival
Other:

2008 NW Jazz Instrumentalist:

Mark Taylor
Hadley Caliman
Hans Teuber
Thomas Marriott
Jeff Johnson
Other:

Seattle Jazz Hall of Fame Nominees
(see below for a list of people already inducted)

Jack Perciful
KBCS 91.3
Phil Sparks
Bob Nixon
Other:

The Seatle Jazz Hall of Fame

1990

Ernestine Anderson, Al Hood, Chuck Metcalf,
Floyd Standifer

1991

Buddy Catlett, Don Lanphere

1992

Jabo Ward, Jim Wilke

1993

Fred Greenwell, Melody Jones

1994

Clarence Acox, Bud Young

1995

Jerome Gray
1996 Norm Bobrow, William O. (Bill) Smith
1997 Lola Pedrini, Bill Ramsay
1998 Jan Stentz, Leon Vaughn
1999 Vonne Griffin, Red Kelly
2000 Bud Shank, Chuck Stentz
2001 John Dimitriou, Julian Priester
2002 Paul deBarros, Ken Wiley
2003 Ronnie Pierce, Jay Thomas
2004 Gaye Anderson, Hadley Caliman, Robert Knatt
2005 Gary Steele, Mack Waldron, Woody Woodhouse
2006 Jim Knapp, KPLU
2007 John Bishop, Dean Hodges


Earshot Jazz is a Seattle based nonprofit music, arts and service organization formed in 1984 to support jazz and increase awareness in the community.  Earshot Jazz publishes a monthly newsletter, presents creative music and educational programs, assists jazz artists, increases listenership, complements existing services and programs, and networks with the national and international jazz community.
 
©2008 Earshot Jazz, Seattle, Washington