Roosevelt Grad Composition at Monterey
Roosevelt High School graduate, pianist and composer Chris McCarthy receives the Monterey Jazz Festival’s big band composition competition Gerald Wilson Award this September. His winning composition, “Something Small,” will also be performed at the festival, September 21-23, by the Next Generation Jazz Orchestra, an all-star student band. “Something Small” debuted at the 2011 Earshot Jazz Festival at Town Hall. McCarthy starts at the New England Conservatory of Music this fall on a presidential scholarship.
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Ear at the Fair Trade Music Meeting Vocalist Rochelle House attended the Fair Trade Music meeting last month, hosted by the Musicians’ Association of Seattle. She says that musicians from a variety of genres – classical, jazz, rock, punk, metal – attended; conversation leaders were good at managing the passion of the people; and bassist Evan Flory-Barnes and LUCID proprietor David Pierre-Louis spoke. The meeting acknowledged that successful movements have all sides at the table, House says. More information about the Fair Trade Music campaign is available at local76-493.org.
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Eyvind Kang New to Cornish Faculty Violist, violinist and composer Eyvind Kang joins the Cornish College of the Arts adjunct instructor faculty this fall. The Cornish alum (’94) co-founded and co-directs, with Cornish’s Jim Knapp, the improvisational string orchestra Scrape; he’s a recent Artist Trust Arts Innovator award recipient; has worked extensively with Bill Frisell; is a composer and arranger for many bands; and can be heard on over 60 records, including his own recent Grass (2012, Tzadik) and The Narrow Garden (2012, Ipecac).
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Jam Session News The Racer Sessions are back home at the Cafe Racer. September curators are Stupid Man Suit, Chemical Clock, Carol Weber, Don Berman and Andrew Swanson. Session organizers and attendees, please send session news and anecdotes to editor@earshot.org.
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Wayne Horvitz Multimedia Installation Wayne Horvit’s 55: Music & Dance in Concrete site-specific installation goes on tour in September. The multimedia work includes improvised and composed music by Horvitz and Seattle musicians recorded in Centrum’s Dan Harpole Cistern, choreography and dance by Yukio Suszuki/Kingyo, video by Yohei Saito and engineering work by Tucker Martine. A live rendition is at The Royal Room, September 14, and a site-adapted performance is at Art Walk Rainier Beach, September 15, before the prepared work is performed at the Fort Worden batteries near Port Townsend and then at the Arizona State University Art Museum, where it will remain as an audio and video installation until October 31. More information at www.55inconcrete.com.
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Jim Wilke’s Jazz NW September Jim Wilke’s Jazz Northwest features the artists and events of the regional jazz scene. The radio program airs Sundays at 1pm on 88.5 KPLU and is also available online in an archived podcast. September broadcasts include three concerts from 2012 Jazz Port Townsend, two from the main stage and one club gig: September 2, Benny Green Trio with guest Gary Smulyan; September 16, Dena DeRose Trio with Martin Wind and Matt Wilson; September 30, Tamir Hendelman Trio with Martin Wind and Matt Wilson at The Upstage. Other September Jazz NW broadcasts feature recent CDs by NW artists. See jazznw.org for the program schedule and updates.
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Sonarchy September Lineup
Sonarchy broadcasts Sundays at midnight (PST) on 90.3 KEXP. The shows can be heard live at kexp.org and are available as podcasts shortly after they air. Doug Haire produces and mixes these live broadcasts. September 2, Carl Lierman explores textures, tones and mass with analog electronics (modular synthesizer) and heavily layered and processed recordings and digital sound sources; September 9, Eric Verlinde and Steve Kindler, two masters of their instruments freely improvise on piano and 6- and 9-string electric violins; September 16, Graham Haynes & Broken Sound Barrier, an archive performance from 2002 featuring Haynes on cornet and processing, Kevin Sawka on drums and electronics, Shahzad Ismaily on electric bass; September 23, the Bran Flakes, Otis Fodder and Mildred Pitt, sampling; September 30, Slumgum, Trevor Anderies on drums, Jonathan Armstrong on saxophones, Rory Cowal on piano, David Tranchina on bass.
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