DownBeat Critics Poll
Resident artist Wayne Horvitz was listed on the 61st annual DownBeat Critics Poll, in the keyboard and organ categories. Former Seattleites Chris Speed, Jim Black and flutist Anne Drummond were listed elsewhere in the poll. In the Rising Stars section of the poll, Skerik was listed for tenor saxophone and Eyvind Kang was listed second for violin. Full results are in the August issue of DownBeat magazine.
Gust Burns NYC Mention
Composer and pianist Gust Burns featured in July’s “Listen Up!” column in the New York City Jazz Record. It printed in conjunction with July performances in New York by Burns. Also in July, the pianist’s Improvisation No. 5 featured on Jack Straw’s Artist of the Week Podcast, July 3, the result of his and Victor Noriega’s 2 Trios project. The two pianists played separately with the rhythm section of Jeff Johnson and Greg Campbell. Find the “Listen Up!” column at nycjazzrecord.com.
The Stranger Genius Award Nominees
Vocalist Jessika Kenney and violist Eyvind Kang – instructors at Cornish College – composer Jherek Bischoff, and rapper and Cornish grad Katie Kate are this year’s music nominees for The Stranger Genius Award. They discussed their work with current Stranger music editor Emily Nokes at the Frye Art Museum in late July. Other Genius categories are Film, Visual Art, Literature and Performance. Geniuses are awarded $5,000; recipients will be announced at a ceremony at The Moore, September 28. More information at www.thestranger.com/seattle/special/genius.
Jazz Radio
88.5 KPLU hosts Saturday Jazz Matinee, Jazz Sunday Side Up, Marian McPartland’s Piano Jazz, Ken Wiley’s the Art of Jazz and Jim Wilke’s Jazz After Hours and Jazz Northwest, in addition to its weekday NPR and late-night and prime-time jazz programs. For KPLU’s full jazz schedule, see kplu.org/schedule.
Jim Wilke’s Jazz Northwest, Sundays, 2pm, features the artists and events of the regional jazz scene. For full JazzNW program information, see jazznw.org.
90.3 KEXP, late-night Sundays, features Jazz Theater with John Gilbreath, 1am, and Sonarchy, midnight, a live-performance broadcast from the Jack Straw Productions studio, produced by Doug Haire. Full schedule information is available at kexp.org and jackstraw.org.
Sonarchy’s August lineup: August 4, Ffej, ambient electronic music; August 11, solo marimba by Boise percussionist Jared Hallock; August 18, Breiner/Pineda/Kikuchi, improvised new music by bi-coastal trio Patrick Breiner, sax and clarinet, Cathlene Pineda, piano, and Paul Kikuchi, percussion; August 25, Diminished Men, psychedelic spaghetti-eastern surf rock.
91.3 KBCS, on late Sundays and prime-time Mondays, features Floatation Device with John Seman and Jonathan Lawson; Straight, No Chaser with David Utevsky; Giant Steps with John Pai. More about jazz on KBCS at kbcs.fm.
94.9 KUOW, Saturdays, 7pm, features Amanda Wilde’s the Swing Years and Beyond, popular music from the 1920s to the 1950s. More at kuow.org/swing_years.php.
In One Ear News
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