

Golden Ear Award Winners
Posted 3 February, 2009 in Golden Ear Award - Comments Off comments
Drummer Byron Vannoy (pictured with daughter Olivia and emcee Jim Wilke) and his group, Meridian, had the 2008 NW recording of the Year

Hadley Caliman won the award for Acoustic Jazz Ensemble and NW Concert of the Year

Saxophonist Mark Taylor was named 2008 NW Jazz Instrumentalist
Thomas Marriott and his Willie Nelson Project won the award for NW ‘Outside’ Jazz Group (apologies to Tom … I was onstage so I couldn’t take a picture – Matt J.)

Saxophonist Neil Welch was named Emerging Artist of 2008

Greta Matassa was again named NW Vocalist of the Year

Jazz Program Director Gordon Todd accepting the Seattle Jazz Hall of Fame award for KBCS 91.3fm

Bassist Phil Sparks is accepted in the Seattle Jazz Hall of Fame

Tula’s Jazz Club owner Mack Waldron received a special award for service to the jazz community.
- An open letter from trumpetter Allen Vizzutti
- Hadley Caliman / Pete Christlieb CD Release Party this Sunday
- Review: SRJO, Jimmy Heath: The Endless Search
- Gail Pettis gets 4-star review in Downbeat Magazine
- Speak gets reviewed by the BBC
- Thomas Marriott & Ray Vega reaches #1 on JazzWeek
- Memorial for Manuel “Michael” Orias
- Hadley Caliman, Origin Records and KEWU pick up JazzWeek Nominations
- Greta Matassa: Leading Questions
- Riley Mulherkar joins Andy Clausen in heading to Julliard next year
- Sign up for the Seattle Jazz Scene Email List
- "Jazz Loft" Making History
- Review: Carrie Wicks, I'll Get Around to It





