UW Jazz Studies swept the 2015 Golden Ear Awards presented in March by local nonprofit Earshot Jazz. Jazz Studies alums were represented in seven of nine categories awarded on the basis of a public ballot returned by more than 5,000 voters.
Winners included Seattle band Chemical Clock (Jazz Studies grads Cameron Sharif, keyboard; Raymond Larsen, trumpet; Mark Hunter,bass; and Evan Woodle, drums) winning Recording of the Year for their release Bad Habitat.
Sequoia Ensemble (featuring recent grads Levi Gillis, Brennan Carter, Nick Rogstad, Evan Smith, Carmen Rothwell, and Evan Woodle) won NW Acoustic Jazz Ensemble of the Year.
Industrial Revelation, whose members include bassist Evan Flory-Barnes, a former UW Music student, won for Alternative Jazz group of the Year (Flory-Barnes was also named NW Jazz Instrumentalist of the Year).
Seattle record label Table and Chairs, founded by students and alums from the UW Jazz program, won NW Concert of the Year for their spring showcase at last year's Ballard Jazz Walk, and Jazz Studies grad Carmen Rothwell, bass, was named Emerging Artist of the Year.
Read more about Earshot Jazz and the Golden Ear Awards here.