Pictured (L-R): Carlo Pagnotta, Terri Lyne Carrington, Clint Eastwood, Larry Simpson, Tim Jackson, Luis M. Alvarez, Christian McBride, Quincy Jones, Joshua Redman. Taken at the 59th Monterey Jazz Festival on September 17, 2016. ©Monterey Jazz Festival/Jim Stone.
Boston and Monterey; September 7, 2016; (UPDATED SEPTEMBER 26) Berklee College of Music presented Tim Jackson, artistic director of the Monterey Jazz Festival, with the George Wein Impresario Award at the 59th edition of the festival, held September 16-18, 2016. Jackson has been shaping the iconic annual event, the longest continuously-running jazz festival in the world, for 25 years.
Named after legendary Newport Jazz Festival founder George Wein, the award recognizes individuals who bring music to life through their dedication to discovering, mentoring, presenting, and promoting creative musicians and their music. Previous recipients of the Wein Impresario Award include Luis Alvarez, founder of the Puerto Rico Heineken Jazz Festival; Carlo Pagnotta, founder of the Umbria Jazz Festival; and Fred Taylor, founder of the Jazz Workshop and Paul’s Mall in Boston.
Larry Simpson, Berklee senior vice president for academic affairs/provost, presented the award to Jackson on the festival’s Jimmy Lyons Stage on Saturday, September 17, 2016, at 8:40pm.
Download a picture of the presentation here.
Kenton Dick Named the 20th Jimmy Lyons Scholar to Berklee College of Music
In additional news, Kenton Dick, an 18-year-old saxophonist and composer from Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada, has been named the 20th recipient of the Jimmy Lyons Scholarship to Berklee College of Music, a four-year, full tuition award presented in conjunction with the Monterey Jazz Festival. Repeatedly recognized for his mature sound on the alto sax, he is the very first Canadian recipient of the Lyons Award. He will begin his studies in performance and composition in Boston this fall.
There will be four opportunities to hear Kenton perform at Monterey this year. He will sit in with Berklee’s Mixcla +1, opening the festival at 6:30pm Friday, September 16 on the Garden Stage. On Saturday, September 17, his Wellington High School Dick/Olynyk Duo will perform in the Night Club at 1pm, and he’ll be seen again with Mixcla +1 in the festival’s Coffee House Gallery at 2pm. On Sunday, September 18, he’ll appear on the North Coast Brewing Co, Jazz Education Stage with the Dick/Olynyk Duo at 4:30pm.
Previous recipients of the Jimmy Lyons Scholarship include Billy Buss (Billy Hart), Rushad Eggleston (Crooked Still), Milton Fletcher (Christian Scott), Jonathan Pinson (Wayne Shorter), Dayna Stephens (Kenny Barron), and James Williams (Gary Burton).
Kenton was selected alongside his sister Tiana, and friend Ethan Olynyk to compete as a trio in the Monterey Jazz Festival’s Next Generation Jazz Festival in 2015. They were the first Canadian group to compete, and felt honored to attend. In 2016, and with Tiana already attending college at Berklee, Kenton and Ethan were invited to compete a second time, as a saxophone and drum duo. They won first place in the High School Combo Division, and also received individual Outstanding Soloist awards.
While attending many jazz festivals in Canada, as well as the Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival in Moscow, Idaho, Kenton has repeatedly been recognized as an outstanding musician. Kenton has participated yearly in the Vancouver TD High School Jazz Intensive Big Band, the Conn-Selmer Centerstage Jazz Band at MusicFest Nationals, and many other British Columbia-based honor bands. Kenton was awarded ‘Most Outstanding Musician’ in both 2015 and 2016 at the Envision Jazz Festival in Surrey, BC. In June, he was recognized in DownBeat Magazine’s 39th Annual Student Music Awards as the 2016 winner of the Original Composition–Small Ensemble category for his ballad entitled “Somewhere Down the Road.” Kenton also won the TD Vancouver Student Composition Contest with his piece, “One Last Time.”
Kenton has had great opportunities through camps and honor bands to work with gifted musicians, and has been featured alongside Christine Jensen on stage. He has spent time with Joe LaBarbera at Centrum’s Jazz Port Townsend, and been encouraged through workshops with John Clayton, the Hamilton Trio, Berklee alumni Christian Fabian and Delfeayo Marsalis, and others in his hometown of Nanaimo. In Vancouver, he has also learned from performers and educators such as Steve Kaldestad, Jodi Proznick, Brad Turner, Kelby MacNayr, Campbell Ryga, and Tomeka Reid, to name a few.
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