Talk:Clarence Acox Jr.

Name
Moved from Clarence Acox to Clarence Acox, Jr. because that's how I've always seen his name, but I see that the original other of this is signed as User:Cacox, so it might be Acox himself, who would certainly know better than I about the right form of his name. - Jmabel | Talk 00:53, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

Cut because not relevant
I cut the following. It's relevant to Garfield High, but as far as I can tell not to Acox: "Garfield alumni over the years include Quincy Jones, Jimi Hendrix and Clark Gayton" (cited to Jazz Journalists Association). Jones and Hendrix were before Acox was at Garfield. Gayton does overlap him; if anyone has a citation that Gayton studied under Acox, I'd gladly see that re-added to the article. - Jmabel | Talk 06:43, 30 January 2010 (UTC)

Clarence Acox, Jr.
I want to replace the entire article with the one below:

Clarence Acox, Jr. is a band director and jazz drummer. He is a native of New Orleans, and has been heard in a variety of settings in the Northwest, mainly in Seattle. He is director of jazz bands at Garfield High School,[1] where he has taught since arriving from Southern University in New Orleans in 1971. He was initially hired to rejuvenate the school's marching bands.[2][3] Under his tutelage since 1979, the Garfield Jazz Ensemble has won every major competition on the West Coast, including competitions in Nevada, California, Oregon, Idaho, and Washington.[2]

The Garfield Jazz Ensemble has made twelve European tours. They have performed at the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland, the North Sea Jazz Festival[4] in the Netherlands, Jazz á Vienne in France, and the Umbria Jazz Festival in Italy, as well as many concerts in Paris, and Innsbruck, Austria. The band has also been a finalist in the Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition and Festival held at Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City for fifteen times, as of 2017. The jazz ensemble won the Second Place Trophy at the Ellington Festival in 2002[5] and 2008[citation needed] and the First Place Trophy in 2003 and 2004,[6] as well as 2009 and 2010, making it the only group in the history of the competition to accomplish this feat four times. Rival Roosevelt High School has won three competitions.[citation needed] Acox was named Educator of the Year by Down Beat magazine in 2001.[1][2][4] In 2003 he was presented the Impact Award by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, the organization that sponsors the Grammy Awards.[citation needed] In 2004 the Seattle Music Educators Association recognized him as its Outstanding Music Educator.[7] In 2007 he was presented the Mayor's Arts Award by Seattle mayor Greg Nickels.[1][8] In 2008 Seattle Metropolitan magazine named him one of the 50 most influential musicians in the history of Seattle music.[2] In 2010, he and Roosevelt High School's Scott Brown shared the Impact Award at Seattle's second annual City of Music Awards.[9] Acox is a regular on the club scene in the Seattle area. He has performed with the Floyd Standifer Quartet (now Legacy Quartet) at the New Orleans Creole Restaurant since 1986.[1][3][10] His powerful and swinging drum style also has driven the local Roadside Attraction big band[..citation needed] and the Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra, which he co-founded in 1995 with University of Washington saxophone instructor Michael Brockman.[3][11][12] [edit] National musicians seek him out as well. Acox has been the drummer of choice for visiting national performers including, Hank Crawford, Billy Eckstine, Ray Bryant, Charles Brown, Bobby Shew, Diane Schurr, Marlena Shaw, Benny Carter, Charles McPherson, Doc Severinsen, and Ernestine Anderson. With the Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra, Acox has performed with Quincy Jones, Frank Foster, Arturo Sandoval, Jimmy Heath, Frank Wess, James Moody, Benny Golson, Slide Hampton, Toshiko Akiyoshi, in addition to vocalists Ernie Andrews, and Dee Daniels.

Awards and recognitions 1991 – Musician of the year presented by Earshot Jazz Society 1994 – Inducted into the Earshot Jazz Society Seattle “Hall of Fame” 1995 – Named one of 100 most influential people in the state of Washington by the Seattle Times 2001 - Educator of the year presented by Downbeat Magazine 2003 – Impact award recipient presented by The Recording Academy 2004 – “Outstanding Music Educator” award presented by Seattle Music Educators Association 2007 – Mayor’s Arts Award presented by Seattle Mayor Gregory Nickels 2008 – Named one of the 50 most influential musicians in Seattle music by Seattle Metropolitan Magazine 2010 - Contribution to The Community award by Inside Out 2010 – Impact Award presented by City of Seattle 2011 – Inducted into the WIAA (Washington Interscholastic Activities Association) Hall of Fame 2011 – Outstanding Achievement in the Arts award by Artsfund 2012 - Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn declared October 12 as Clarence Acox Day 2016 - [13] Awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Fine Arts from Cornish College of                                                the Arts 2017 – Inducted into Downbeat Magazine’s ‘Jazz Education Hall of Fame’ Cacox (talk) 10:55, 16 June 2017 (UTC)

We don't replace articles with the subject's preferred versions. Please advise what content is not accurate and provide independent sources. Theroadislong (talk) 11:37, 16 June 2017 (UTC)

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