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Présent sur la scène montréalaise depuis déjà quinze ans, Maxime Morin, mieux connu sous le nom de DJ Champion, ne cesse de faire danser les gens depuis la sortie de son premier album, Chill 'Em All (Saboteur Musique), en 2004 pour lequel il remporte le Félix de l’Album électro de l’année au Gala de l’ADISQ 2005 et est nommé aux Juno Awards 2006 dans la catégorie Best Dance Recording. Joint sur scène par ses flamboyants G-Strings, le musicien et « chef d’orchestre » prend part à de nombreux festivals et événements d’envergure internationale au cours des dernières années, multipliant les bains de foule et performances mémorables et cumulant les honneurs, dont un autre Félix pour le Spectacle de l’année à l’ADISQ 2006.
Avec Resistance (Saboteur Musique – 2009), la suite tant attendue de Chill 'Em All, DJ Champion se montre plus sérieux et audacieux dans ses croisements génétiques, tel que le note Olivier Lalande du Nightlife Magazine. Se rapprochant de l’énergie déployée lors de ses concerts, il se tourne consciemment vers une facture plus rock. Ce deuxième opus voit DJ Champion signer pour la première fois les textes de ses chansons. Un album aux sonorités denses qui s’amplifie grâce aux constructions musicales entraînantes, Resistance est le combat intérieur d’un artiste qui s’oppose à la tentation de prendre le chemin déjà connu.
Ce disque lui a d’ailleurs donné la chance de réaliser deux tournées pancanadiennes et de jouer aux Jeux Olympiques d’hiver 2010 à Vancouver. Suite à son passage au Festival d’été de Québec en 2011, il se mérite le prix Miroir Musiques urbaines et actuelles. DJ Champion s’apprête maintenant à s’inspirer d’un nouvel univers, celui de la musique classique.
Honneurs et distinctions: Prix Miroir Musiques urbaines et actuelles au Festival d'été de Québec 2011 Prix SOCAN Musique danse 2007 Félix Spectacle de l'année à l'ADISQ 2006 Félix Album de l'année - Musique électro ou techno à l'Autre Gala de l'ADISQ 2005 Nominations à l'ADISQ 2010 dans les catégories Album anglophone de l'année, Artiste québécois de l'année - Interprétation autres langues Nomination aux Prix Casby 2010 dans la catégorie Meilleure session Edge Nomination à l'ADISQ 2008 dans la catégorie DVD de l'année Nomination à l'ADISQ 2007 dans la catégorie Artiste québécois s'étant le plus illustré hors Québec Nomination aux Juno Awards 2006 dans la catégorie Best Dance Recording Nomination aux Prix Casby 2006 dans la catégorie Nouvelle chanson préférée Nominations à l'ADISQ 2005 dans les catégories Révélation de l'année, Auteur ou compositeur de l'année, Arrangeur de l'année
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Terence Blanchard's Champion Nominated For International Opera Award
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Muse Media
Terence Blanchard and Michael Cristofer’s CHAMPION, which received its world premiere at Opera Theatre in June 2013, is one of five finalists for “World Premiere” of the year in the 2014 International Opera Awards. Funds currently being raised via IndieGoGo for recording/distribution of project for CD Los Angeles, CA: Opera Theatre’s 2013 world premiere Champion, which was co-commissioned with Jazz St. Louis, continues to garner international recognition with the February 13 announcement from the 2014 International Opera Awards that the ...
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WBGO's Champions Of Jazz Celebrated In Stormy Weather!
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Carolyn McClair Public Relations
WBGO’s Champions of Jazz Benefit 2012 Honoring Global Law Firm Hogan Lovells, Grammy® Award Winner Bobby McFerrin and Music Industry Executive Bruce Lundvall Included Once-in-a-Lifetime Performance During a Historic Noreaster As the snow fell, the dollars were raised for jazz’s number one public radio station NEWARK, NJ: WBGO’s Champions of Jazz Benefit 2012 took place the night of the historic Noreaster “Athena” as many of the performers and audience members braved not only the cold, but also their own personal ...
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WBGO Champions Of Jazz Honors Bobby McFerrin, Bruce Lundvall & Hogan Lovells
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Carolyn McClair Public Relations
WBGO Champions of Jazz Gala Honors Bobby McFerrin, Bruce Lundvall and Hogan Lovells November 7 at Jazz at Lincoln Center Bobby McFerrin & Friends, featuring Joe Alterman, Cyrus Chestnut, Paquito D’Rivera, Al Foster, Gil Goldstein, Joe Lovano, Richard Marx, Marcus Printup, Ahmir ?uestlove Thompson and More to Perform at Benefit in Celebration of Jazz NEWARK, NJ: Multi-Grammy winning vocalist Bobby McFerrin, legendary record executive Bruce Lundvall and the pioneering global law firm Hogan Lovells will be honored for their contributions ...
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The 32nd Edition of the Festival International de Jazz de Montreal Presents the Triumphant Return of Champion
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AAJ Staff
Tickets on sale Friday at noon Montreal, Wednesday, April 13, 2011—"I'm not sick anymore! ;)" proclaims Champion on his official site, and that's music to our ears! The Festival International de Jazz de Montréal is extremely happy to announce that the famed Montreal DJ will rock the walls of the Métropolis during our 32nd edition presented by TD in collaboration with Rio Tinto Alcan, on Thursday, June 30 at 8:30 p.m. as part of the Rythmes Bell series. Tickets for ...
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Champion Jack Dupree - Blues from the Gutter (Atlantic, 1958)
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Music and More by Tim Niland
Blues singer and pianist lived a fascinating life (someone really should cobble together a biography) and this may be his best known LP. Cut with a wonderful band under perfect conditions for Atlantic, the music is a rare combination of fascinating and wry lyrics (about some pretty heavy topics) and just spot-on playing. He does cover the traditional blues themes of troubles with money and women on “Evil Woman" and “Bad Blood" but things go “way down in the alley" ...
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Keith Price - Breakfast of Champions
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All About Jazz
Rising out of Winnipeg’s booming jazz scene, twenty-five year old Keith Price and his quintet are exploring the interplay of ‘spontaneous composition music‘ and seemingly incongruous 20th century styles.
Influenced by artists as diverse as Lenny Breau, Fela Kuti, Neil Young, and early Coldplay, Price’s modern and open approach to music is evident in his original compositions. His debut album, Breakfast of Champions, highlights adventurous improvisation and the remarkable synergy of a young group. Recorded live to two-track one wintry ...
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WBGO Champions of Jazz Benefit Honoring Paquito D’Rivera and Downbeat Magazine
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Carolyn McClair Public Relations
NEWARK, NJ – WBGO celebrates 30 years with the annual Champions of Jazz Benefit concert honoring two true jazz champions: nine-time Grammy-Award winner and NEA Jazz Master, Paquito D'Rivera, and the venerable jazz industry authority, DownBeat Magazine, celebrating its 75th anniversary. The benefit is set for Tuesday, November 3, at 8:00 pm at Rose Theater in Frederick P. Rose Hall, home of Jazz at Lincoln Center on Broadway at 60th Street, New York City.
The Champions of Jazz benefit will ...
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George Perle Theorist and Composer Championed Atonal Music Dies
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Michael Ricci
Scholar, theorist and composer George Perle, always highly regarded by his peers, began to draw wider public attention only after he won a Pulitzer Prize and MacArthur Fellowship in 1986. The American music theorist and scholar who was widely regarded as the composer who put a human face on atonal music, has died. He was 93.
Always highly regarded by his peers, Perle began to draw wider public attention only after he won a Pulitzer Prize -- as well as ...
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Ariana Solotoff South Pasadena Teen Wins State Viola Championship
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All About Jazz
15-year-old Ariana Solotoff won the state viola championship at the prestigious California ASTA (American String Teachers Association) State Solo Competition, junior division (through age 18) at UC Davis.
The competition brought together the finest young strings players from throughout California.
The win entitles her to participate in ASTA's 2009 National Solo Competition, which will be held in Atlanta, Georgia next March. Joshua Bell is a past winner of this important national competition.
Solotoff has played violin since she was in ...
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2008 Detroit Blues Challenge Finals Champions Crowned
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Just Roots PR
The 6th Annual Detroit Blues Challenge Finals were contested on Sunday, November 23, 2008 at the Magic Bag in Ferndale and we are pleased to announce the winners in those competitions and they are:
Solo/Duo Division -John Latini Ypsilanti, Mi. John Latini prefaces each song with a story who he wrote it with, where they were, etc. It's the same way American Indians introduce themselves, by identifying their clan. It keeps you connected, solidifies your bonds. Music success ...
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