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Doug Beavers' Art Of The Arrangement Submitted For Grammy Nomination Consideration
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Brian Camelio
Grammy Award winner Doug Beavers has been recognized as a leading trombonist and “an arranger of the first-class.” (Harvey Siders, JazzTimes). ArtistShare is proud to submit his exciting new recording, Art of the Arrangement for this year's Grammy nomination consideration. To celebrate musical arrangement as a unique and vital art form, Beavers has enlisted a dream team of historical arrangers, including Ray Santos, Jose Madera, Marty Sheller, and Oscar Hernandez, to craft new works for large ensemble. Beavers contributes his ...
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ArtistShare Is Proud To Submit Scott Colley's "Seven" For Nomination Consideration In The 60th Grammy Awards
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Brian Camelio
Multi-Grammy nominated Scott Colley, “one of the leading bassists of our post-bop era, and a composer- bandleader ofquietly serious resolve,” has composed incredible new works for his recently formed band, Current, which features trumpeter Jonathan Finlayson, drummer Nate Smith, and pianist Kevin Hays. ArtistShare is proud to submit Scott’s stunning new recording, Seven, for nomination consideration in the 60th Grammy Awards. The writing and performance is unparalleled, combining beautiful melodicism with exhilarating rhythmic structures. The band navigates sometimes surprising territory, ...
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Torben Waldorff Celebrates 10 Years Of ArtistShare And Submission For Grammy Nomination Consideration
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Brian Camelio
Torben Waldorff celebrates 10 years of music making on ArtistShare and his fifth Project, Holiday on Fire. The recording features Torben’s intricate original compositions written specifically for his incredible band of top-notch players, trumpeter Ingrid Jensen, drummer Johnathan Blake, bassist Drew Gress and pianist Maggi Olin. Recorded on “holiday” in New York City, the band is on fire. Listen to this incredible band on Torben’s “Belligerent Beauty" here. “A virtuoso guitarist with a great sensitivity for image, emotion and expression,” ...
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Jim Hall And Red Mitchell - "Live At Sweet Basil 1978" Released On ArtistShare And Submitted For Grammy Nomination Consideration
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Brian Camelio
Considered by many to be the “father of modern jazz guitar," Jim Hall is revered by peers and audiences around the world. The previously unreleased recording, Valse Hot – Sweet Basil 1978, captures the exciting, spontaneous musical dialogue between Jim Hall and bassist Red Mitchell, featuring the legendary duo’s inventive and lyrical approach to jazz standards. One listen and you will agree that it is quite possibly the greatest jazz guitar recording in history. Hear Jim and Red tear it ...
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3-Time Emmy-nominated Composer Steve Sandberg’s ArtistShare Debut Submitted For Grammy Consideration
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Brian Camelio
3-time Emmy-nominated composer Steve Sandberg’s ArtistShare debut, Alaya, is hailed as a breakthrough recording whose compositions masterfully blend classical and world music genres with the excitement of virtuosic improvisation. We are proud to submit Alaya for this year’s Grammy nomination consideration in the Contemporary Instrumental genre. Alaya started as an All About Jazz/Launchpad project and was picked up by ArtistShare after a highly successful fan- funding campaign. ArtistShare recommends the track “Janos." Alaya, both exhilarating and deeply poetic, represents Sandberg’s ...
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Dave Pietro's ArtistShare Debut "New Road: Iowa Memoirs" For Grammy Nomination Consideration
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Brian Camelio
A gifted saxophonist/composer and key member of the Multi-Grammy Award winning Maria Schneider Orchestra, Dave Pietro spent many months in Iowa working with young students in music programs all around the state as artist-in-residence. Throughout his residency, sponsored by the University of Iowa’s Hancher Auditiorium, New York-based Pietro experienced the new environment, culture, and customs of the Great Midwest. Deeply inspired by the tight-knit communities, lush landscapes, and even new ways of completing every-day tasks, Pietro composed new pieces and ...
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Eastman School Of Music And ArtistShare Join Forces To Promote Student And Alumni Careers
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Brian Camelio
Will promote competitively selected Eastman musicians through the Eastman/ArtistShare New Artist Program Students and recent alumni of the University of Rochester’s Eastman School of Music will now have an opportunity to join a very special family of professional artists. Eastman and ArtistShare have announced an exclusive partnership to recognize and support the career and artistic development of exceptional Eastman students and alumni. ArtistShare, founded in 2001 as the Internet’s first “crowdfunding” platform for creative artists, will promote competitively selected Eastman ...
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Grammy Winner, Arturo O'Farrill Launches "The Cornel West Concerto" Project On FanFunded
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Brian Camelio
FanFunded is proud to announce Arturo O’Farrill’s new project, The Cornell West Concerto. The project is a result of the collaborative efforts of four-time Grammy winner, Arturo O’Farrill, and award-winning author and Grammy nominee Dr. Cornel West. The piece was commissioned by the Apollo Theater in May 2016. The Cornell West Concerto is a tour-de-force musical and oratorical plea for justice, love, and respect... with text by Dr. Cornel West- based on questions proposed by W.E.B. Dubois at the turn ...
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