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The Pageant Nominated for Pollstar's "Nightclub of the Year"

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
January 28, 2009

Via the RFT's A to Z music blog; Another St. Louis music venue is getting national recognition, as The Pageant is one of five venues across the country nominated for “Nightclub of the Year" in Pollstar's Concert Industry Awards. The Pageant presents a variety of musical styles; of interest to jazz fans, it has hosted a number of smooth jazz shows, as well as the St. Louis appearances of acts such as Zappa Plays Zappa and Herbie Hancock's ...

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Wired's First Annual Rippy Awards

Source: All About Jazz
January 27, 2009

AND THE WINNER IS-..... On February 8, the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences will host the 51st annual Grammy Awards, a glitzy ceremony with a long, proud tradition of bloated asininity. (Our predictions: Bono will invoke the Clash and/or Nelson Mandela; Carlos Santana will perform wearing the same fedora he's had since 1973.)

Sure, this year's nods to M.I.A. and Radiohead were savvy, but the Grammys are just begging to be replaced by an ...

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Radiohead to Play Grammys

Source: JamBase
January 27, 2009

Radiohead to Perform at Grammy Awards

Radiohead According to Rollingstone.com, Radiohead will make their debut appearance at this year's Grammy Awards set for February 8 at Los Angeles' Staples Center. Radiohead has been nominated for Album of the Year three times - OK Computer and Kid A (both of which won Best Alternative Album honors) and this year's In Rainbows. RS.com is also reporting that Paul McCartney, Justin Timberlake, T.I., Kanye West and Jay-Z will take the stage.

The above ...

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Jazz at the Bistro Makes Down Beat's 2009 List of "100 Great Jazz Clubs"

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
January 20, 2009

Jazz at the Bistro, the main venue for presenting organization Jazz St. Louis, has been named one of “100 Great Jazz Clubs" around the world in an article in the February 2009 issue of Down Beat magazine. The venerable jazz journal cited the Bistro's lineup of national and local/regional talent and also made note of the room's “intimate" character.The Blue Room and Jardine's, both in Kansas City, are the only other Missouri venues that made the list, while ...

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Jeanne Trevor to Receive St. Louis Arts Award

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
January 17, 2009

Singer Jeanne Trevor (pictured), a longtime favorite of St. Louis audiences for her work in jazz clubs, concerts and musical theater, will receive a St. Louis Arts Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Arts as part of a ceremony to be held Monday, January 26 at the Chase-Park Plaza hotel.The St. Louis Arts Awards are sponsored by the Arts & Education Council, and serve to honor “groups and individuals who help preserve a legacy of artistic excellence and ...

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Wally's Cafe Jazz Club Recieves Bostonian Society Plaque

Source: All About Jazz
January 12, 2009

It's Official: Wally's Makes History Wally's Cafe Jazz Club has been making history for decades, a fact that will be made official later this month. On Jan. 30, the Boston Historical Society will recognize Wally's for the contribution it has made to the cultural fabric of the city by adding a plaque to the front of the building designating the landmark bar and music club an historic site. The venue joins other famed Boston sites like Fanueil Hall, the Custom ...

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Golden Globes 2009 Music Awards

Source: All About Jazz
January 12, 2009

BEST SCORE

Alexandre Desplat - The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button Clint Eastwood - Changeling James Newton Howard - Defiance Hans Zimmer - Frost/Nixon

WINNER: A. R. Rahman - Slumdog Millionaire

BEST ORIGINAL SONG

“Down To Earth" from Wall-E Music By: Peter Gabriel, Thomas Newman; Lyrics By: Peter Gabriel

“Gran Torino" from Gran Torino Music By: Clint Eastwood, Jamie Cullum, Kyle Eastwood, Michael Stevens; Lyrics By: Jamie Cullum

“I Thought ...

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Offbeat Best Guitarist Nominee Jimmy Robinson

Source: All About Jazz
January 10, 2009

New Orleans guitarist Jimmy Robinson has been nominated for best guitarist of 2008 by OFFBEAT MAGAZINE.

Fellow nominees are Sonny Landreth and Walter “Wolfman" Washington. Jimmy's solo release “Vibrating strings" was also named #20 of Offbeat's best releases of 2008.

To vote, visit offbeat.com. The awards show is January 31st at The House Of Blues in New Orleans.

Jimmy will do two January shows in the New Orleans area: January 23rd opening for BONERAMA at The Green Room ...

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