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Stephanie Jordan Sings for Oprah Winfrey and Friends of Susan Taylor

Source: Sylvain Music Notes
December 8, 2008

Susan L. Taylor, former editor-in-chief of Essence was honored on Tuesday, December 2, 2008 in a private celebration; Oprah Winfrey and Friends of Susan Taylor at New York City's ESPACE for her 37 years of service to the magazine which targets African-American women. The event featured a performance by New Orleans jazz vocalist Stephanie Jordan. Invited specifically to sing Susans favorite jazz tune Heres to Life, Jordan has turned the tune most identified with her mentor Shirley Horn into her ...

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Wu Fei's "A Distant Youth" Ranked 88th out of 913 on World Music Chart Europe 2008 Critics Pick!

Source: All About Jazz
December 8, 2008

Wu Fei's debut record “A Distant Youth" (released in Oct. 2007, Forrest Hill Records) has been ranked 88th out of 913 nominees on World Music Chart Europe 2008 Critics Pick! A Full list of top 150 critics pick on World Music Chart Europe WMCE YEAR 2008 copyright by www.worldmusicnight.com compiled by Johannes Theurer on behalf of the Worldmusic Workshop of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU)

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Frank Macchia's "Landscapes" Nominated for 51st Grammy Awards

Source: Braithwaite & Katz Communications
December 6, 2008

Frank Macchia's Landscapes received a Grammy nomination in the category of Best Instrumental Arrangement for his original interpretation of the classic song “Down In The Valley." It's Macchia's second consecutive nomination; last year he was nominated for the song “Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair." Listen to “Down In The Valley" in its entirety at frankmacchia.net. Macchia's current CD Saxolollapalooza features Eric Marienthal, Bob Sheppard, Sal Lozano, Gene Cipriano, Jay Mason and Frank on saxophones. Landscapes and ...

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Concord Music Group Garners 38 Grammy Nominations: Record Label Grabs an Astonishing 7% of Total Nominations

Source: All About Jazz
December 6, 2008

Beverly Hills, CA -- Concord Music Group, one of the worlds largest independent record companies, and its family of imprints including Concord Records, Hear Music, Concord Jazz, Fantasy, Stax, Telarc, Heads Up International and Peak, among many others, garnered 38 GRAMMY nominations. The label achieved an astounding 7% of the total number of GRAMMY nominations, marking a company record for the number of Grammy nominations received in a year. The nominations were announced at the first-ever GRAMMY Nominations Concert Live! ...

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Fontana Artists Earn 30 Grammy Award Nominations

Source: All About Jazz
December 5, 2008

Fontana, the independent distribution arm of Universal Music Group, the world's leading music company, has received 30 Grammy Award nominations, the most in company history. The announcement was made today by Ron Spaulding, Executive Vice President & General Manager of Fontana. The nominations were spread out among artists from Fontana's many partner record labels and ranged from Best Contemporary Jazz Album - Lifecyle by Yellowjackets featuring Mike Stern (Heads Up International) to Best Gospel Performance - “Shall We Gather At ...

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Grammy Nominations Get Legit: Radiohead, MMJ, Daft Punk, Bela

Source: JamBase
December 5, 2008

Grammys Get Real with Nominations

Radiohead After years of throwing hyper-saturated mainstream poop at the masses, it appears the Grammys have come around to some real dope sounds. In addition to fairly entertaining rockers Coldplay (who will probably win and received seven nominations in total), other artists up for Album of the Year include Radiohead (who nabbed six nominations in total - Grammys be wakin' up yo!), Robert Plant & Alison Krauss, Lil' Wayne and Ne-Yo.

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Brazilian Girls Nominated for a Grammy Award! | Brazilian Girls | News

Source: All About Jazz
December 5, 2008

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Grammy Nominations 2009: Jazz

Source: All About Jazz
December 4, 2008

Category 45

Best Contemporary Jazz Album (For albums containing 51% or more playing time of INSTRUMENTAL tracks.)

Randy In Brasil Randy Brecker [MAMA Records] Floating Point John McLaughlin [Abstract Logix] Cannon Re-Loaded: All-Star Celebration Of Cannonball Adderley (Various Artists) Gregg Field & Tom Scott, producers [Concord Jazz] Miles From India (Various Artists) Bob Belden, ...

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