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60th GRAMMY Awards: Jazz Winners
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Michael Ricci
And the winners of the 2018 GRAMMY Awards are... 31. Best Improvised Jazz Solo (For an instrumental jazz solo performance. Two equal performers on one recording may be eligible as one entry. If the soloist listed appears on a recording billed to another artist, the latter's name is in parenthesis for identification. Singles or Tracks only.) “Can't Remember Why" by Sara Caswell Track from: Whispers On The Wind (Chuck Owen And The Jazz Surge) “Dance Of Shiva" by ...
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Doris Day Christmas Album
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Each December for the past 10 years, I've carefully chosen a different album for inclusion in my annual JazzWax Vintage Holiday Album Hall of Fame. I established this yule repository in 2008 to steer you to great old-fashioned favorites that may be unknown to you or have been forgotten. I'm a shameless fan of holiday music, provided it meets my criteria: smart song choices and arrangements. My vintage pick this year is The Doris Day Christmas Album. Recorded in 1964 ...
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Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame 2018 Inductees Named
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HypeBot
The 2018 inductees to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame were named early Wednesday morning. Three of the five main inductees were on the ballot for the first time. One of the repeat nominees, Bon Jovi, tweeted, “It's about time!" The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2018 inductees are: Bon Jovi The Cars Dire Straits The Moody Blues Nina Simone Sister Rosetta Tharpe was chosen for the Award for Early Influence. Four of the Inductees were on the ...
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60th GRAMMY Awards: Jazz List
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All About Jazz
31. Best Improvised Jazz Solo (For an instrumental jazz solo performance. Two equal performers on one recording may be eligible as one entry. If the soloist listed appears on a recording billed to another artist, the latter's name is in parenthesis for identification. Singles or Tracks only.) “Can't Remember Why" by Sara Caswell Track from: Whispers On The Wind (Chuck Owen And The Jazz Surge) “Dance Of Shiva" by Billy Childs Track from: Rebirth “Whisper Not" ...
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"The Arrangement" By Sylvia Brooks Named Jazz Vocal CD Of The Month by Jazz Station / Arnaldo Desouteiro
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Michael Bloom Media Relations
From Jazz Noir to Technicolor, jazz vocalist Sylvia Brooks reveals a vivid array of new emotional hues on her third album, The Arrangement, a beautifully intimate collaboration with the talents of brilliant Los Angeles arrangers. Besides beautiful originals ("Maybe I'm A Fool," “Sweet Surrender," “What Was I Thinking," three inspired songs to which she contributed as lyricist), Brooks offers surprising renditions of “Body And Soul" (with a beautiful flugel solo by Ron Stout) and “Cold Cold Heart", along with haunting ...
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Latin Grammy Awards 2017 - Complete List Of Winners
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HypeBot
Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee took top honors last week at the 2017 Latin Grammys, winning four awards for their smash hit “Despacito." The track won Record and Song of the Year, as well as Best Music Video and Best Urban Fusion/Performance for Fonsi, Daddy Yankee and Justin Bieber. Newcomer Vicente García also had a big night, winning three Latin Grammys, including for Best New Artist, Best Tropical Song and Best Singer-Songwriter Album for “A La Mar." The awards were held ...
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Sonny Rollins, Benefactor
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Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
Those who follow developments in the jazz community are accustomed to seeing occasional announcements about educational grants to musicians. Sonny Rollins this week reversed the order. He is becoming a donor. Oberlin College announced that the tenor saxophonist is giving the Oberlin Conservatory what the college describes as “a generous gift to establish and maintain the Oberlin Conservatory of Music Sonny Rollins Jazz Ensemble Fund.” Beginning next spring, jazz studies majors at Oberlin will be allowed to audition for what ...
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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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