Award / Grant News

Kenn Cox Named King, Chavez, Parks Visiting Scholar at University of Michigan - Dearborn

Source: JazzStage Productions
October 14, 2008

Kenn Cox, internationally acclaimed jazz musician, composer and educator, has been awarded the King, Chavez, Parks (KCP) Visiting Professorship for 2008-2009 at the University of Michigan-Dearborn. Mr. Cox has been named to this post in recognition of his extraordinary brilliant and productive career as a jazz leader, pianist and composer of music in widely diverse genres. His fame began with the highly-esteemed Contemporary Jazz Quintet (CJQ), which he founded and developed during the 60's and 70's. Jazz historian and critic ...

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B.B. King and Paul G. Allen to be Honored by Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz at the Kodak Theatre on Sunday, October 26

Source: All About Jazz
October 14, 2008

14-time GRAMMY winner and Blues Legend will receive the Institute's Founder's Award; Microsoft Co-Founder will receive the 2008 Herbie Hancock Humanitarian Award (Los Angeles, Calif.)--the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz announced that 14-time GRAMMY winner and blues legend B.B. King will receive the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz Founder's Award and Microsoft Co-Founder and Global Philanthropist Paul G. Allen will be presented with the Herbie Hancock Humanitarian Award during the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz The Blues and Jazz: Two ...

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American Jazz Legends Roy Haynes and Ahmad Jamal Receive Top French Music Awards

Source: All About Jazz
October 14, 2008

Dreyfus Jazz Artists Dominate at the Prestigious 'Les Victoires du Jazz' Awards in Paris with Wins, Nominations, and Star-Studded Performances New York, NY — Roy Haynes, Ahmad Jamal, and Geraldine Laurent each took home France's most prestigious music award at Les Victoires du Jazz, France's equivalent of the American Grammy Awards. This year's star-studded awards event, televised on French Nation Television from Paris, was an exciting night for Dreyfus Jazz. The French record label, owned by producer Francis Dreyfus (with ...

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Jonathan Russell - Tomorrow's Newsmaker for 2008

Source: All About Jazz
October 9, 2008

Jonathan Russell, 13-year-old jazz violinist, has been named the 2008 1010 WINS Tomorrow's Newsmaker Winner in the Arts and Entertainment category. Jonathan was selected by a panel of judges and a people’s choice vote from a pool of other arts and entertainment finalist. Nominees in other categories such as public service, business and sports included many distinguished philanthropists and entrepreneurs as well as Olympic medalists.

This is the third year that the Tomorrow’s Newsmaker Award have been made to recognize ...

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Corky Hale, Renowned Jazz Pianist, Harpist and Vocalist to be a Judge for the 8th Annual World Soundtrack Awards

Source: All About Jazz
October 2, 2008

Hollywood, CA Corky Hale, renowned Jazz pianist, harpist and vocalist, will be a judge for the 8th Annual World Soundtrack Awards, sponsored by the World Soundtrack Academy as the closing event of the 35th Annual Ghent Film Festival, to be held in Ghent, Belgium from October 7 18, 2008. Legendary composer Mike Stoller will accompany his wife, Corky Hale, to attend the Film Festival. A few years earlier, Mike Stoller, and his songwriting partner Jerry Leiber, of Leiber & Stoller, ...

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Congratulations No BS! + Chicago Calling

Source: RVAjazz
October 2, 2008

No BS! Brass was awarded a 11th Annual Theresa Pollak Prize For Excellence in the Arts in the Ensemble category. The write-up and photos are in the current issue of Richmond Magazine.Harry Kollatz Jr. writes:That Richmond produced this group is to the credit of its musical ferment. Out of the city's stew of punk and metal groups, bluegrass and assorted musical experiments came No BS. Its huge, bright sound seems more Bourbon Street than Broad Street, but ...

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Riverfront Times 2008 "Best of St. Louis" Winners Include Carolbeth True, Jazz at the Bistro

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
September 30, 2008

The Riverfront Times' 2008 “Best of St. Louis" issue is out, and this year's winners include pianist Carolbeth True for “Best Jazz Artist“ and Jazz at the Bistro for “Best Jazz Club." KDHX's “All Soul, No Borders," hosted by Josh Weinstein, won as “Best Jazz Radio Program," and Swing Set was named “Best Cover Band."Other winners of note include Rough Grooves as “Best Blues Artists“ and BB's Jazz, Blues and Soups as “Best Blues Club." You can read ...

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Legendary Bobby Hutcherson Receives Jazz Fest Lifetime Achievement Award in Sedona, Arizona

Source: All About Jazz
September 29, 2008

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