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Blue Note Records Earns 10 Grammy Nods
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All About Jazz
BLUE NOTE RECORDS EARNS 10 NOMINATIONS IN THE 50TH ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS Blue Note Records earned 10 nominations in the 50th Annual GRAMMY Awards for releases by artists including Terence Blanchard, Bill Charlap, Charles Tolliver, and Jeff Lorber. The nominations were announced this morning in Los Angeles, and the awards ceremony will take place Sunday, February 10, 2008, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, and will be broadcast on CBS. Composer/Trumpeter Terence ...
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Roger Kellaway Receives "Le Prix Du Jazz Classique" Award for Best Record of the Year
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Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
IPO Recordings is pleased to announce that Roger Kellaway's “Heroes" CD has been awarded the “Best Record Of The Year" in the “Classic Jazz" category by the French Jazz Academy. The French Jazz Academy Awards is the oldest and most serious music awards ceremony in France (it was created in 1955 !) The college of voters is made up of 60 independent journalists, photographers, writers, radio and TV producers. The award ceremony event, similar to the Grammy Awards, will take ...
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Berklee Alumni and Faculty Nominated for 24 Grammy Awards, Including Quincy Jones, Juan Luis Guerra, Diana Krall, Joe Lovano, and Tierney Sutton
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All About Jazz
The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences nominated twenty Berklee alumni and three faculty members for a total of 24 Grammy Awards. The nominees were recognized for their outstanding contributions in a variety of categories, including pop, rock, hip-hop, jazz, Latin jazz, new age, songwriting, arranging, and film scoring. To date, Berklee alumni have won a total of 152 Grammy Awards. The 50th Annual Grammy Awards will be held on Sunday, February 10, 2008, at Staples Center in Los ...
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Maria Schneider Nominated for Two Grammys
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Braithwaite & Katz Communications
Composer Maria Schneider & Her Acclaimed 2007 CD Sky Blue Nominated for Two Grammys, “Best Large Ensemble Album" and “Best Instrumental Composition"
“5-Star Masterpiece - January 2008 DownBeat
“For its marriage of precision and imagination, and the outright beauty of its broad-canvas compositions, the Maria Schneider Orchestra has no peer in the realm of jazz. And because improvisation serves so much more than an ornamental purpose for the group, it has no real equivalent in classical music, or ...
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Six Degrees Records Receives Three Grammy Nominations
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All About Jazz
San Francisco based record label Six Degrees Records has received three GRAMMY nominations from The Recording Academy. Bebel Gilberto's Momento and CU's self-titled release both received nominations for “Best Contemporary World Music Album." Spanish Harlem Orchestra's United We Swing received a nomination for “Best Tropical Latin Album." This is major milestone for the 10-year old independent record label.
“It's great to see all of these talented artists recognized by the academy," says Bob Duskis, president and co-founder of Six Degrees ...
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Music's New Cinderella R&B / Soul Singer Ledisi Triumphs with Two Grammy Nods
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Inque Public Relations
New York, New York - In what will go down as the Cinderella story of the 2008 music award season, singer/songwriter Ledisi - an artist who struggled for 10 years earning accolades as an independent artist with her own record label - has made a triumphant leap into the mainstream with Grammy nominations in the highly esteemed Best New Artist category (acknowledging her overall artistry) and the Best R&B Album category for her album, Lost & Found (on the Verve ...
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Duane Andrews Wins USA Songwriting Competition (Jazz Category)
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All About Jazz
Newfoundland, Canada guitarist Duane Andrews won first prize in the jazz category of the 2007 USA Songwriting Competition with his song “Isaac's Blues" from his 2006 album Crocus.
About Duane Andrews:
Heavily influenced by the brilliance of early twentieth century French Gypsy guitarist Django Reinhardt, Duane Andrews' unique blend of jazz and folk music is consistently recognized by both industry and fans with awards and accolades.
A virtuosic guitarist, Duane melds traditional Newfoundland music with it's mix of French, Irish, ...
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