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Dave Brubeck Receives 2007 Arison Award
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Ellen Jacobs Associates
Jazz artist Dave Brubeck has been named recipient of the 2007 Arison Award, while novelist Allegra Goodman received the 2007 youngARTS Alumni Award, announced Bill Banchs, President of youngARTS, which administers both awards. Brubeck and Goodman were honored at the youngARTS Gala, which took place January 13 at the newly opened Carnival Center for the Performing Arts in Miami, FL. youngARTS is a program of the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts (NFAA). As part of the evening's festivities, ...
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Italian Jazz Critics Poll Results
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All About Jazz
Dear friends, we are pleased to give you the results of “Top Jazz 2006", the 24th poll yearly held since 1982 by our magazine “Musica Jazz" with a very qualified jury of over sixty Italian critics. We hope it may be of good interest for you and for your readers, particularly in the part concerning Italian jazz. Here Stefano Bollani scored a double victory, exactly like Ornette Coleman in the International field. Here are the first three places in each ...
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Vanguard Jazz Orchestra/Jim McNeely Grammy Nominated
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Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
December 26, 2006 PLANET ARTS RECORDINGS CONGRATULATES THE VANGUARD JAZZ ORCHESTRA AND JIM MCNEELY FOR THEIR GRAMMY NOMINATIONS
VANGUARD JAZZ ORCHESTRA: Up From The Skies: Music of Jim McNeely Best Large Jazz Ensemble: The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra
Instrumental Arrangement: Jim McNeely - Up From The Skies
4 stars, DownBeat Magazine “It's the latest demonstration that the VJO is the most versatile and sophisticated jazz orchestra going"--Ted Panken, DownBeat ...
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Berklee Alumni Nominated for 34 Grammy Awards
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All About Jazz
Twenty-four Berklee alumni were nominated for a total of 34 Grammy Awards by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. The nominees were recognized for their outstanding contributions in a variety of categories, including pop, rock, r&b, jazz, Latin jazz, blues, country, polka, gospel music, and arranging. To date, Berklee alumni have won a total of 147 Grammy Awards. The 49th Annual Grammy Awards will be held on Sunday, February 11, 2007, at Staples Center in Los Angeles, and ...
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Michael White Quintet Winner In The 6th Annual Independent Music Awards
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Shore Fire Media
Michael White Quintet Among Winners Of The 6TH Annual Independent Music Awards Indie Artists From Five Continents To Be Promoted To More Than 10 Million Prople & Appear IN 2007 Edition OF The Musician's Atlas The Band Michael White Quintet is among a diverse group of independent musicians named as winners of the 6th Annual Independent Music Awards. A Song “Mechanical Man" from CD “Voices" is awarded winner in the Song-Jazz Category. ...
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The Blue Note Label Group Earns 12 Nominations in 49th Annual Grammy Awards
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All About Jazz
The Blue Note Label Group earned 12 nominations in the 49th Annual GRAMMY Awards for releases by artists including Anita Baker, Joe Lovano, Dr. John, The Color Purple, Martha Argerich, Leif Ove Andsnes, and Ian Bostridge.
The nominations were announced this morning in Los Angeles, and the awards ceremony will take place Sunday, February 11, 2007, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, and will be broadcast on CBS.
Vocalist Anita Baker, an eight-time Grammy Award winner, was nominated in ...
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Sonny Rollins Scores Grammy Nomination, Wins 'DownBeat' Poll
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Terri Hinte Publicity
Also Tops 3 Categories in New DownBeat Readers Poll
Dec 7, 2006 -- Tenor saxophonist Sonny Rollins has received a Grammy nomination for his new Doxy Records CD Sonny, Please in the “Best Jazz Instrumental Album" category. The nominations were announced this morning in Hollywood; the awards presentation will take place in Los Angeles on February 11.
Rollins was also honored in DownBeat magazine's 71st Annual Readers Poll. He was voted Jazz Artist of the Year as well as top ...
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