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Legendary Bassist Stanley Clarke Honored with Bass Player Lifetime Achievement Award

Source: All About Jazz
November 6, 2006

Legendary Bassist Stanley Clarke Honored with Bass Player Lifetime Achievement Award

Legendary bassist Stanley Clarke was presented with this year's Bass Player magazine's Lifetime Achievement Award Saturday, October 28, at the Millennium Broadway Hotel in New York City, which was the site of the 2006 Bass Player LIVE! weekend bass conference / extravaganza. Presenters of the award to Clarke were solo artist and Flecktones renowned bassist Victor Wooten and funk and jazz bass superstar Marcus Miller.

“There's no way I ...

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George Wein Gives and Receives at Four Arts Celebrations This Fall

Source: Carolyn McClair Public Relations
November 4, 2006

World-renowned jazz impresario and philanthropist George Wein continues his life-long support of and dedication to the arts this fall at celebrations and ceremonies hosted by The Studio Museum in Harlem, the Alliance of New York State Arts Organizations, WBGO-FM and the Romare Bearden Foundation. In memory of his wife, who passed away in August 2005, George Wein established the Joyce Alexander Wein Artist Prize, which was presented to Lorna Simpson at The Studio Museum in Harlem on Monday, October 30. ...

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Kim Nalley's live Nina Simone tribute CD short-listed for Grammy Award

Source: Rocket Words
October 27, 2006

She Put A Spell On Me: Kim Nalley Sings Nina Simone up for Best Jazz Vocal Album

Kim Nalley amd CE Jazz & Blues are thrilled to announce that their 2006 CD, She Put A Spell On Me: Kim Nalley Sings Nina Simone, has been shortlisted for Grammy Award consideration in the Best Jazz Vocal category. Active members of the Recording Academy vote from among the CDs on this list to select the five nominees in each category that will ...

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2007 NEA Jazz Masters Announced

Source: All About Jazz
October 9, 2006

SEVEN LIVING LEGENDS OF AMERICAN MUSIC ARE NAMED AS NEW NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS JAZZ MASTERS

WASHINGTON, DC, October 6, 2006 - Standing before an audience of jazz fans at Washington's Lincoln Theater, National Endowment for the Arts Chairman Dana Gioia tonight revealed the names of the National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Masters, Class of 2007.

Chairman Gioia made the announcement at a concert of the Duke Ellington Jazz Festival featuring two previously named NEA Jazz Masters, Paquito ...

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Marisa Monte Receives Three Latin Grammy Nominations

Source: All About Jazz
September 28, 2006

BRAZILIAN SINGER MARISA MONTE RECEIVES THREE NOMINATIONS FOR 7th ANNUAL LATIN GRAMMY AWARDS

MONTE'S TWO NEW ALBUMS, UNIVERSO AO MEU REDOR & INFINITO PARTICULAR, JUST RELEASED IN US ON BLUE NOTE / METRO BLUE TO RAVE REVIEWS

The Brazilian singer-songwriter-producer Marisa Monte received three nominations for the 7th Annual Latin Grammy Awards. The nominations were announced yesterday in New York City. Monte's two new albums, Universo ao meu redor, her first-ever collection of samba songs, and Infinito Particular, a contemporary ...

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2007 NEA Jazz Masters Announcement

Source: All About Jazz
September 23, 2006

NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS TO ANNOUNCE THE 2007 NEA JAZZ MASTERS AT WASHINGTON PERFORMING ARTS SOCIETY'S SEASON PREMIER

Announcement will be part of October 6 Duke Ellington Jazz Festival concert at historic Lincoln Theatre in Downtown DC

Washington, DC - The audience at the October 6, 2006 concert opening the Washington Performing Arts Society's new season will be the first to learn the names of the 2007 NEA Jazz Masters. The concert features two jazz legends - NEA Jazz ...

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Armenia's Tigran Hamasyan Wins First Place in 2006 Thelonious Monk Internatioanl Jazz Piano Competition

Source: All About Jazz
September 18, 2006

THELONIOUS MONK INSTITUTE OF JAZZ CELEBRATES 20th ANNIVERSARY MUSIC LEGENDS JOIN POLITICAL LEADERS FOR STAR-STUDDED GALA

STEVIE WONDER HONORED BY FORMER SECRETARIES OF STATE MADELEINE ALBRIGHT AND COLIN POWELL

Armenia's Tigran Hamasyan Wins First Place in 2006 Thelonious Monk International Jazz Piano Competition

Washington, DC--The world's greatest jazz artists were on stage at The Kennedy Center last night to honor the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz and its two decades of music education. Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Ron ...

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Jon Regen's "Hold-Out Your Heart" Nominated for 2006 JPF Best Song Award

Source: All About Jazz
September 15, 2006

JON REGEN'S “HOLD-OUT YOUR HEART" NOMINATED FOR 2006 JUST PLAIN FOLKS BEST SONG AWARD

NYC-based singer/songwriter/pianist Jon Regen has been nominated for a 2006 Just Plain Folks Best Song Award for “Hold-Out Your Heart."

The Just Plain Folks Music Organization has officially announced the nominees for its 2006 Just Plain Folks Music Awards.

After receiving over 25,500 albums and 350,000 songs from 105 countries, Nominations for Best Song in 67 Genres and Best Album in 81 categories have ...

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