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Grammy Nominees 2016 - The Jazz List
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HypeBot
The 58th Annual Grammy Awards have named their jazz list of 2016 Grammy nominees. And the nominees are... Improvised Jazz Solo “Giant Steps," Joey Alexander “Cherokee," Christian McBride “Arbiters if Evolution," Donny McCaslin “Friend or Foe," Joshua Redman “Past Present," John Scofield Jazz Vocal Album Many a New Day: Karrin Allyson Sings Rodgers & Hammerstein, Karrin Allyson Find a Heart, Denise Donatelli Flirting With Disaster, Lorraine Feather
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2015's Top 10 jazz listings – one scribe's take
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Ken Franckling's Jazz Notes
'Tis the season for the outpouring of Top 10 lists, and their many variations, for jazz, world events, etc. The jazz lists always have a lot of variation depending on the individual reviewer's personal tastes, as well as what he or she had a chance to hear during the year. Bottom line, all of these are very subjective. My choices below (aside from top ten new songs of the year) were submitted to the JazzTimes and NPR Music 2015 compilations. ...
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Sullivan Fortner
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Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
This may come a tad late as news but not too late—I trust—for enjoyment. Last spring, Sullivan Fortner won the Cole Porter Fellow In Jazz award of the American Pianists Association. Fortner is a 28-year-old New Orleanian who attracted favorable notice as the pianist in trumpeter Roy Hargrove’s quintet and for his work with other jazz artists including Christian Scott and Stefon Harris. The award and its $100,000 prize came in competition with four other rising pianists, Christian Sands, Zach ...
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Sonny Rollins To Receive Lifetime Achievement Award From The Jazz Foundation Of America
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Terri Hinte Publicity
Tenor saxophonist Sonny Rollins will be presented with the Jazz Foundation of America’s Lifetime Achievement Award on Thursday, October 22, at the Apollo Theater during the foundation’s 14th Annual “A Great Night in Harlem” gala concert. The concert segment honoring Rollins will feature performances by Donald Fagen (of Steely Dan), Jimmy Heath, Jack DeJohnette, Gary Bartz, Billy Harper, Randy Brecker, Clifton Anderson, Kenny Garrett, Ravi Coltrane, Al Foster, James Carter, Wallace Roney, the Cecil Bridgewater Big Band, and more. “What ...
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Los Lobos, Don Henley, Buffy Sainte-Marie Among Americana Music Lifetime Achievement Honorees 2015
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HypeBot
When Jason Isbell has the #1 country album in Billboard, you know that Americana music is finally entering the mainstream; and helping to drive that shift by promoting and empowering artists is the Americans Music Association. The Americana Music Association has announced that Buffy Sainte-Marie, Don Henley, Gillian Welch & David Rawlings, Ricky Skaggs and Los Lobos are this year's Lifetime Achievement Award winners. Their awards will be presented at a 14th Annual Honors & Awards ceremony on Wednesday, Sept. 16 ...
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Jazz Journalists Association Honors Its Own: Chicago Writer-Broadcaster Neil Tesser Wins 2015 Lifetime Achievement in Jazz Journalism Award
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Michael Ricci
NEW YORK CITY – Neil Tesser, a Chicago-based jazz journalist, broadcaster, author, educator, former chair of the board of trustees of the National Academy of Arts and Sciences (NARAS) and current board member of the Jazz Journalists Association, was honored with the JJA's 2015 Lifetime Achievement in Jazz Journalism Award on Tuesday, June 16 at a cocktail reception at the Blue Note Jazz Club in New York City. Tesser's Award topped 2015 JJA Jazz Awards for excellence in media, winners ...
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GRAMMYs Alert: Deadlines To Submit For 2016 GRAMMY Awards Nomination Consideration
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HypeBot
It's often tempting to dismiss the Grammys as irrelevant. But face it, there's not much that can equal the PR and sales bump that the Grammys do. To make sure that you don't miss any deadlines, the folks at A2IM, who produce the great Libera indie music awards, offer a guide. If you are a voting member of The Recording Academy your deadline to submit music via their Online Entry Process is as follows: First Round: Opens July 1, 2015 and closes July 22, 2015 for ...
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Moers Festival Celebrates The EJN Award 2015 For Adventurous Programming
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Stefano Zucchiatti
The EJN Award 2015 for Adventurous Programming was celebrated today during Moers Festival, winner of this year’s Award. The Award Ceremony took place during the reception of the City Mayor in the Festival Hall. Ros Rigby, President of EJN, and Piotr Turkiewicz, EJN Vice President, congratulated the Festival team and the Artistic Director Reiner Michalke for the incredible work done in all these years in organsing a Festival that produces some of the most innovative music in the field of ...
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