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Jazz At Lincoln Center Announces Winners Of Its Seventh Annual Essentially

Source: All About Jazz
May 13, 2002

The Best High School Jazz Bands In The Country! 1st Place - ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL, Seattle, Washington 2nd Place - GARFIELD HIGH SCHOOL, Seattle, Washington 3rd Place - NEW WORLD SCHOOL OF THE ARTS, Miami, Florida New York, NY, May 13, 2002: Tonight, three high school jazz bands two from Seattle, Washington and one from Miami, Florida took top honors in the Jazz at Lincoln Center (J@LC) Seventh ...

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Woodside California School Student Wins Downbeat Jazz Student Competition

Source: All About Jazz
May 10, 2002

Down Beat's Student Music Awards are 25 years old. That's more than one-fourth the time that jazz has been tickling eardrums. For 25 years the awards have honored and acknowledged the students and teachers that have cultivated and nurtured the growth of jazz education. For the first time, a student at Woodside School has been honored with this prestigious award for her jazz vocals.

Seventh grader Haley (Hale) Baskin has not been singing jazz for years as one might expect. ...

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Inside/out Jazz Awards Celebrates Seattle Jazz!

Source: One Working Musician by Jason Parker
May 4, 2010

Lucid Jazz Lounge is proud to present the first “Inside/Out Jazz Awards at Benaroya Hall on Monday, May 31, 2010. The concept for the I/O Awards sprang from the same idea as Lucid--that the Seattle jazz community needs to build itself from the inside out. Over the last year plus, this is what Lucid has tried to accomplish, and now we are ready to bring the concept to the masses.

The I/O Awards will, of course, include awards given to ...

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Buddy Guy to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award from the Blues Foundation at 2010 Blues Music Awards

Source: CHC Network
March 11, 2010

On May 6th, 2010 at the 31st annual Blues Music Awards, The Blues Foundation will publicly honor blues legend Buddy Guy with a Lifetime Achievement Award. The Foundation has commissioned for this special occasion a one-of-a-kind award from Patterson & Barnes, who also created the original artwork that serves as the basis for the 2010 poster. There will also be an oral and video presentation, as well as a special musical tribute, all in the legends honor. Buddy Guy will ...

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Kinetic Element Nominated for Progaward

Source: Media Stew Public Relations
February 13, 2010

American neo-symphonic progressive rock band KINETIC ELEMENT has been nominated for BEST DEBUT RECORD by the Italian-based PROGAWARDS for their 2009 CD release entitled Powered By Light. You can check out their nomination listing at progawards.it. KINETIC ELEMENT hails from Richmond, Virginia and harbors strong musical ties with classic artists like Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Yes, Asia and Genesis and blends those types of influences with deep philosophical and spiritually powerful and uplifting lyrics. The band features Mike Visaggio (keyboards/lead ...

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52nd Annual Grammy Awards: DL Media Clients Receive Three Grammy Awards in Three Categories from Naras Voting Members

Source: DL Media
February 2, 2010

52nd Annual Grammy Awards:DL Media ClientsReceive Three Grammy Awardsin Three CategoriesFrom NARAS Voting MembersBest Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual Or GroupFive Peace Band - LiveChick Corea & John McLaughlin Five Peace Band[Concord Records]Best Improvised Jazz SoloDancin' 4 ChickenTerence Blanchard, soloistTrack from: Watts (Jeff “Tain" Watts)[Dark Key Music]Best Instrumental ArrangementWest Side Story MedleyBill Cunliffe, arranger (Resonance Big Band)Track from: ...

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Rene Marie reaches # 26 on Billboard

Source: All About Jazz

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Patricia Barber Awarded Prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship Award

Source: All About Jazz

Results of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation's seventy-ninth annual United States and Canadian competition have been announced, and Chicago-based jazz singer/pianist/songwriter Patricia Barber is among the 2003 Fellowship winners. This year's 184 winners include artists, scholars, and scientists selected from over 3200 applicants for awards totaling $6,750,000. Guggenheim Fellows are appointed on the basis of distinguished achievement in the past and exceptional promise for future accomplishment.

An extremely prestigious award, previous Guggenheim winners have included Nobel Laureates and Pulitzer ...

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