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Dianne Reeves honored with prestigious Bonfils-Stanton Award for Arts and Humanities
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Michael Ricci
DENVER, CO: The Bonfils-Stanton Foundation celebrated the 30th anniversary of its Annual Award Program by announcing the 2015 recipients of the prestigious Bonfils-Stanton Awards. The awards recognize Coloradans advancing excellence in Arts and Humanities, Community Service and Science and Medicine. The Foundation also unveiled its 11th class of the esteemed Livingston Fellowship Program, which helps move nonprofit leaders from success to significance by providing advanced learning and professional development opportunities, including a $25,000 grant. The 2015 Award Recipients: Dianne Reeves, ...
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2015 Jazz Palette Composition Contest Winners Announced
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Artists Recording Collective + the ARC Record Label
The American Jazz Museum is proud to present the winning compositions from our Jazz Palette composition contest in a special performance by the Hermon Mehari Quintet in the Blue Room, Monday, April 20, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. “The opportunity to combine another public program such as this type of event with our current exhibition in the Changing Gallery, entitled Jazz Then And Now, is always great. It is also another true representation of the diversity of generations creating the music," ...
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Former New England Conservatory President Gunther Schuller To Receive 2015 Edward MacDowell Medal
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Braithwaite & Katz Communications
NEC to honor Schuller’s 90th birthday with activities & Jordan Hall Concert on November 19 Former New England Conservatory President, composer, conductor, author, publisher, historian, record producer, virtuoso hornist, educator and polymath, Gunther Schuller has been selected to receive the 2015 Edward MacDowell Medal. Schuller will receive the medal on Sunday, August 9th at The MacDowell Colony grounds in Peterborough, New Hampshire. The MacDowell Colony has awarded the medal every year since 1960 “to an individual artist who has made ...
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Berklee Honors Puerto Rico Heineken JazzFest Producer Luis Alvarez With George Wein Impresario Award At The Festival’s 25th Anniversary
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Berklee Media Relations
Berklee College of Music will present Luis Alvarez, vice president of Mendez & Company, Inc., and executive producer of the Puerto Rico Heineken JazzFest, with the George Wein Impresario Award at the festival’s 25th anniversary on March 29. Named after Newport Jazz Festival founder Wein, the award recognizes individuals who bring music to life through their dedication to discovering, mentoring, presenting, and promoting creative musicians and their music. Larry Simpson, senior vice president for Academic Affairs/Provost, will present the award ...
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Managers Think Tank Forms To Advise New Grammy Creators Alliance
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HypeBot
The Recording Academy has formed a Managers Think Tank to advise the new GRAMMY Creators Alliance on issues pertaining the the music creator community. With issues such as the Songwriters Equity Act back in front of Congress, a unified voice is incredibly important in effectively communicating the need for change and the importance of creating a sustainable music marketplace. Serving as an advisory board to the GRAMMY Creators Alliance, the Managers Think Tank will review proposed legislation, identify new issues, ...
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2015 Is Year Of John Coltrane: 50th Anniversary Of" A Love Supreme," A New Documentary, And Grammy Win For Offering
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Michael Ricci
MUSIC HISTORIAN ASHLEY KAHN WINS BEST ALBUM NOTES GRAMMY FOR HIS ESSAY ON OFFERING: LIVE AT TEMPLE UNIVERSITY (RESONANCE/IMPULSE!) Exactly fifty years after John Coltrane’s most successful year of his career—when in 1965 he achieved a best-selling album with A Love Supreme, earned two Grammy nominations and was inducted into Down Beat magazine’s prestigious Hall of Fame—the saxophone legend stands to reach another peak of popularity and awareness. In 2015, Coltrane will be the subject of a new documentary produced ...
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Report From the Grammys
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Jim Eigo of Jazz Promo Services sent along an email yesterday summing up what he saw and heard at the Grammys last Sunday. He flew out to Los Angeles to represent several Grammy nominees, and he took his two kids, Agnes, 16, and Jamie, 19. I asked Jim if he'd mind if I shared his email with you, and he said by all means. Here's his blow-by-blow... “Soon after arriving, we stumbled on an armed robbery in progress on Hollywood ...
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Indie Artist Clean House At 57th Annual GRAMMYS
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HypeBot
Indie artists took home GRAMMY awards in key categories on Sunday including Best Dance/Electronic Album, Best Country Duo/Group Performance, Best Country Song & Best Alternative Music Album. The American Association of Independent Music (A2IM) issued a formal “Congratulations" to their member labels giving a nod to the phenomenal work coming from the Independent Music sector in 2014. Leading all the Independent labels, Concord Music Group won in six categories including Best Alternative Music Album (Loma Vista's St. Vincent s/t), Best ...
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