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Grammy Celebration Continues For George Wein & Festival Artists
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Carolyn McClair Public Relations
Newport Festivals Foundation, Inc. Celebrates GRAMMY Awards for Festival Impresario George Wein and Several Newport Jazz Festival Artists NEWPORT, RI – The Newport Festivals Foundation, Inc. continues the celebration of its Chairman, George Wein, who received the Trustees Award at the 57th Annual GRAMMY ceremonies in Los Angeles on February 7 and 8. The Special Merit Award recognizes Wein’s outstanding contributions in areas other than performance, including the founding and production of the Newport Jazz Festival, Newport Folk Festival and ...
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The Most SoundHound'ed Moments Of The GRAMMYs 2015
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HypeBot
SoundHound, Inc., a leading innovator in Sound Recognition and Search Technology, watched more than just the GRAMMYs last night—they watched their users interact and react to the award show. Unlike Shazam, SoundHound has a portfolio of technology that recognizes natural language and allows for the searching and identification of music through live performances. Taking a look at user data throughout the evening, SoundHound has compiled a list of the most SoundHound'ed moments of the GRAMMYs 2015. Additional takeaways were: Katy Perry’s "By ...
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Grammy Winners 2015 - Jazz
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All About Jazz
31. Best Improvised Jazz Solo The Eye Of The Hurricane Kenny Barron, soloist Track from: Gerry Gibbs Thrasher Dream Trio (Gerry Gibbs Thrasher Dream Trio) Label: Whaling City Sound Fingerprints Chick Corea, soloist Track from: Trilogy (Chick Corea Trio) Label: Concord Jazz You & The Night & The Music Fred Hersch, soloist Track from: Floating (Fred Hersch Trio) Label: Palmetto Records Recorda ...
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Grammys 2015: Jazz sticks to the familiar as Chick Corea wins two
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Michael Ricci
Awards speeches are ideal forums for jokes, even during the Grammys' Internet-only pre-show broadcast. But there was a kernel of truth to what was said from the stage as Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band accepted honors in the big band category for the album “Life in the Bubble": “Once again we want to thank Chick Corea for not making a large ensemble album." The line was in reference to the Grammys' longtime favorite when it comes to the jazz field ...
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The Year in Jazz: Twin Cities 2014
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JazzINK by Andrea Canter
I could join others and come up with a top ten recordings list, or a top ten gig list— although it seems that, save Pamela Espeland, I would probably be alone in the media in naming a best of anything in jazz for 2014. Instead, I am going to try to recap what I think are the year's jazz highlights more generally. Despite starting on the very down note of the closing of the Artists Quarter, on balance, 2014 was ...
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Rounding up the "Best Jazz of 2014" lists
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
It's that time of year again, as jazz journalists, DJs, critics, and bloggers are publishing their annual “Best Of" lists. And once again, for the eighth consecutive year, St. Louis Jazz Notes eschews the compilation of such a list, instead offering a meta-list with links to all of the other “Best Jazz of 2014" lists we can locate. As in the past, the meta-list is alphabetized by writers' names. When a list was collaborative or presented as a staff-written project, ...
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George Harrison, Buddy Guy, 5 More Honored With Grammy Lifetime Achievement Awards
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HypeBot
The Recording Academy has named its Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award winners for 2015. George Harrison, The Bee Gees, Buddy Guy, the Louvin Brothers, Wayne Shorter, Flaco Jiménez and Pierre Boulez will all be honored at next year's ceremony during Grammy week. Grammy Trustee & Technical Winners Also Named Producer Richard Perry, the husband and wife songwriting team of Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil and jazz promoter George Wein will all receive Grammy Trustee Awards. Ray Kurzweil will receive the Technical Grammy Award. ...
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George Wein Honored With The Recording Academy Trustees Award
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Carolyn McClair Public Relations
Wein Joins 2015 Recipients Richard Perry and Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil NEW YORK, NY – GEORGE WEIN, world-renowned founder/producer of the Newport Jazz Festival, Newport Folk Festival, New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and numerous other music events, will receive The Recording Academy Trustees Award, which recognizes outstanding contributions in areas other than performance. The award will be presented at a special invitation-only ceremony on Saturday, February 7, 2015 and acknowledged during the 57th Annual GRAMMY Awards, which will ...
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