Home » Jazz News
Award / Grant News
Timely announcements covering new album releases, tours, concert series, special events, job postings, crowdfunding campaigns and more. You can find more news by searching our website, viewing our news stream, seeing what's trending or reading our blog posts. Subscribe to our news RSS feed and/or embed AAJ news content on your website or blog. Learn about our news service here. Submit news here.
Grammy Nomination for Archie Shepp Attica Blues Orchestra “Live – I Hear The Sound” Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
Source:
Michael Ricci
Archie Shepp - tenor & soprano saxophones, voice with Jimmy Owens (conductor), Amina Claudine Myers, Marion Rampal, Cécile McLorin Salvant, Tom McClung, Famoudou Don Moye, Reggie Washington, Pierre Durand, Stéphane Belmondo, Izidor Leitinger, Christophe Leloil, Olivier Miconi, Sébastien Llado, Simon Sieger, Romain Morello, Michaël Ballue, Raphaël Imbert, Olivier Chaussade, François Théberge, Virgile Lefebvre, Jean-Philippe Scali, Manon Tenoudji, Steve Duong, Antoine Carlier, Louise Rosbach. On September 9, 1971, a riot broke out in Attica Prison, New York State, and quickly spread. ...
Continue Reading
The 2014 British Jazz Awards: The Results
Source:
Big Bear Music Group
The Winners of the 28th British Jazz Awards are announced today across the 12 solo instrument categories, two sections for bands and two trade awards to record companies. Known as the Jazz Oscars, The British Jazz Awards have been presented every year since 1987 and have long been established as the most important jazz awards in this country. A total of 53,738 votes were cast by 3822 voters, with the most votes for a winning musician in any category going ...
Continue Reading
New England Public Radio Fetes Tom Reneys 30 Years Of Jazz Broadcasting
Source:
Ed Bride Associates
Institutes Endowment to Ensure Continuation of Jazz Programming Mayor Domenic Sarno entered a reception at the Community Music School of Springfield (Mass.) on a Sunday afternoon, seeking out the guest of honor, Tom Reney. Upon finding him, the mayor extended his hand and, greeting Reney like an old friend, simply said, “Mr. Jazz.” That appellation sums-up the attitude of the friends, family, and listeners to Reney’s long-standing, 5-night-a-week radio program, Jazz à la Mode. The program celebrated its 30th anniversary ...
Continue Reading
Marquis Hill Wins the Thelonious Monk Competition
Source:
Michael Ricci
The winner of the 2014 Thelonious Monk International Trumpet Competition is Marquis Hill. Raised on the south side of Chicago, Mr. Hill, 27, is a veteran of that city’s jazz scene and a product of its institutions—he earned a masters degree in jazz pedagogy from DePaul University and plays in the Chicago Jazz Orchestra. He’s currently a teaching associate at the University of Illinois at Chicago, and has released several albums on independent labels. Mr. Hill won in a gala ...
Continue Reading
Grant Presentation Video Helps Jazz Artists & Causes Obtain Vital Funding!
Source:
Rick DellaRatta
NEW YORK, NY - The Jazz for Peace Foundation Empowerment Grant Program rose from the ashes of the horrifying tragedy of 9/11 starting with a poem that was written witnessing those very events on a rooftop less than a quarter of a mile away from Ground Zero on that fateful morning. Since then they have set a Philanthropic Record that is sure to stand for many years to come by providing a Helpful Step Forward to over 850 Outstanding Causes ...
Continue Reading
BlueNote/ArtistShare Submits Its First Albums For Consideration In The 57th Grammy Awards
Source:
Prawit Austin Siriwat
New records from Blue Note/ArtistShare artists Fabian Almazan and Jon Cowherd, as well as ArtistShare artist Steve Wiest to be considered for Grammy Awards This year ArtistShare has submitted the first recordings from the new BlueNote/ArtistShare label, a partnership forged by ArtistShare Founder and CEO Brian Camelio, Bruce Lundvall, and Don Was, President of Blue Note Records. Blue Note/ArtistShare is the first collaboration between a crowdfunding model and a major label. Bruce Lundvall (Chairman Emeritus of Blue Note) refers to ...
Continue Reading
Joanne Brackeen Receives BNY Mellon Jazz 2014 Living Legacy Award
Source:
Ted Ricci
Jazz pianist, educator, and composer Joanne Brackeen was honored with the BNY Mellon Jazz 2014 Living Legacy Award in a special ceremony at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on Friday, October 10, 2014. The Living Legacy Award honors jazz masters from the mid-Atlantic region who have achieved distinction in jazz performance and education. Guests enjoyed a gala reception in the Kennedy Center Atrium including music by the Blues Alley Youth Orchestra Combo. In honor of the ...
Continue Reading
Chamber Music America Extends Presenter Consortium For Jazz Application Deadline To 10/31/14
Source:
Susan Dadian
Chamber Music America is accepting applications for the 2015 Presenter Consortium for Jazz . Extended Deadline: Friday, October 31, 2014, 5:00 P.M. ET. The Presenter Consortium for Jazz provides support to consortiums of three U. S. presenters that collectively engage up to three professional U.S. jazz ensembles (consisting of 2-10 musicians each) to perform at each presenter’s venue. Additional incentives are available to each consortium that invites one of the 179 CMA New Jazz Works grantee ensembles to perform its ...
Continue Reading
