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International Songwriting Competition Awards Grand Prize to Jazz Trumpeter Shunzo Ohno
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HypeBot
The International Songwriting Competition has awarded its 2014 Grand Prize to jazz trumpeter Shunzo Ohno. Ohno has been described as modest and seemingly shy, and he has overcome health challenges in his life that would have potentially ended any musician's career. Surviving both a serious car accident in which his teeth and lips were permanently damaged and a later bout of throat cancer which forced him to relearn his playing, with his efforts inspiring a biography and documentary in Japan ...
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Markus Gottschlich Receives Official Designation As A Steinway & Sons Artist
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Gillian Speiser
Paying homage to an elite class of pianos, Steinway & Sons, the Austrian-born pianist and composer Markus Gottschlich, has, through his work, joined the coveted roster of Steinway Artists. Such a designation not only signifies his preference for the brand, in which his entire sophomore album, Of Places Between, was performed on a Steinway & Sons Model D concert grand piano, but also indicates Gottschlich’s prominence as one of the country’s leading jazz performers. Upon receipt, Gottschlich was the first ...
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New England Conservatory Announces 13 Winners In 37th Annual Downbeat Student Music Awards
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Braithwaite & Katz Communications
Winners include Incoming and Current Students and Awards from Programs run by NEC Alumni New England Conservatory announces 13 winners from the 37th Annual DownBeat Student Music Awards. The awards, considered one of the top student music competitions in the world, feature categories for junior high, high school and university music students and bands. The 2014 DownBeat Student Music Awards, published in the June issue of DownBeat Magazine, include awards to two incoming NEC student vocalists. Melinda Rodriguez, who won ...
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Berklee Senior Clifton Williams Wins Apollo Theater Theme Song Contest
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Berklee Media Relations
Boston, MA – Berklee College of Music senior Clifton Williams was named winner of the Apollo Theater Amateur Night Song Competition last night after his composition, “A Legacy Fulfilled: Welcome to the Apollo," was performed in front of a live audience at the famed Harlem venue. Williams, a Berklee Presidential Scholar who graduates on May 10, will not only receive $5,000, but his song will be played every week at the Apollo as the official theme song of Amateur Night. ...
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New England Conservatory Jazz Alumna Matana Roberts Receives Doris Duke Impact Award
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Braithwaite & Katz Communications
Program will give awards to 100 artists over the next five years New England Conservatory jazz alumna Matana Roberts '03 M.M. is one of 20 individuals in the first class of Doris Duke Impact Awards, presented by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. Roberts will receive an unrestricted cash grant of as much as $80,000. The Impact Awards were announced April 22, alongside the third class of Doris Duke Artist Awards since the program's 2012 launch. NEC alumnus Don Byron '84 ...
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Mwalim Daphunkee Professor Wins "Best Male Jazz" In The 2014 New England Urban Music Awards
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Mwalim DaPhunkee Professor
Third win in even year cycle for 'NDN Jazz' artist. Competition particularly stiff this year. BOSTON, MA - The Hibernian Hall auditorium erupted with applause as Mwalim *7) - DaPhunkee Professor (Morgan James Peters) took to the stage to accept his “Best Male Jazz" award at the 9th Annual Urban Music Awards, followed by a performance of his international hit song, “Just Is.." for an enthusiastic audience of over 200 people. A previous winner, in 2010 and 2012 in the ...
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Jazz Heroes 2014
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Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
The Jazz Journalists Association has named 24 Jazz Heroes, recognizing them as “activists, advocates, altruists, aiders and abettors of jazz.” Among them is Jim Wilke, whose Sunday Jazz Northwest program we at Rifftides sometimes tell you about. It airs today at 2:00 pm PDT on KPLU-FM, 88.5 in Seattle and streams here on the internet. Jim features artists who will be playing at this week’s Ballard Jazz Festival, among them Sonny Fortune, Mimi Fox and Jay Thomas. For details about ...
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Mwalim “Best Male Jazz” Nominee In The New England Urban Music Awards! Cast Your Vote!
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Mwalim DaPhunkee Professor
The 8th Annual New England Urban Music Awards (NEUMA) are upon us, releasing this past Tuesday the list of official nominees. Mwalim DaPhunkee Professor is a nominee for the “Best Male Jazz Artist” category, for his latest album “Awakened By A Noon Day Sun” (LMMGM/ Spirit Wind Records). Cast your vote for Mwalim and other nominees by visiting www.mwalim.com and clicking the link “Vote for Mwalim in the 2014 NEUMA” The New England Urban Music Awards was created in 2006 ...
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