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CMA Announces Presenter Consortium For Jazz Grant Opportunity
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Susan Dadian
This season, Chamber Music America pilots a new grant opportunity, Presenter Consortium for Jazz, in direct response to presenters’ recommendations gathered during CMA’s National Conversations. This replaces Presenting Jazz, a CMA program from 2009-13 that granted over $500,000 to 64 presenting organizations for chamber jazz concerts. 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. ...
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Wayne Shorter To Be Honored By Berklee Global Jazz Institute
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Lydia Liebman
The Berklee Global Jazz Institute (BGJI) will honor legendary jazz saxophonist and composer Wayne Shorter with the Berklee Global Jazz Institute Jazz Master Award in recognition of his exceptional contributions as a saxophonist, educator and composer. The award ceremony will take place following the Wayne Shorter 80th Birthday Celebration concert at Symphony Hall on Sunday, November 24 at 5:00 pm. This is the first year of the BGJI Jazz Master Award presentation. Considered to be “the most important living composer ...
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Jazzmeia Horn Named Winner Of The Sarah Vaughan International Vocal Competition
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Josh Balber
Newark, NJ – An iconic panel of judges awarded Jazzmeia Horn first place in the second annual Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition, the search for the next great female vocalist and the world’s largest competition of its kind, held Sunday, November 10, 2013 at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark, N.J. Ms. Horn won the SASSY AWARD, a $5,000 prize, with a rendition of “East of the Sun” that brought the crowd to its feet in appreciation ...
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New England Conservatory’s Hankus Netsky Chosen As One Of The Forward 50
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Braithwaite & Katz Communications
50 American Jews who had the greatest impact in 2013 Netsky, Chair of NEC’s Contemporary Improvisation Department, cited for being a “mentor (to) generations of Jewish musicians” and “a quiet but powerful force affecting nearly every corner of contemporary Jewish music." Hankus Netsky, chair of New England Conservatory’s Contemporary Improvisation program, has been selected for The Forward 50, 50 American Jews who’ve had the greatest impact on the world in 2013. The list is chosen by the editorial staff of ...
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Jazz Bassist Eddie Gomez Awarded First Honorary Doctorate At Berklee In Valencia, Spain
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Berklee Media Relations
Legendary jazz bassist and Grammy Award-winner Eddie Gómez was awarded an honorary doctor of music degree by Berklee College of Music in Valencia. Gomez is a native of Puerto Rico who was raised in New York City. This was the first-ever honorary doctorate granted at the college’s new international campus in Spain. The award was presented by Larry Simpson, Berklee senior vice president for academic affairs, at a celebratory concert at the Teatro Martin i Soler in the Palau de ...
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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Announces 2014 Nominees: Nirvana, Ronstadt, Gabriel and More
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HypeBot
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has announced its 2014 nominees. Nirvana, Linda Ronstadt and Peter Gabriel lead the list that also includes The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, The Meters, Chic and ten more. The complete list of 2014 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominees: The Paul Butterfield Blues Band Chic Deep Purple Peter Gabriel Hall and Oates KISS LL Cool J The Meters Nirvana N.W.A. The Replacements Linda Ronstadt Cat Stevens Link Wray Yes The Zombies From ...
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Chris Greco - Nominee - Hollywood Music In Media Awards 2013
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Chris Greco
Official Nomination Hollywood Music in Media Awards 2013. Chris Greco's jazz composition “Oliver" is a nominee for the 2013 Hollywood Music in Media Awards event. “Oliver" is a simmering up-tempo line that features Greco's wide command and nuanced approach on the tenor saxophone. For the third consecutive year reed player Greco has received a HMMA jazz composition nomination. “Oliver" can be found on the release Trane Of Thought on the Gwsfourwinds label. The HMMA event takes place November 21, 2013 ...
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Visionary pianist Vijay Iyer gets a well-earned MacArthur
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Michael Ricci
When Vijay Iyer performed at the Chicago Cultural Center in 2001, there was no mistaking the grandeur of his pianism, nor its harmonic originality. Since then, Iyer has developed into a singular voice in jazz, his solo playing by turns galvanic and introspective, his ensemble work mercurial in sound and gesture. It's not an exaggeration to say that no one in jazz sounds like Iyer, including Iyer. His music, in other words, is too chameleonic and rhythmically volatile to be ...
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