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Theo Croker Wins Marcus Belgrave National Jazz Trumpet Competition In Conjunction With Detroit Jazz
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Muse Media
THEO CROKER WINS MARCUS BELGRAVE NATIONAL JAZZ TRUMPET COMPETITION IN CONJUNCTION WITH DETROIT JAZZ Croker, Recently Signed to Dee Dee Bridgewater’s DDB Records Distributed by OKeh Records/SonyMasterworks, Will Also Release New CD in Spring 2014 Los Angeles, CA: Critically-acclaimed cutting-edge trumpet player Theo Croker has won the Marcus Belgrave National Jazz Trumpet Competition in conjunction with Detroit Jazz. Held in honor of Detroit Jazz legend Marcus Belgrave, the competition recognizes and provides performance opportunities to outstanding jazz trumpeters 35 years ...
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Kimmel Center seeks artists for Jazz Residency Program
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All About Jazz
Jazz Residency Request for Proposals | Download the Application Now (PDF) “We need to work to rebuild appreciation of jazz and promote innovative presentations of jazz music to build the audiences that clubs need to survive.” —Mayor Michael Nutter The Kimmel Center is proud to launch a residency program for Philadelphia Jazz Artists who are inspired to push jazz into the future with the creation of new work. Jazz came from our mashing music together and expanding into new territory; ...
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Sandoval, Gillespie and the Medal
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Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
Now that the White House has announced President Obama’s Medal of Freedom winners for 2013, the sniping begins over his choices. Here is my snipe. Whatever Arturo Sandoval’s merits as a musician, they are put in perspective by his biography in the White House announcement, which notes that the trumpeter and pianist was a protégé of Dizzy Gillespie. That shines a bright light on the fact that while he was alive and in the 20 years since his death, Gillespie ...
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Are You The Next Great Jazz Musician? Music Network Offers Recording Opportunity!
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All About Jazz
ARE YOU THE NEXT GREAT JAZZ MUSICIAN? CALL FOR APPLICATIONS FOR NEW GENERATION AWARD 2013 Music Network invites applications for the NEW GENERATION AWARD 2013, a unique professional development programme designed to assist a selected group of Ireland's brightest young musicians at the beginning of their professional career. The award this year is open to young Irish jazz groups with between two and five members. The deadline for applications is 5:00 pm on Monday 23 September. Previous jazz ensembles to ...
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Natixis/Newport Jazz Festival Scholarship Winners: Chase Ceglie & Ray Fuller
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Carolyn McClair Public Relations
Natixis Global Asset Management and Newport Jazz Festival Announce 2013 Scholarship Recipients and Performance Lineup Newport Music Scholarships will go to Chase Ceglie from Rhode Island Music Educators Association Senior All-State Jazz Band and Ray Fuller from Massachusetts Music Educators Association All-State Jazz Band Boston, MA: Natixis Global Asset Management (NGAM) and Newport Festivals Foundation, Inc., in their third year partnering on the Newport Jazz Festival, today announced the winners of the Natixis Global Asset Management Newport Jazz Festival Scholarships. ...
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Broadcast Music, Inc. to Name John Lydon as BMI Icon at 2013 BMI London Awards
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Chris M. Slawecki
Broadcast Music, Inc.(R)(BMI(R)), the global leader in music rights management, will present the BMI Icon Award to music legend John Lydon at its annual BMI London Awards. The gala will be held on Tuesday, October 15, at London's Dorchester Hotel, Park Lane. The BMI Icon designation is given to songwriters who have had “a unique and indelible influence on generations of music makers." John Lydon joins an elite list of past honorees that includes 2011 recipient Queen, as well as ...
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New England Conservatory Alumnus Cecil Taylor Awarded 2013 Kyoto Prize
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Braithwaite & Katz Communications
New England Conservatory alumnus pianist/composer Cecil Taylor '51 DP, has won the 2013 Kyoto Prize in the category of arts and philosophy awarded by the Inamori Foundation in Japan. The prize is an international award presented in three categories to those who have contributed significantly to the progress of science, the advancement of civilization, and the enrichment and elevation of the human spirit. The Kyoto Prize Presentation Ceremony will be held in Kyoto, Japan on November 10, 2013. Each laureate ...
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JAZZ.FM91 President & Ceo Ross Porter Named To The Order Of Canada
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Jessica Frohman
Toronto, Ontario (July, 2013) – Ross Porter, President & CEO of JAZZ.FM91 was named a Member of the Order of Canada on June 28, 2013 by His Excellency, the Governor General of Canada, David Johnston. The Board of Directors and staff extend congratulations to Mr. Porter on receipt of the highest recognition for a lifetime of outstanding achievement, dedication to the community and service to the nation. Ross is acknowledged as one of North America’s preeminent broadcasters and his commitment ...
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