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Grammy Award-Winner Danilo Perez, Unesco Artist for Peace, Signs to the International Yamaha Artist Roster
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DL Media
Pianist and Educator to Participate in Distance Learning Event at Berklee College of Music on April 4th, 2013. Yamaha Artist Services, Inc.(YASI) is pleased to announce the signing of GRAMMY Award-winner Danilo Pérez to its international Artist roster. “We are honored to welcome a pianist who is known not only as an exemplary performer, but also as an excellent composer, an innovative educator and a global humanitarian. Danilo represents the consummate Yamaha Artist-he continually inspires audiences through his virtuosity, creativity ...
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Clark Terry Elected to Jazz Hall of Fame
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
Thanks in part to the enthusiastic support of hometown fans, trumpeter and St. Louis native Clark Terry (pictured) will be one of three 2013 inductees into Jazz at Lincoln Center's Nesuhi Ertegun Jazz Hall of Fame. JALC announced today that Terry, drummer Art Blakey, and vibraphonist Lionel Hampton got the majority of votes cast online during the month of March by jazz fans around the world. Terry - who's 92 and no longer performs due to health issues, though he's ...
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Jim Miller Honored as "Jazz Hero" on April 15th at LaRose Jazz Restaurant
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Michael Ricci
Jim Miller—Philadelphia jazz percussionist, composer, recording artist, music journalist, and jazz educator—will be named a “Jazz Hero” by the Jazz Journalists Association on April 15th. The ceremony honoring this jazz icon will take place at LaRose Supper Club, 5531 Germantown Avenue in Philadelphia, during an evening’s performance by saxophonist Tony Williams, from 6 to 9 p.m. Information: 215-517-8337. Each year, the Jazz Journalists Association gives its “Jazz Hero” awards to those whose “exemplary work" keeps Jazz alive and well in ...
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NEC Contemporary Improvisation Student Daniel Pencer Receives 2013 South African Fleur Du Cap Theatre Award
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Braithwaite & Katz Communications
Winner of “Best Original Music Composition” for the Play Mies Julie New England Conservatory Contemporary Improvisation master’s student Daniel Pencer and his brother Matthew Pencer have won a prestigious Fleur du Cap Theatre Award in the category of “Best Original Music Composition” for their music for the South African production of Mies Julie. The awards were announced March 17, 2013 in Cape Town. The 48th Annual Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards recognized productions staged in 2012, handing out awards in ...
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Farmers Market and Sidsel Endresen & Stian Westerhus Win Norwegian Grammy Awards
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All About Jazz
Saturday evening at Vossa Jazz was an even greater cause for celebration than the performances to that point and still to come. Two of the festival's artists received news that they had been awarded Norwegian Grammy Awards: Multi-instrumentalist Stian Carstensen (accordion, guitar, pedal steel guitar, Kaval, banjo) and his longstanding group Farmers Market won in the Open Category for the group's 2012 release, Slav to the Rhythm (Division Records). Carstensen was at Vossa Jazz unveiling a new commission that, in ...
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Jazz at Lincoln Center's Jazz Hall of Fame Opens Voting to Fans; St. Louis Native Clark Terry Eligible for Election This Year
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
Jazz at Lincoln Center's Nesuhi Ertegun Jazz Hall of Fame is asking jazz fans to help select its next set of inductees through online voting, and legendary trumpeter and St. Louis native Clark Terry (pictured) is one of this year's nominees. Started in 2004, the Hall currently has 34 members, including former St. Louisan Miles Davis. If elected, Terry, who's now 92, would be only the third musician (along with Sonny Rollins and Ornette Coleman) to be honored with induction ...
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Girls Groove In 30 Countries During First Two Weeks Of "Hit Like A Girl"
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JCM Media
San Jose, Calif., — Hit Like A Girl: The Contest For Female Drummers today reported that video entries have been posted by female drummers from more than 30 different countries. The contest is produced by DRUM! Magazine in conjunction with TRX Cymbals and Tom Tom Magazine. Girls and women of all ages are invited to submit videos of their drumming both to win valuable prizes and to support the global development of women drummers. “Some of the most interesting entries ...
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Jazz Pianist Tigran Wins $35,000 Prize for Contemporary Music
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Chris M. Slawecki
The Vilcek Foundation is pleased to announce Yo-Yo Ma as the winner of the 2013 Vilcek Prize for Contemporary Music. While Mr. Ma is widely acknowledged as a master cellist in the field of classical music, the Vilcek Prize is the first to recognize and honor his contributions to contemporary music. The annual Vilcek Prize in the Arts, which comes with a $100,000 cash award, recognizes immigrants who have made significant contributions to the American arts. Mr. Ma, born in ...
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