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World Without Walls by Ancient Future with Zakir Hussain Nominated Best World Album of 2011
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Matthew Montfort
Ancient Future Receives Best World Music Album of the Year Nomination from ZoneMusicReporter World Without Walls by Ancient Future with special guest Zakir Hussain was nominated by broadcasters worldwide as ZoneMusicReporter's Best World Album of 2011. The record debuted at #39 on the October 2011 ZMR Airplay Chart, which covers many different radio genres, from Ambient to Folk, Jazz, and World, and at #34 on the CMJ New World Chart in November 2011. Radio broadcasters who report to the ZoneMusicReporter ...
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Bela Fleck & The Flecktone Win Grammy for Best Instrumental Composition
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Michael Ricci
Port Washington, NY: eOne Music is happy to announce that Béla Fleck and Howard Levy, of the group Béla Fleck & The Flecktones, have won a Grammy for Best Instrumental Composition for their “Life In Eleven," from the band's #1 Billboard Jazz Chart album Rocket Science. For the new album Rocket Science, pianist/ harmonica player Howard Levy returned to the fold alongside bassist Victor Wooten, percussionist/Drumitarist Roy “Futureman" Wooten and banjoist bandleader Fleck for the first time since 1991 to ...
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Diana Krall Kicks Off Grammy Week With A String Of Special Performances
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Michael Ricci
Diana Krall Kicks Off Grammy Week With A String Of Special Performances Joins Paul McCartney for an intimate show from Capitol Records Studio Performing at the all-star MusiCares Person of the Year event Week capped with performance on 54th annual Grammy Awards GRAMMY Award-winning jazz singer/pianist Diana Krall makes a stop in Los Angeles to participate in a number of special events. First, Diana Krall joins Paul McCartney who will commemorate the release of his new album Kisses On The ...
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Healdsburg Jazz Festival Receives NEA Jazz Masters Live Grant
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Michael Ricci
$10,000 grant will help support an NEA Jazz Masters concert with Sheila Jordan and Roy Haynes Healdsburg, CA.—The Healdsburg Jazz Festival has received an NEA Jazz Masters Live grant of $10,000 to help support a concert on June 10th, 2012 honoring jazz masters Sheila Jordan and Roy Haynes. The Healdsburg Jazz Festival is one of 12 not-for-profit organizations to receive a grant to support performance and educational activities featuring NEA Jazz Masters, recipients of the nation's highest honor in jazz. ...
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George Porter Jr. to be Honored with Offbeat Magazine's Lifetime Achievement Award in Music
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Something Else!
George Porter Jr., original bassist with the Meters, will be this year's recipient of OffBeat magazine's Lifetime Achievement Award in Music, during ceremonies to be held January 26 at Generations Hall in New Orleans. An in-demand sideman, Porter has performed and recorded with Dr. John, Paul McCartney, Robbie Robertson, Robert Palmer, Patti Labelle, Jimmy Buffett, David Byrne, Johnny Adams, Harry Connick Jr., Earl King, Warren Haynes, Tori Amos and Snooks Eaglin, among many others. With Art Neville, he co-founded the ...
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Jazz Arts Group Awarded Funds for Continuing Innovation by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
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Michael Ricci
The Jazz Arts Group of Columbus (JAG) is honored to be the recipient of a $120,000 Continuing Innovation Stage II grant from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation (DDCF). In November 2009, JAG received a $200,000 grant from the DDCF Fund for National Projects. That funding was used to launch a first-of-its-kind national study to gain deeper understanding of current and potential jazz audiences, their level of involvement with jazz, preferences for artists and venues, motivations to attend performances, and what ...
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Gregg Allman Named International Artist of Year; See Complete List of Maple Blues Awards Winners
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Something Else!
Gregg Allman was named international artist of the year, while New Brunswick bluesman Matt Andersen was named the year's top acoustic act, male vocalist and entertainer at Canada's 15th Maple Blues Awards ceremonies overnight. Ottawa's MonkeyJunk earned awards for best electric act, best recording and best drummer. Saskatoon native Suzie Vinnick won the best songwriter and best female vocalist awards. Nominees for the annual Maple Blues Awards are chosen by a panel of more than 50 experts; winners are then ...
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Noah Preminger's "Before The Rain" Among Jazz Critics' Top CDs of 2011
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Scott Foster
The latest CD by the Noah Preminger Quartet, “Before The Rain" (Palmetto Records), has appeared on at least 11 best-jazz-CD lists for 2011 and has won a coveted spot on the Rhapsody Jazz Critics' Poll. The CD, which features the 25-year-old Preminger, a tenor saxophonist/composer, along with pianist Frank Kimbrough, bassist John Hébert and drummer Matt Wilson, is Preminger's 2nd release as a leader, following Dry Bridge Road (Nowt Records), a debut that received similar accolades. Preminger is one of ...
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