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Three Online Music Teachers Nominated For Grammy Nominations
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Adam Butler
Three musicians who also teach online have been nominated for Grammy awards, highlighting how an increasing number of high-profile artists are creating their own online music schools. Jazz drumming legend Billy Cobham, harmonica wizard Howard Levy, and banjoist Tony Trischka all have three things in common. They're all world class musicians, they've all worked on projects nominated for the 2012 Grammy Awards, and they each have their own online school where they teach thousands of aspiring musicians around the world. ...
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2012 Rock Hall Inductees: GNR, Beasties, RHCP, Faces
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JamBase
INDUCTION CEREMONY SET FOR SATURDAY, APRIL 14 2012 Today, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame announces its inductees for 2012. The inductees are listed below. The 27th annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony will take place on Saturday, April 14, 2012 in Cleveland and premiere on HBO in early May. The 2012 ceremony will again be open to the public, as it was—for the first time in the event's history—at the 2009 Inductions in Cleveland. Leading ...
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Macon Guitar Legend Joey Stuckey Receives Prestigious Award, Gains New Endorsers and Composes Radio Theme Song
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Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
Macon, GA—Truly one of the hardest working people in the music industry, 2011 has been a landmark year for blind recording artist, engineer, producer and inspirational speaker Joey Stuckey. With the release of his latest acclaimed CD 'The Shadow Sound' in February of this year, Stuckey has been hitting the road performing and speaking all over the country— October alone saw Stuckey in Hawaii, Los Angeles and Nashville. However, October was a landmark month because Joey was honored by a ...
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54th Annual Jazz Grammy Nominees
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Michael Ricci
30. Best Improvised Jazz Solo “All Or Nothing At All" Randy Brecker, soloist Track from: The Jazz Ballad Song Book (Randy Brecker With DR Big Band) [Half Note] “You Are My Sunshine" Ron Carter, soloist Track from: This Is Jazz (Donald Harrison, Ron Carter & Billy Cobham) [Half Note] “500 Miles High" Chick Corea, soloist Track from: Forever (Corea, Clarke & White) ...
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Esperanza Spalding Wins Jazz Artist of the Year at Boston Music Awards
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MassJazz: Jazz in Massachusetts
Jazz bassist, singer and composer Esperanza Spalding won the Jazz Artist of the Year award at the annual Boston Music Awards ceremony held at the Liberty Hotel on Sunday, November 20, 2011. The Boston Herald has a for a full list of winners in all of the categories. A graduate of Berklee College of Music, Spalding has won several important awards this year. In October she won the DownBeat Readers Poll for Jazz Artist of the Year, and in February ...
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Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Announces Grant to Newport Festivals Foundation, Inc.
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Carolyn McClair Public Relations
Percussionist Dafnis Prieto Commissioned to Write New Composition to Debut at 2012 Newport Jazz Festival NEWPORT, RI, November 16, 2011—The Newport Festivals Foundation, Inc. has been awarded a 29-month Arts Program grant in the amount of $50, 000 from Doris Duke Charitable Foundation (DDCF) to support presentations by DDCF grantees at the Newport Jazz Festival® during 2011-2013. Percussionist Dafnis Prieto has been commissioned to compose a new piece for his sextet to debut at the 2012 Festival, which is set ...
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MCG Jazz, Paquito D’Rivera and "Panamericana Suite" Receives Two Latin Grammy Awards
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Michael Ricci
Pittsburgh, PA: MCG Jazz, the independent record label housed at Manchester Craftsmen's Guild on the North Side, has again produced a CD that has won two Latin GRAMMY® Awards. The awards were announced today during the pre-telecast awards show at Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, NV. Congratulations go out to Paquito D'Rivera on his two Latin GRAMMY® Awards. This time it is for Panamericana Suite (MCGJ 1026), in the Best Latin Jazz Album and Best Contemporary Classical Composition ...
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2011 Thelonious Monk Piano Competition
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Phyllis Kauflin
By Gene Seymour, EYE ON THE ARTS, NY WASHINGTON, D.C.—For its 25th anniversary edition, the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz's international competition returned to its roots by featuring its namesake's instrument. And though the event has yielded terrific finds in category winners from singing (Teri Thornton) to saxophones (Joshua Redman), the Monk piano contests have discovered such now-established mainstays as Ted Rosenthal, Jacky Terrasson and Eric Lewis. In what's turning out to be a banner year for jazz piano recordings, ...
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