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Grammy Foundation Grant Program Deadline To Apply October 1
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Chris M. Slawecki
WHO: The GRAMMY Foundation® Grant Program—generously funded by The Recording Academy®. Currently in its 23rd year, the Grant Program has awarded more than $5 million to more than 250 noteworthy projects.
WHAT: The Grant Program administers grants annually to organizations and individuals to support efforts that advance the archiving and preservation of the music and recorded sound heritage of the Americas for future generations, as well as scientific research projects related to the impact of music on the human condition. ...
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Barry Cleveland's "Hologramatron" Submitted For “Best Alternative Music Album” Grammy Award
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Barry Cleveland
New York, N.Y.—Barry Cleveland's critically acclaimed Hologramatron has been submitted for the Grammy Award for “Best Alternative Music Album." Hologramatron is a 21st Century protest record with songs featuring biting, sometimes brutal, commentary on the state of the Western world. It's a musical response to contemporary social, political, and even spiritual realities. The disc draws inspiration from a musical continuum spanning art rock, psychedelia, metal, ambient, world music, trance, and funk. The cast of players joining Cleveland comprises some of ...
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Mike Melvoin to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award
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Chris M. Slawecki
Jazz legend Mike Melvoin to be honored with the Los Angeles Jazz Society's 2010 Lifetime Achievement Award for his esteemed body of work as a Pianist, Composer, Arranger, Producer and Recording Artist. The annual Jazz Tribute Awards Dinner and Concert was established in 1983 to recognize and honor Los Angeles based artists for their contributions in furthering the art form of jazz.
Melvoin is considered one of the greatest keyboardists in the history of the L.A. scene. His credits, in ...
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Ely Guerra Nominated for Two Latin Grammy Awards
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AAJ Staff
IMN artist Ely Guerra was nominated for two Latin Grammy Awards when nominees were announced earlier today at a press conference attended by national and international media at the Avalon in Hollywood, Calif. Guerra and her band were nominated in the categories of Best Alternative Music Album and Best Recording Package (art direction—Pico Covarrubias) for her record Hombre Invisible, available now on US iTunes. In a year that recognized a diverse group of music makers across numerous genres, the nominations ...
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Devo Win Moog Innovation Award at Moogfest 2010
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JamBase
AWARD TO BE PRESENTED AT MOOGFEST, OCTOBER 29-31 IN ASHEVILLE, NC The Moog Innovation Award celebrates pioneering artists whose genre-defying work exemplifies the bold, innovative spirit of Bob Moog. Moog Music would like to congratulate DEVO on being the 2010 recipient of The Moog Innovation Award, to be presented to the band during MoogFest 2010 weekend, October 29-31 in Asheville, NC. A s part of this award, Moog Music will present DEVO with a very special synthesizer, details of which ...
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Los Angeles Jazz Society's 27th Annual Jazz Tribute Awards Dinner & Concert, honors Grammy Award musician Poncho Sanchez on October 10th
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Michael Ricci
GRAMMY WINNING MUSICIAN PONCHO SANCHEZ TO RECEIVE 2010 JAZZ TRIBUTE AWARD AT THE 27th ANNUAL LOS ANGELES JAZZ SOCIETY AWARDS DINNER & CONCERT LOS ANGELES MARRIOTT DOWNTOWN, SUN., OCT 10 Pianist and Composer Mike Melvoin Also To Receive “Lifetime Achievement Award"—Event Raises Money To Promote Music Education Throughout LA Los Angeles, CA—The Los Angeles Jazz Society's (LAJS) 27th Annual Jazz Tribute Awards Dinner & Concert, honoring Grammy Award musician Poncho Sanchez with the organization's “Jazz Tribute Award," will be held ...
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Berklee Professor Phil Wilson Receives Lifetime Achievement Award
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Berklee Public Relations
Phil Wilson, world-renowned trombonist and Berklee College of Music professor for 45 years, recently received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Trombone Association (ITA) at the 2010 International Trombone Festival at the University of Texas, Austin. He was presented with the award by Don Lucas, president of the ITA and a Berklee alumnus who studied under Wilson. Wilson is a noted jazz educator and big band arranger who has performed and recorded with a who's who of jazz, including ...
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