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David Liebman and Fusion Both Honored by Jazz Prize
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AAJ Staff
WHEN the National Endowment for the Arts gives the 2011 N.E.A. Jazz Masters Award to the saxophonist David Liebman in January, it will represent more to him than a personal achievement. It will also mark the establishment's de facto validation of the fusion aesthetic, he said, because few, if any, of the 118 other award recipients since 1982 have been as strongly identified with fusion and its challenge to mainstream jazz conventions as he has. “It got a really bad ...
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Jonathan Russell Awarded Daniel Pearl Memorial Violin
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Michael Ricci
New York City—Jonathan Russell, the award winning fourteen-year-old jazz violinist has received one of the Daniel Pearl Memorial violins from Mark O'Connor and the faculty at the inaugural Mark O'Connor Fiddle Camp in New York City. Each year, two exceptional violinists are awarded this honor by O'Connor and the violin maker Jonathan Cooper. Mr. Russell will have full use of the handcrafted instrument for a year, including appearances in October as part of the 8th Annual Daniel Pearl World Music ...
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Annenberg Center Among 2010 Philadelphia Theatre Initiative Grant Recipients
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AAJ Staff
Philadelphia, PA—The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage announced more than $960,000 in grants from the Philadelphia Theatre Initiative (PTI) to 13 theater companies, presenters, and theater independent artists. This year's PTI-funded performances represent a broad spectrum of imaginative programming for the stage that will engage the public in lively, sometimes unconventional ways. Over the course of the 2010-2012 theater seasons, Hans Christian Andersen will go Pop, two works by famed Irish playwright Martin McDonagh will be interpreted by two ...
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New Orleans Helsinki Connection Awarded a Grant by the Threadhead Records Foundation
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Spirit Of New Orleans Productions
Jazz ensemble New Orleans Helsinki Connection is one of Threadhead Records Foundation's 2010 grants recipients. The grant was awarded for the completion of group's new recording project, “Love Song For New Orleans." The Threadhead Records Foundation is a non-profit 501(c)3 that operates out of Santa Monica, CA. It's predecessor and affiliate, volunteer-run and fan-funded Threadhead Records (THR) was founded in 2007 to help musicians struggling with the aftermath of the 2005 levee failures. Threadhead Records and Threadhead Records Foundation have ...
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Jazz Flutist, Bill McBirnie, Wins At The TIMAs
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Bill McBirnie - Extreme Flute
The album, “Mercy," The Bill McBirnie Duo/Quartet (featuring Robi Botos), won the award for Best Jazz at the 2009-2010 TIMA (Toronto Independent Music Awards). Bill thanks the musicians, all of whom made this outcome possible—namely, Robi Botos (piano), Pat Collins (bass) and John Sumner (drums). In addition, Bill extends special thanks to co-producer, Pacy Shulman of Hilo Studio, who not only engineered but also mixed as well mastered “Mercy." Pacy's workmanship was genuinely acoustic with absolute fidelity to the nature ...
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Matt Wilson Appointed First Artist in Residence at Litchfield Jazz Festival
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Lindsey Turner
Kent, CT--World-renowned drummer, Matt Wilson has been appointed the first Artist-in-Residence to mark the 15th anniversary of the Litchfield Jazz Festival, August 6th--8th in Kent, CT. In this role Matt will be a presence for the Festival throughout the year, giving clinics around the state and a Christmas concert in Kent celebrating the release of his latest album. Wilson will appear at the Festival on Friday, August 6th at 9:15 PM alongside vocalist Denise Thimes, and on Saturday August, 7th ...
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JEN and Berklee join to present John LaPorta Jazz Educator of the Year Award
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AAJ Staff
The Jazz Education Network and Berklee College of Music will collaborate to present the John LaPorta Jazz Educator of the Year award. The award is named after legendary jazz educator John LaPorta who served as a distinguished professor at Berklee for more than three decades prior to his death in 2004 and played a pivotal role in the earliest stage of formalized jazz education. The award will recognize an outstanding high school or elementary school educator with a focus on ...
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Mercury Prize Shortlist Announced
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HypeBot
The nominees for the Mercury Prize 2010 Albums of the Year have been announced. Biffy Clyro 'Only Revolutions' Villagers 'Becoming A Jackal' Corinne Bailey Rae 'The Sea' Mumford & Sons 'Sigh No More' Paul Weller 'Wake Up The Nation' Wild Beasts 'Two Dancers' Kit Downes Trio 'Golden' Laura Marling 'I Speak Because I Can' Dizzee Rascal 'Tongue N' Cheek' Foals 'Total Life Forever' I Am Kloot 'Sky ...
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