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Sonny Rollins Receives Miles Davis Award at Montreal Jazz Festival

Source: Miles Davis Online
June 30, 2010

The Montreal Jazz Festival bestowed awards on three of the biggest names in jazz over the weekend, including Sonny Rollins, who won the Miles Davis Award.

The tenor saxophonist, a legend on the jazz scene for five decades, was presented with the award Sunday ahead of his concert at Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier.

Nicknamed the “Saxophone Colossus," he grew up in Harlem and began playing in the bebop style, but has evolved over the years, exploring calypso, funk, R&B and pop. He ...

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Paul Lieberman CD "Ibeji" Receives Grant

Source: Michael Ricci
July 2, 2010

A generous grant has been awarded by the Northampton (Mass.) Arts Council in partial support of the recording of a new CD from saxophonist and flutist Paul Lieberman. With a working title of Ibeji, the CD will be an artistic exploration of musical “nature vs. nurture," looking at the musics of Brazil and the United States as twin children of Mother Africa, who were separated at birth and sent off to live and grow in different parts of the world. ...

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How to Submit Indie Music for the Grammys

Source: HypeBot
June 30, 2010

The RIAA and their Grammy Awards are easy targets for independent minded artists. But few would deny that it would feel pretty good to win of even be nominated for one; and submitting your music for consideration is easier than you think.The Recording Academyis welcoming all record labels/media companies to participate in the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards Online Entry Process. The process will begin on July 7.In order to submit titles for consideration,you must be a registered media ...

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ASCAP Honors for Film, TV- Broughton, McCarthy Draw Awards at Ceremony

Source: All About Jazz
June 28, 2010

Composers Bruce Broughton and Dennis McCarthy received special honors from ASCAP at the performance rights group's Film and Television Awards ceremony Thursday at the BevHilton.

The evening recognized composers for the top-grossing films and writers of the most-performed TV music of 2009.

Broughton, who scored such pics as “Tombstone" and “Silverado" and wrote for series like “Dallas" and “Hawaii Five-O," received the Henry Mancini Award in recognition of his career achievements.

Previous Mancini Award winners include Carter Burwell, Mark Isham, ...

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2011 Jazz Masters: A Family Affair

Source: Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
June 26, 2010

The following news release arrived late yesterday:

The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) today announced the recipients of the 2011 NEA Jazz Masters Award--the nation's highest honor in this distinctly American music. For the first time in the program's 29-year history, in addition to four individual awards, the NEA will present a group award to the Marsalis family, New Orleans' venerable first family of jazz. All of the 2011 recipients will be publicly honored at the annual awards ceremony ...

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Riverfront Times Announces 2010 Music Award Winners

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
June 25, 2010

The Riverfront Times this week announced the winners of the paper's 2010 Music Awards, which are selected by reader vote. Veteran saxophonist Willie Akins (pictured) won the 2010 award for “Best Jazz Artist." Other 2010 winners include the Funky Butt Brass Band for “Best Funk/Soul/R&B (Group)," multi-intrumentalist Lamar Harris for “Best Funk/Soul/R&B (Solo Artist)" and Alvin Jett and the Phat Noiz Blues Band for “Best Blues Artist/Band."You can see the complete list of all the 2010 ...

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42nd ASCAP Deems Taylor Awards Competition

Source: Michael Ricci
June 19, 2010

42nd ASCAP DEEMS TAYLOR AWARDS COMPETITION FOR BOOKS, ARTICLES AND LINER NOTES - ON MUSIC

The ASCAP Deems Taylor Awards program recognizes books, articles, broadcasts and websites on the subject of music selected for their excellence. The Awards were established in 1967 to honor the memory of composer/critic/commentator Deems Taylor who died in 1966 after a distinguished career that included six years as President of ASCAP.

The 42nd ASCAP Deems Taylor Awards are made possible by a generous grant from ...

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2010 JJA Awards Kudos

Source: Ken Franckling's Jazz Notes
June 19, 2010

Congratulations to all of this year's winners at the 14th annual Jazz Journalists Association's Jazz Awards, which many consider the jazz industry's version of the Grammys, Oscars and Tonys.It is a wonderful jazz hang as well as a tribute. Sadly, this is one of those years when the day job kept me from attending this splendid event (Monday, June 14) in the Big Apple.

I want to spotlight the many associates - fellow scribes, photographers and publications (with ...

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