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2010 JJA Jazz Awards Nominees
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Michael Ricci
Finalists for the 2010 JJA Jazz Awards honoring excellence in music-making and music documentation, nominated by 60 professional Jazz Journalists Association members. Winners in 41 categories to be announced at the Awards gala.
1. Lifetime Achievement in Jazz
Muhal Richard Abrams Jimmy Heath James Moody Paul Motian Wayne Shorter Randy Weston
2. Musician of the Year
Dave Douglas Vijay Iyer Joe Lovano Sonny Rollins Henry Threadgill
3. ...
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UK Parliamentary Jazz Awards - 2010 Nominations Announced
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Michael Ricci
The British Parliament was dissolved this week in preparation for a General Election on May 6. Thankfully this hasn't prevented the announcements of nominees for the 2010 Parliamentary Jazz Awards--the premiere British awards for jazz which recognise not only musicians and recordings but also journalists, venues and other vital aspects of a thriving jazz scene. The nominations were announced by the joint sponsors--PPL and Jazz Services:
“The nominations have today been announced for the 2010 Parliamentary Jazz Awards. Paul Gambaccini ...
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Terrance McKnight, WQXR "Evening Music" Host, to MC Jazz Awards
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Michael Ricci
Terrance McKnight, host of New York City's WQXR-FM 105.9 broadcasts nightly at 7 pm and “Q2" at 10 pm Saturdays, will MC the 14th annual Jazz Journalists Association's Jazz Awards gala, at City Winery (New York) York City, on June 14, 2010. McKnight is an accomplished pianist and educator, who came to WNYC-FM (WQXR's sister station) from Georgia Public Radio in 2008. He has established himself as an omnivorous listener who defies presupposed genres to identify the ...
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Jazz Vocalist Elli Fordyce Receives a Mac Award Nomination
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CHC Network
Jazz Vocalist Elli Fordyce Receives A MAC Award Nomination For The Second Year In A Row
New York, NY -- Jazz Vocalist Elli Fordyce receives a MAC Award nomination for the second year in a row. The Manhattan Association of Cabarets and Clubs, NYCs only organization dedicated to advancing the art and business of live entertainment, has recognized Ellis newest release, Songs Spun Of Gold, as one of the years best.
To call Elli Fordyce a singer would be a ...
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Manfred Eicher Wins Downbeat Lifetime Achievement Award
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Michael Ricci
ECM producer Manfred Eicher is the recipient of the 2010 Lifetime Achievement Award from venerable US jazz magazine DownBeat. The award was established in 1981, as a counterpart to the DownBeat Hall of Fame, “to recognize the accomplishments and contributions of the jazz pioneers, entrepreneurs and clarion callers who work tirelessly to connect jazz artists with audiences around the world." The award follows two consecutive wins for Eicher as Producer of the Year in the DownBeat Critics Polls of 2008 ...
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JJA Jazz Awards: June 14, 2010, City Winery, NYC
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Michael Ricci
The 14th annual Jazz Journalists Association Jazz Awards will be presented June 14 2010 at City Winery in New York City. Save the date! The afternoon gala will feature live music and a reception; the highlight of the event will be the announcement and presentation of awards for excellence in some forty categories of jazz music, recording, and journalism. Program details will be announced and tickets --available to the public-- will go on sale soon. So ...
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Gene Ess is Honored by SESAC
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Kari-On Productions
New York: SESAC honored its affiliated composers in the jazz genre with the Sixth Annual Jazz Awards Luncheon. The event, held at New York's popular Red Eye Grill, honored the Top 10 jazz albums of 2009.
SESAC executives Trevor Gale and Linda Lorence Critelli hosted the luncheon which drew an audience of some of the genre's top artists, songwriters and publishers for the festive event.
“We look forward to this event each year as our way of thanking and ...
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Favorite (Jazz) Spot in Massachusetts? Nominate Your Choice
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MassJazz: Jazz in Massachusetts
Wally's Cafe Jazz Club in Boston's South End
From Boston to the Berkshires, Cape Cod to the North Shore and everywhere in between, Massachusetts is filled with thousands of great places, and the state's tourism office--Massachusetts Office of Travel & Tourism--is narrowing them down to the Top 1,000. MOTT is seeking nominations for the 1,000 best places in the Commonwealth, drawing upon the abundance of exceptional historical sites, cultural venues and natural landscapes all over Massachusetts. According to ...
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