Award / Grant News

Oscar 2010: Best Song Submissions

Source: All About Jazz
February 1, 2010

The 2010 Academy Award nominations will be announced on Tuesday, February 2, 2010, at 5:30 a.m. PT in the Academys Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.

The 2010 Academy Awards ceremony will take place on Sunday, March 7, 2010, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center. In the US, itll be televised live by ABC.

Sixty-three songs are contending for a nomination in the Best Original Song category for the 2010 Academy Awards. Needless to say, there are ...

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John McLaughlin and Chick Corea Win Grammy

Source: Abstract Logix
February 1, 2010

John McLaughlin and Chick Corea win the Grammy award for Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual Or Group Category.

Chick Corea and John McLaughlin are truly kindred spirits. Both are brave musical explorers and singular virtuosos on their respective instruments. As young jazz artists, they both did stints with the legendary Miles Davis and appeared together on the groundbreaking jazz/rock/funk classic Bitches Brew.

Each later ventured out to form his own revolutionary band: McLaughlin's Mahavishnu Orchestra and Corea's Return to Forever. ...

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Neil Young Wins First-Ever Grammy Award

Source: Michael Ricci
January 31, 2010

Well, that only took, what, 50 years?

After a career spanning nearly a half-century as a solo artist and a member of groups like Buffalo Springfield and Crosby Stills Nash and Young, Neil Young won his first Grammy Award in a pre-telecast ceremony in Los Angeles on Sunday afternoon.

The award, for best art direction on a boxed or special limited edition package, was shared among Mr. Young and his art directors Gary Burden and Jenice Heo for the boxed ...

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Grammy Pop & Rap

Source: All About Jazz
January 31, 2010

Best Male Pop Vocal Performance “Make It Mine" - Jason Mraz “Track from: “We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things." “[Atlantic]

Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals “"I Gotta Feeling" - The Black Eyed Peas “Track from: “The E.N.D." “[Interscope Records]

Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals “"Lucky" - Jason Mraz & Colbie Caillat “Track from: “We Sing. We Dance. We ...

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Classical Grammy's 2010

Source: All About Jazz
January 31, 2010

Producer Of The Year, Classical Steven Epstein

Adams: Doctor Atomic Symphony (David Robertson & Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra) Bernstein: Mass (Marin Alsop, Jubilant Sykes, Asher Edward Wulfman, Morgan State University Choir, Peabody Children's Chorus & Baltimore Symphony Orchestra) Corigliano: A Dylan Thomas Trilogy (Leonard Slatkin, George Mabry, Sir Thomas Allen, Nashville Symphony Chorus & Nashville Symphony Orchestra) Faur: Piano Quintets (Fine Arts Quartet & Cristina Oritz) Yo-Yo Ma & Friends: ...

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Grammy Jazz Awards Announced

Source: All About Jazz
January 31, 2010

The Grammy Awards: The Winners A running tally of the winners

The 52nd annual Grammy Awards blasted out of the gate with the pre-telecast awards ceremony, which started at 1 p.m. PT at the Los Angeles Convention Center. Winners in the early going included producer A.R. Rahman for “Slumdog Millionaire," best compilation soundtrack album; composer Michael Giacchino for “Up," best score soundtrack album; and writers Gulzar, A.R. Rahman and Tanvi Shah for “Jai Ho" (from “Slumdog Millionaire") for ...

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P-D Story Celebrates Award for Clark Terry

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
January 31, 2010

As first mentioned here on StLJN back in December, trumpeter and St. Louis native Clark Terry (pictured) will receive a Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS) in conjunction with this year's Grammy Awards.To celebrate the occasion, Calvin Wilson of the Post-Dispatch has a feature story in today's paper about Terry and how he's part of a great tradition of St. Louis jazz trumpeters; you can read it online here. (Note that ...

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Neil Young MusicCares Person of the Year

Source: Michael Ricci
January 30, 2010

Red Hot Chili Peppers, Norah Jones, Dave Matthews, CSN, Elton John, Wilco and more pay tribute to Neil Young

Neil Young is hardly the oldest guy in pop music. Accepting the award for MusiCares Person of the Year at Friday's annual gala at the Los Angeles Convention Center, the 64- year-old musician, philanthropist and activist gazed out at the crowd and somewhat gratefully singled out previous honoree Tony Bennett, who's nearly 20 years his senior. Yet something about Young's ...

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