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Clark Terry Receives 2010 Recording Academy Lifetime Achievement Award

Source: Michael Ricci
January 25, 2010

In a special invitation-only ceremony to be held during GRAMMY Week on Saturday, Jan. 30, 2010, and a formal acknowledgment during the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards telecast, which will be held at Staples Center in Los Angeles on Sunday, Jan. 31, 2010, and broadcast live at 8 p.m. ET/PT on the CBS Television Network, one of Jazz's most beloved citizens, Clark Terry will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award from The Recording Academy . “This year's honorees are a prestigious group ...

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Overdue Honor at Grammys

Source: Ken Franckling's Jazz Notes
January 22, 2010

Amid all of the deserved, but lingering, attention that will be heaped upon the Michael Jackson legacy at the 52nd annual Grammy Awards on January 31, there will be some attention paid to JAZZ. Trumpeter Clark Terry, 89, will receive the Recording Academy's Lifetime Achievement Award. Other lifetime honorees this year are Leonard Cohen, Bobby Darin, David “Honeyboy" Edwards, Michael Jackson, Loretta Lynn and Andre Previn. They will be feted at a special ceremony the night before the Grammys 'main ...

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Golden Globes: And the Envelope Goes To....

Source: All About Jazz
January 20, 2010

Best Original Score - Motion Picture

Michael Giacchino - Up Winner Marvin Hamlisch - The Informant! James Horner - Avatar Abel Korzeniowski - A Single Man Karen O and Carter Burwell - Where The Wild Things Are

Best Original Song - Motion Picture

“Cinema Italiano" Nine Music & Lyrics By: Maury Yeston

“I See You" Avatar Music By: James Horner and Simon Franglen Lyrics By: James ...

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Golden Ear Nominations

Source: Seattle Jazz Scene
January 19, 2010

The 2009 Earshot Golden Ear Award Nominations are up and you can vote online at the Earshot website.

The awards ceremony will be held on Monday, February 15th at The Triple Door featuring the music of Greg Williamsons A-Y-P Large Ensemble.

And the nominees are...

2009 NW Recording of the Year: Rochelle House, Water (House Records) Thomas Marriott, Flexicon (Origin Records) Mark Taylor, Spectre (Origin Records) Neil Welch & Chris Icasiano, Bad ...

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Hans Koller European Jazz Price 2009

Source: Isabella Schrammel - Isilistening
January 14, 2010

We are glad to announce the winners of the various categories of the Hans Hans Koller Preis 2009, an initiative of the Austrian Federal Ministry for Education, the Arts and Culture, the City of Vienna, the SKE-Fonds and the Austrian Music Office (AMO).

European Jazz Prize 2009

EUR 14.500.-- sponsored by the City of Vienna

Enrico Rava (Italy), trumpet

Adieu Tristesse and Bonjour Trieste!,at least for the time being, because the moment has come to honor a very special musical ...

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ASCAP Adventurous Programming Awards to be Presented at 2010 Chamber Music America Conference

Source: Michael Ricci
January 11, 2010

New York, NY, January 11, 2010: The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) will recognize nine chamber music and jazz ensembles, festivals and presenters for their adventurous programming at the annual Chamber Music America (CMA) National Conference on January 17, 2010. The ASCAP Adventurous Programming Awards have been presented for the past 23 years to provide special recognition and encouragement to ensembles, festivals and presenter members of Chamber Music America that have prominently featured works written within the ...

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Exceptional Jazz Albums of 2009

Source: Michael Ricci
January 11, 2010

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Pianist Marian McPartland Awarded Prestigious "Officer of the Order of the British Empire" by Queen Elizabeth II

Source: DL Media
January 7, 2010

Pianist Marian McPartland Awarded Prestigious“Officer of the Order of the British Empire"by Queen Elizabeth IIDL Media is proud to announce that legendary jazz pianist and National Public Radio host Marian McPartland was awarded the prestigious “Officer of the Order of the British Empire" honor by Queen Elizabeth II.McPartland, one of two honorees with New York ties, received the citation (the highest honor other than “Dame") for services to jazz and for aspiring ...

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