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President and Friends
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Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
The Kennedy Center Honors ceremony held last Sunday will be televised on CBS December 29. In the meantime, the White House has released a clip of President Obama's informal talk at the reception before the event. It runs about 18 minutes, with the camera on the President the whole time. The following video, nicely edited and produced, incorporates a shortened version of his remarks and interaction with the honorees, Dave Brubeck, Mel Brooks, Grace Bumbry, Robert De Niro and Bruce ...
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Genre Bending Jazz Vocalist & Composer Theo Bleckmann Earns 2010 Grammy Nomination for Winter & Winter Release "Twelve Songs by Charles Ives"
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DP Public Relations
Bleckmann & Kneebody make the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards Nominees List receiving Best Classical Crossover Album Nomination New York, NY -- Winter & Winter recording artist Theo Bleckmann and his critically acclaimed album, Twelve Songs By Charles Ives has earned a Grammy Nomination in the Best Classical Crossover Album category (Awarded to the Artist(s) and/or to the Conductor). Twelve Songs by Charles Ives pays homage to an exceptional composer from the United States who was denied the possibility of having ...
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Berklee Alumni Earn 25 Grammy Award Nominations
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Michael Ricci
The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences nominated 23 Berklee alumni for a total of 25 Grammy Awards. The nominees were recognized for their outstanding contributions across the spectrum of music, including pop, rock, hip-hop, alternative, jazz, and Latin, and producing, engineering, arranging, and composing. To date, Berklee alumni have won a total of 176 Grammy Awards. The 52nd Annual Grammy Awards will be held on Sunday, January 31, 2010, and broadcast on CBS at 8:00 p.m. ...
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The Kennedy Center Honors
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Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
The Kennedy Center Honors for 2009 went last night to Dave Brubeck on his 89th birthday, and to Mel Brooks, Grace Bumbry, Robert De Niro and Bruce Springsteen. CBS-TV will broadcast two hours of highlights from the ceremony at 9 pm EST on December 29. This morning's papers and tonight's newscasts will be full of the story. Googling the name of the event will turn up dozens of items on the web.
Brooks, Brubeck, Bumbry, De Niro, Springsteen
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Grammy Nomination Musings...
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Ken Franckling's Jazz Notes
The Recording Academy (formerly the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences) is out with its nominations for the 52nd annual Grammy Awards. The full list of nominees is available at the Grammy Web site. It is encouraging to see that a former jazz categories for so-called “smooth jazz" recordings are listed this time around where they belong--"Pop Instrumental." Finally, we have some truth in advertising. There are lots of nominations of great merit this time around. I was particularly ...
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Renowned Vocalist Kurt Elling Earns His 9th Grammy Nomination for "Dedicated to You: Kurt Elling Sings the Music of Coltrane and Hartman"
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On Target Media Group
Honor Comes One Week After Headlining the First State Dinner at the White House Sunday night when the 52nd annual GRAMMY nominations were announced in Los Angeles, renowned jazz vocalist Kurt Elling was honored with his ninth GRAMMY nomination for Dedicated to You: Kurt Elling Sings the Music of Coltrane and Hartman in the Best Jazz Vocal category. The album was recorded live at the Allen Room at Lincoln Center and has received critical praise. The ...
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Fans Receive 3 Grammy Nominations
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All About Jazz
FANS RECEIVE 3 GRAMMY NOMINATIONS THREE FAN-FUNDED ARTISTSHARE PROJECTS ARE 2010 GRAMMY NOMINEES
With the belief that the true value of music lies in an artist's individual creativity and the unique process that each artist uses to create their music, ArtistShare provides a unique atmosphere for muscians to prosper and grow. This year three ArtistShare fan-funded projects have received Grammy nominations:
The Clayton Brothers' album “Brother to Brother" received a nomination in the category Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or ...
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David Adler List's Fat Cat Big Band as Top Ensemble for 2009
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Kari-On Productions
With the release of Fat Cat Big Band's new CD; FACE, Fat Cat Big Band continues to be noticed by the industry and fans. David R. Adler names Fat Cat Big Band in his Top 25 of 2009, plus list, in the large ensemble category. For Jade Synstelien Face is the product of years of reflection on unification and the end of war and suffering through music. A highly talented and uniquely gifted young composer, Synstelien has immersed himself in ...
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