Award / Grant News

Charlie Haden to Receive a Lifetime Achievement Award

Source: Michael Ricci
October 7, 2009

On Saturday evening October 24 at 8:00 p.m., Juan Alderete, Thomas Pridgen and Omar Rodriguez-Lopez of The Mars Volta will perform at a concert at Hollywood's Key Club which will include a presentation of Bass Player magazine's Lifetime Achievement Awards to jazz legend Charlie Haden and R&B legend Rocco Prestia. Haden (in duo with pianist Alan Broadbent) and Prestia (backed by Tower Of Power bandmates Dave Garibaldi, Larry Braggs, Mark Harper and Roger Smith) will also perform, and the show ...

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Riverfront Times Announces 2009 "Best of St. Louis" Winners

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
October 6, 2009

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Joe Wilder to be Honored by Manhattan School of Music

Source: Michael Ricci
October 5, 2009

Four Manhattan School of Music alumni are being honored at a special alumni homecoming reception on October 16, 2009. Joe Wilder, Capt. Kenneth Force, Elliot Goldenthal, and Laquita Mitchell will be recognized for their significant career accomplishments as well as for service to Manhattan School of Music. The Distinguished Alumni Awards Presentation, held in the School's Alan M. and Joan Taub Ades Performance Space, is part of the 2009 All-Alumni Reunion. Following the reception, there will be a performance by ...

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Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation Announces First Round Grants for Jazz.Next Program

Source: All About Jazz
September 30, 2009

Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation Announces First Round Grants for Jazz.NEXT Program. $424,900 Awarded to Support Jazz Through the Use of Technology

Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation has announced the first round of grants for the Jazz.NEXT program. Jazz.NEXT is a new national jazz initiative designed to encourage the application of technology in substantive and innovative approaches to developing audiences; communicating with the public; marketing, distributing, and selling the work of jazz artists; and building a more robust jazz infrastructure better positioned ...

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Jazz Bass Legend Charlie Haden to Receive a Lifetime Achievement Award

Source: All About Jazz
September 28, 2009

Along with Legendary Soul/Funk Bassist Rocco Prestia of Tower of Power at Bass Player Live! October 24 Bass Player LIVE! will include clinics, demos, and appearances from top musicians at SIR Studios, 6465 Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood, California on October 24 – 25, 2009. On Saturday evening October 24 at 8:00 p.m., Juan Alderete (Mars Volta) and special guests will perform at a concert at Hollywood’s Key Club which will include a presentation of Bass Player magazine's Lifetime Achievement Awards ...

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Dave Brubeck Receives Berklee Honorary Doctorate

Source: Michael Ricci
September 22, 2009

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Charlie Haden to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award from Bass Player Magazine

Source: Michael Ricci
September 21, 2009

Jazz bass titan Charlie Haden will receive a Lifetime Achievement Award from Bass Player magazine, along with legendary soul/funk bassist Rocco Prestia of Tower Of Power. The awards will be presented at Bass Player’s annual event, Bass Player Live, to take place in Los Angeles on Oct. 24th & 25th, at S.I.R. Studios and the Key Club. In addition, Bass Player will kick off the event with a screening of “Rambling Boy," the new documentary on Haden, at Musician’s Institute ...

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Emmys: The Envelope Please

Source: Michael Ricci
September 21, 2009

2009 Emmy scorecard This year's honorees from the 61st annual Primetime Emmy Awards.

Nominees in major categories for the 61st annual Primetime Emmy Awards:

MUSIC COMPOSITITION FOR A SERIES (DRAMATIC SCORE) Robert Duncan, “Castle" Mark Snow, “Ghost Whisperer" Joe LoDuca, “Legend of the Seeker" (Winner) Gabriel Yared, “The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency" Alf H. Clausen, “The Simpsons" Sean P. Callery, “24"

MUSIC COMPOSITITION FOR ...

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