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Erin Bode Wins "Best Jazz Artist" in Riverfront Times' 2009 Music Awards
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
Yoko Ono Wins Lifetime Achievement Award at "Mojo" Magazine Awards
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All About Jazz
June 6 - Yoko Ono receives Golden Lion lifetime achievement award at the Venice Biennale
June 14 - Meltdown Festival, Royal Festival Hall, London, YOKO ONO PLASTIC ONO BAND with special guests Ornette Coleman, Antony Hegarty & Mark Ronson.
DON'T STOP ME! gives a taste of the YOKO ONO PLASTIC ONO BAND 15-song album BETWEEN MY HEAD AND THE SKY coming in September
DONT STOP ME! EP Featured In iTunes “What's Hot" Section
The legendary Yoko Ono won the lifetime ...
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Jazz Vocalist and Songwriter PJ Parker's "Not Beneath the Tree" Awarded Honorable Mention in International Songwriting Competition
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All About Jazz
Somerset, New Jersey - Jazz vocalist and songwriter PJ Parker has been awarded an Honorable Mention in the 12th Annual Unisong International Songwriting Contest for her composition, “Not Beneath the Tree.” The song was one of 11 in the “seasonal” category so honored among submissions from songwriters from around the world. Songs in the competition are judged on originality, melody, composition, and lyrics. Previous Unisong judges and friends include: Lamont Dozier, Diane Warren, Bonnie Greenberg, K.C. Porter, Dave Koz, Peter ...
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San Diego Jazz Station Gets National Award
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All About Jazz
KSDS JAZZ 88' MARK DEBOSKEY NAMED REGIONAL JAZZ EDUCATOR OF THE YEAR; STATION GETS NATIONAL AWARD
San Diego, CA Mark Deboskey, KSDS-FM/Jazz88 station manager, has been named regional “Jazz Educator of the Year," by the California Association of Music Education (CMEA)/Southern Border Section; the station he leads earned a national “My Source Community Impact Award for Engagement" from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB).
Jazz88 will receive the CPB award at a luncheon Wednesday, July 8, 2009, at the Public ...
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2009 JJA Jazz Awards Set for Tuesday, June 16, 2009, 3 to 6 P.M.
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DL Media
The Jazz Journalists Association's 13th Annual Jazz Awards Honoring excellence in music-making, presentation, production, jazz journalism and “A Team" activism and advocacy Nominations released, Winners to be Announced at Jazz Standard 116 E. 27th St., New York City Tuesday, June 16, 2009, 3 to 6 p.m. In a year notable for the absence of a mainstream jazz festival in New York City, no convention for jazz educators and industry, and cuts affecting many jazz ...
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2009 Tony Awards
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All About Jazz
BEST PLAY “Dividing the Estate" “God of Carnage" (Winner) “reasons to be pretty" “33 Variations"
BEST MUSICAL “Billy Elliot, the Musical" (Winner) “Next to Normal" “Rock of Ages" “Shrek the Musical"
BEST BOOK OF MUSICAL “Billy Elliot, The Musical," Lee Hall (Winner) “Next to Normal," Brian Yorkey “Shrek The Musical," David Lindsay-Abaire “[Title of Show]," Hunter ...
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A Big Night for Broadway, and Especially for Billy
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Michael Ricci
Broadway productions with roots in the London theater dominated the 63rd annual Tony Awards on Sunday, with Billy Elliot winning best musical and nine other awards and God of Carnage picking up honors for best play, best director and best actress.
While several categories were unusually competitive this year because of the large number of strong Broadway productions, there were also no major upsets. The three teenage boys who rotate in the title role of Billy Elliot David Alvarez, Trent ...
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Kidd Jordan to Receive 2009 Asante Legend Award
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All About Jazz
Edward Kidd Jordan has been announced as a recipient of the 2009 Asante Awards in the area of Music Education; The Year of the Legends.The 2009 Asante Awards and Festival will held at the Mahaila Jackson Theatre of Performing Arts in New Orleans, Louisiana in the famed Louis Armstrong Park/Congo Square on Wednesday, July 1, 2009. Produced by NOLA.TV, this year's event pays tribute to New Orleans Legends in the field of Jazz, Music Education, Theatre, Gospel, Spoken Words, Business, ...
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