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Cannes 2009 Palme d'Or Goes to Michael Haneke's 'The White Ribbon'
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Michael Ricci
Other top prizes are dominated by the French, including the grand prize, awarded to Jacques Audiard's A Prophet. The U.S.-made Inglourious Basterds manages an acting prize for Christoph Waltz.
Reporting from Cannes, France -- It felt like “friends and family" night at the Festival de Cannes when the world's most prestigious film event handed out its awards on Sunday.
With French actress Isabelle Huppert as president of the jury, prizes in three of the eight categories went to French filmmakers, ...
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Buddy Miller Singer-Songwriter Nabbed Five Americana Music Noms
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All About Jazz
Singer-songwriter Buddy Miller leads all nominees for the eighth annual Americana Music Association awards.
He got five nominations, including artist of the year and instrumentalist of the year.
The 56-year-old Fairborn, Ohio, native and his wife, Julie Miller, are also up for album of the year for “Written in Chalk." The nominations were announced Wednesday for the Sept. 17 awards show at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium.
Justin Townes Earle, son of alt-country star Steve Earle, received three nominations. Alejandro Escovedo, the ...
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Art Tatum's Historical Recording Garners JJA Jazz Awards Nomination
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All About Jazz
2009 JJA JAZZ AWARDS NOMINATES ART TATUM'S PIANO STARTS HERE FOR BEST HISTORICAL RECORDING / REISSUE
The Jazz Journalists Association has nominated Art Tatum's Piano Starts Here: Live at The Shrine for Best Historical Recording/Reissue of 2009. The Tatum disc is the second recording in a series of discs, using technology developed by Zenph Studios, that represent a milestone in the history of recorded music. The original recording, an incomparable jazz album that highlights the mastery of this singular musician, ...
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National Endowment for the Arts Announces the 2010 NEA Jazz Masters
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All About Jazz
Nation's highest honor in jazz is bestowed on eight living legends
Washington, DC - The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) today announced the recipients of the 2010 NEA Jazz Masters Award -- the nation's highest honor in this distinctly American music. The eight recipients will each receive a $25,000 grant award and be publicly honored in an awards ceremony and concert on Tuesday, January 12, 2010 at Frederick P. Rose Hall, home of Jazz at Lincoln Center.
The eight ...
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ASCAP to Add Seven Music Greats to Jazz Wall of Fame at Jazz at Lincoln Center Event
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All About Jazz
NEW INDUCTEES ARE LIVING LEGENDS JON HENDRICKS, JOHNNY MANDEL, ANNIE ROSS AND RANDY WESTON AND JAZZ GIANTS OF THE PAST JOHN COLTRANE, DAVE LAMBERT AND TITO PUENTE Regina Carter to be recognized with the ASCAP Foundation Vanguard Award Anat Cohen to receive The ASCAP Jazz Wall Of Fame Prize Event Will Also Celebrate Recipients of the Seventh Annual ASCAP Foundation Young Jazz Composer Awards, Sponsored by the Gibson Foundation New York, May 21, 2009. ASCAP President & Chairman Paul Williams ...
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Martha Lorin to Receive Milford Music Maker Award
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Lampkin Publicity Service
Lampkin Music Group is proud to announce that his client, jazz singer Martha Lorin, will be the recipient of the Milford Music Maker Awards at the Milford Music Festival on Saturday, June 6, 2009. The award is for Martha's work with the yearly festival; for having the insight to broaden the festival to include all genres of music which has definitely kept the Festival alive and moving forward. This yearly event has become a great service to the Milford, Pennsylvania ...
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Announcing 13th Annual JJA Jazz Awards Nominees and Gala
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Jazz Beyond Jazz by Howard Mandel
The Jazz Journalists Association -- of which I'm president--has announced finalist nominees in 42 categories of excellence in jazz music, recording, presenting and journalism at a new website, JazzJournalists.org--which also details who's playing at the Jazz Standard (NYC) cocktail barbeque where winners will be announced on June 16, 3-6 pm. and lets you buy tickets to the event. What's a Jazz Award? I'm deep into it, but why should you care? Work on the Jazz Awards website, the finalists nominations ...
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