Jazz News

The ASCAP Foundation Names Winners of Annual Young Jazz Composer Awards

Source: All About Jazz
January 26, 2005

New York, NY, January 26, 2005: ASCAP Foundation President Marilyn Bergman has announced the winners of the 2004 / 2005 ASCAP Foundation Young Jazz Composer Awards. The program, established in 2002, was created to encourage gifted American jazz composers to create new works. Composers from throughout the United States ranging in age from 12 to 30 competed for the cash awards. The winning works were selected through a juried national competition.

Commenting on the awards, Marilyn Bergman said, “The young ...

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'Besame Mucho' composer Consuelo Velazaquez dies at 84

Source: All About Jazz
January 26, 2005

MEXICO CITY - Consuelo Velazquez, whose song “Besame Mucho” became a standard in many languages and styles of music, has died. She was 84.

Ms. Velazquez died Saturday of complications from a fall she suffered in October, her son Mariano Rivera said.

A native of Ciudad Guzman in central Mexico, she began playing piano when she was 4 years old and went on to study at the National Conservatory.

While overseeing classical music programs for the pioneering radio station XEQ, ...

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AAJ's Michael Ricci Listed on JazzTimes 2004 "Power Index"

Source: All About Jazz
January 26, 2005

Last Year's Power Index stirred up plenty of discussion within the jazz industry, much of it of the “Who the hell does JazzTimes think it is?" variety. We were merely trying to give the public a peek behind the curtain at who controls the jazz world of Oz. Instead, the Power Index angered some who didn't place and irritated many of those who did because they didn't believe their ranking was high enough.

The Power Index is based on informal ...

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Herb Alpert Signature Series: New Compilation Of Rare And Previously Unreleased Recordings

Source: All About Jazz
January 26, 2005

Sound The Trumpets! Herb Alpert And Shout! Factory Announce The Release Of A New Album And Out-Of-Print Classics

Reissues Of Iconic LPs The Lonely Bull And South Of The Border Due February 8th More Remastered Titles Scheduled Throughout 2005

LOS ANGELES, CA -- Music legend Herb Alpert has struck a partnership with Shout! Factory to launch the historic Herb Alpert Signature Series. The long-term reissue program will include many of his most successful albums, beginning with the classics ...

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Mickey Carroll & Friends presents A House of Love

Source: All About Jazz
January 26, 2005

This is just an update regarding my show , to entice your interest March 12th I hope you don't mind the hoop la Latest news we are now an active part of ACE/FAAE http://www.faae.org/ [click coalition] Here is a list of who's who's PALS is building a new 2000 seat state of the art theater, We are partnering with PALS with the incentive to continue to mount The House Of Love in the surrounding Tri city areas Mother J's House ...

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Jazz and New Music Composer Paul Nash Dies at Age 56

Source: All About Jazz
January 26, 2005

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No Minimum: Jazz Duo-Piano with Kenny Barron and Mulgrew Miller

Source: All About Jazz
January 26, 2005

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MARK MURPHY is the 2005 Nightlife Awards Legend of Jazz

Source: All About Jazz
January 26, 2005

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