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Stellar lineup scheduled for special Miles Ahead broadcast!

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Ralph Sutton: Consummate Stylist with Roots in Stride

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Ralph Sutton was a consummate piano stylist with a complete technical command of his instrument, an individual style, and a wide-ranging musical vocabulary which went well beyond his roots in stride piano. His characteristic style, heavily influenced by the stride pianists of the 1920s and 1930s, led by Fats Waller, James P. Johnson and Willie "The Lion" Smith, was probably best appreciated in solo performances, but he was equally at home in a group setting throughout ...

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IAJE Set For 29th Annual Conference

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World's Largest Jazz Gathering Returns To West Coast

The International Association for Jazz Education (IAJE) will hold its 29th Annual Conference in Long Beach, California, USA, January 9 -12, 2002. The Long Beach Convention Center and Hyatt Regency Hotel will host the world's largest jazz gathering, with over 7,000 educators, musicians, and industry representatives from 35 countries expected to attend. As a follow-up to the success of the 2001 Conference held this past January in New York City, the IAJE ...

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44th Annual GRAMMY Nominees Announced

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The following were nominated under the twelve jazz categories:

Best Contemporary Jazz Album Cab 2—Dennis Chambers, Tony MacAlpine, Brian Auger & Bunny Brunel (Tone Center) Soul Insider—Bill Evans (ESC) Ethnomusicology, Vol. 2—Russell Gunn (Justin Time) M2—Marcus Miller (Telarc) Voices—Mike Stern (Division One/Atlantic) Best Jazz Vocal Album The Mose Chronicles - Live In London, Volume 1—Mose Allison (Blue Note) ...

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J@Lc Celebrates Music Of Coltrane & Mingus With Concerts & Educational Events In February 2002

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Manfred Eicher and Dave Holland Quintet nominated for Grammy Awards

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ECM Records is proud to announce 2 Grammy Nominations

For the third time in 4 years, Manfred Eicher is nominated in the category: “Classical Producer of the Year".

One again, recordings cited in support of the nomination demonstrate the enormous breadth of Manfred Eicher's ECM New Series activities: Morimur / Christoph Poppen and The Hilliard Ensemble's remarkable (and hugely successful) Bach project Schneewittchen / Heinz Holliger's opera based on Robert Walser's twisted version of Snow White A Recollection / Andr ...

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ECM Records Announces Two Grammy Nominations

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Delbert McClinton's "Nothing Personal" Nominated for "Best Contemporary Blues Album" Grammy

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