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Event

Concert Big Band Stan Kenton Big Band Retrospective

Source: Conservatory of Amsterdam
December 11, 2012

This year marks the centennial of one of the seminal figures of jazz, Stan Kenton (1911-1979). Kenton, born in Wichita, Kansas, and raised in Los Angeles, was an adventurous innovator in 20th-century music. A prodigious pianist, composer, and arranger, Kenton was above all a fearless and ingenious bandleader who created, along with a team of composers, arrangers and musicians, an enduring body of work that enthusiastically ignored stylistic boundaries, fusing jazz and classical genres and other elements along the way. ...

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Award / Grant

Marlow Rosado Wins His First Grammy Nomination

Source: Kimberly C Chmura
December 11, 2012

Miami's Marlow Rosado's second CD, Retro, has been nominated for a 2013 Grammy award as Best Tropical Album.The concept behind “RETRO" is one of taking some of the strongest songs from the 1970's, maintaining the essentials of the originals, but metamorphosing them in Marlow's 21st-century conception until they become entirely his own. Besides Ismael Miranda, artists on the album, some of whom reprise parts of their originals, are Bobby Cruz, Tito Puente Jr, Papo Lucca, Luigi Texidor, Salvador Cuevas, Marlon ...

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Award / Grant

Composer/Producer/Conductor Ryan Truesdell’s Groundbreaking Project "Centennial: Newly Discovered Works Of Gil Evans" Nominated For Grammy Awards In Three Categories

Source: Braithwaite & Katz Communications
December 11, 2012

CD also earned one of France’s highest honors: LES COUPS DE COEUR from the Académie Charles Cros Renowned composer/producer/conductor RYAN TRUESDELL’s highly acclaimed CD CENTENNIAL: Newly Discovered Works of Gil Evans (ArtistShare) has earned three nominations in the 55th annual GRAMMY Awards. CENTENNIAL has been nominated in the categories of Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album, Best Instrumental Arrangement (How About You) and Best Arrangement Featuring a Vocalist (Look To the Rainbow featuring Luciana Souza). “I share these nominations with everyone ...

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Recording

Omnivore Recordings Chronicles Classic Years Of Wanda Jackson, George Jones And Merle Haggard

Source: conqueroo
December 11, 2012

Ten-inch vinyl EPs made available on Black Friday provided a sneak preview of Merle Haggard’s The Complete ’60s Capitol Singles, George Jones’ The Complete United Artists Solo Singles, and Wanda Jackson’s The Best of the Classic Capitol Singles. LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Omnivore Records will release definitive compilations by three giants of country and rockabilly music — Wanda Jackson, Merle Haggard and George Jones — on February 12, 2013. Having released musical appetizers in the form of ten-inch vinyl EPs ...

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Recording

Tom Stewart's New CD Now Available

Source: Tom Stewart
December 1, 2012

Guitarist Tom Stewart has a new release entitled “Flyer." The CD contains all-original, modern jazz, featuring brilliant performances from Jeremy Powell on tenor saxophone, Mark Neuenschwander on bass, and Ian Goodman on drums. The CD is available physically on CD Baby, and digitally through dozens of outlets, including Amazon, iTunes, Rhapsody and many others. Tom was born in Tampa, Florida in 1966. After high school, he began undergraduate studies at the University of Florida, then transferred to Boston's Berklee College ...

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Education

Mizzou International Composers Festival Announces Resident Composers For 2013

Source: Dean Minderman
December 10, 2012

Columbia, MO – After considering the largest number of applicants yet in the event’s four-year history, the University of Missouri School of Music and the Mizzou New Music Initiative today announced the eight resident composers selected for next year’s Mizzou International Composers Festival (http://composersfestival.missouri.edu/). Formerly known as the Mizzou New Music Summer Festival, the 2013 Mizzou International Composers Festival (MICF) will take place Monday, July 22 through Saturday, July 27 in Columbia. The resident composers were chosen through a portfolio ...

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Recording

Dan White Sextet Releases Debut Album: New York Sessions

Source: Dan White Sextet
December 10, 2012

New York Sessions is the first recording collaboration between Dan White, Chris Ott and Jon Lampley. The three met in Columbus, Ohio while attending Ohio State. White, Ott, and Lampley have been performing their own original compositions and arrangements over the past two years. In December of 2011, with the help of a research grant from The Ohio State University, they traveled to Brooklyn, New York to perform and record New York Sessions. There is no easy way to describe ...

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Music Industry

Concord Music Being Shopped to Private-Equity Firms, Not Strategic Suitors

Source: Michael Ricci
December 8, 2012

Reports that the Concord Music Group is up for sale are true, knowledgeable sources say. But there is one key factor that appears to have been overlooked thus far: management is controlling the company's sale process so far. Consequently, Concord is being shopped to private-equity firms and not to strategic suitors, according to some strategic sources who have confirmed they haven't been contacted to partake in the auction. According to sources, the Concord management team believes there is a lot ...

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