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Etta James: Prizewinner of the 2006 Ella-Fitzgerald Award

July 2, 2006

Montreal, Saturday, July 1st, 2006 - The Festival International de Jazz de Montral is proud to announce the awarding of the 2006 Ella-Fitzgerald Award to internationally renowned singer Etta James. The prize will be presented to Miss James on stage at her performance tonight at 8 p.m. in the Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier at Place des Arts as ...

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Brad Mehldau Prizewinner of the Miles Davis Award

June 29, 2006

Montreal, Thursday, June 29th, 2006--The Festival International de Jazz de Montral give this year the prestigious MilesDavis Award to renowned pianist and composer Brad Mehldau. The prize was presented to the artist on stage last night when he delivered a Festival pre-opening concert. Brad Mehldau becomes the thirteenth winner of the Miles Davis Award, which was ...

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Kat Epple Installed as the Worldwide Peace Marker Project Ambassador for the United States

June 23, 2006

Emmy Award winning, and Grammy nominated flautist, composer, and recording artist, Kat Epple, (www.KatEpple.com) was recently installed as the Worldwide Peace Marker Project's Ambassador for the United States. The Worldwide Peace Marker Project is a work of global installation art which embraces a vision of world peace and creates a network of prominent international artists who ...

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Bobby Sanabria is 2006 Bronx Walk of Fame Inductee

June 23, 2006

Bronx born and bred Grammy nominated drummer, percussionist, bandleader, arranger, composer, educator, Bobby Sanabria will be inducted into the Bronx Walk of Fame during this year's Bronx Week. The Walk of Fame Induction Ceremony will be part of the Bronx Week Grand Finale and take place at the Grand Concourse and E. 161st St. at 11:00 ...

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JazzWeek Awards Recognize Best Jazz Radio Stations, Programmers, Labels, Musicians Of 2006

June 20, 2006

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (June 20, 2006) -- The fourth annual JazzWeek Awards were presented at the JazzWeek Awards brunch during the fifth annual JazzWeek Summit on June 17, 2006, in Rochester, N.Y. Award winners in 13 categories were chosen by readers of JazzWeek in balloting during May, while the Duke Dubois Award winner was chosen by a ...

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JJA Announces 2006 Jazz Award Winners

June 20, 2006

Sonny Rollins Named “Musician of the Year" & “Tenor Saxophonist of the Year"; Roy Haynes Honored with the “Lifetime Achievement" Award June 20, 2006: New York, NY--The Jazz Journalists Association (JJA) recently held its tenth annual Jazz Awards, honoring jazz musicians and their supporters, on Monday, June 19, at B.B. King's Blues Club and Grill in ...

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ASCAP To Add Six Music Greats To Jazz Wall Of Fame on June 21st

June 12, 2006

ASCAP TO ADD SIX MUSIC GREATS TO JAZZ WALL OF FAME AT SOCIETY'S NEW YORK OFFICES NEW GROUP OF INDUCTEES INCLUDES THREE JAZZ GIANTS OF THE PAST AND LIVING LEGENDS FRANK FOSTER, HORACE SILVER AND CLARK TERRY KEN HATFIELD TO BE RECOGNIZED WITH THE ASCAP FOUNDATION VANGUARD AWARD Event Will Also Celebrate Recipients Of The Fourth ...

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Jazz Vocalist Hale Baskin of Menlo-Atherton High School wins her second DownBeat Magazine Student Music Award

June 11, 2006

Elmhurst, Illinois Menlo-Atherton High School student Hale Baskin is awarded an “outstanding performance" for her submission to the 29th DOWNBEAT Student music awards. DOWNBEAT Magazine was first impressed with Hale's vocal talents when they awarded her first place in the Junior High School division of their 2002 Student Music Awards. Her prize: a scholarship to Berklee ...

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Jazz Journalists Association's 10th Annual Jazz Awards At B.B. King's Blues Club & Grill - June 19

June 7, 2006

Roy Haynes, Andrew Hill, Lee Konitz, Marian McPartland and Paul Motian--"Lifetime Achievement" Nominees; Dave Douglas, Hill, Joe Lovano, Motian, Sonny Rollins and Ken Vandermark--Nominees for “Musician of the Year" New York, NY--The Jazz Journalists Association is gearing up for its 10th annual Jazz Awards, which will take place on Monday, June 19, from 4 p.m. to ...

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Theodore Croker lands jazz-mentor spot

May 21, 2006

Theodore L. Croker, a junior at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music in Cleveland, has been selected for an internship this summer with the jazz-mentor program at Stanford University in Palo Alto, Calif. The 20-year-old is the grandson of the late jazz great Adolphus “Doc" Cheatham. He is the son of Alicia Croker of Leesburg and the ...