Results for "Award / Grant"

The ASCAP Foundation Names Winners of Annual Young Jazz Composer Awards

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 ...

California-based Ubiquity Records Wins 'Label of the Year'

January 9, 2005

Gilles Peterson's Worldwide show recently asked Radio 1 listeners to vote online for the annual Gilles Peterson 'Worldwide' Awards. Categories included track of the year, Worldwide Session of the year, album of the year, compilation of the year, club of the year, label of the year, the Worldwide lifetime achievement award and the first annual John ...

Request for proposal/applications to Chamber Music America/Doris Duke Charitable Foundation jazz composition commissioning program

January 5, 2005

New Works: Creation and Presentation Program Grant range: $10,000 to $15,000. Deadline: February 24, 2005. This commissioning program supports the creation of new compositions in the jazz idiom. Funding is available to professional jazz ensembles that are led by or include a composer/performer. Ensembles must consist of a core of musicians who perform original music that ...

Planet Arts Recordings Announces Grammy Nominations

December 21, 2004

PLANET ARTS RECORDINGS ANNOUNCES GRAMMY NOMINATIONS VANGUARD JAZZ ORCHESTRA THE WAY MUSIC OF SLIDE HAMPTON NOMINATED FOR THREE GRAMMYS Category 49 - Best Large Jazz Ensemble The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra The Way, Music of Slide Hampton Category 82 - Best Instrumental Composition The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra Past, Present and Future from The Way, Music of Slide ...

Berklee Alums Earn 34 Grammy Award Nominations

December 10, 2004

47th Annual GRAMMY

December 8, 2004

For recordings released during the Eligibility Year October 1, 2003 through September 30, 2004 Note: More or less than 5 nominations in a category is the result of ties. Category 45 - Best Contemporary Jazz Album (For albums containing 51% or more playing time of INSTRUMENTAL tracks.) Journey Fourplay Bluebird ...

Maria Schneider - 4 Grammy nods and NOT ONE RETAIL SALE!

December 8, 2004

COMPOSER MARIA SCHNEIDER AND HER ACCLAIMED 2004 CD “CONCERT IN THE GARDEN" NOMINATED FOR FOUR GRAMMYS * More Nominations Than Any Jazz CD or Artist in 2004 (Tied with Norah Jones) * * “Best Instrumental Composition" (twice), “Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album" and “Best Jazz Instrumental Solo" (Donny McCaslin) * World-renowned, New York-based composer MARIA SCHNEIDER ...

Bruce A. Henry Goes Chartbound on Jazz Week.

December 4, 2004

Keyboardist Dave Osoff's 'Mosaic' album wins top honors in LA

November 23, 2004

Press release: November 21, 2004 Boston based keyboardist/songwriter Dave Osoff has just been awarded '2004 Instrumental Jazz Album of the Year' for his critically acclaimed album, 'Mosaic', at the annual 'Just Plain Folks' 2004 Music Awards show in Los Angeles on November 7. In addition, the album track 'Never Enough' was awarded top honors as the ...

British Alto Saxophonist / Rapper Soweto Kinch Wins UK's Urban Music Award for Best Jazz Act of 2004

November 11, 2004

Soweto Kinch received the award for Best Jazz Act 2004 at the Urban Music Awards held Tuesday, November 9th at The Barbican Centre, London bringing to eight the number of honors this remarkable young alto saxophonist/rapper has won during the course of his short but already illustrious career. The Urban Music Awards celebrate 100% British-based urban ...