Results for "Award / Grant"

ECM Records Announces Five Grammy Nominations including Dave Holland's "What Goes Around"

January 8, 2003

Dave Holland Big Band: What Goes Around - nominated in Best Large Jazz Ensemble category. Dave Holland made history this year when he swept the Down Beat Critics' and Readers' polls with four wins in each poll: Jazz Artist, Bass Player, Ensemble (the Dave Holland Quintet) and recording (Not For Nothin'). Holland's last three records were ...

Concord Records Earns Five Grammy Nominations

January 8, 2003

45th Grammy Nominees for Jazz Announced

January 7, 2003

MAXJAZZ Artists Make Dent in Jazz Times Best of 2002 Poll

January 5, 2003

The MAXJAZZ label has yielded remarkably strong results in a short period of time. OFFBEAT MUSIC MAGAZINE The independent boutique jazz label, MAXJAZZ, heads into 5th year with a strong showing in Jazz Times Best of 2002 Critics List. In 2001 Rene Marie's 2nd CD VERTIGO was selected as #26 of Jazz Times Top 50 albums, ...

Saxophonist Rob Scheps Receives Composition Fellowships

December 31, 2002

Saxophonist Rob Scheps ( Gil Evans Band,Al Grey, George Russell) has been awarded three separate fellowships in Music composition for 2003. The fellowships will take the form of multi -week residencies at Centrum in Port Townsend, Washington ; The Hambidge Center for the Arts in Rabun Gap,Georgia where he is the recipient of the Nellie Mae ...

Yorkshire Girl's Dreams of California Voted the Sexiest Jazz Vocal

December 13, 2002

Maxjazz Recording Artist Rene' Marie Receives International Jazz Vocalist Award

November 27, 2002

Theodore Croker, Jazz Artist in Residence, Ritz Theatre Jacksonville, Florida

November 15, 2002

Theodore Croker, 17, has been selected to be the 2002-03 Jazz Artist in Residence at the Ritz Theatre in Jacksonville, Florida. He was featured with his jazz trio for the opening jazz jam in November to highlight the Great American Jazz Celebration. In December he will debut his “Jazzy Noel": An original program of jazz arrangements. ...

Max Roach & Lorraine Gordon Honored at J@LC Gala

November 14, 2002

CMA Awards 12 Grants To Jazz Artists Totalling $168,000

November 13, 2002

Chamber Music America (CMA) announces the 2002 recipients of its New Works: Creation and Presentation program. The innovative grant-making program, now in its third year, supports composer/performer-led ensembles in the creation and presentation of compositions in the jazz idiom. Grants ranging from $10,000 to $14,000 were awarded to the following composers and their ensembles: Tim Armacost, ...