Results for "Award / Grant"

1st International Contest of Jazz Bands of Granada (Spain)

November 4, 2002

The 1st edition of the International Jazz Contest of Granada, organized by the Andalusian Record Companies Association (AEDA) and the Granada International Jazz Festival, has given the Best Jazz Band Award to the Dutch band Edwin Berg Trio & Jorg Kaaij; and the Best Andalusian Jazz Band Award to Aborigen Quartet (Seville). This contest has been ...

Cuba: Grammy Nominees Need Visas

September 18, 2002

Cuba charged that the U.S. government has not granted visas to 22 Cuban artists nominated for Latin Grammys, which will be broadcast from Los Angeles Wednesday evening. Vice Culture Minister Abel Acosta said the delegation had planned to travel to Los Angeles last Friday but as of Tuesday night still hadn't received word about visas, effectively ...

Polish Composer and Trumpeter Tomasz Stanko Awarded

August 24, 2002

Winners of the BBC Radio Jazz Awards 2002

August 15, 2002

Cecil Payne Receives "Certificate Of Merit" From New York's Governor Pataki

August 9, 2002

On Sunday, July 28th Delmark recording artist Cecil Payne was honored during his performance at one of the “Jammin On The Hudson" concert's held on alternate Sundays in Riverbank State Park, in New York City. Cecil Payne on baritone sax, Bob Cunningham on bass, Dwight Dickerson on piano and Dion Parsons on drums, created their own ...

Briton Wins in First International Sax Competition at the Montreux Jazz Festival

July 22, 2002

Omar Sosa Wins Afro-Caribbean Jazz Album Of The Year

July 8, 2002

Pianist Omar Sosa received the award for Afro-Caribbean Jazz Album of the Year from the Jazz Journalists Association for his latest CD release “Sentir" (OTA1009). Presented on June 19, 2002 at the Jazz Standard in New York by JJA president Howard Mandel, Omar's award was one of 39 categories acknowledged by the association. For complete JJA ...

Jazz singer Tamm E Hunt recieves 2002 MCAF Awards to present Jazz in Harlem

June 26, 2002

Jazz singer and president/founder Harlem Jazz Foundation, Inc. Tamm E Hunt awarded the 2002 Manhattan Community Arts Fund Award in the multi-disciplinary category on Monday, June 24,2002 by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and The Lower Manhattan Cultural Council to present THE HISTORY OF HARLEM'S JAZZ, BLUES and LATIN JAZZ to intergenerational audiences ...

2002 Jazz Award Winners - Dave Holland Named Musician of the Year

June 19, 2002

The Jazz Journalists Association held their sixth annual Jazz Awards event on Wednesday, June 19 at Jazz Standard (116 E. 27th Street, New York City), with upwards of 300 musicians, journalists, photographers, broadcasters, news media professionals, and industry executives from Europe and North America in attendance. The capacity audience was treated to celebrated actor Avery Brooks ...

Alyn Shipton wins Jazz Writer of the Year Award 2002

June 10, 2002

Alyn Shipton wins the 'Jazz Writer of the Year' Award for his New History of Jazz in the British Hamlet Jazz awards. The prize was presented at last week's ceremony by Humphrey Lyttelton, who described the book as 'the definitive history of jazz'. 'A New History Of Jazz' has also been nominated for the 'Best Book ...