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Palmetto Label Continues Its Winning Track Record as Jazz Times Critics Pick Its Artists as Best of 2002

Blue Note Records 2003 Grammy Nominations

The Nightlife Awards - Cabaret, Comedy and JAZZ at Town Hall Monday Jan. 27, 8:00 PM

Keith Jarrett wins the Polar Music Prize 2003

Royal Swedish Academy of Music Award For Keith Jarrett 2003, the 20th anniversary year of the Keith Jarrett/Gary Peacock/Jack DeJohnette trio, begins with the announcement that Keith Jarrett has won the prestigious Polar Music Prize. Jarrett is the sole prize-winner this year as, for the first time, the Polar jury sets aside its habitual “popular" and ...

15 Finalists Announced In Eighth Annual Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition & Festival

Bruce Lundvall, Les Paul and Jay McShann Receive Beacons in Jazz Award

On Tuesday, April 1, 2003, New School University's Jazz Program will honor Bruce Lundvall, Jazz visionary and President of Blue Note Records, guitar virtuoso Les Paul and blues master Jay McShann with the Beacons in Jazz award. The Beacons award recognizes living legends in Jazz whose vision and talent have significantly influenced the music. Hosted by ...

American Jazz Hall of Fame

New Jersey Jazz Society and the Institute of Jazz Studies at Rutgers University Announce American Jazz Hall of Fame Recipients The New Jersey Jazz Society and the Institute of Jazz Studies at Rutgers University is pleased to announce the election of Terry Gibbs, Ahmad Jamal, Jimmy Smith, Claude “Fiddler" Williams, Gene Ammons, Bill Harris, Joe Mooney ...

Marian McPartland's 85th Birthday Bash Brought Out The Stars To Birdland On March 21st

Norah Jones and Tony Bennett were just two of the music industry luminaries to grace the stage at New York City's venerable Birdland jazz club on Friday, March 21st to pay tribute to the legendary pianist Marian McPartland. Celebrating her 85th birthday, the indefatigable McPartland was onstage for the majority of the evening performing in duo, ...

Sheer Group Dominates South African Music Awards

SHEER GROUP DOMINATES SOUTH AFRICAN MUSIC AWARDS The Sheer Group once again dominated the 2003 South African Music Awards ceremony, winning 10 Awards! Awards were received in the following categories: McCoy Mrubata: Face The Music Best South African Traditional Jazz Album Sheer All Stars: Dance With Me Best Contemporary Jazz ...

Patricia Barber Awarded Prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship Award

Results of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation's seventy-ninth annual United States and Canadian competition have been announced, and Chicago-based jazz singer/pianist/songwriter Patricia Barber is among the 2003 Fellowship winners. This year's 184 winners include artists, scholars, and scientists selected from over 3200 applicants for awards totaling $6,750,000. Guggenheim Fellows are appointed on the basis of ...