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Grammys 2015: Jazz sticks to the familiar as Chick Corea wins two
Awards speeches are ideal forums for jokes, even during the Grammys' Internet-only pre-show broadcast. But there was a kernel of truth to what was said from the stage as Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band accepted honors in the big band category for the album “Life in the Bubble": “Once again we want to thank Chick Corea ...
The Year in Jazz: Twin Cities 2014
I could join others and come up with a top ten recordings list, or a top ten gig list— although it seems that, save Pamela Espeland, I would probably be alone in the media in naming a best of anything in jazz for 2014. Instead, I am going to try to recap what I think are ...
Rounding up the "Best Jazz of 2014" lists
It's that time of year again, as jazz journalists, DJs, critics, and bloggers are publishing their annual “Best Of" lists. And once again, for the eighth consecutive year, St. Louis Jazz Notes eschews the compilation of such a list, instead offering a meta-list with links to all of the other “Best Jazz of 2014" lists we ...
George Harrison, Buddy Guy, 5 More Honored With Grammy Lifetime Achievement Awards
The Recording Academy has named its Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award winners for 2015. George Harrison, The Bee Gees, Buddy Guy, the Louvin Brothers, Wayne Shorter, Flaco Jiménez and Pierre Boulez will all be honored at next year's ceremony during Grammy week. Grammy Trustee & Technical Winners Also Named Producer Richard Perry, the husband and wife songwriting team ...
George Wein Honored With The Recording Academy Trustees Award
Wein Joins 2015 Recipients Richard Perry and Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil NEW YORK, NY – GEORGE WEIN, world-renowned founder/producer of the Newport Jazz Festival, Newport Folk Festival, New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and numerous other music events, will receive The Recording Academy Trustees Award, which recognizes outstanding contributions in areas other than performance. The ...
27 Recordings Named To 2015 Grammy Hall Of Fame
The 2015 Grammy Hall of Fame inductees range from gospel music to ABBA, Hank Williams, the Sex Pistols and many in between. This year's 27 inductees brings the grand total of Hall of Fame titles to 987. A special member committee who nominate inductees from a group of recordings from at least 25 years ago with particular qualitative or historical ...
57th Grammy Nominations Recognize New England Conservatory Musicians
Strong showing for NEC musicians in jazz category A Far Cry chamber orchestra nominated for Kickstarter-funded project New England Conservatory students, alumni, and faculty are included in nominations for the 57th Annual Grammy Awards, announced on Friday. Winners will be announced at the Grammy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles on Sunday, February 8, 2015. Three of ...
Indie Artists Receive +50% of All Grammy Nominations for 5th Consecutive Year
A recent release by American Association of Independent Music (A2IM) recognized and congratulated the noteworthy talent coming from the independent music sector. For five years in a row, independent music labels and artists have received over 50% of all GRAMMY nominations - earning 219 nominations out of 404 non-producer category nominations (excluding the not-yet-announced Album of the ...
Grammy Nominees 2015 - Jazz
31. Best Improvised Jazz Solo The Eye Of The Hurricane Kenny Barron, soloist Track from: Gerry Gibbs Thrasher Dream Trio (Gerry Gibbs Thrasher Dream Trio) Label: Whaling City Sound Fingerprints Chick Corea, soloist Track from: Trilogy (Chick Corea Trio) Label: Concord Jazz You & ...
Grammy Nomination for Archie Shepp Attica Blues Orchestra “Live – I Hear The Sound” Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
Archie Shepp - tenor & soprano saxophones, voice with Jimmy Owens (conductor), Amina Claudine Myers, Marion Rampal, Cécile McLorin Salvant, Tom McClung, Famoudou Don Moye, Reggie Washington, Pierre Durand, Stéphane Belmondo, Izidor Leitinger, Christophe Leloil, Olivier Miconi, Sébastien Llado, Simon Sieger, Romain Morello, Michaël Ballue, Raphaël Imbert, Olivier Chaussade, François Théberge, Virgile Lefebvre, Jean-Philippe Scali, Manon ...
