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Natixis/Newport Jazz Festival Scholarship Winners: Chase Ceglie & Ray Fuller
Natixis Global Asset Management and Newport Jazz Festival Announce 2013 Scholarship Recipients and Performance Lineup Newport Music Scholarships will go to Chase Ceglie from Rhode Island Music Educators Association Senior All-State Jazz Band and Ray Fuller from Massachusetts Music Educators Association All-State Jazz Band Boston, MA: Natixis Global Asset Management (NGAM) and Newport Festivals Foundation, Inc., ...
Broadcast Music, Inc. to Name John Lydon as BMI Icon at 2013 BMI London Awards
Broadcast Music, Inc.(R)(BMI(R)), the global leader in music rights management, will present the BMI Icon Award to music legend John Lydon at its annual BMI London Awards. The gala will be held on Tuesday, October 15, at London's Dorchester Hotel, Park Lane. The BMI Icon designation is given to songwriters who have had “a unique and ...
New England Conservatory Alumnus Cecil Taylor Awarded 2013 Kyoto Prize
New England Conservatory alumnus pianist/composer Cecil Taylor '51 DP, has won the 2013 Kyoto Prize in the category of arts and philosophy awarded by the Inamori Foundation in Japan. The prize is an international award presented in three categories to those who have contributed significantly to the progress of science, the advancement of civilization, and the ...
JAZZ.FM91 President & Ceo Ross Porter Named To The Order Of Canada
Toronto, Ontario (July, 2013) – Ross Porter, President & CEO of JAZZ.FM91 was named a Member of the Order of Canada on June 28, 2013 by His Excellency, the Governor General of Canada, David Johnston. The Board of Directors and staff extend congratulations to Mr. Porter on receipt of the highest recognition for a lifetime of ...
2014 NEA Jazz Masters
Jamey Aebersold Educator, Saxophonist, Pianist, Bassist, Banjo player Born in and currently resides in New Albany, Indiana Jamey Aebersold is the recipient of the 2014 A.B. Spellman NEA Jazz Masters Award for Jazz Advocacy, which is bestowed upon an individual who has contributed significantly to the appreciation, knowledge, and advancement of the ...
Tom Silverman's A2iM Lifetime Achievement Award Speech
Full text of the A2iM Lifetime Achievement Award acceptance speech by Tom Silverman, music industry thought leader and founder of Tommy Boy Records and the New Music Seminar. Lifetime Achievement Award? Lifetime seems so final. After working for 9 months on the NMS finishing last Tuesday, the Sound Exchange board meeting last Thursday, the Merlin board ...
The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage Announces $6.5 Million to Support 65 Artists and Organizations
Philadelphia, PA: The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage has awarded over $6.5 million in support of Philadelphia's dynamic cultural community. This year’s grants will support 52 upcoming projects by local cultural organizations. Recipients range in size and stature from small collectives to established institutions, from creative newcomers to community strongholds. Their projects will bring major ...
Paul Adams Album Sleep The Dreaming Flute Chosen Native Flute Album Of The Year By The Zone Music Reporter
Asheville, NC: Paul Adams album SLEEP The Dreaming Flute was voted Native Flute album of the year at the Zone Music Awards show in New Orleans on May 11th. He has made a career building instruments for some very well known musicians, and composed 10 critically acclaimed albums as a guitarist, Flute Player, and Multi Instrumentalist. ...
Brubeck to Join Walk of Fame in Saratoga
Dave Brubeck played the Jazz Festival in Saratoga 13 different years, far more than anyone in its 35-year history The Saratoga Performing Arts Center in Saratoga Springs, NY, has hosted a world-class jazz festival since 1978. Invented by George Wein—an icon who invented the music festival, most famously the Newport Jazz Festival (though that only scratches ...
Clark Terry to be Inducted into Jazz Hall of Fame on Tuesday, June 4
Trumpeter and St. Louis native Clark Terry, drummer Art Blakey and vibraphonist Lionel Hampton will be honored tomorrow with induction into Jazz at Lincoln Center's Ertegun Jazz Hall of Fame. The induction ceremony will take place at 1:00 p.m. Eastern time on Tuesday, June 4 at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola, which is located within JALC's home, Frederick ...
