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Grammy Award-Winner Danilo Perez, Unesco Artist for Peace, Signs to the International Yamaha Artist Roster
Pianist and Educator to Participate in Distance Learning Event at Berklee College of Music on April 4th, 2013. Yamaha Artist Services, Inc.(YASI) is pleased to announce the signing of GRAMMY Award-winner Danilo Pérez to its international Artist roster. “We are honored to welcome a pianist who is known not only as an exemplary performer, but also ...
Clark Terry Elected to Jazz Hall of Fame
Thanks in part to the enthusiastic support of hometown fans, trumpeter and St. Louis native Clark Terry (pictured) will be one of three 2013 inductees into Jazz at Lincoln Center's Nesuhi Ertegun Jazz Hall of Fame. JALC announced today that Terry, drummer Art Blakey, and vibraphonist Lionel Hampton got the majority of votes cast online during ...
Jim Miller Honored as "Jazz Hero" on April 15th at LaRose Jazz Restaurant
Jim Miller—Philadelphia jazz percussionist, composer, recording artist, music journalist, and jazz educator—will be named a “Jazz Hero” by the Jazz Journalists Association on April 15th. The ceremony honoring this jazz icon will take place at LaRose Supper Club, 5531 Germantown Avenue in Philadelphia, during an evening’s performance by saxophonist Tony Williams, from 6 to 9 p.m. ...
NEC Contemporary Improvisation Student Daniel Pencer Receives 2013 South African Fleur Du Cap Theatre Award
Winner of “Best Original Music Composition” for the Play Mies Julie New England Conservatory Contemporary Improvisation master’s student Daniel Pencer and his brother Matthew Pencer have won a prestigious Fleur du Cap Theatre Award in the category of “Best Original Music Composition” for their music for the South African production of Mies Julie. The awards were ...
Farmers Market and Sidsel Endresen & Stian Westerhus Win Norwegian Grammy Awards
Saturday evening at Vossa Jazz was an even greater cause for celebration than the performances to that point and still to come. Two of the festival's artists received news that they had been awarded Norwegian Grammy Awards: Multi-instrumentalist Stian Carstensen (accordion, guitar, pedal steel guitar, Kaval, banjo) and his longstanding group Farmers Market won in the ...
Jazz at Lincoln Center's Jazz Hall of Fame Opens Voting to Fans; St. Louis Native Clark Terry Eligible for Election This Year
Jazz at Lincoln Center's Nesuhi Ertegun Jazz Hall of Fame is asking jazz fans to help select its next set of inductees through online voting, and legendary trumpeter and St. Louis native Clark Terry (pictured) is one of this year's nominees. Started in 2004, the Hall currently has 34 members, including former St. Louisan Miles Davis. ...
Girls Groove In 30 Countries During First Two Weeks Of "Hit Like A Girl"
San Jose, Calif., — Hit Like A Girl: The Contest For Female Drummers today reported that video entries have been posted by female drummers from more than 30 different countries. The contest is produced by DRUM! Magazine in conjunction with TRX Cymbals and Tom Tom Magazine. Girls and women of all ages are invited to submit ...
Jazz Pianist Tigran Wins $35,000 Prize for Contemporary Music
The Vilcek Foundation is pleased to announce Yo-Yo Ma as the winner of the 2013 Vilcek Prize for Contemporary Music. While Mr. Ma is widely acknowledged as a master cellist in the field of classical music, the Vilcek Prize is the first to recognize and honor his contributions to contemporary music. The annual Vilcek Prize in ...
Jazz Bassist Stanley Clarke Praises 55th Annual Grammy Awards For Including Jazz In Its Televised Broadcast
Jazz greats Stanley Clarke, Chick Corea and Kenny Garrett performed on the televised CBS broadcast of the 55th Annual Grammy Awards Sunday night, February 10, in a tribute to jazz legend Dave Brubeck. They performed one of Brubeck’s best remembered pieces, “Take Five,” ending with a few bars of his enduring hit, “Blue Rondo a la ...
Grammy Winners 2013: Jazz List
Best Improvised Jazz Solo “Hot House" Gary Burton & Chick Corea, soloists Track from: Hot House Concord Jazz Best Jazz Vocal Album Radio Music Society Esperanza Spalding Heads Up International Best Jazz Instrumental Album Unity Band Pat Metheny ...
