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Chicago Jazz Musician Wins International Religion Award
The Norse Mythology Blog has won the international vote for Best Religion Weblog in the 2012 Weblog Awards. The blog features original articles and interviews by Chicago-based Norse mythologist Dr. Karl E. H. Seigfried. Seigfried is also a critically-acclaimed jazz musician in Chicago. His 2010 album PORTRAIT OF JACK JOHNSON received four-star reviews from DownBeat and ...
International Women In Jazz Festival Honors Bobbi Humphrey
Spring will be a little warmer this year. The hot flute sounds of legendary “First Lady Of Flute" Bobbi Humphrey will resonate the walls of Saint Peters Church on April 14, 2012. In celebration of her 40th anniversary in Jazz, she has been selected as the 2012 honoree of the INTERNATIONAL WOMEN IN JAZZ FESTIVAL. She ...
World Without Walls by Ancient Future with Zakir Hussain Nominated Best World Album of 2011
Ancient Future Receives Best World Music Album of the Year Nomination from ZoneMusicReporter World Without Walls by Ancient Future with special guest Zakir Hussain was nominated by broadcasters worldwide as ZoneMusicReporter's Best World Album of 2011. The record debuted at #39 on the October 2011 ZMR Airplay Chart, which covers many different radio genres, from Ambient ...
Bela Fleck & The Flecktone Win Grammy for Best Instrumental Composition
Port Washington, NY: eOne Music is happy to announce that Béla Fleck and Howard Levy, of the group Béla Fleck & The Flecktones, have won a Grammy for Best Instrumental Composition for their “Life In Eleven," from the band's #1 Billboard Jazz Chart album Rocket Science. For the new album Rocket Science, pianist/ harmonica player Howard ...
Diana Krall Kicks Off Grammy Week With A String Of Special Performances
Diana Krall Kicks Off Grammy Week With A String Of Special Performances Joins Paul McCartney for an intimate show from Capitol Records Studio Performing at the all-star MusiCares Person of the Year event Week capped with performance on 54th annual Grammy Awards GRAMMY Award-winning jazz singer/pianist Diana Krall makes a stop in Los Angeles to participate ...
Healdsburg Jazz Festival Receives NEA Jazz Masters Live Grant
$10,000 grant will help support an NEA Jazz Masters concert with Sheila Jordan and Roy Haynes Healdsburg, CA.—The Healdsburg Jazz Festival has received an NEA Jazz Masters Live grant of $10,000 to help support a concert on June 10th, 2012 honoring jazz masters Sheila Jordan and Roy Haynes. The Healdsburg Jazz Festival is one of 12 ...
George Porter Jr. to be Honored with Offbeat Magazine's Lifetime Achievement Award in Music
George Porter Jr., original bassist with the Meters, will be this year's recipient of OffBeat magazine's Lifetime Achievement Award in Music, during ceremonies to be held January 26 at Generations Hall in New Orleans. An in-demand sideman, Porter has performed and recorded with Dr. John, Paul McCartney, Robbie Robertson, Robert Palmer, Patti Labelle, Jimmy Buffett, David ...
Jazz Arts Group Awarded Funds for Continuing Innovation by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
The Jazz Arts Group of Columbus (JAG) is honored to be the recipient of a $120,000 Continuing Innovation Stage II grant from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation (DDCF). In November 2009, JAG received a $200,000 grant from the DDCF Fund for National Projects. That funding was used to launch a first-of-its-kind national study to gain deeper ...
Gregg Allman Named International Artist of Year; See Complete List of Maple Blues Awards Winners
Gregg Allman was named international artist of the year, while New Brunswick bluesman Matt Andersen was named the year's top acoustic act, male vocalist and entertainer at Canada's 15th Maple Blues Awards ceremonies overnight. Ottawa's MonkeyJunk earned awards for best electric act, best recording and best drummer. Saskatoon native Suzie Vinnick won the best songwriter and ...
Noah Preminger's "Before The Rain" Among Jazz Critics' Top CDs of 2011
The latest CD by the Noah Preminger Quartet, “Before The Rain" (Palmetto Records), has appeared on at least 11 best-jazz-CD lists for 2011 and has won a coveted spot on the Rhapsody Jazz Critics' Poll. The CD, which features the 25-year-old Preminger, a tenor saxophonist/composer, along with pianist Frank Kimbrough, bassist John Hébert and drummer Matt ...
