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Sonny Rollins Honored at the Whitehouse
The Man, who personified art, gets a medal for it. At last. “Jazz is life," the legend, Sonny Rollins, told me a couple of years back. “It's what happens every minute of every day. It's fresh and new. Creative, just like life itself." It's kind of a summary, and yet the tip of the iceberg with ...
Sonny Rollins Among NEA Honorees
Today at the White House, President Obama will present the National Medal of Arts to ten creative Americans, including Sonny Rollins and Quincy Jones. From the announcement by the National Endowment for the Arts, here is the complete list of 2010 recipients:Robert Brustein, theatrical critic, producer, playwright, educator; Van Cliburn, pianist, music educator; Mark di Suvero, ...
Sonny Rollins to Receive National Medal of Arts at the White House, March 2
Saxophonist Sonny Rollins is one of ten honorees who will receive the 2010 National Medal of Arts for outstanding achievements and support of the arts, it was announced by the White House today. The presentation will be made tomorrow, March 2, at 1:45 pm, by President Barack Obama in an East Room ceremony at the White ...
Sonny's Still on a Roll
The high honors, perhaps long overdue, keep on rolling in for saxophonist Sonny Rollins. His historic 80th birthday concert in New York's Town Hall three nights after his September 7 birthday was one of the top jazz events of 2010 Then you add in Edward MacDowell Medal, a lifetime achievement award from the Montreal International Jazz ...
East St. Louis HS Jazz Band Named One of 15 Finalists in Essentially Ellington Competition
The jazz band from East St. Louis High School (pictured) is one of 15 ensembles from across the United States to be accepted as finalists for Jazz at Lincoln Center's 2011 Essentially Ellington jazz band. (Link goes to .pdf file.) The ESL HS band is directed by Delano Redmond, and was selected from among 110 bands ...
Congratulations to Jazz Drummer Roy Haynes on Winning Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award
Congratulations to Roy Haynes, who grew up in Roxbury and learned his music there, for receiving a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 53rd annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles. Boston Herald jazz writer Bob Young noted, “Roxbury-born Roy Haynes has kept some pretty good company in his nearly seven decades in the music business. Charlie Parker, ...
The Ten Best Moments at the 53rd Annual Grammys
Before this year's Grammy awards are incorrectly written off as a series of acrimonious disappointments and bizarre twists, it's important to quickly note several very good things that happened. Not that it's easy to overlook the Grammy for Record of the Year going to a country band's tune that could well become subject to a plagiarism ...
Owl Studios' Mike Clark + Pharez Whitted Nab Best Jazz Album NOM at IMA's!
Owl Studios' Mike Clark and Pharez Whitted Each Nominated for 'Best Jazz Album' in the 10th Annual Independent Music Awards Indianapolis-Based Owl Studios Honored with Two of the Five Nominees in Top Jazz Category Clark's Album Praised as “Among the best new jazz albums to be released this year"; Whitted Delivers a “Combination of intensity and ...
The Tenth Independent Music Awards Nominees Announced
The nominees for the 10th annual Independent Music Awards were announced yesterday. Everybody who loves to complain about how the musical landscape has fractured, how the Grammys are too indie, or aren't indie enough has no excuse not to celebrate the IMAs. Plus, by voting, you'll (kinda) be joining a panel of judges that includes Tom ...
