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Canadian Jazz Flutist's CD Release, Mercy, Nominated for the Independent Music Awards
Canadian jazz flutist Bill McBirnie's recent release, Mercy, has been nominated in the USA for The 10th Annual Independent Music Awards (IMAs) in the best Jazz Album category. Although based in the USA, the IMAs are international in scope with submissions from 70 countries across five continents. Both the IMA nominees and winners are determined on ...
Guitarist Roman Miroshnichenko Receives Independent Music Award Nomination for the 2nd year in a row!
Guitarist, composer and bandleader Roman Miroshnichenko has received nomination from the 10th Annual Independent Music Awards. Roman has been nominated in the Best World Beat Album Category for his Temptation CD release!!! The Independent Music Awards is a prestigious international program that awards top-ranked independent artists and albums the recognition they need to reach millions of ...
What Would You Call It?
Bizarre. That's the only word that seems to fit this year's primetime Sunday night glitz that was the 53rd annual Grammy Awards. If you saw it, you know what I mean. If you missed it, you didn't miss much, trust me. Sure, there were scattered poignant moments—beginning with the opening tribute to the ailing Aretha Franklin. ...
Berklee's Esperanza Spalding Wins Grammy Award for Best New Artist
Jazz singer and bassist Esperanza Spalding won the Best New Artist of the Year award at this year's 53rd Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, California. A graduate of the Berklee College of Music, Spalding is an inventive composer and performer whose latest recording, Chamber Music Society, is influenced by classical, jazz, folk and world music. The ...
The "Indies" Didn't Just Win the Grammys. and Neither Did the Majors...
t's 2011. Can we please move past this artificial, cooked-up “indie v. major" divide? On Monday, we received an email from A2IM declaring that “indies" had “reigned" at the Grammys, while citing Arcade Fire's Album of the Year award. And within the first two paragraphs, past victors like Taylor Swift,Robert Plant, and Alison Kraus were cited. ...
Mingus Big Band Live at Jazz Standard Scores Grammy Win
MINGUS BIG BAND LIVE AT JAZZ STANDARD Acclaimed Album Wins 2011 Grammy® Award Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album Seth Abramson/Courtesy of MSN.com NEW YORK—On Sunday, February 13, 2011, the 53rd Annual GRAMMY® Awards honored Mingus Big Band Live at Jazz Standard as the “Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album." This marks the club's ...
53rd Jazz Grammy Winners Announced
= winner 4. Best New Artist Esperanza Spalding Justin Bieber Drake Florence & The Machine Mumford & Sons 44. Best Contemporary Jazz Album For albums containing 51% or more playing time of INSTRUMENTAL tracks. The Stanley Clarke Band The Stanley Clarke Band ...
Esperanza Spalding Smashes Grammy Precedent
The young bassist, composer and vocalist Esperanza Spalding last night shattered decades of pop and rock dominance of the Grammys to become the first jazz musician ever to be named best new artist. She edged out the teen idol Justin Bieber and three other pop performers. Spalding's Chamber Music Society CD broke through several categories in ...
Jazz Grammy Nominees (2011) for 53rd Annual Grammy Awards
Its here...Jazz nominees list for The 53rd Annual Grammy Awards (2011) on JAZZzology! Well...its the eve of February 13, 2011 and its time once again for the Grammy Awards. Most of the hype goes to the rock scene contenders but at least they still give awards to what they call at The Grammys, the “Jazz Field." ...
Bringing Jazz Back to the Mainstream: And the Grammy Goes To....
...Esperanza Spalding. Given the remarkable rise of this amazing bassist/vocalist/composer, her nomination and even her winning of a Grammy should not seem all that surprising.... Except for one thing. Spalding won the award last night for Best New Artist. Not “Best New Jazz Artist." Spalding won the award over more obvious stars like Justin Bieber. No ...
