Results for "Award / Grant"

Sonny Rollins to Receive National Medal of Arts at the White House, March 2

March 1, 2011

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

March 1, 2011

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 ...

Berklee Jazz Students React to Esperanza Spalding's Grammy Award

February 26, 2011

East St. Louis HS Jazz Band Named One of 15 Finalists in Essentially Ellington Competition

February 25, 2011

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

February 23, 2011

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

February 22, 2011

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!

February 21, 2011

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

February 18, 2011

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 ...

Canadian Jazz Flutist's CD Release, Mercy, Nominated for the Independent Music Awards

February 18, 2011

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!

February 16, 2011

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 ...