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Grammy Winner Stanley Clarke Reflects On His Win And Two Nominations
Jazz bass legend Stanley Clarke is thrilled to win 2011 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Jazz Album with his most recent CD, The Stanley Clarke Band, on the Heads Up International, a division of Concord Music Group, and the Roxboro Entertainment Group label. He was also nominated in the category of Best Pop Instrumental Performance, “No ...
2011 ASCAP Foundation Young Jazz Composer Award Recipients Announced
New York, February 11, 2011: ASCAP Foundation President Paul Williams has announced the recipients of the 2011 ASCAP Foundation Young Jazz Composer Awards. This program, established in 2002, was created to encourage gifted jazz composers from throughout the United States. The recipients, who receive cash awards, range in age from 9 to 29, and are selected ...
Oasis Lifetime Achievement and Hall of Fame Awards Announced
Keyboardist George Duke will be given a Lifetime Achievement Award at this year's Oasis Contemporary Jazz Awards in San Diego. Posthumous awards will also be handed out to Saxophonist Grover Washington, Jr. and Bassist Wayman Tisdale for its Hall of Fame. A multi-talented musician, Duke has worked with numerous acclaimed artists, spanning numerous genres as a ...
Esperanza Spalding up for Best New Artist Grammy, Co-Host Pre-Telecast Show
Esperanza Spalding, one of the leading lights in jazz today with two critically acclaimed CDs since 2008, surprisingly, is not among the nominees in any of the jazz categories of the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards on Sunday February 13, 2011 at the Staple Centre, Los Angeles, California. Instead, Spalding, who will co-host the Grammy pre-telecast show ...
Acclaimed Composer/Pianist/Scholar Geri Allen Nominated for 2011 NAACP Image Award - Geri Allen and Timeline - Live - "Outstanding Jazz Album"
Composer/pianist Geri Allen has been nominated for a 2011 NAACP Image Award in the category of “Outstanding Jazz Album" for her most recent Motéma Music release, Geri Allen & Timeline—Live. The NAACP Image Awards, currently celebrating its 42nd anniversary, are presented each year to honor outstanding people of color in film, television, music and literature. In ...
A Grammy Twist That's Good for Jazz
Bassist and singer Esperanza Spalding has taken the jazz world by storm with her talent and youthful enthusiasm. That's not a bad thing. A smattering of White House jazz gigs and performing at President Obama's Nobel Peace Prize concert were a help. So, too, will be her high profile at the 53rd annual GRAMMY Awards in ...
CMA Announces $285,000 In Grants To Jazz Ensembles and Presenters
Twenty-three jazz artists, ensembles, and presenters in the U.S. and France to receive support NEW YORK, NY—Chamber Music America (CMA), celebrating its 34th year of service to ensemble music professionals, today announced the recipients of grants supporting jazz projects and performances. Approximately $285,000 will be distributed to 23 musicians and presenters through two of CMA's major ...
Helmut Lipsky's Melosphere CD "Tempi con Variazioni" Garners Prix Opus Best Album World Music
"Tempi con Variazioni is a toast to the art of music—in all its diversity of styles, time periods and genres..." Violin virtuoso/composer Helmut Lipsky's Melosphere CD Tempi con Variazioni (Chestnut Hall Music) garnered the prestigious Conseil Québécois de la Musique (CQM- Quebec Music Council) Prix Opus (Opus Prize) for Album of the Year in the World ...
The Jazz Corner recognized as one of the top 150 jazz venues in the world
The Jazz Corner, the southeast's premier jazz club, located in Hilton Head Island, SC, has been recognized as a top jazz club in Downbeat Magazine's rankings in the February edition. The Jazz Corner, now in it's 11th year, has hosted many of the jazz greats including George Shearing, Dave McKenna, Scott Hamilton, Warren Vache , and ...
Catching up with the NEA Jazz Masters
When the National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Masters Awards ceremony and associated events happened a couple of weeks ago, I was caught on the horns of adeadline dilemma and had to skip the televised proceedings. I've been catching up with the honors to David Liebman, Hubert Laws, Orrin Keepnews, Johnny Mandel and the Marsalises. Better ...
