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2010 Earshot Golden Ear Award Nominations
The nominations for the 2010 Earshot Golden Ear Awards have been released in the February issue of Earshot Magazine. Pick up a copy at your local record store or jazz club, or download a PDF version from Earshot's website. The awards will take place, Sunday, March 20 at 7pm at Tula's Jazz Club. NW Recording of ...
Composer-Trumpeter Sarah Wilson Wins Gerbode Composer's Grant For Music Production With Aerial Dance At SF's De Young Museum
Wilson's recent CD “Trapeze Project" Earns Critical Acclaim Composer/trumpeter Sarah Wilson is one of 6 California composers awarded a prestigious Composers Collaborative grant from the Wallace Alexander Gerbode Foundation and The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. The grants of $75,000 each will fund the creation and world premiere of new works by gifted California composers, created ...
Grammys Get Social with Rdio Powered Music App
Rdio has partnered with the Grammy Awards for their MusicMapper app. The app lets users tag locations on a map with their favorite songs and memories. Non-Rdio users will able to stream thirty-second samples of songs, while paid subscribers will be able to hear full songs. The Grammy's goal is to create a narrative about how music ...
Dave Koz, Sade Leads Nominees In 2011 Oasis Contemporary Jazz Awards
Nominees for the 2011 Oasis Contemporary Jazz Awards were announced on January 20th. The event makes its return after a long hiatus and celebrates the best in contemporary jazz. The awards gala will be the highlight of a four day gathering, taking place March 10th through the 13th. Over 40 artists are scheduled to attend. Nominees ...
Urban Funk Heroes and Legends nominated for Jazz/Recording at the 25th Annual Wammy Awards
Urban Funk's CD Heroes and Legends has been nominated for Jazz/Recording of the year from WAMA, (Washington Area Musican's Association) . The 25th Wammies are scheduled for February 20th at the historic State Theater in Falls Church Virginia. SaxMan Productions presents Urban Funk and their debut CD, Heroes and Legends. Produced by woodwind artist Wayne Sulc ...
Dee Dee Bridgewater Receives NAACP Image Award Nomination
Dee Dee Bridgewater's Eleanora Fagan (1915-1959): To Billie With Love From Dee Dee Receives NAACP Image Award Nomination For “Outstanding Jazz Album" NAACP Nod Follows Recent 2011 Grammy Nomination Los Angeles, CA. Dee Dee Bridgewater's stunning homage to Billie Holiday, Eleanora Fagan (1915-1959): To Billie With Love From Dee Dee, has been nominated for a 2011 ...
Herbie Hancock To Receive Award At BET Honors
HERBIE HANCOCK TO BE HONORED BY BET JANUARY 15TH AS PART OF ANNUAL BET HONORS CEREMONY Recently nominated for three upcoming 2011 Grammy Awards for his critically-acclaimed CD, “The Imagine Project," Hancock is also set to perform at the celebration honoring the 50th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy's inauguration January 20th at The Kennedy Center ...
Grammys to Honor the Man: Roy Haynes
The annual Grammy Awards are a funny thing. Sometimes one wonders from what fishbowl they pulled out names to nominate for the awards. Sometimes real deserving folks win. But so much great music never any notice. And yet everyone would like one on their mantel, it only for the cachet. But dammit if they didn't do ...
John Gilbreath Lands at #17 on CityArts' List of Seattle Culturemakers
Earshot's John Gilbreath lands at #17 of CityArts magazine's list of Seattle's top culture makers. He is in between The Seattle Channel's Nancy Guppy and Pacific Northwest Ballett's Artistic Director Peter Boal ... fine company indeed. from CityArts: 17 John Gilbreath EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, EARSHOT JAZZ John Gilbreath says ...
Memphis Music Foundation and Stax Museum Congratulate al Bell on Receiving 2011 Trustees Award
Award acknowledges Al Bell's lifetime of musical excellence and cultural enrichment MEMPHIS, Tenn.—The Memphis Music Foundation and the Stax Museum of American Soul Music, located at the original site of Stax Records, proudly congratulate Al Bell on receiving the highest honor the music industry offers, the Trustees Award, given by the Board of Trustees of the ...
