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David Liebman and Fusion Both Honored by Jazz Prize
WHEN the National Endowment for the Arts gives the 2011 N.E.A. Jazz Masters Award to the saxophonist David Liebman in January, it will represent more to him than a personal achievement. It will also mark the establishment's de facto validation of the fusion aesthetic, he said, because few, if any, of the 118 other award recipients ...
Jonathan Russell Awarded Daniel Pearl Memorial Violin
New York City—Jonathan Russell, the award winning fourteen-year-old jazz violinist has received one of the Daniel Pearl Memorial violins from Mark O'Connor and the faculty at the inaugural Mark O'Connor Fiddle Camp in New York City. Each year, two exceptional violinists are awarded this honor by O'Connor and the violin maker Jonathan Cooper. Mr. Russell will ...
Annenberg Center Among 2010 Philadelphia Theatre Initiative Grant Recipients
Philadelphia, PA—The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage announced more than $960,000 in grants from the Philadelphia Theatre Initiative (PTI) to 13 theater companies, presenters, and theater independent artists. This year's PTI-funded performances represent a broad spectrum of imaginative programming for the stage that will engage the public in lively, sometimes unconventional ways. Over the course ...
New Orleans Helsinki Connection Awarded a Grant by the Threadhead Records Foundation
Jazz ensemble New Orleans Helsinki Connection is one of Threadhead Records Foundation's 2010 grants recipients. The grant was awarded for the completion of group's new recording project, “Love Song For New Orleans." The Threadhead Records Foundation is a non-profit 501(c)3 that operates out of Santa Monica, CA. It's predecessor and affiliate, volunteer-run and fan-funded Threadhead Records ...
Jazz Flutist, Bill McBirnie, Wins At The TIMAs
The album, “Mercy," The Bill McBirnie Duo/Quartet (featuring Robi Botos), won the award for Best Jazz at the 2009-2010 TIMA (Toronto Independent Music Awards). Bill thanks the musicians, all of whom made this outcome possible—namely, Robi Botos (piano), Pat Collins (bass) and John Sumner (drums). In addition, Bill extends special thanks to co-producer, Pacy Shulman of ...
Matt Wilson Appointed First Artist in Residence at Litchfield Jazz Festival
Kent, CT--World-renowned drummer, Matt Wilson has been appointed the first Artist-in-Residence to mark the 15th anniversary of the Litchfield Jazz Festival, August 6th--8th in Kent, CT. In this role Matt will be a presence for the Festival throughout the year, giving clinics around the state and a Christmas concert in Kent celebrating the release of his ...
JEN and Berklee join to present John LaPorta Jazz Educator of the Year Award
The Jazz Education Network and Berklee College of Music will collaborate to present the John LaPorta Jazz Educator of the Year award. The award is named after legendary jazz educator John LaPorta who served as a distinguished professor at Berklee for more than three decades prior to his death in 2004 and played a pivotal role ...
Mercury Prize Shortlist Announced
The nominees for the Mercury Prize 2010 Albums of the Year have been announced. Biffy Clyro 'Only Revolutions' Villagers 'Becoming A Jackal' Corinne Bailey Rae 'The Sea' Mumford & Sons 'Sigh No More' Paul Weller 'Wake Up The Nation' Wild Beasts 'Two Dancers' Kit Downes Trio 'Golden' ...
Neil Peart Barely Paradiddles Past Travis Barker Winning Fourth Straight "Drummer Of The Year" - To Be Inducted Into Drummies Hall Of Fame
San Jose, Calif., This year's Drummies have been very interesting for a variety of reasons. As previously reported, recording voting occurred as 6500 drummers casted 100,000 votes in the 40 categories that make up The Drummies. Neil Peart, for a fourth straight time, has won “Drummer Of The Year." It was a very tight race with ...
Jazz Unites The House As Yamaha Honor Britain's 2010 Jazz Scholars
The hugely successful, high-powered and influential partnership between Yamaha in association with Jazzwise, PPL and the All Party Parliamentary Jazz Appreciation Group celebrated the fourth year of its Jazz Scholarship programme at the All Party Parliamentary Jazz Appreciation Group's annual 'Summer Jazz' event in association with Jazzwise and PPL in the House of Commons on Wednesday ...
