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Ron Carter to be Awarded at Heineken Jazzaldia (San Sebastian, Spain)
Legendary bassist Ron Carter will be awarded at Heineken Jazzaldia (San Sebastian Jazz Festival, Spain) with the Donostiako Jazzaldia Award on July 22nd, prior to his performance at the Festival with his Golden Striker Trio. Every year, the Heineken Jazzaldia gives this award to an outstanding person in the field of jazz. It is not a ...
Parc-X Trio Wins the 2010 TD Grand Jazz Award
The Galaxie Rising Star Award goes to Darren Sigesmund Montreal, Monday, July 5, 2010--The Festival International de Jazz de Montréal in collaboration with TD- our brand new major official sponsor and presenter-are today pleased to be awarding the TD Grand Jazz Award to Parc-X Trio. The group was deemed best of 7 other jazz ensembles who ...
Don Thompson Receives the Oscar Peterson Award
Canadian jazz icon and virtuoso of many instruments, Don Thompson will be honoured today by the Festival International de Jazz de Montréal. The OscarPeterson Award will be presented to him by Laurent Saulnier, vice president of Festival programming and production, during a press conference to be held today at 3:15 p.m. at the Salle Stevie Wonder ...
A Special Issue Miles Davis Award Presented to Dave Brubeck
Montreal--This year, the Festival International de Jazz de Montréal presents a special issue Miles Davis Award to honour the career of one the most audacious jazz pianists of his generation, Dave Brubeck. He will be accepting the award presented to him by Alain Simard, president and founder of the Festival, during a press conference to be ...
A Special Award Among Many (Updated)
This afternoon preceding his 14th Montreal International Jazz Festival concert appearance, pianist Dave Brubeck was honored with a special issue of the festival's Miles Davis Award, which honors a jazz musician of international stature for a lifetime body of great work.Brubeck, who turns 90 in December, received the weighty bronze statuette from festival president ...
Third-time DownBeat Poll Win for Manfred Eicher and ECM
For the third consecutive year, the DownBeat Critics Poll has voted Manfred Eicher Producer of the Year and ECM Records Label of the Year. Results are announced in the August edition of the US jazz magazine, which reaches international newsstands in mid-July. The latest poll wins come just two months after Eicher received DownBeat's Lifetime Achievement ...
Richard Bona, 7th Winner of the Antonio Carlos Jobim Award
Montreal -- Cameroon-born Richard Bona, world renowned bassist and songwriter, will be honoured today by the Festival International de Jazz de Montreal with the Antonio Carlos Jobim Award. The prize will be presented to him by Andre Menard, artistic director and cofounder of the Festival, during a press conference to be held today at 3 p.m. ...
Sonny Rollins Receives Miles Davis Award at Montreal Jazz Festival
The Montreal Jazz Festival bestowed awards on three of the biggest names in jazz over the weekend, including Sonny Rollins, who won the Miles Davis Award. The tenor saxophonist, a legend on the jazz scene for five decades, was presented with the award Sunday ahead of his concert at Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier. Nicknamed the “Saxophone Colossus," he ...
Paul Lieberman CD "Ibeji" Receives Grant
A generous grant has been awarded by the Northampton (Mass.) Arts Council in partial support of the recording of a new CD from saxophonist and flutist Paul Lieberman. With a working title of Ibeji, the CD will be an artistic exploration of musical “nature vs. nurture," looking at the musics of Brazil and the United States ...
How to Submit Indie Music for the Grammys
The RIAA and their Grammy Awards are easy targets for independent minded artists. But few would deny that it would feel pretty good to win of even be nominated for one; and submitting your music for consideration is easier than you think.The Recording Academyis welcoming all record labels/media companies to participate in the 53rd ...
