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Sonny Rollins Receives Miles Davis Award at Montreal Jazz Festival

June 30, 2010

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 ...

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Paul Lieberman CD "Ibeji" Receives Grant

July 2, 2010

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 ...

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How to Submit Indie Music for the Grammys

June 30, 2010

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 ...

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ASCAP Honors for Film, TV- Broughton, McCarthy Draw Awards at Ceremony

June 28, 2010

Composers Bruce Broughton and Dennis McCarthy received special honors from ASCAP at the performance rights group's Film and Television Awards ceremony Thursday at the BevHilton. The evening recognized composers for the top-grossing films and writers of the most-performed TV music of 2009. Broughton, who scored such pics as “Tombstone" and “Silverado" and wrote for series like ...

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2011 Jazz Masters: A Family Affair

June 26, 2010

The following news release arrived late yesterday: The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) today announced the recipients of the 2011 NEA Jazz Masters Award--the nation's highest honor in this distinctly American music. For the first time in the program's 29-year history, in addition to four individual awards, the NEA will present a group award to ...

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Riverfront Times Announces 2010 Music Award Winners

June 25, 2010

The Riverfront Times this week announced the winners of the paper's 2010 Music Awards, which are selected by reader vote. Veteran saxophonist Willie Akins (pictured) won the 2010 award for “Best Jazz Artist." Other 2010 winners include the Funky Butt Brass Band for “Best Funk/Soul/R&B (Group)," multi-intrumentalist Lamar Harris for “Best Funk/Soul/R&B (Solo Artist)" ...

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42nd ASCAP Deems Taylor Awards Competition

June 19, 2010

42nd ASCAP DEEMS TAYLOR AWARDS COMPETITION FOR BOOKS, ARTICLES AND LINER NOTES - ON MUSIC The ASCAP Deems Taylor Awards program recognizes books, articles, broadcasts and websites on the subject of music selected for their excellence. The Awards were established in 1967 to honor the memory of composer/critic/commentator Deems Taylor who died in 1966 after a ...

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2010 JJA Awards Kudos

June 19, 2010

Congratulations to all of this year's winners at the 14th annual Jazz Journalists Association's Jazz Awards, which many consider the jazz industry's version of the Grammys, Oscars and Tonys.It is a wonderful jazz hang as well as a tribute. Sadly, this is one of those years when the day job kept me from attending ...

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Jazz Master Randy Weston Named "Berkshires Jazz Living Legend"

June 17, 2010

“Berkshire Blues" composer recollects his career start-up in western Massachusetts Berkshires Jazz, Inc., has presented its first Living Legend award to the NEA Jazz Master pianist, Randy Weston. After a “meet the media" panel, which preceded Weston's concert in Pittsfield on May 29, 2010, Berkshires Jazz President Edward Bride presented the pianist with an engraved granite ...

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Jazz Journalists Association Announces 2010 Jazz Award Winners

June 16, 2010

The Jazz Journalists Association announced winners of the 2010 Jazz Awards at the City Winery in New York City on Monday, June 14, honoring honoring more than 40 musicians, presenters, jazz supporters and jazz journalists for the 14th year. Recipients of the Jazz Awards receive engraved statuettes from the international organization of some 450 writers, broadcasters, ...