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Composers Portman, Blanchard Top BMI Awards
Film composers Rachel Portman and Terence Blanchard took top honors at Wednesday night's Film and TV Music Awards ceremony held by Broadcast Music Inc. (BMI) in Beverly Hills. Portman, the first woman to win an original-score Oscar ("Emma," 1996), became the first female to receive BMI's Richard Kirk Award in its 25-year history. The honor annually ...
Jazz Icons Lambasts JJA, Calls DVD Nominee a Bootleg
“You should be ashamed of yourselves," producers of the Jazz Icons DVD series scolded the Jazz Journalists Association for naming Count Basie & His Orchestra: Live in Berlin & Stockholm 1968 a Jazz Video of the Year finalist in the 2010 JJA Jazz Awards. In an open letter sent to a selection of jazz journalists ...
I/O Jazz Awards
The nominees for the I/O Jazz Awards have been posted for voting on the Lucid website. Make sure and go online and vote. The I/O Jazz Awards will be held Monday, May 31 at Benaroya Halls S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium. Outstanding Vocalist: Alisha Roney, Greta Matassa, Emily McIntosh, Flora McGill, Bridgid Roney Outstanding Instrumentalist: Eric ...
JJA Nominates Steve Wilson as 2009's Best Soprano Saxophone Player
Wilson Nominated by Jazz Journalists Association as 'Best Soprano Saxophone Player' Steve Wilson's recent headlining stand at the legendary Village Vanguard in New York City was documented by NPR and featured in a riveting 'Live at the Village Vanguard' Wilson previewed the appearance with a terrific interview about the state of jazz on WBGO's 'The Checkout' ...
Dennis Owsley Receives Lifetime Achievement Award from Kwmu
St. Louis jazz DJ, historian, photographer and author Dennis Owsley (pictured), who hosts the Jazz Unlimited program at 9:00 p.m. Sundays on KWMU (90.7 FM), last week received the 2010 Millard S. Cohen Lifetime Achievement Award from the station.The award was created in 2006 “to honor individuals who, like Millard, serve public radio in ...
Emmy Keeps Main Title Theme Music Award
A plan -- floated earlier this year by the executive committee of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences' music branch -- to replace the award with one for original documentary scores, has been rejected by the branch membership. The vote was 85-36 in favor of keeping the award, which honors the best theme music for ...
Tommy Castro Collects Four Blues Music Awards
Singer-guitarist Tommy Castro scooped up four Blues Music Awards at the non-profit Blues Foundation's annual ceremony, held in Memphis on Thursday. During the Cook Convention Center fete, journeyman Castro received the B.B. King Entertainer of the Year Award, and also took home honors for band of the year, best contemporary blues male artist and best contemporary ...
Roxy Perry Inducted into Blues Hall of Fame
AWARD WINNING ARTIST ROXY PERRY BRINGS NEW HONORS TO WESTCHESTER AND NEW YORK STATE ROXY PERRY, award winning singer, songwriter, harmonica player, recording artist, and producer, known as ”NEW YORK BLUES QUEEN” for decades, has added to her list of credits with her recent induction into the BLUES HALL OF FAME as AMBASSADOR TO NEW YORK ...
Tomorrow's Warriors Win Yamaha Jazz Experience
On Saturday May 1 2010, The Tomorrow's Warriors Biggish Band won first prize in the 11 and under 19 age group category of the Yamaha Jazz Experience's 'Jazz Ensemble Improvisation Competition', which took place at the Playhouse Theatre, Cheltenham, during this year's Barclays Cheltenham Jazz Festival. Under the direction of Tomorrow's Warriors Artistic Director, Gary Crosby ...
JJA Jazz Awards: June 14 Gala Tickets Now on Sale
Tickets for the 14th annual JJA Jazz Awards gala, to be held June 14 at City Winery in New York City, are now available. Don't miss it: buy your tickets online today. Awards will be presented in more than 40 categories of excellence in jazz performance and documentation; professional JJA members are now voting to choose ...
