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Country Music Award Winners
45th ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS Winners Entertainer of the Year Carrie Underwood Carrie Underwood was the first performer to win Entertainer of the Year two years in a row. Top Male Vocalist of the Year Brad Paisley Top Female Vocalist of the Year Miranda Lambert Top Vocal ...
Canadian Grammy to Drummer Terry Clarke
Drummer Terry Clarke and his Blue Music Group release “It's About Time" has won the 2010 Jazz Recording of the Year Juno Award. It's About TIme features saxophonists Joe Lovano, Greg Osby and Phil Dwyer, guitarist Jim Hall and bassist/pianist Don Thompson. It's About Time is Clarke's premier album as leader, after an extensive career as ...
Jazzschool Bands Repeat Wins at 2010 Next Generation Festival
The Jazzschool's Monday Night and Thursday Night Studio Bands, both under the direction of Keith Johnson, captured 1st and 3rd place respectively on Sunday, April 11, at the 6th Annual Next Generation Festival (40th Annual National High School Competition) in Monterey, California. The weekend event, devoted to the future of jazz, includes the Next Generation Festival ...
Alaadeen to Receive the American Jazz Museum's Lifetime Achievement Award
Kansas City, MO. The American Jazz Museum will pay special tribute to the Jazz legacy and genius of Duke Ellington as well as, honoring Clark Terry and Kansas City based Jazz Legend Alaadeen. Thursday, April 29th (Ellington's 111th Birthday) is Ellington Education Day at the American Jazz Museum's Blue Room starting with a 10:00 am panel ...
2010 JJA Jazz Awards Nominees
Finalists for the 2010 JJA Jazz Awards honoring excellence in music-making and music documentation, nominated by 60 professional Jazz Journalists Association members. Winners in 41 categories to be announced at the Awards gala. 1. Lifetime Achievement in Jazz Muhal Richard Abrams Jimmy Heath James Moody Paul Motian Wayne Shorter Randy Weston ...
UK Parliamentary Jazz Awards - 2010 Nominations Announced
The British Parliament was dissolved this week in preparation for a General Election on May 6. Thankfully this hasn't prevented the announcements of nominees for the 2010 Parliamentary Jazz Awards--the premiere British awards for jazz which recognise not only musicians and recordings but also journalists, venues and other vital aspects of a thriving jazz scene. The ...
Terrance McKnight, WQXR "Evening Music" Host, to MC Jazz Awards
Terrance McKnight, host of New York City's WQXR-FM 105.9 broadcasts nightly at 7 pm and “Q2" at 10 pm Saturdays, will MC the 14th annual Jazz Journalists Association's Jazz Awards gala, at City Winery (New York) York City, on June 14, 2010. McKnight is an accomplished pianist and educator, who came to WNYC-FM ...
Jazz Vocalist Elli Fordyce Receives a Mac Award Nomination
Jazz Vocalist Elli Fordyce Receives A MAC Award Nomination For The Second Year In A Row New York, NY -- Jazz Vocalist Elli Fordyce receives a MAC Award nomination for the second year in a row. The Manhattan Association of Cabarets and Clubs, NYCs only organization dedicated to advancing the art and business of live entertainment, ...
Manfred Eicher Wins Downbeat Lifetime Achievement Award
ECM producer Manfred Eicher is the recipient of the 2010 Lifetime Achievement Award from venerable US jazz magazine DownBeat. The award was established in 1981, as a counterpart to the DownBeat Hall of Fame, “to recognize the accomplishments and contributions of the jazz pioneers, entrepreneurs and clarion callers who work tirelessly to connect jazz artists with ...
JJA Jazz Awards: June 14, 2010, City Winery, NYC
The 14th annual Jazz Journalists Association Jazz Awards will be presented June 14 2010 at City Winery in New York City. Save the date! The afternoon gala will feature live music and a reception; the highlight of the event will be the announcement and presentation of awards for excellence in some forty categories of jazz music, ...
