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41st Annual Ascap Deems Taylor Awards Presented
NEW YORK, NY -- The American Society of Composers, Authors & Publishers has announced the winners of the 41st Annual ASCAP Deems Taylor Awards for outstanding print, broadcast and new media coverage of music. The winners will be honored at a special invitation only ceremony and reception on Tuesday, December 9, 2008 at The Frederick P. ...
Master Class: An Honor Roll in Action
A group portrait from the Jazz Masters evening: standing, from left, the host, Dana Gioia, chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts; and the award winners George Benson, Toots Thielemans and Jimmy Cobb; seated, from left, Snooky Young, Lee Konitz and Rudy Van Gelder. 'Master' sounds a little presumptuous," said Lee Konitz “So I looked ...
Rudy Van Gelder Named 2009 NEA Jazz Master
The National Endowment for the Arts has named legendary recording engineer Rudy Van Gelder one of their 2009 NEA Jazz Masters. The award ceremony took place Friday, October 17th at Jazz at Lincoln Center and also honored George Benson, Jimmy Cobb, Lee Konitz, Toots Thielemans & Snooky Young. Check out a review of the event in The New ...
Leni Stern's "Africa" in Running for Two Grammy Nominations
Update From Leni Stern Recordings... Leni Stern's acclaimed album, AFRICA, has made it to the ‘Long Ballot’ qualifying round, and is in the running to be nominated for a GRAMMY. If you, or anyone you might know, has the potential to vote (member of NARAS) please check out AFRICA and vote for Leni! Africa is in ...
Benson, Thielemans Honored as NEA Jazz Masters
Guitarist George Benson had a chance to reconnect with his jazz roots when he was honored by the National Endowment for the Arts as one of its 2009 Jazz Masters. But it was another newly minted Jazz Master, Belgian-born Toots Thielemans, who provided the most moving moment at the NEA's annual ceremony to present the nation's ...
Greenbase: Roo, Roth Receive Green Awards
Bonnaroo and Rothbury Receive Awards for “Outstanding" Efforts to Green Festivals GreenBase is a feature and news section of JamBase that focuses on the intersection between music and the environment. In GreenBase pieces, you can keep track of what your favorite bands, festivals, and venues are doing to help the planet. You can read more green ...
Kenn Cox Named King, Chavez, Parks Visiting Scholar at University of Michigan - Dearborn
Kenn Cox, internationally acclaimed jazz musician, composer and educator, has been awarded the King, Chavez, Parks (KCP) Visiting Professorship for 2008-2009 at the University of Michigan-Dearborn. Mr. Cox has been named to this post in recognition of his extraordinary brilliant and productive career as a jazz leader, pianist and composer of music in widely diverse genres. ...
B.B. King and Paul G. Allen to be Honored by Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz at the Kodak Theatre on Sunday, October 26
14-time GRAMMY winner and Blues Legend will receive the Institute's Founder's Award; Microsoft Co-Founder will receive the 2008 Herbie Hancock Humanitarian Award (Los Angeles, Calif.)--the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz announced that 14-time GRAMMY winner and blues legend B.B. King will receive the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz Founder's Award and Microsoft Co-Founder and Global Philanthropist ...
American Jazz Legends Roy Haynes and Ahmad Jamal Receive Top French Music Awards
Dreyfus Jazz Artists Dominate at the Prestigious 'Les Victoires du Jazz' Awards in Paris with Wins, Nominations, and Star-Studded Performances New York, NY — Roy Haynes, Ahmad Jamal, and Geraldine Laurent each took home France's most prestigious music award at Les Victoires du Jazz, France's equivalent of the American Grammy Awards. This year's star-studded awards event, ...
Jonathan Russell - Tomorrow's Newsmaker for 2008
Jonathan Russell, 13-year-old jazz violinist, has been named the 2008 1010 WINS Tomorrow's Newsmaker Winner in the Arts and Entertainment category. Jonathan was selected by a panel of judges and a people’s choice vote from a pool of other arts and entertainment finalist. Nominees in other categories such as public service, business and sports included many ...
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