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Huntsville, Alabama Proclaims First "Rick Dellaratta and Jazz for Peace Day"
In partnership with the Smithsonian National Museum of American History in support of Jazz Appreciation Month, Mayor Loretta Spencer of Huntsville, Alabama officially proclaimed Saturday April 19, 2008 to be “Rick DellaRatta and Jazz for Peace Day." Citing Mr. DellaRatta's numerous awards as a Jazz Pianist, Vocalist and Composer, along with his extraordinary achievements of over ...
Watermelon Slim & the Workers Win Two Top Industry Honors for "Band of the Year" and "Album of the Year"
The NorthernBlues Music release The Wheel Man wins “Album of the Year" over peers Koko Taylor, Bettye LaVette and Jimmie Vaughan. Watermelon Slim and the Workers won a pair of awards at the Memphis-based Blues Foundation's 2008 Blues Music Awards (formerly W.C. Handy Awards) on Thursday May 8, 2008 at the Grand Casino Event Center in ...
Finalist Nominees for the 2008 Jazz Awards
Finalist nominees for the 2008 Jazz Awards, the Jazz Journalists Association's 12 annual celebration of excellence in jazz and jazz journalism, are hereby announced. Voting on these nominees by professional JJA members to determine one representative winner in each category will commence soon at Jazzhouse.org — members should watch for emails with further details. The Jazz ...
The Jazz Journalists Association Announces Finalist Nominations for the 12th Annual JJA Jazz Awards
Terence Blanchard, Lionel Loueke, Andrew Hill, Charles Mingus Sextet, Dianne Reeves, Joe Lovano are among those who have been announced as nominees for the 12th annual Jazz Journalists Association Jazz Awards. The Awards will be celebrated Wednesday, June 18, at a cocktail reception 3 to 6 pm at the Jazz Standard, 116 ...
Dick Nash Receives 2008 ITA Award
The ITA Board of Directors, Board of Advisors and Council of Past Presidents have voted Dick Nash, legendary trombonist of the Los Angeles recording industry, to receive the 2008 ITA Award. Since his 1953 arrival to Los Angeles, he has been featured in countless recordings with artists that include Henry Mancini, Frank Sinatra, Mel Torme, Nat ...
Max Roach Park CD Nominated for Best Jazz CD of the Year at the South African Music Awards
Musketeer Records is best known for working with rock bands like Seether and Fevertree but The Dan Wilson Mark Huggett Project sent the label a CD that was too good to ignore. Max Roach Park is a fascinating World Music/Jazz album that has seen the record label dive into unfamiliar territory and surface smiling. The Dan ...
Arkansas Blues and Heritage Festival Announces Arsen Shomakhov Emerging Artist Winner
The Arkansas Blues & Heritage Festival (formerly KBBF), recognized as one of the largest free blues festivals in North America announces the 2007 Emerging Artist Contest Winner. This past year over 150 bands and performers applied to participate in the contest. A local favorite of Moscow, Arsen Shomakhov, was selected by the Festival to take the ...
Regis Philbin to Receive 2008 Andy Anselmo Lifetime Achievement Award
THE 12TH ANNUAL ANDY ANSELMO ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS GALA WILL CELEBRATE THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF SINGERS FORUM -- NEW YORK'S LEADING VOCAL ARTS TRAINING ACADEMY REGIS PHILBIN TO RECEIVE LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD CAROLINE JONES TO RECEIVE ACHIEVEMENT AWARD FOR EMERGING ARTISTS SINGERS FORUM SENIOR OUTREACH PERFORMERS TO RECEIVE SPECIAL VOLUNTEER AWARD AWARDS GALA TO TAKE PLACE ON ...
Huntsville, Alabama proclaims the first "Rick DellaRatta and Jazz for Peace Day"!
In partnership with the Smithsonian National Museum of American History in support of Jazz Appreciation Month, Mayor Loretta Spencer of Huntsville, Alabama officially proclaimed Saturday April 19, 2008 to be “Rick DellaRatta and Jazz for Peace Day". Citing Mr. DellaRatta's numerous awards as a Jazz Pianist, Vocalist and Composer, along with his extraordinary achievements of over ...
International Songwriting Competition (ISC) Announces 2007 Jazz Winners
The International Songwriting Competition (ISC) is pleased to announce its 2007 winners, including the winners in the Jazz category. The Jazz winners include: Jim Tomlinson and Kazuo Ishiguro (London, England) for their song “The Ice Hotel" (First Place), Richard Underhill (Toronto, ON, Canada) for his song “Surfing" (Second Place), Luluk ...
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