Results for "Award / Grant"

Li'l' Ray Neal Blues Band Brings Home Blues Award for Baton Rouge Blues Society

February 21, 2008

The Baton Rouge Blues Society is proud to announce that the 'Lil' Ray Neal Blues Band Came home from Memphis third place winner in the international competition. There were 160 acts competing in the blues challenge that brings thousands to historic Beale Street in Memphis. Each year affiliates of The Blues Foundation send their areas best ...

The Grammy Awards Shine on Herbie Hancock

February 13, 2008

Today's post moves outside a clear correlation to Latin Jazz, but please read on -this was an important event that impacts the Latin Jazz world indirectly . . . For the first time since 1964, a jazz artist has captured the Album of the Year title from the Grammy Awards; this past Sunday night, Herbie Hancock ...

Jazz Grammy Winners 2008

February 12, 2008

Category 45 Best Contemporary Jazz Album (For albums containing 51% or more playing time of INSTRUMENTAL tracks.) Party Hats Will Bernard [Palmetto Records] Downright Upright Brian Bromberg [Artistry Music] Re-imagination Eldar [Masterworks Jazz]

A Victory for Jazz, or Just Grammy Being Grammy?

February 12, 2008

When something newsworthy or popular or positive happens to a jazz musician -- a big award, say -- many in the jazz world feel astonished for about four seconds, then quickly act very smug. You know: We've been sitting here patiently, full of our aesthetic virtue, so used to being ignored, and the world has finally ...

Terence Blanchard Wins Grammy Award for "A Tale of God's Will"

February 12, 2008

Trumpeter/composer Terence Blanchard took home the Grammy Award last night for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album for his epic A Tale of God's Will: A Requiem for Katrina at the 50th Annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles. The album is an an emotional tour de force of anger, rage, compassion, melancholy and beauty featuring Blanchard's ...

Grammy 2008 Big Winners: Winehouse, Kanye West and Herbie Hancock

February 11, 2008

HOLLYWOOD, CA (Hollywood Today) - The 50 year-old Grammy Awards showed their age by giving jazz artist Herbie Hancock the Album of the Year awards. And they showed their spunk with naming troubled singer Amy Winehouse the biggest overall winner of the night with five Grammys including Record and Song of the Year and Best New ...

Reverend Zen Named Artist of the Year at 17th Annual Los Angeles Music Awards

February 9, 2008

Katonah, NY, January 25, 2008 -- The New York based rock/R&B/jazz band Reverend Zen is moving into 2008 with Artist of the Year honors from the 17th annual Los Angeles Music Awards. Recipients of four Best Song Nominations in the Adult Contemporary Artist and Blues Categories of the awards, genre stretching Reverend Zen was named 2007 ...

Brad Turner Receives Three Nominations at the 2008 National Jazz Awards

February 8, 2008

Brad Turner receives three nominations at the 2008 National Jazz Awards! Thursday, February 8, 2008 (Vancouver, BC) - The National Jazz awards have released its list of nominees and we are proud to announce that our very own Brad Turner has received nominations in the following three categories; Trumpeter of The Year, Instrumentalist of The Year ...

Drummer Barry Romberg Nominated at National Jazz Awards

February 7, 2008

International Songwriting Competition and CBC Recognize Tracy K

February 3, 2008

For several years, Tracy K has been an active musician and songwriter in the contemporary folk and blues genres. She has written songs for various projects outside of her own, including a movie and a special tribute to the Six-String Nation guitar.Now there are new feathers for her cap: On January 28th, Tracy K was declared ...