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Duane Andrews Wins USA Songwriting Competition (Jazz Category)

December 12, 2007

Newfoundland, Canada guitarist Duane Andrews won first prize in the jazz category of the 2007 USA Songwriting Competition with his song “Isaac's Blues" from his 2006 album Crocus. About Duane Andrews: Heavily influenced by the brilliance of early twentieth century French Gypsy guitarist Django Reinhardt, Duane Andrews' unique blend of jazz and folk music is consistently ...

Duane Andrews Wins 2007 USA Songwriting Competition Jazz Category

December 11, 2007

(St. John's, NL, Canada) - Jazz/folk guitarist Duane Andrews has won first prize in the jazz category of the 2007 USA Songwriting Competition. The award-winning song, Isaac's Blues is an original instrumental composition from Duane Andrews' highly lauded sophomore CD “Crocus". The annual USA Songwriting Competition is positioned as one of the world's leading international songwriting ...

Blue Note Records Earns 10 Nominations in the 50th Annual Grammy Awards

December 11, 2007

Blue Note Records earned ten nominations in the 50th Annual GRAMMY Awards for releases by artists including Terence Blanchard, Bill Charlap, Charles Tolliver, and Jeff Lorber. The nominations were announced this morning in Los Angeles, and the awards ceremony will take place Sunday, February 10, 2008, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, and will be ...

MAMA Records and Summit Records Are Pleased to Announce Two Grammy Finalists...

December 11, 2007

Category 49: Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album Bob Florence Limited Edition Eternal Licks and Grooves (MAMA 1030) Featuring 'powerhouses' Peter Erskine, Carl Saunders and Scott Whitfield - This recording is drivingly intense and offers the listener what they have come to expect from Bob Florence - huge sounds and amazing arrangements. Tracks ...

Two for the Show Media & Jazzheads Records Are Pleased to Announce Bobby Sanabria's Big Band 2008 Grammy Nomination

December 8, 2007

Best Latin Jazz Album: Big Band Urban Folktales (Jazzheads Records) “Sanabria is not just a drummer but a historian, indeed one of the few authorities in the history of the crossover between jazz and Latin forms. It's all there, and you learn something as you listen." --Ben Ratliff The New York Times ...

Herbie Hancock Suprised by Album of the Year Grammy Nomination

December 7, 2007

By Gail Mitchell, L.A. Many artists interviewed after this morning's 2008 Grammy Awards announcement in Hollywood noted a diversity among the list of nominees. A clear example of this may have been the album of the year nomination for jazz veteran Herbie Hancock's River: “The Joni Letter. Probably the most surprised was Hancock himself. “Album of ...

Jazzed Media's Bill Holman Band "Hommage" CD Receives a Grammy Nomination

December 6, 2007

The Bill Holman Band “Hommage" CD on Jazzed Media has received a Grammy nomination for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Recording in the 50th annual Grammy Awards. Bill Holman is recognized as one of the premier jazz writers and arrangers and The Bill Holman Band has been an active part of the big band jazz scene since ...

Ayler Records Announces Jeffrey Hayden Shurdut as First Living Artist Chosen for Box Set

November 20, 2007

November 2007, Sweden -- Jeffrey Hayden Shurdut (New York City) is chosen as the first living artist to have a box set released by the Scandinavian record label Ayler Records. Shurdut's Box Set documents the artist's journey into Environmental Tuning with the players who have been a part of his revolutionary vision. This very unique box ...

Manuel Engel/ME 3 Album Finalist For 7th Annual Independent Music Awards

November 18, 2007

Guitarist Les Paul Receives 2007 National Medal of Arts

November 16, 2007

Guitarist Les Paul Receives 2007 National Medal of Arts by Staff. Yesterday, President George W. Bush announced that guitar pioneer Les Paul is among the ten 2007 National Medal of Arts recipients who will be honored today at a presentation ceremony in the East Room of the White House. According to an official White House statement, ...