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The Seabreeze Jazz Festival Will Present The 2011 Oasis Contemporary Jazz Awards

Oasis Contemporary Jazz Awards 

April 9, 2011

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The
2011 Oasis Contemporary Jazz Awards will be presented after all! The
Seabreeze Jazz Festival in Panama City Beach, Florida, has come to the
rescue.

Mark
and Renee Carter, who produce the Seabreeze Festival, are coordinating
exactly when and how winners will be announced and the Oasis Awards will
be presented. The Festival runs April 13th through the 17th.

The
custom-made statuettes have logged some miles. “The actual Oasis Award
trophies were already engraved and on a UPS truck headed to San Diego
when we had to cancel the event. We retrieved the Awards and began
looking for an appropriate way to present them. When Jeffrey Wolfe
contacted us on behalf of the Seabreeze Festival, we were elated.
Seabreeze is a premiere event deserving of the Awards”, said Oasis
co-producer Larry Seacat.

The
list of winners has been a carefully held secret. “We have had numerous
requests from media outlets and even a few artists asking about the
winners list”, said Oasis co-producer Bill Paddock, “but only my partner
and I and Mark and Renee have that information”.

Over 10,000 votes were cast for the 19 Oasis Award categories during the online voting throughout February.

The
2011 Oasis Awards were originally scheduled to be announced and
presented in San Diego on Saturday, March 12, as part of an extensive
four day event. Organizer Bill Paddock orinally launched the Oasis
Awards, then called Oasis Smooth Jazz Awards, in 2000 and continued in
2001 with a SOLD OUT show at the Chicago Theater in Chicago, Illinois.
Paddock sold his interest in the Awards after the 2001 show and the new
owners produced a successful show in San Diego in 2002. The Awards had
been on hiatus after 2002 until last year when Paddock and Seacat
decided to re-launch in 2011. Paddock explained “We had great interest
from all over the United States and around the world. That just didn’t
translate to ticket sales. We had great publicity and support. Our
mistake was planning too much and not getting the word out more clearly.
Our post-cancellation feedback showed us that our message was not
clearly understood”. “We do want to thank our friends in the industry
and especially the artists who have sent words of support in the past
month”, added Paddock. “And special thanks to Mark and Renee Carter and
Jeffrey Wolfe. Once again, the good people of jazz have come through!”. To continue, please click “MORE”!

The Recording Academy® Announces Restructuring of Categories Across All Genres and Fields to be Recognized at the 54th Annual GRAMMY Awards in 2012

Restructuring of Categories Across All Genres Brings Total Number of
Categories to be Recognized at the 54th Annual GRAMMY Awards in 2012 to
78; All Fields Remain Intact

Minimum Number of Entries Per Category Will Now Be 40, Up from 25

SANTA MONICA, Calif. (April 06, 2011) — In an effort to continuously evolve its GRAMMY® Awards process, The Recording Academy® (www.grammy.com)
announced today that it has restructured the GRAMMY Categories across
all genres and Fields, bringing the total number of Categories to be
recognized at the 54th GRAMMY Awards in 2012, to 78 (from 109). All
Fields remain the same. The announcement was made this morning at The
Academy’s headquarters by President/CEO Neil Portnow, Academy Board
Chair Emeritus and five-time GRAMMY winner Jimmy Jam, and Vice President
of Awards Bill Freimuth. Additionally, a minimum of 40 distinct artist
entries will be required in each Category (up from 25). Detailed
information on these and other recent changes may be found at www.grammy.com/announcement. For updates and breaking news, please visit The Academy’s social networks on Twitter and Facebook: www.twitter.com/thegrammys, www.facebook.com/thegrammys.

“Every
year, we diligently examine our Awards structure to develop an overall
guiding vision and ensure that it remains a balanced and viable
process,” said Portnow. “After careful and extensive review and analysis
of all Categories and Fields, it was objectively determined that our
GRAMMY Categories be restructured to the continued competition and
prestige of the highest and only peer-recognized award in music. Our
Board of Trustees continues to demonstrate its dedication to keeping The
Recording Academy a pertinent and responsive organization in our
dynamic music community.” To continue, please click “MORE”!

The Winners of The 10th Annual Independent Music Awards Has Been Announced

Flying
Lotus, Melissa Auf der Maur, Little Miss Higgins, Christopher Tin,
Pokey La Farge and The South City Three, Jackson Browne and David
Lindley Among The Winners Of The 10th Annual Independent Music Awards



Fan Online Voting Will Determine The 10th IMA Vox Pop Winners

March
29, 2011 – Flying Lotus, Melissa Auf der Maur, Pokey La Farge and The
South City Three, Little Miss Higgins, Christopher Tin, and Jackson
Browne and David Lindley are among the diverse self-released and
independent label talent named today by Music Resource Group (MRG) as
the Judge-determined Winners of The 10th Annual Independent Music Awards (The IMAs), the influential awards program for fans and bands.

The Winners in more than 70 Song, Album, Music Video and Design
categories winnowed from thousands of submissions from around the globe,
were determined by a panel of 62 influential music industry pros
including Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan, Seal, Aimee Mann, Ozzy Osbourne, Bettye LaVette, Jim Lauderdale, Arturo Sandoval, Kevin Lyman (Warped Tour), Bill Bragin (Lincoln Center), Anthony DeCurtis (Rolling Stone), Pat McGuire (Filter Magazine) and Evan Schlansky (American Songwriter). To continue, please click “MORE”!

Dennis Coffey to be Honored at Detroit Music Awards

Dennis Coffey To Be Honored At Detroit Music Awards Distinguished Achievement Award / Mayer Hawthorne Performance



Ahead of the release of his brand new self-titled studio album (April 26th, Strut), legendary Detroit guitarist and member of Motown’s original Funk Brothers backing band, Dennis Coffey, is being honored with a Distinguished Achievement Award at this year’s Detroit Music Awards on April 16th. He will play a live set at the event, including a collaboration with one of Michigan’s new soul generation, Mayer Hawthorne (who adds guest vocals to the track “All Your Goodies Are Gone” on the new album). Coffey is also nominated in the Outstanding Video (Independent Budget) category for the video for his instrumental cover of Cee-Lo Green’s Hit Single. To continue, please click “MORE”!

Hall & Oates To Receive Music Icon Award at the “TV Land Awards 2011”

Rock ‘N Soul Super Duo Daryl Hall and John Oates to Receive the Music Icon Award at the “TV Land Awards 2011”


 


Legendary Performers Of “Rich Girl,” “Private Eyes” And “You Make My Dreams” To Perform Some Of Their Most Popular Hit Songs

Duo
Joins Stars John Travolta, Bill Cosby, Michael J. Fox, Regis Philbin
And More When Show Tapes April 10 In New York City At The Jacob K.
Javits Center And Airs On Sunday, April 17 At 9 PM ET/PT

NEW YORK, March 24, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — TV Land announced today that platinum recording artists and the pioneers of “Rock ‘N Soul,” Daryl Hall and John Oates,
will receive the Music Icon Award at the “TV Land Awards 2011.”  The
duo will also perform some of its most popular songs which topped the
pop charts throughout the ’70s, ’80s and ’90s.  With eight number one
singles including “Rich Girl,” “Private Eyes” and “Maneater,”
Grammy®-nominated Daryl Hall and John Oates
have sold more than 60 million albums worldwide.  Their musical legacy
continues today, with their classic tunes featured in film and on
television including Oscar®-winner “The Fighter,” “500 Days of Summer”
and the popular television series “Glee” and “Grey’s Anatomy.”  The “TV
Land Awards 2011” will be held on Sunday, April 10, 2011 in New York City at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center and airs on TV Land on Sunday, April 17, 2011 at 9 PM ET/PT.  

Daryl Hall and John Oates started making music together in Philadelphia
in the early 1970s and went on to become one of the most successful
duos in rock history.  Meeting in a freight elevator while escaping a
riot at the Adelphi Ballroom during the club’s legendary Battle of the
Bands, they joined forces to become the pioneers of “Rock ‘N Soul.”
 Their rich repertoire has garnered them dozens of hits throughout the
last four decades with instantly recognizable songs like “Kiss On My
List,” “I Can’t Go For That (No Can Do), “Sara Smile,” “She’s Gone,”
“Out of Touch” and “One On One.” To continue, please click “MORE”!

Jasmine Guy, Shirley Sherrod & Fonzworth Bentley Among 2011 Drum Major for Justice Honorees

Shirley Sherrod, Jasmine Guy

and Fonzworth Bentley Among

2011 Drum Major for Justice Honorees


     

Recipients
of the Presidential Medal of Freedom in Civil Rights – Rev. Joseph E.
Lowery, Ambassador Andrew Young, and Rep. John Lewis – will be honored

ATLANTA, GA – Evelyn Gibson Lowery, founder and chair of SCLC/Women’s Organizational Movement for Equality Now, Inc. announced today that former Georgia State Director of USDA Rural Development, Shirley Sherrod; award-winning actor, dancer, singer, and director, Jasmine Guy; and a leader in the field of diabetic limb salvage and founder of The Black Barbershop Health Outreach Program, Dr. Bill Releford; will be honored during the thirty-second annual Drum Major for Justice Awards Dinner on Monday April 4. Held in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on the anniversary of his assassination, the dinner will take place at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in downtown Atlanta. For ticket information call (404) 584-0303. To continue, please click “MORE”!

“For Love of Liberty” Wins NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Documentary

NAACP Presents Image Award for Outstanding Documentary to

“For Love of Liberty: The Story of America’s Black Patriots”


 

Frank Martin Film Chronicles Untold Story of

African-Americans’

Courageous Service to their Country

 

HOSTED BY HALLE BERRY, INTRODUCED BY COLIN POWELL, NARRATED BY AVERY BROOKS, EXECUTIVE PRODUCED BY LOUIS GOSSETT, JR,

WITH COOPERATION OF THE U.S. ARMY

 

For Love of Liberty:  The Story of America’s Black Patriots,
the powerful four-hour documentary film chronicling African-Americans
who risked their lives to create and preserve freedom for their country
while attempting to acquire it for themselves, captured the award for
Outstanding Documentary (Theatrical or Television) at the 42nd Annual NAACP Image Awards held last Friday (March 4) in Los Angeles.  The
program, which beat out several high-profile films for the honor,
salutes our African-American service men and women and reveres their
dedicated allegiance to the United States military.  It recently returned to the airwaves across the country via PBS to coincide with Black History Month in February. To continue, please click “MORE”!

UNCF Wins Third Image Award for Its Tribute to Lionel Ritchie: ‘Dancing On The Ceiling’

‘Dancing on the Ceiling’: UNCF Wins Third Image Award For Its Tribute to Lionel Richie



 

LOS ANGELES, March 8, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Friday night in Los Angeles at the Shrine Theatre Auditorium, UNCF(United Negro College Fund) won its third  NAACP Image Award for UNCF An Evening of Stars®, its annual televised celebration of education and excellence.  The UNCF An Evening of Stars production won in the category of Outstanding Variety or Series Special for A Tribute to Lionel Richie, which aired in early 2010.

UNCF An Evening of Stars 2010
honored Richie with an all-star tribute for his support of UNCF and
minority education, his contributions to the music industry and his role
as a global humanitarian and philanthropist. To continue, please click “MORE”!

Stanley Clarke Wins Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Jazz Album

Stanley Clarke Band Wins Grammy ® Award



Jazz bass legend
Stanley Clarke won a Grammy® Award in ceremonies held this evening at
the Staples Center in Los Angeles, streamed line online worldwide and
broadcast live in the US on CBS-TV. Clarke received his award in
Category 44, Best Contemporary Jazz Album, for the full-length album The Stanley Clarke Band on the Heads Up International label. For a complete
list of winners visit: www.grammy.com.

“I’m grateful on behalf
of the whole band for this honor. It’s humbling to be in such strong
company.” Clarke said while on tour with his seminal group Return to
Forever in Australia. “It’s so gratifying to see that jazz and
instrumental music remain such vibrant and exciting musical forms, and
that we could contribute to their vitality. I’d like to thank the
members of the Stanley Clarke Band: keyboardist Ruslan Sirota; drummer
Ronald Bruner, Jr.; pianist Hiromi Uehara and the rest of the performers
on this album. I’d also like to thank my wife Sofi, who’s been such a
strong supporter of my career, and my children, who are also making
their paths in the arts.” Members of The Stanley Clarke Band were on
hand to accept the award from the podium in Los Angeles. To continue, please click “MORE”!

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