Atlantic Records Celebrates Black Music With “I Heart Black Music” Campaign & More!
Atlantic Records Celebrates Black Music With “I Heart Black Music”
Campaign; Year-Long Campaign Kicks Off June 6th With a Week-Long “Best
Of Black Music Month” Feature; New Campaign Features Digital Promotions,
Artist Interviews, Video Content, and More; Featured Artists Include
B.o.B, Trey Songz, Diggy Simmons, Janelle Monae, Lupe Fiasco, Wiz
Khalifa, Estelle and More; “I Heart Black Music” Campaign Launches June
13th on iheartblackmusic.com
NEW YORK, NY–(Marketwire – Jun 7, 2011) –
Atlantic Records Group, the label where many of the most innovative,
ground-breaking soul, R&B, jazz and hip-hop artists have called home
for over 60 years, plans to celebrate Black Music with a year long,
interactive campaign, dubbed “I Heart Black Music.” The campaign, which
will allow fans access to various digital promotions and content, artist
interviews and more, will launch on June 13th exclusively at www.iheartblackmusic.com,
with a special week-long “Best Of Black Music Month” feature,
highlighting past campaigns as well as classic videos from your favorite
Atlantic artists, kicking off on June 6th. To continue, please click “MORE”!
Gloria Gaynor, Lester and Sue Smith, 200+ Breast Cancer Survivors/Supporters Create Tribute
Philanthropists Lester and Sue Smith, and 200+ Breast Cancer Survivors
and Supporters Create Glitzy National Cancer Survivors Day Tribute
Colorful dance event launches $1 million breast cancer charity challenge
HOUSTON, June 7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Disco superstar Gloria Gaynor joined well-known Texas philanthropists Lester and Sue Smith and
over 200 breast cancer survivors and supporters in a colorful, surprise
dance tribute set to Gaynor’s live performance of “I Will Survive” at
the Houston Galleria mall Saturday, June 4.
The event had a single goal —to celebrate the survivor in all of us
and raise awareness about breast cancer, a disease that strikes one in
eight women nationally. The glitzy, upbeat video was released Sunday in
conjunction with National Cancer Survivors Day and is rapidly gaining viewers on YouTube. To continue, please click “MORE”!
Pioneer for Women and Blacks in the Entertainment Business, Fayrene Treadwell, Dies at 84
Pioneer for Women and Blacks in the Entertainment Business, Fayrene Treadwell, Dies at 84
BURBANK, CA – Fayrene (Faye) Treadwell,
one of the first female African American entertainment managers in
history, died last week in Burbank, CA where she lived with her
daughter. She was 84.
The entertainment pioneer passed away after a lengthy illness, according to her daughter, Tina Treadwell, president of Treadwell Entertainment and former VP of Talent and Music Specials at Disney Channel.
After
the death of her husband George Treadwell, the legendary manager of the
late Sarah Vaughn, Dinah Washington, Ruth Brown, Billie Holiday, and
Sammy Davis, Jr, Faye Treadwell bought out her late husband’s former business partners and assumed management and control of The Drifters. The
historic deal ultimately resulted in Faye Treadwell becoming one of a
handful of women entertainment manager’s in the late 1960’s, and one of
the first Black female managers. To continue, please click “MORE”!
Herb Alpert Foundation Offers Matching Grant Program to the Harlem School of the Arts
Herb Alpert Foundation Offers Matching Grant Program to the Harlem School of the Arts
NEW YORK, May 25, 2011
/PRNewswire/ — The Herb Alpert Foundation announced today that they
have renewed their commitment to help the prestigious Harlem School of
the Arts by offering a $350,000 ‘2 to 1’ matching grant program. To match this offering, HSA will be seeking $700,000
in new funding commitments in the next four months from corporations,
individuals as well as other foundations to meet the challenge. To continue, please click “MORE”!
Quincy Jones to Lead Historic Concert to Promote Peace During Morocco’s Annual Mawazine Music Festival
and Humanitarian Quincy Jones to Lead Historic Concert of Global Stars
to Promote Peace, Hope, Unity and a Better Tomorrow During Morocco’s
Annual Mawazine Music Festival
LOS ANGELES, May 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Multi-Grammy winning producer, composer and humanitarian Quincy Jones,
in association with his Global Gumbo Group and the Maroc Cultures
Association, will lead a historic collaboration of Western, Middle
Eastern and North African musicians on May 25th during a concert at the annual Mawazine Music Festival in Rabat, Morocco to promote the principles of peace, hope, unity and a better tomorrow for the youth of the region. To continue, please click “MORE”!
Kickoff of The New SFJAZZ Center on May 6th, 2011 | To Pay Homge to Stevie Wonder
Dawn of the SFJAZZ Center—First Stand-Alone Venue for Jazz in America—Comes a Century After the Birth of Jazz
Gala 2011: Groundbreaking! Celebrates
The Past, Present and Future Of Jazz with Legendary Vocalist Mary
Stallings and The SFJAZZ Collective Paying Homage to Stevie Wonder
San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) May 05, 2011
In a fitting tribute, nearly 100 years after the birth of the African
American music tradition known as “jazz” – a West Coast slang term first
used to refer to music in Chicago – SFJAZZ will build the nation’s
first free-standing center solely dedicated to the presentation,
education and preservation of the art form. On May 6, 2011, SFJAZZ, the
largest nonprofit presenter of jazz and world music in America, kicks
off the construction of the new SFJAZZ Center with a ceremonial
groundbreaking event in San Francisco’s Hayes Valley. The SFJAZZ Board
of Trustees, donors, musicians and jazz fans alike have already raised
over $46 million of the $60 million budgeted to create this
state-of-the-art cultural center. Scheduled for completion in 2012 The
SFJAZZ Center, designed by renowned architect Mark Cavagnero of Mark
Cavagnero Associates, will be a transparent, 35,000-square-foot,
freestanding LEED®-compliant structure that will provide artistic and
education programs for the community. To continue, please click “MORE”!
Trumpet Legend Wynton Marsalis to Launch New Lecture Series at Harvard University
Harvard University announced today that Wynton Marsalis will launch a two-year performance and lecture series on April 28, with an appearance at Sanders Theatre. Currently the Artistic Director of Jazz at Lincoln Center, Marsalis is an accomplished musician, composer, bandleader and educator who has made the promotion of jazz and cultural literacy his hallmark causes.
“Wynton Marsalis is both an internationally acclaimed musician and a leader in educating people about the importance of arts and culture,” Harvard President Drew Faust said. “We are fortunate to have an artist and performer of his caliber on campus to enhance the University’s vibrant arts scene and engage our students, staff and faculty.” To continue, please click “MORE”!
Terence Blanchard Named Artistic Director of The Henry Mancini Institute
Coral
Gables, FL (March 7, 2011) – Five time Grammy Award winning jazz
trumpeter and film composer Terence Blanchard was named Artistic
Director of the Henry Mancini Institute (HMI), a prestigious program at
the University of Miami Frost School of Music that is training a new
generation of orchestral and jazz artists to create and perform in
mixed-genre, collaborative settings.
Blanchard has established
himself as one of the most influential jazz musicians and film score
masters of his generation, a member of a jazz legacy that has shaped the
contours of modern jazz today. With more than 29 albums to his credit,
as a musician Blanchard is a multi-Grammy Award winner and nominee,
winning last year for “Best Jazz Instrumental Solo” for his performance
on Jeff “Tain” Watts’ project, “Watts.” In 2009, Blanchard won for his
instrumental solo for “Be-Bop” on Live At The 2007 Monterey Jazz
Festival. In addition to receiving the award, Blanchard performed live
on the telecast along with other New Orleans artists including Lil’
Wayne, Allen Toussaint and the Dirty Dozen Brass Band, who were all
joined on-stage by singer Robin Thicke. In 2008, Blanchard also won a
Grammy for his CD, A Tale of God’s Will (A Requiem for Katrina), a
beautifully haunting and impassioned song cycle about Hurricane Katrina
and the ravages incurred upon the City of New Orleans and its residents. To continue, please click “MORE”!
NAMM Challenges America to ‘Pledge to Play’ a Musical Instrument
NAMM Challenges America to ‘Pledge to Play’ a Musical Instrument
85% of Americans Admit Desire to
Play a Musical Instrument – NAMM’s National “Pledge to Play” Initiative
Designed to Help them Take the Next Step as Part of its Fifth Annual
National Wanna Play Music Week
CARLSBAD, Calif., March 10, 2011
/PRNewswire/ — In a major new push to encourage more Americans to play
a musical instrument, the National Association of Music Merchants
(NAMM) today announced the launch of its first national “Pledge to Play”
initiative. Aimed at the more than 85 percent of Americans who never
played an instrument but said they wish they did in a recent Gallup
poll, the national call to action is part of the activities leading up
to NAMM’s fifth annual National Wanna Play Music Week May 2-8. The “Pledge to Play,” found at www.facebook.com/wannaplaybynamm, is a personal pledge dedicated to empowering those who have always wanted to learn how to play a musical instrument or sing. To continue, please click “MORE”!
Music World Entertainment Opens “R&B Live” on Campus in Houston, Texas | Starting March 9th, 2011
House Of Dereon Media Center Set to
Become Premier Music Showcase Venue in Houston, Texas Every Wednesday
Evening Starting March 9, 2011
HOUSTON, March 7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Mathew Knowles,
the founder, President and CEO of Music World Entertainment (MWE), has
announced the opening of R&B Live on the campus of Music World
Entertainment in Houston, Texas. Starting this Wednesday, March 9,
R&B Live will become a weekly event at the campus’ House of Dereon
Media Center. Dubbed R&B Live At HODMC, the evenings are opened for
showcases with local, signed and unsigned bands as well as well-known
acts coming through Houston for promotional dates.
“I always envisioned that our center would become the premier place in Houston to showcase live acts,” said Mathew Knowles.
“We’ve hosted private parties and cultural events at the center but
this takes us to a whole other level. We invite the best and those who
want to be the best to come here.” To continue, please click “MORE”!