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Gloria Gaynor, Lester and Sue Smith, 200+ Breast Cancer Survivors/Supporters Create Tribute

Disco Legend Gloria Gaynor,
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”!

The 15th Annual Gala Celebrating the Jazz Journalists Assoc. Awards | June 11th, 2011

Jazz Journalists Association Announces

Musical Lineup For Awards

Tickets On Sale Now


 

June 3, NEW YORK CITY—Vocalists Dee Dee Bridgewater, Rebecca Martin and Gretchen Parlato, saxophonists Joe Lovano, Rudresh Mahanthappa, Lew Tabackin and Sam Newsome, guitarist Marc Ribot, trombonist Steve Swell and percussionist Adam Rudolph are among nominees confirmed to attend the 15th annual gala celebrating the Jazz Journalists Association Jazz Awards, on Saturday, June 11 from 1 to 5 pm EDT at City Winery and live-streamed as video at www.JJAJazzAwards.org. To continue, please click “MORE”!

Grammy-Winning Trumpet Player Terence Blanchard to Score “Red Tails”

GRAMMY-WINNING COMPOSER/TRUMPET PLAYER

TERENCE BLANCHARD TO SCORE RED TAILS, A GEORGE LUCAS PRODUCTION

 

Film is Golden-Globe nominated Composer’s 52nd film score and stars Cuba Gooding Jr.,

Terrence Howard and more


 

Los Angeles, CA— World-renowned film composer and trumpet player Terence Blanchard is set to score the soundtrack for RED TAILS, the feature film directorial debut by Anthony Hemingway.  Based on the true story of the Tuskegee Airmen in World War II, RED TAILS tells the tale of a group of African-American combat pilots at battle.  This marks the first Lucasfilm production in 17 years that is independent of the Indiana Jones and Star Wars film franchises. To continue, please click “MORE”!

Hezekiah Walker to be Featured at 2011 McDonalds Inspiration Celebration Gospel Tour

2011 McDonald’s® Inspiration Celebration® Gospel Tour to Feature the Soul-Stirring Sounds of Gospel Great Hezekiah Walker

 

 

Multi-Grammy Award Winning Gospel Artist Set to Uplift and Inspire Consumers Across America

OAK BROOK, Ill., May 23, 2011/PRNewswire/ — McDonald‘s®
will kick off its fifth annual Inspiration Celebration Gospel Tour
featuring Grammy Award-winning gospel recording artist Hezekiah Walker.
The McDonald‘s Inspiration Celebration® Gospel Tour is part of McDonald‘s
everyday commitment to celebrating the culture of the African-American
community and will make stops at churches in six U.S. cities including Philadelphia, Detroit, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles and Atlanta. The tour will also play at the Jackson Convention Complex in Jackson, Mississippi, as well as, summer festivals in Newark, NJ, and Washington, DC. To continue, please click “MORE”!

Alexis Jordan’s Single “Happiness” is Chosen as FIFA Women’s World Cup 2011 Official Song

FIFA and Sony Music Entertainment Select “Happiness” by Alexis Jordan as FIFA Women’s World Cup 2011™ Official Song

 

 

NEW YORK, May 19, 2011
/PRNewswire/ — FIFA and Sony Music Entertainment today announced that
“Happiness” (Dave Aude Remix) by 19-year-old singing sensation Alexis Jordan (Star Roc/Roc Nation/Columbia), has been chosen as the Official Song of the upcoming FIFA Women’s World Cup in Germany 2011™. Alexis Jordan will perform the song on July 17 at the closing ceremony of the event in Frankfurt.


Produced
by the multi-platinum, award-winning production and writing team,
Stargate – whose other credits include recent No. 1 hits such as
Rihanna’s “Only Girl In The World” and “What’s My Name” and Katy Perry‘s
“Firework” – “Happiness” is a heartfelt and universally acclaimed song
that will make the emotional connection between music, the global sport
of football and the FIFA Women’s World Cup™.  Alexis sings the song
straight from the heart to the top of the charts. Already a proven hit
in Europe, Australia
and US clubs, the positive message of the official song of the FIFA
Women’s World Cup 2011™ is sure to reach a wider audience. To continue, please click “MORE”!

Quincy Jones to Lead Historic Concert to Promote Peace During Morocco’s Annual Mawazine Music Festival

Multi-Grammy Winning Producer, Composer
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”!

Gospel Recording Artist VirLinda Stanton Receives Key to City | New CD Coming This Fall

Oprah Winfrey Presents Gospel Recording Artist VirLinda Stanton, Co-star of The Color Purple on Broadway Gospel recording artist and seasoned stage actress VirLinda Stanton receives the key to the city and February 3, 2011 was proclaimed VirLinda Stanton Day in Tyler, Texas. Tyler, Texas (PRWE May 16, 2011 World renowned …

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”!

Michael Jackson To Be Celebrated in Vegas at Mandalay Bay | Slated for 2013

Michael Jackson Celebrated in Las Vegas


 


Mandalay Bay, Cirque du Soleil and The Estate of Michael Jackson confirm plans

LAS VEGAS, April 28, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino President and Chief Operating Officer, Chuck Bowling, Cirque du Soleil President and CEO, Daniel Lamarre and Estate of Michael Jackson Co-Executor, John Branca
confirmed the venue for a permanent Michael Jackson production at
Mandalay Bay and announced new aspects of the creative relationship in a
press conference held today at the resort.  Production has begun to
evaluate the transformation of the resort’s theater and identification
of the creative team for the show, which is slated to open in the spring
of 2013. To continue, please click “MORE”!

Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter and Marcus Miller Come Together for “Tribute To Miles”

HERBIE HANCOCK, WAYNE SHORTER and MARCUS MILLER Unite to Salute Legendary Trumpeter in “TRIBUTE TO MILES”


On the European Jazz Festival Circuit Summer 2011

 

Concerts Will Pay Homage To Each Decade Of Davis’ Ever-Evolving Soundscape

As Well As Paving Paths For Further “Directions in Music”

Los Angeles, California.  Twenty years after his death, American musical genius Miles Davis is as omnipresent as ever. From museum-worthy reissues of his classic recordings such as Kind of Blue and Bitches Brew to sprawling traveling exhibits of his artifacts and memorabilia to concert homages in his name by the world’s greatest musicians, Miles Davis has evolved into a brand that stands for music at its boldest, most forward thinking and timeless.  Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter and Marcus Miller, three chameleonic and masterful legends whose life legacies are indelibly intertwined with Davis’, are uniting this summer for a unique European tour called “Tribute to Miles” that will at once celebrate the music of Davis and, more importantly, his philosophy of constant evolution. To continue, please click “MORE”!