O Jazz e os Grammys

62nd Grammy Awards



Best Jazz Instrumental Album
Brad Mehldau - Finding Gabriel


Best Jazz Vocal Album
Esperanza Spalding - 12 Little Spells


Best Improvised Jazz Solo
Randy Brecker - “Sozinho”


Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
Brian Lynch Big Band - The Omni-American Book Club


Best Latin Jazz Album
Chick Corea & The Spanish Heart Band - Antidote


Best Contemporary Blues Album
Gary Clark Jr. - This Land

NEA Jazz Masters 2018

E este ano, os agraciados pelo National Endowment for the Arts no que toca ao Jazz, foram:

Pat Metheny
Guitarist, Composer, Educator


Joanne Brackeen
Pianist, Composer, Educator


Dianne Reeves
Vocalist


Todd Barkan
Club Owner, Producer, Artistic Programmer

JJA Jazz Awards

2017 Jazz Journalists Association Jazz Awards


Jazz Photo of the Year



Cécile McLorin Salvant fotografada por Manolo Nebot Rochera





Outras categorias:


Lifetime Achievement in Jazz
McCoy Tyner


Musician of the Year
Wadada Leo Smith


Record of the Year
Brian Lynch - Madera Latino, A Latin Jazz Perspective on the Music of Woody Shaw (Hollistic MusicWorks)

Todos os resultados dos JJA Jazz Awards 2017 aqui.

JJA Journalism Awards

2016 JJA Journalism Awards


Jazz Photo of the Year



Fotografia de Lucien Dubuis by Patrick Marek





Outras categorias:


Lifetime Achievement in Jazz Journalism
Ted Panken


Jazz Periodical of the Year
DownBeat


Jazz Blog of the Year
Ethan Iverson: Do the Math

Todos os resultados dos JJA Jazz Awards 2016 aqui.

NEA Jazz Masters 2017

The NEA Jazz Masters Fellowship is the highest honor that our nation bestows on jazz artists. Each year since 1982, the program has elevated to its ranks a select number of living legends who have made exceptional contributions to the advancement of jazz.

Dave Holland photographed by Ulli Gruber - Bassist, Cellist, Composer, Bandleader





Dee Dee Bridgewater photographed by Mark Higashino - Vocalist, Producer, Broadcaster





Dick Hyman photographed by Bob Haggart - Keyboardist, Composer, Arranger





Ira Gitler photographed by Frances Haggart McLaughlin-Gill - Author, Editor, Producer, Educator





Dr. Lonnie Smith photographed by Mathieu Bitton - Organist, Composer

Honras e distinções e dólares

Este ano, entre os agraciados pela Doris Duke Charitable Foundation encontramos oito músicos de jazz.

Dave Douglas: trompetista e compositor
Fred Hersch: pianista e compositor
Wayne Horvitz: teclista, compositor e produtor
Jason Moran: pianista e compositor
Matana Roberts: saxofonista e compositora
Jen Shyu: vocalista, multi-instrumentista, compositora e bailarina
Wadada Leo Smith: trompetista e compositor
Henry Threadgill: saxofonista e compositor

Por outro lado, ao trompetista, compositor, multi-instrumentista, improvisador e educador, Wadada Leo Smith, foi concedido um Doutoramento Honoris Causa, pelo California Institute of the Arts.

Fotografia de Wadada Leo Smith por Scott Groller

No 1º de Maio...

... International Dawn Chorus Day

"International Dawn Chorus Day is held annually on the first Sunday in May, and people are encouraged to rise early to listen to bird song at organized events."


No site oficial do IDCD poderá encontrar múltiplos eventos agendados para os mais diversos locais do mundo.

Em 30 de Abril...

...O Dia Internacional do Jazz

No Hot Clube de Portugal

Um Pulitzer

O Pulitzer Prize for Music deste ano de 2016 foi atribuído ao compositor, saxofonista e flautista de jazz, Henry Threadgill pelo seu trabalho 'In for a Penny, in for a Pound'.


"One of the most thrillingly elusive composers in and around the jazz idiom: a sly maestro of unconventional timbres, bristling counterpoint and tough but slippery rhythms."

(New York Times)

"A highly original work in which notated music and improvisation mesh in a sonic tapestry that seems the very expression of modern American life."

(Pi Recordings)

Fotografia de Henry Threadgill por Jules Allen







In for a Penny, in for a Pound
Henry Threadgill's Zooid

Guggenheim Fellowships

Neste ano de 2016, entre os agraciados pela John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, encontramos Wayne Shorter.
O saxofonista de jazz e compositor é distinguido na categoria Creative arts e na área de estudo Music composition.

Fotografia de Wayne Shorter por Robert Ashcroft

Mais Grammys

58th Annual Grammy Awards Winners


BEST JAZZ INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM

John Scofield - Past present (Impulse!)


BEST JAZZ VOCAL ALBUM

Cécile McLorin Salvant - For one to love (Mack Avenue Records)


BEST LARGE JAZZ ENSEMBLE ALBUM

Maria Schneider Orchestra - The Thompson Fields (ArtistShare)


BEST LATIN JAZZ ALBUM

Eliane Elias - Made in Brazil (Concord Jazz)


BEST BLUES ALBUM

Buddy Guy - Born to play guitar (RCA Records/Silvertone Records)

Todos os resultados dos 58Th Annual Grammy Awards Winners aqui.

NEA Jazz Masters 2016

Archie Shepp - saxophonist

Gary Burton - vibraphonist, jazz educator

Pharoah Sanders - saxophonist

Wendy Oxenhorn - executive director and vice chairman of the Jazz Foundation of America

Jazz photo of the year

2015 JJA Jazz Awards


Jazz Photo of the Year



Fotografia de Kenny Barron & Dave Holland por Andrea Palmucci




Todos os resultados dos JJA Jazz Awards 2015 aqui.

Guggenheim Fellowships

Neste ano de 2015, entre os 173 agraciados pela John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, encontram-se os jazzmen Darcy James Argue, Etienne Charles, Steve Lehman e George E. Lewis.

Que tenha sido em boa hora.

Ainda não terminou

No próximo fim-de-semana há mais !!!

O Jazz e os Grammys

Não se pode dizer que andem de braço dado.
Face ao jazz, parecem a esposa e a sogra que caminham sempre dois passos atrás do marido.

Mais por curiosidade do que por importância, aqui vos deixo alguns dos últimos resultados.

57Th Annual Grammy Awards Winners


BEST JAZZ INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM

Chick Corea Trio - Trilogy (Concord Jazz)


BEST JAZZ VOCAL ALBUM

Dianne Reeves - Beautiful Life (Concord Records)


BEST LARGE JAZZ ENSEMBLE ALBUM

Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band - Life In The Bubble (Telarc International)


BEST LATIN JAZZ ALBUM

Arturo O'Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra - The Offense Of The Drum (Motema)


BEST BLUES ALBUM

Johnny Winter - Step Back (Megaforce Records)

Todos os resultados dos 57Th Annual Grammy Awards Winners aqui.

Musica-o bem, Steve!

Steve Coleman
African-American saxophone player, spontaneous composer, composer and band leader



Fotografia de Steve Coleman - John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation

O saxofonista Steve Coleman foi um dos beneficiários das MacArthur Fellowships, atribuídas pela John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.
Já este ano tinha sido agraciado com uma Guggenheim Fellowship e com um Doris Duke Impact Award.


"Steve Coleman is an alto saxophonist and composer whose technical virtuosity and engagement with musical traditions and styles from around the world are expanding the expressive and formal possibilities of spontaneous composition."
MacArthur Foundation


"Genius Grant' Saxman Steve Coleman Redefining Jazz."
The Philadelphia Inquirer


"Steve Coleman and the Invention of New Languages."
NPR




Recomenda-se!

Harvesting, semblances and affinities
Steve Coleman and Five Elements

80 Anos bem contados

Happy 80th anniversary, DownBeat magazine!

NEA Jazz Masters 2015

Carla Bley - keyboardist, composer, arranger, bandleader

George Coleman - saxophonist, composer, educator

Charles Lloyd - saxophonist, flutist, composer

Joe Segal - jazz presenter and club owner

Uma homenagem

The United States Postal Service released a new Forever stamp honoring the late '60s rock guitarist as part of its Music Icons series.