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*Just like the headline says, this page/board is where you can discuss the stuff that we didn’t cover in today’s issue. (It’s sort of like feedback with a twist) Remember, NO name calling, racial taunting, graphic sex talk and vulgarity in general, PLEASE. ——– EUR MOTIVATIONAL NOTE The kind of beauty I want most is [...]
*Bassist Esperanza Spalding is still wooing crowds with her peculiar style of music; blending jazz, R&B, and classical for one phenomenal sound. She was awarded for her groundbreaking compositions at the first annual Smithsonian Magazine American Ingenuity Awards. Artists in all categories, including technology, performing and visual arts, natural and physical sciences, education, historical scholarship, [...]
*Now that summer is here and jazz festivals are in full swing, EURweb invites jazz artists to join us for our premier Jazzy In July special edition. In July EURweb presents an opportunity for jazz artists to gain exposure at EURweb.com for the entire month. This special promotion is designed to give these artists increased exposure and [...]
*Jazz is the music that belongs to African American culture and has been offered to the world. It’s pure, richness tells ancient stories of a time only this sound can tell. The creators of the genre made sure of it. One legendary jazz giant has decided to honor his beloved music with a proper celebration [...]
*Popular award-winning Jazz musician Herbie Hancock is getting ready to pen a memoir, expected to be released in 2014. “Quincy Jones is a dear friend of mine and he keeps saying to me, ‘You’ve got to do a book,’” Hancock said Tuesday during a telephone interview with TheAP from Shanghai, where he is currently on [...]
*Just like the headline says, this page/board is where you can discuss the stuff that we didn’t cover in today’s issue. (It’s sort of like feedback with a twist) Remember, NO name calling, racial taunting, graphic sex talk and vulgarity in general, PLEASE. ——– EUR MOTIVATIONAL NOTE The only place where success comes before work [...]
*Jazz pianist Herbie Hancock’s first major initiative since being named a UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador last July is to establish International Jazz Day to be held annually on April 30, which coincides with the last day of what has been celebrated as Jazz Appreciation Month in the U.S. This year’s inaugural event — organized by the [...]
*Aretha Franklin came to Washington D.C. Tuesday night to receive the Thelonius Monk Institute of Jazz Founder’s Award. Herbie Hancock, Jennifer Hudson, Colin Powell and Madeleine Albright were among the mix of D.C. and Hollywood A-listers on hand to pay homage to Franklin and to the Institute, now in its 25th year, according to The [...]
*Just like the headline says, this page/board is where you can discuss the stuff that we didn’t cover in today’s issue. (It’s sort of like feedback with a twist) Remember, NO name calling, racial taunting, graphic sex talk and vulgarity in general, PLEASE. ——– EUR MOTIVATIONAL NOTE “You’ve got to get to the stage in [...]
*Don Cheadle says the time is ripe for his Miles Davis project to make beautiful music on the big screen. The only sour note at this point is financing. “We just turned in the script and we’re going to find some money to make this thing,” Cheadle told The Hollywood Reporter at a party to [...]
*Actors Denzel Washington and Anne Hathaway have been tapped as co-hosts of the Nobel Peace Prize Concert in Norway, while pianist Herbie Hancock and jazz funk act Jamiroquai are among the event’s performers, organizers announced today. The concert, which will take place on Dec. 11 in Oslo, will also include performances from rocker Elvis Costello, [...]
*Denzel Washington has been tapped to host this year’s Nobel Peace Prize Concert in Oslo, organizers announced Thursday. Herbie Hancock, Florence and the Machine, Colbie Caillat, and singer-songwriter Elvis Costello have been booked to perform at the Dec. 11 show. Washington said Thursday he was “honored to attend” the Nobel Peace Prize Concert “to help [...]
*Herbie Hancock is referring to his forthcoming album “The Imagine Project,” due June 22, as “the hardest record I’ve ever made.” The Grammy-winning keyboardist tells Billboard.com that actually playing the 10 tracks “was easy compared to what it took to put (the album) together,” which included gathering such guest performers as India.Arie, Chaka Khan, John [...]
*Stevie Wonder, Herbie Hancock and Corinne Bailey Rae are among the artists scheduled to perform in honor of Paul McCartney during a musical tribute at the White House. President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama will award McCartney with the third Gershwin Prize for Popular Song from the Library of Congress in a musical [...]
*Herbie Hancock will be honored at a belated 70th birthday party at Carnegie Hall this spring that will double as the revival of a major summer jazz festival in the Big Apple. The pianist, who turns 70 on April 12, will be joined by comedian Bill Cosby, saxophonist Joe Lovano, trumpeter Terence Blanchard, and saxophonist [...]
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