[ad_1] Christian McBride and Inside Straight were the top winners at the inaugural Jazz Music Awards, which took place Saturday, October 22, at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Center in Atlanta. McBride & Inside Straight took home two of the eight competing awards — Best Mainstream Artist and Best Duo, Group or Large Band. McBride, … Read more
[ad_1] From Best Duo to Best Group and more, the inaugural Jazz Music Awards have announced their first thirty-three nominations. by Stacey Simmons Santos Celebrity access from The awards show exclusively celebrating jazz music, The Jazz Music Awards: Celebrating the Spirit of Jazz, and its creator and executive producer, Wendy F. Williams announced the recipients … Read more
[ad_1] Saxophonist and composer Wayne Shorter is set to receive a lifetime achievement award at the inaugural Jazz Music Awards, set for Oct. 22 at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Center in Atlanta. Shorter, 88, rose to prominence in the late 1950s as a member of Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers. In the 1960s, he joined … Read more