Awards & Spotlights

Congrats to IMN's JJA Award Winners!

From The Jazz Journalists Association Congratulations to IMN’s artists on their 2013 Jazz Journalists Association Awards! Lifetime Achievement in Jazz: Wayne Shorter Small Ensemble of the Year: Wayne Shorter Quartet Multi-reeds Player of the Year: Anat Cohen Tenor Saxophonist of...

Posted May 1st, 2013 in Awards

Jazz Conquers Istanbul, for a Global Event

from huffingtonpost.com Jazz Conquers Istanbul, for a Global Event Jazz is a balm that heals the spirit’ said Al Jarreau, the divine singer of free-form. ‘Jazz is, saying, I dare you’ added Wayne Shorter, arguably the most creative composer and...

Posted Apr 30th, 2013 in Awards

Esperanza Spalding Wins Two GRAMMY Awards

From Oregon Live Esperanza Spalding wins two Grammys, including one with Thara Memory for ‘City of Roses’ By: Ryan White Last spring, Esperanza Spalding released the most anticipated album of her career, “Radio Music Society.” Prior to 2011, when she...

Posted Feb 11th, 2013 in Awards

Kurt Elling Wins International Jazz Artist of the Year!

From Jazzwise Jazz FM Jazz Award Winners By: Stephen Graham The intention of the Jazz FM Awards, sponsored by US audio firm Klipsch, the organisers said ahead of the event, was to “recognise and commend those who have made exceptional...

Posted Feb 1st, 2013 in Awards

Miles Davis 1969 Reissue Features Shorter, Holland and DeJohnette

From Pitchfork Miles Davis The Bootleg Series, Volume 2: Live in Europe 1969 By: Hank Shteamer 9.0 BEST NEW REISSUE “It was really a bad motherfucker,” Miles Davis wrote in his autobiography of the live band he led in 1969....

Posted Jan 31st, 2013 in Awards

Jazz Legend Julian Priester Needs Our Help

Many of you know Julian Priester, if not personally, then as one of jazz’s living treasures. He’s performed and recorded with the likes of Duke Ellington, Max Roach, Dinah Washington, John Coltrane, Herbie Hancock, Sun Ra… and has been a...

Posted Jan 30th, 2013 in Awards

Congrats to IMN's Grammy Nominees!

The 55th Annual Grammy Awards nominations were recently announced, and among the nominees are the following artists from the IMN family: Brad Mehldau Best Improvised Jazz Solo: Ode Kurt Elling Best Jazz Vocal Album: 1619 Broadway: The Brill Building Project...

Posted Jan 29th, 2013 in Awards

IMN Artists Win DownBeat Readers Polls

From DownBeat Congratulations to IMN artists for topping several of this year’s DownBeat Readers Polls! Jazz Artist: Esperanza Spalding Jazz Album: Esperanza Spalding, Radio Music Society (Heads Up/Concord) Soprano Saxophone: Wayne Shorter Clarinet: Anat Cohen Piano: Brad Mehldau Male Vocalist:...

Posted Nov 1st, 2012 in Awards

Esperanza Spalding Nominated for Two Soul Train Awards

From CentricTV Esperanza Spalding has been nominated for two awards by the 2012 Soul Train Awards in the category of Best Contemporary Jazz Artist or Group, along with Ben Tankard, Brian Culbertson, Cassandra Wilson and Peter White. She has also...

Posted Sep 21st, 2012 in Awards

Cape Town International Jazz Festival Boosts Economy

From The New Age Jazz packs economic punch By: Zwelakhe Shangase South Africans love music and jazz is no exception, judging by the feet that make their way annually to events like the Cape Town International Jazz Festival and the...

Posted Aug 23rd, 2012 in Awards

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West Virginia, My Home	4:32	Kathy Mattea
The Jolly Seven / Rascal on the Haystack	3:52	Irish Homecoming
Como Baila Mi Mulata	5:42	Spanish Harlem Orchestra
Birdyard	1:48	Joe Lovano
You Make Me (Live)	5:15	Becca Stevens
Vijay Iyer, Trio - Historicity	7:50	Vijay Iyer
Avishai Cohen presents: The Big Vicious		Avishai Cohen
Last of the Mo'Ricans		Oscar Hernandez's Latin Jazz Quintet, Alma Libre
Great Round Burn	3:12	Kaki King
There Is A Light That Never Goes Out	5:22	Becca Stevens
Wari	4:16	Habib Koité
Just My Imagination	4:53	Dianne Reeves
Cailín Deas Crúite Na mBó	4:23	Altan
All Brothers		Anat Cohen
Janjo La Maya (Travallier)	5:22	Richard Bona
Óró, Sé do Bheatha 'Bhaile	5:35	The Gloaming
Voodoo	3:04	Ghost Train Orchestra
Sagal Ko	3:35	Youssou N'Dour
Playing with Pink Noise	3:02	Kaki King
Bibisa feat. Fatoumata Diawara	4:33	Roberto Fonseca
Depois	2:53	Marisa Monte
The Empty Chair (PRISM)	8:36	Dave Holland
Bonnie's Song (Live)	4:35	Raul Midón
She'eriot Shel Ha'Chaim	3:06	Idan Raichel Project
The Women Gather	2:31	SWEET HONEY IN THE ROCK
Sketchy	5:33	John Scofield
80's	6:24	Roberto Fonseca
Lalla	3:29	Rokia Traoré
Dala	3:51	Dobet Gnahoré
New Beginning		Oscar Hernandez's Latin Jazz Quintet, Alma Libre
Zulu Laduma	3:02	Ladysmith Black Mambazo
O Que Você Quer Saber De Verdade	2:21	Marisa Monte
American Tune	1:30	Kurt Elling
Final Hour	2:46	Joshua Redman
Today Will Be A Good Day	5:09	Dianne Reeves
Pastorita	9:25	Pedrito Martinez
You Send Me	1:30	Kurt Elling
Batoumambe	4:13	Habib Koité
Freedom	4:36	The Gloaming
Woza	4:24	Vusi Mahlasela
Black Gold	5:17	Esperanza Spalding
Fellowship	3:33	Lizz Wright
Jho Avido	3:58	Dobet Gnahoré
Donegal Rain (with Vince Gill)	4:44	Cherish The Ladies
Dirty Old Town (with Nancy Griffith)	4:44	Cherish The Ladies
Jabula	5:08	Vusi Mahlasela
Nakamokhura	4:07	Vusi Mahlasela
Ixegezi	2:12	Ladysmith Black Mambazo
M.B.	7:47	Brad Mehldau
ODJus Fitxadu	3:25	Idan Raichel Project
Before the Snow	4:17	Tineke Postma
Leave Me A Place Underground	5:32	Tineke Postma
Mood Indigo		Avishai Cohen
Seven Minute Mind	5:38	The Bad Plus
Refavela	5:56	Gilberto Gil
Barbados	6:20	Joe Lovano
Hot Tempered Blues	4:09	Ghost Train Orchestra
I Want To Feel Good pt 2	3:57	The Bad Plus
Charming Disease	4:37	Gabriel Kahane
Things Behind the Sun	4:37	Brad Mehldau
Ingots	3:53	Kaki King
Money Jungle	6:22	Terri Lyne Carrington
The Wheel	7:01	Chris Potter
Thula Mama	3:42	Vusi Mahlasela
I Remember, I Believe	5:30	Lizz Wright
Sweet Thames Flow Softly	5:21	Irish Homecoming
Touba - Daru Salaam	5:49	Youssou N'Dour
Avishai Cohen presents: The Big Vicious		Avishai Cohen presents: The Big Vicious
Tuneset	9:50	The Gloaming
LA	3:07	Gabriel Kahane
Peace on Earth	5:05	Saxophone Summit
Ca Jé	3:49	Caetano Veloso
Solipsist	2:31	Kaki King
Trio Blues	4:16	John Scofield
Passport	5:27	Joe Lovano
Stop Kidding	2:32	Ghost Train Orchestra
I Like It That Way	3:10	SWEET HONEY IN THE ROCK
The Razor's Edge	6:18	Dave Holland
Mr. PC ft. John Scofield (Guitars)	6:23	McCoy Tyner
Adios Felicidad	3:16	Omara Portuondo
Mulema	4:39	Richard Bona
Prime Directive	7:46	Dave Holland
Footprints	7:55	Wayne Shorter
Calling Me Home	2:35	Kathy Mattea
Don't Take It That Way (Live)	4:26	Raul Midón
Chalomot Shel Acherim	3:40	Idan Raichel Project
Mi Negra Ave María	5:21	Roberto Fonseca
One Man's Idea		Avishai Cohen
Radio Song (clip)	1:01	Esperanza Spalding
(I've Got To Use My) Imagination	4:38	Lizz Wright
Mosaic Triad	6:00	Terri Lyne Carrington
Manalyuca	6:30	McCoy Tyner
Time Shift		Oscar Hernandez's Latin Jazz Quintet, Alma Libre
Simply Put	5:33	John Scofield
Amame Como Soy	3:26	Omara Portuondo
Avishai Cohen presents: The Big Vicious		Avishai Cohen presents: The Big Vicious
Sunshine "I Can Fly" (Live)	9:33	Raul Midón
Anat's Dance		Anat Cohen
Beautiful Africa	3:35	Rokia Traoré
Calabash & Catamaran	3:53	Gabriel Kahane
The Watcher (PRISM)	6:59	Dave Holland
Regalo De Dios	5:29	Spanish Harlem Orchestra
On Broadway	1:30	Kurt Elling
An Ghealóg	4:57	Altan
Greensleeves ft. Derek Trucks (Guitars)	6:14	McCoy Tyner
Fire Waltz	4:36	Jason Moran
Knives Out	8:29	Brad Mehldau
Cucurrucu Paloma	4:01	Caetano Veloso
I'll Notice (Live)	6:03	Becca Stevens
Memorias	11:04	Pedrito Martinez
Crazy Stuff	5:01	Tineke Postma
Joy Ryder	11:20	Wayne Shorter
Morning Bell	5:42	Chris Potter
Vijay Iyer, Solo - Patterns	8:31	Vijay Iyer
Fleurette Africain	5:56	Terri Lyne Carrington
Thalaza	4:00	Ladysmith Black Mambazo
RFK in the Land of Apartheid	4:10	Jason Moran
Alexander the Great	6:52	Saxophone Summit
Jump Up	5:48	Jason Moran
Náo Me Diga Adeus (All One)	2:47	Oscar Castro-Neves

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Joe Master Class Video	Joe Lovano
Altan on Balcony TV	Altan
I'm In Love Again	Dianne Reeves
*Jump Up	Jason Moran
Ella's Song	SWEET HONEY IN THE ROCK
Altan with the RTE Concert Orchestra	Altan Symphony
*Live in Montreal	Spanish Harlem Orchestra
Was It Ever Really Love - Live at Quasimodo in Ber	Raul Midón
Vusi and Friends	Vusi Mahlasela
Mr. PC with John Scofield	McCoy Tyner
Sound Prints Short EPK	Sound Prints
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N'teri	Habib Koité
The Idan Raichel Project	Idan Raichel Project
*Radio Music Society Trailer	Esperanza Spalding
* Bonnie's Song	Raul Midón
An Irish Homecoming Interview	Cherish The Ladies
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Ainda Bem	Marisa Monte
Dos Gardenias	Omara Portuondo
The Mosaic Project	Terri Lyne Carrington
MEHLIANA featuring Brad Mehldau and Mark Guiliana	MEHLIANA featuring Brad Mehldau and Mark Guiliana
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Jazz Conversations- Wayne Shorter & Joe Lovano, Pt	Wayne Shorter
You Make Me Wanna (Usher)	Becca Stevens
Irish Homecoming Trailer	Cherish The Ladies
Fire Waltz	Jason Moran
Folk Art EPK	Joe Lovano
Anat Cohen Claroscuro EPK	Anat Cohen
Überjam Rehearsal Video	John Scofield
WBGO's The Checkout Presents: Triveni	Avishai Cohen
2010 Gilberto Gil interview	Gilberto Gil
Prometheus Unbound	Wayne Shorter
*Resignation	Brad Mehldau
Hit The Ground - Live	Lizz Wright
Some Day Soon	Oscar Hernandez's Latin Jazz Quintet, Alma Libre
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PRISM Live	Dave Holland
Say Africa (2010 FIFA World Cup™ Kick-off Concer	Vusi Mahlasela
JAMES FARM Live at Jazz Standard	Joshua Redman
*Gone, Gonna Rise Again	Kathy Mattea
Lizz Wright and Raul Midon	Lizz Wright and Raul Midón
Hot Brass	Richard Bona
Esperanza Spalding at the Oscars	Esperanza Spalding
Afro-Pfingsten Festival 2010	Dobet Gnahoré
The First Noel	Cherish The Ladies: Celtic Christmas
Avishai Cohen presents: The Big Vicious	Avishai Cohen presents: The Big Vicious
Que Palo/Memorias	Pedrito Martinez
*Live at Jazz Standard	Anat Cohen
Motherless Child	SWEET HONEY IN THE ROCK
Sound Prints EPK	Joe Lovano
Goodbye Storyteller (for Fred Myrow)	Brad Mehldau
Live at Montreux	Sing the Truth!
*The Gloaming plus Friends	The Gloaming
Live at the Barbican	Roberto Fonseca
Freedom Dance	Dianne Reeves
Altan - Cití na gCumann - Gradam Ceoil	Altan
New Year's Eve In A Haunted House	Ghost Train Orchestra
Chris Thile and Brad Mehldau - Bottle Up and Explo	Chris Thile and Brad Mehldau
She'eriot Shel Ha'Chaim	Idan Raichel Project
Arinanara	Spanish Harlem Orchestra
The Pace Report Interview	Saxophone Summit
*Made Possible EPK	The Bad Plus
Chris Potter New Quartet - Work (Thelonious Monk)	Chris Potter
Avishai Cohen presents: The Big Vicious	Avishai Cohen presents: The Big Vicious
On Sacred Ground: Stravinsky's Rite of Spring	On Sacred Ground
*Compass EPK	Joshua Redman
Calling Me Home EPK	Kathy Mattea
Al Jazeera Interview	Omara Portuondo
Charming Disease	Gabriel Kahane
Acoustic Africa Promo 2012	Acoustic Africa
Cherish The Ladies & Friends with the RI Philharmo	Cherish The Ladies Symphony
1619 Broadway - The Brill Building Project (EPK)	Kurt Elling
Nature Boy	Kurt Elling Symphony
Let There Be Peace	SWEET HONEY IN THE ROCK
Bone Chaos at the Castle	Kaki King
Dobet Gnahore, Idan Raichel and India.Arie - "Pale	Dobet Gnahoré
Traveler's Blessing (Live)	Becca Stevens
*Blackstaff Sessions	Cherish The Ladies
*Bird Songs EPK	Joe Lovano
John Scofield Quartet - Steeplechase	John Scofield
Avishai Cohen presents: The Big Vicious	Avishai Cohen
*Are We A Nation?	SWEET HONEY IN THE ROCK
Rumba Urbana	Oscar Hernandez's Latin Jazz Quintet, Alma Libre
Jazz Conversations- Wayne Shorter & Joe Lovano, Pt	Wayne Shorter
Black Gold	Esperanza Spalding
*Corcavado	Oscar Castro-Neves
When You Know EPK	Dianne Reeves
Fé na Festa	Gilberto Gil
An Irish Homecoming Interview	Irish Homecoming
EPK	Youssou N'Dour
Money Jungle - Provocative In Blue	Terri Lyne Carrington
MEHLIANA featuring Brad Mehldau and Mark Guiliana	MEHLIANA featuring Brad Mehldau and Mark Guiliana
Sunshine - Live at Joe's Pub NYC	Raul Midón
MEHLIANA featuring Brad Mehldau and Mark Guiliana	Brad Mehldau
Esperanza Spalding at the Nobel Prize Ceremony	Esperanza Spalding
Joe Lovano with the Brussels Jazz Orchestra	Joe Lovano
MacArthur Foundation: Genius Award	Chris Thile
Irish Homecoming Trailer	Irish Homecoming
Galang	Vijay Iyer
O Que Voce Quer Saber de Verdade	Marisa Monte
Raul Midón - A Video Portrait	Raul Midón
*Cape Town Jazz Festival	Dave Holland
Grands Prix Awards 2012	Richard Bona
*Beethoven Riffs On	Ghost Train Orchestra
McCoy Tyner Quartet	McCoy Tyner

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