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Amy Winehouse Gets Back To Business
It hasn’t been an easy few months for Amy Winehouse, as a quick scan of the headlines over the past several months readily attests. But for all the sturm und drang being played out in the press, the fact remains that Winehouse is first and foremost a musician, and news that she’s starting to kick around ideas for her next album is welcome indeed to the legions…
From MusicWorld, posted 5.20.08
Songwriter/Producer Clyde Otis Dead at 83
Renowned songwriter and producer Clyde Otis, a member of the BMI Foundation Artistic Advisory Panel, was pronounced dead at Englewood Hospital on January 8. He was 83 years old. Best-known for his long and enormously successful collaboration with singer Brook Benton, Clyde Otis was among the most prolific songwriters and producers of the post-war era, making music business history as the first African American a&r executive for…
From News, posted 11.20.07
Max Roach, Lauded Jazz Percussionist, Dies at 83
Max Roach, the musical genius who helped create modern jazz and is considered to be one of the most important drummers in the genre’s history, died August 16 in New York City. He was 83. His cause of death was undisclosed. Roach, a BMI affiliate since 1961, was born Jan. 10, 1924 in New Land, N.C., but later moved to the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn where he began playing drums…
From News, posted 8.17.07
Shemekia Copeland Leads Handy Award Winners With Three
BMI blues artist Shemekia Copeland collected three trophies at the 24th Annual W.C. Handy Blues Awards, presented by the Blues Foundation at the Orpheum Theatre in Memphis, Tennessee (5/23). Copeland was named Contemporary Female Artist of the Year and her Talking To Strangers was voted both Blues Album of the Year and Contemporary Blues Album of the Year. BMI winners took home…
From News, posted 5.22.03
BMI Jazz Icon Lionel Hampton Dead at 94
Legendary vibraphonist, bandleader, and BMI jazz composer Lionel Hampton died of heart failure on Saturday, August 31 at New York’s Mount Sinai Medical Center. The 94-year-old "King of the Vibes" battled through several major illnesses including a cerebral hemorrhage in 1992 and two strokes in 1995 and was in failing health in recent years. In…
From News, posted 9.04.02
At BMI, Black Music Month Is Celebrated All Year Long
At BMI, Black Music Month Is Celebrated All Year Long By Rob Patterson From the dawning days of rhythm & blues through today's multifaceted urban music scene, BMI has been at the forefront of music from the African American tradition, styles and community. A continuity of teamwork between BMI and Black music-makers extends from Aretha Franklin to…
From News, posted 6.12.01
Shelby Lynne
Though she admits her auspicious career has just begun in earnest, country-soul singer Shelby Lynne has already reached a level of success and recognition that few artists can even hope to achieve.It happened in early 2001, when Lynne took Best New Artist honors at the 49th annual Grammy Awards gala in Los Angeles. Competing against million-selling newcomers like Sisqo and Macy Gray, Lynne seemed…
From MusicWorld, posted 6.07.01
Good Vibrations at Lionel Hampton Dedication Ceremony
Remarks by John Edward Hasse Curator of American Music National Museum of American History Smithsonian Institution Lionel Hampton Donation Ceremony Tuesday, January 30, 2001 In recognition of the importance of jazz in American history and culture, the Smithsonian Institution operates the world's most comprehensive set of jazz programs. We do eighteen different kinds of things in jazz-more than any…
From News, posted 1.30.01
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