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BMI Salutes America’s Jazz Masters
Jazz has been from its birth one of the essential elements of American music, and from the start, BMI has supported many of the most important composers in the field. learn more
History
BMI and jazz - it’s a strong and long-standing association. BMI has supported the genre since it opened doors in 1940 and continued to represent the major composers of the genre to this day... read more
Jazz
10 Questions: Eddie Palmieri
If happiness were electricity, speaking with Eddie Palmieri would be literally shocking. The 76-year-old Latin jazz giant’s enthusiasm crackles through his conversation with the same joy that permeates his performances. Born in South Bronx, Cuban music was the soundtrack of his childhood, booming out of bodegas and played on piano at home by his brother Charlie, nine years older and a rising star in New York’s then-thriving Latin music scene…
From MusicWorld, posted 4.16.13
BMI Presents The Daptone Records Super Soul Revue at SXSW
BMI will present the Daptone Records Super Soul Revue at an official SXSW 2013 Showcase on Thursday, March 14 at ACL Live at The Moody Theater featuring Daptone's biggest names in a non-stop, all night show. The label's first lady and house band Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings will be joined on the bill by "The Screaming Eagle of Soul" Charles Bradley, Staten Island's afro-soul instrumentalists The Budos Band, cinematic…
From News, posted 2.19.13
The Numbers Are In. BMI Writers Take More Than 53% of the 2013 GRAMMYS!
Year after year, we are proud that BMI songwriters have taken home a majority of The GRAMMYS, and 2013 is no exception. This time around, BMI writers claimed an impressive 53+% of the awards. Some of the evening's most memorable highlights include: BMI songwriters Jack Antonoff and Jeff Bhasker winning Song of the Year for “We Are Young;” fun. being crowned Best New Artist; Gotye's infectious track "Somebody That I…
From News, posted 2.13.13
Photo of the Month: December
The Dave Brubeck Quartet, from the 1964 issue of BMI's magazine, Many Worlds of Music, "...the audience wouldn't let him go."
From MusicWorld, posted 12.11.12
BMI Mourns the Loss of Dave Brubeck
Renowned pianist and BMI Jazz Composer Dave Brubeck passed away December 5, 2012 one day before his 92nd birthday. Brubeck released nearly 100 albums over his career with his signature of complex rhythmic patterns leading him to be one of the first jazz musicians to frequently play in more than one musical key at a time. In December of 2010, his quartet won the DownBeat readers’ poll as the best…
From News, posted 12.07.12
Photo of the Month: October
Jamison Ross, seen here backstage with BMI President & CEO Del Bryant, took home the top prize this year in the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Drums Competition. Ross received his Bachelor of Music degree in Jazz Studies from Florida State University and has performed with Wynton Marsalis and Chick Corea, and is currently a member of the Wes Anderson Quartet. For more on the 2012 Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition,…
From MusicWorld, posted 10.08.12
Yusuke Nakamura wins BMI/Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition Composers’ Prize
BMI presented the Composer’s Prize at the annual Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition, at Washington’s Kennedy Center last weekend, continuing a 19-year partnership with the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz. BMI president and CEO Del Bryant presented the prize to talented young Japanese composer/artist Yusuke Nakamura. Nakamura, who grew up in Japan and the United States and studied jazz in California, now resides in Tokyo where…
From News, posted 9.26.12
BMI Jazz Composers Workshop Marks 24th Anniversary with Showcase Concert
The BMI Jazz Composers Workshop, a noted creative forum for musical exploration and development, highlighted the best new jazz compositions created during the last year at its 24th Anniversary Summer Showcase Concert on June 28 at Christ & St. Stephen’s Church. The concert featured the BMI/New York Jazz Orchestra, a 17-piece modern repertory ensemble made up of leading New York musicians. The evening also featured a competition to choose the…
From News, posted 7.03.12
BMI Composers Top Jazz Journalists Awards
BMI jazz legend Sonny Rollins won three top awards June 20 at the annual awards voted by the nation’s jazz journalists, delivered at a gala ceremony at the legendary Blue Note jazz club in New York’s Greenwich Village. Rollins, who won Record and Musician of the Year honors, was joined on the winners list by other BMI jazz greats, including vocalist Kurt…
From News, posted 6.21.12
Eddie Palmieri Celebrates more than 50 Years of La Perfecta
He may be 75, but Eddie Palmieri remains many things: still touring, still a pianist of legendary force, still funny. 2011 marked the golden anniversary for Palmieri’s seminal conjunto, or combo, La Perfecta. Awards were accordingly sprinkled throughout the nine-time Grammy winner’s year: BMI presented him a Certificate of Appreciation, and the summer brought an honorary DVD commemorating the Bronx-born pianist and bandleader’s half-century of contributions…
From MusicWorld, posted 5.18.12
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