SHOWS,
MUSIC, CDs: THE BEST OF THE BEST
_______WORLD
WHO’S WHO AWARDS_______
From
L to R: Barbara Cook, Donna Byrne.
Best one-woman-show:
The Toni Morrell Show: Salute To The Legendary Ladies,
by Toni Morrell, Las Vegas.
Best jazz pianist:
Sarah Jane Cion. Winner
of the 17th annual Great American Jazz Piano Competition.
Best new
American standards CD/Album: My Impetuous Heart
by Marlene VerPlanck. Vocal: Marlene VerPlanck, piano: Hank Jones, bass:
Gary Mazzaroppi, drums: Joe Cocuzzo, guitar: Bucky Pizzarelli. Special guest
appearances: Marian McPartland, George Shearing. Composition-arrangements: Billy
VerPlanck.
From
L to R: Eartha Kitt, Wesla Whitfield, Amanda McBroom.
Best world
music CD/Album: Unexpected by Erika
Luckett. (Also chosen “Album of the Year” by Just Plain Folks, and Best
“International Music CD of the Year” by the World Arts Celebrities Journal.)
From L
to R: Maria Gentile, Donald Smith, Sir
Rodney Bennett.
Best contemporary jazz
CD/Album: Fair Warning by Rebecca
Spencer. Vocal: Rebecca Spencer,
piano: Philip Fortenberry, cello: Moonlight Tran, cello orchestrations: Keith
Thompson.
Best smooth
jazz CD/Album: All The Lonely People by
Donna Byrne. Vocal: Donna Byrne, piano:Tim
Ray, bass: Marshall
Wood, tenor sax: Harry
Allen, guitars: Jon Wheatley, Jack
Pearson, drums: Jim Gwin.
From L to R:
Michael Ricci, Stu Hamstra, Ute Lemper.
Best
original compositions (Words and music) CD/Album:
That…Which Is Real by Maria Gentile. Artists: Various artists for each
track. So many to list. One of the tracks
of the album, "I'd Rather Never Know" was nominated for 2005 MAC Song of the
Year, and anoher, "Kindness Makes Me Cry", was named 2004 MAC song of the year!
Another composition, "If I Was a Boy" (co-written with Caren Cole), was
nominated for 2003 MAC song of the year.
Best
international jazz-swing CD/Album:
What'cha Got Cookin by Carol Welsman,
winner of the 2006 Canadian Smooth Jazz Award for
Keyboardist-Pianist of the Year,
Nominated for Best Original Composition “You take me away”, and
for Best Female Vocalist, 2005 Smooth Jazz Awards (Canada), Four Juno Award
nominations (Canadian Grammys) for her five CDs.
PEOPLE WHO
MADE THEIR MARK ON THE WORLD OF MUSIC
Mr. Frank Dain Mr. Quincy Jones
Mr. Andrew Lloyd Weber Ms. Blossom
Dearie
Ms. Doris
Day Mr. Paul Anka Mr. Charles Aznavour Mr.
Burt Bacharach Mr. Chick Corea
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