[JPL] Anybody heard about the "First International Jazz Awards" To Be Held 6/29 in Beverly Hills?

[mfa - jazz radio promotion & publicity]

Hello Group -

I got an e-mail with information about something called The  
International Jazz Awards (www.internationaljazzawards.com/jazz).

Anybody else hear anything about this?  Sounds dreadful!

Here are some excerpts from the press release got:

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First International Jazz Awards Scheduled For Sunday, June 29th in  
Beverly Hills, CA

D.L. Hughley Set To Host Televised Event

BEVERLY HILLS, CA - The first annual International Jazz Awards, a  
global television special, celebrating over 100 years of jazz music,  
will take place in Beverly Hills, California at the International  
Ballroom of the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Sunday, June 29th.

Tamar Scarlet Entertainment, in association with Tall Pony  
Productions, Inc., presents the International Jazz Awards which is  
scheduled to be an annual event.

Tamar’s Kitty Sears is creator and executive producer and Tall Pony’s  
Tony Eaton (3 time Grammy winner, Tim McGraw, Reflected; Usher – The  
Truth Tour) is co-executive producer for the International Jazz Awards  
which will be directed by Louis Horvitz (Academy Awards, Country Music  
Awards, etc.) and produced by Igo Kantor and co-produced by Annice  
Parker.

Actor, comedian and writer D.L. Hughley will be host of the show which  
will be taped for broadcast.

“It has been my goal for over ten years to create a show that salutes  
jazz in its many forms, its influence on all types of music, and honor  
some of its legendary artists,” stated creator and executive producer  
Kitty Sears.

“Jazz has influenced recording artists from all musical disciplines,  
and this year we are pleased to have musical tributes to Lena Horne,  
Count Basie, Clint Eastwood, George and Ira Gershwin and Antonio  
Carlos Jobim, to be performed by a live orchestra, to be conducted by  
musical director H.B. Barnum,” Sears said.

The nominees were based on Soundscan’s top jazz sellers, and will  
honor jazz in the following 24 categories which include Contemporary/ 
Smooth, Traditional, Swing, Latin, Brazilian /Afro-Cuban, Fusion and  
Dixieland.


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