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| SESAC Honors Jazz Affiliates with Jazz Awards Luncheon SESAC, the nation's fastest growing performing rights organization, honored its affiliated composers in the jazz field today with its second Jazz Awards Luncheon. This year's event, held at Manhattan's Strata, honored those jazz writers whose compositions achieved Top-5 status on the jazz charts from between July 1, 2004 through December 31, 2005. SESAC-affiliated composers and publishers, industry friends and members of the press also enjoyed an intriguing piano performance by SESAC Jazz Award-winner and Blue Note Records recording artist Jason Moran. Another highlight of the event was the presentation of the SESAC Friends of Jazz Award to Jazz Foundation of America Director Wendy Atlas Oxenhorn. The special award recognizes Ms. Oxenhorn's significant contributions to the jazz community. In response to the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, the Jazz Foundation recently handled over 500 emergency musician cases, providing housing by paying mortgages and rents, and getting over $200, 000 worth of instruments donated to some of New Orleans most beloved musician. The Foundation is currently running an employment program that will facilitate 500 performances in schools, senior homes and churches and help put over 150 New Orleans musicians back to work in five states. Established in 1930, SESAC is a service organization created to serve both the creators of music and music users through responsive and innovative music licensing and timely, efficient royalty collection and distribution. The second oldest and fastest growing performing rights organization in the U.S., SESAC is known for its diversified repertory that includes genres including Jazz, Adult Contemporary, Urban, Rock, Americana, Contemporary Christian, Latin, Country, Gospel, Dance, Classical and New Age. SESAC is also rapidly becoming the performing rights organization of choice among many of Hollywood's most sought-after film and television composers. Headquartered in Nashville, the company also has offices in New York, Los Angeles, and London. SESAC Jazz Award Winners - January 10, 2006 Geri Allen Publisher: Antoinette Music Album: Life of a Song Artist: Geri Allen Lynne Arriale Publisher: Arriale Publishing Album: Come Together Artist: Lynne Arriale Walter Beasley Publisher: Affable Publishing Album: For Her Artist: Walter Beasley Nicholas Bisesi Publisher: Nbisesi Music Album: Urban Knights VI Artist: Urban Knights Armsted Christian Publisher: Nactivity Music Album: For Her Artist: Walter Beasley Ronnie Cuber Publisher: Ice Cubes Music Album: World On A String Artist: Dave Valentin Robert Glasper Publisher: I Am a Jazzy Guy Music Album: Canvas Artist: Robert Glasper Drew Gress Publisher: Lyric Collision Album: In Flux Artist: Ravi Coltrane Vijay Iyer Publisher: Multiplicity Music Album: Simulated Progress Artist: Fieldwork Jason Moran Publisher: Jamo Publishing Album: Same Mother Artist: Jason Moran Ted Nash Publisher: TNash Music Album: La Espada De La Noche Artist: Ted Nash and Odeon Bill O'Connell Publisher: O'Connell Music Album: World On A String Artist: Dave Valentin Bill O'Connell Publisher: O'Connell Music Album: Spring Cycle Artist: Steve Hobbs Greg Osby Publisher: Daigoro Music Album: Channel Three Artist: Greg Osby Jeremy Pelt Publisher: Pelt Jazz Publishing Album: Mr. Wizard Artist: Vincent Herring Mike Phillips Publisher: Mike4Criz Album: Uncommon Denominator Artist: Mike Phillips Anwar Jaja Talbert Publisher: Noni Hannah Productions Album: Livin' Large Artist: Euge Groove Samuel Yahel Publisher: Yahel Music Album: Momentum Artist: Joshua Redman Elastic Band write your comments about the article :: © 2006 Jazz News :: home page |