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| One More Award To Les Paul The New Jersey Jazz Society will be presenting guitar legend Les Paul with their American Jazz Hall of Fame Award on Monday, April 10 at the Iridium Jazz Club. The New Jersey Jazz Society and the Institute of Jazz Studies at Rutgers University established the American Jazz Hall of Fame in 1982 to recognize individuals who have earned a special place in the history of jazz. Since the first class was elected in 1983, over 200 jazz greats have been elected to the AJHOF. It has been the practice in recent years to present the AJHOF plaques to the honorees at appearances by them in the New York City Metro Area. The 90-year-old Les Paul, who just won two Grammys at this year's awards, was born June 9, 1915, in Waukesha, WI. The seven-time Grammy Award winner and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer is the inventor of the solid body electric guitar and the pioneer of multi-track recording, the use of reverb and other now-standard recording techniques. Paul is being honored throughout his 90th year with an array of new product releases, honors and awards fit for the father of the electric guitar. In addition to Les Paul & Friends: American Made, World Played, Capitol/EMI released Les Paul with Mary Ford: The Best of The Capitol Masters (90th Birthday Edition), a collection of Paul's finest Capitol recordings, with new artwork, bonus tracks and a package essay written by Paul himself. Last May, Paul was inducted into the National Inventors' Hall Of Fame at the Hall's Akron, OH headquarters. On June 9, the evening of Paul's 90th birthday, he was honored with the Songwriters' Hall Of Fame Sammy Cahn Lifetime Achievement Award. On June 19, an all-star group of guitarists took the Carnegie Hall stage for "All For Paul: Les Paul's 90th Birthday Salute, " a star-studded celebration presented by Gibson Guitar at the JVC Jazz Festival - New York. In addition, two new Les Paul books have been released: The Les Paul Legacy by Rob Lawrence (Hal Leonard Publishing) and Les Paul In His Own Words, a limited edition autobiography with each numbered copy signed by Paul (Russ Cochran Publishing). Guitarists around the world favor Les Paul's signature line of Gibson guitars, which debuted in 1952. write your comments about the article :: © 2006 Jazz News :: home page |