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The 66th Annual GRAMMY Awards Premiere Ceremony® Will Be Hosted by Acclaimed Songwriter/Producer, Activist and Current GRAMMY® Nominee Justin Tranter on Sun, Feb. 4 at Peacock Theater

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Thursday, January 25, 2024
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Acclaimed songwriter/producer, activist and current GRAMMY® nominee, Justin Tranter will host the 66th Annual GRAMMY Awards Premiere Ceremony®, live from Peacock Theater in Los Angeles.

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  • Acclaimed songwriter/producer, activist and current GRAMMY® nominee, Justin Tranter will host the 66th Annual GRAMMY Awards Premiere Ceremony®, live from Peacock Theater in Los Angeles.
  • Recording Academy CEO Harvey Mason jr. and Chair of the Board of Trustees Tammy Hurt will provide opening remarks.
  • The 66th GRAMMY Awards Premiere Ceremony will stream live on Sun, Feb. 4, at 3:30 p.m. ET/12:30 p.m. PT on the Recording Academy’s YouTube channel and on live.GRAMMY.com .
  • The 66th GRAMMY Awards Premiere Ceremony is produced by Branden Chapman, Ruby Marchand, Chantel Sausedo, and Rex Supa on behalf of the Recording Academy.

PBS Member Station Georgia Public Broadcasting Announces the Broadcast of the Inaugural Jazz Music Awards on January 1, 2024

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Tuesday, December 12, 2023
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Atlanta, Georgia, Dec. 12, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- PBS member station Georgia Public Broadcasting (GPB) today announces the inaugural Jazz Music Awards: Celebrating The Spirit of Jazz, which it will make available for streaming on demand on PBS Passport on Monday, January 1, 2024.

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  • Atlanta, Georgia, Dec. 12, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- PBS member station Georgia Public Broadcasting (GPB) today announces the inaugural Jazz Music Awards: Celebrating The Spirit of Jazz, which it will make available for streaming on demand on PBS Passport on Monday, January 1, 2024.
  • The Jazz Music Awards is a new two-hour award show celebrating the best in Jazz including traditional, contemporary, vocal, instrumental, and experimental.
  • It is the first global, full-scale, music award show dedicated to Jazz and the artists who create it.
  • “GPB is excited to partner with WCLK [an NPR member station] to broadcast and stream the Jazz Music Awards,” said GPB CEO Bert Wesley Huffman.

First-Ever Jazz Music Awards Adds Hosts Delroy Lindo and Dee Dee Bridgewater with Performances by Dianne Reeves, Ledisi, The Baylor Project, Kenny Garrett, Somi, Lizz Wright, Jazzmeia Horn, Brian Bromberg and Lindsey Webster

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Monday, October 3, 2022
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Also confirmed to perform are Jazz Music Awards nominees: vocalists Jazzmeia Horn, Somi, and Lindsey Webster, guitarist Brian Bromberg, harpist Brandee Younger, andpianist Orrin Evans.

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  • Also confirmed to perform are Jazz Music Awards nominees: vocalists Jazzmeia Horn, Somi, and Lindsey Webster, guitarist Brian Bromberg, harpist Brandee Younger, andpianist Orrin Evans.
  • Among the musical highlights of the inaugural awards presentation with the theme "Jazz Is The Culture" will be an opening performance by The Baylor Project, which led the Jazz Music Awards with three nominations.
  • The celebration will also include a musical tribute, "Songs of Social Justice," featuring Reeves and Horn, along with Dee Dee Bridgewater, Ledisi, and Lizz Wright.
  • As previously announced, the Jazz Music Awards will present awards in eight competitive categories as well as six special honors.

EMMY® Winner Rushion McDonald Celebrates Five Years of Money Making Conversations Master Class, With Special Broadcast on September 27th

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Monday, September 26, 2022
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ATLANTA, Sept. 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --Multiple EMMY and NAACP Image Award-winning TV/film/radio producer, founder of 3815 Media, Inc., celebrated baker, and host Rushion McDonald, will mark five years of his show Money Making Conversations Master Class with Rushion McDonald, with a 5-Year Anniversary Special broadcast on Tuesday, September 27th.

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  • ATLANTA, Sept. 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --Multiple EMMY and NAACP Image Award-winning TV/film/radio producer, founder of 3815 Media, Inc., celebrated baker, and host Rushion McDonald, will mark five years of his show Money Making Conversations Master Class with Rushion McDonald, with a 5-Year Anniversary Special broadcast on Tuesday, September 27th.
  • On the special Tuesday, September 27th 5-Year Anniversary broadcast of Money Making Conversations Master Class, Rushion McDonald's expected guests include: Award-winning actress Wendy Raquel Robinson, Award-winning actress/comedian Kym Whitley, EMMY-winning TV personality/producer Shaun Robinson, GRAMMY-nominated recording artists Marcus and Jean Baylor (The Baylor Project), and Award-winning recording artist Pastor Mike Jr., which will broadcast 6-7 pm EST on WCLK and can be heard online at: http://tunein.com/embed/player/s27908/?autoplay=true .
  • 3815 Media, Inc.is a branding, marketing and production company, founded and led by Rushion McDonald.
  • Connect with Rushion McDonald, and Money Making Conversations Master Class, at:

The Inaugural Jazz Music Awards Announces the 2022 Nominees and Honorees including Wayne Shorter, McCoy Tyner, Ambrose Akinmusire, Henry Threadgill, Dr. Lenora Helm Hammonds, James H. Patterson and More

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Monday, August 29, 2022
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The Lifetime Achievement Award will go to saxophonist and composer Wayne Shorter; the Jazz Legend Award will be presented to the family of the late pianist and composer McCoy Tyner.

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  • The Lifetime Achievement Award will go to saxophonist and composer Wayne Shorter; the Jazz Legend Award will be presented to the family of the late pianist and composer McCoy Tyner.
  • The inaugural Jazz Music Awards will establish a new platform for recognizing the rich history, musical innovation, and vital artistry that continue to inform America's truly original art form Jazz Music.
  • The Jazz Music Awards and its creatorsrecognize and amplifyJazz as a vibrant cornerstone of allAmericanmusic that hasprofoundly influencedAmerican language, style, traditions, and sounds, producing heroes and cultural phenomena.
  • The Jazz Music Awards is a nonprofit division of Jazz 91.9 WCLK at Clark Atlanta University, the Historically Black College and University, owner and licensee of WCLK.