Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition News

 
Vocalist Cécile McLorin Salvant stuns with a sultry performance
Charleston City Paper
Still in her 20s, Salvant made a huge splash in the US jazz scene in 2010 when she won first place in the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Vocals Competition, and on Friday she delighted the folks at the Cistern. Under the moss-draped oaks, ...

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Jazzman Perez reaches out to the world
Chicago Tribune
Certainly the honor students accepted into the Global Jazz Institute have a fitting model in Perez, whose international perspective radiates from everything he does at the keyboard. When he's performing music of Thelonious Monk, as he says he'll do on ...

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Charleston City Paper
Cécile McLorin Salvant was schooled in American jazz by a Frenchman
Charleston City Paper
These days, Salvant is one of the rising stars in the international jazz scene. Her current ascent began in 2010 when she won first place in the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Vocals Competition at the Kennedy Center in New York, which included a ...


 
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Washington Post (blog)
The jazz programs include Steve Coleman Quartet on Sept. 26; Grammy Award winner Gary Smulyan on Oct. 10; Ben Williams, who won the 2009 Thelonious Monk International Jazz Bass Competition on Oct. 17; Rebecca Martin with Larry Grenadier on Nov.

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International Jazz Day is celebrated at Herb Alpert's Vibrato Grill!
Huffington Post
(And they had a screening of a short film which I produced, directed by Bert Stern, shot at the 1957 Newport Jazz Festival called "Jazz on a Summer Day," featuring Thelonious Monk performing on stage while the boats sailed out to sea.


 
Telegraph.co.uk
New Orleans concert marks International Jazz Day
CBS News
International Jazz Day was launched in Paris on Friday by the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization in partnership with the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz, of which Hancock is chairman. The Paris event included roundtable discussions, ...
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Kansas City Star
Respect for the queen: Aretha sings Tuesday at Kauffman Center
Kansas City Star
“Aretha is dear to me in so many ways,” said jazz singer Lisa Henry, a Kansas City native and winner of the 1994 Thelonious Monk International Jazz Vocals Competition. “I grew up hearing her music in my house from a young age.