On Saturday afternoon, the Grammys’ special awards ceremony returned in person for the first time since 2019.
Held at the historic Wilshire Ebell Theater in Los Angeles, the ceremony honored Bobby McFerrin, Nirvana, Ma Rainey, Nile Rodgers, Slick Rick, The Supremes and Ann Wilson and Nancy Wilson of Heart with the Recording Academy’s 2023 lifetime achievement awards.
In his acceptance speech, 10-time Grammy winner McFerrin performed a live and impromptu a capella song with his children onstage. Additionally, Nirvana’s Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic and Pat Smear accepted the band’s award.
“They said Kurt was witty or maybe he was a smart ass,” said Novoselic, thanking the late Kurt Cobain in his acceptance speech. “He said teenage angst has paid off well, and it has.”
While holding back tears, Rodgers delivered an emotional speech thanking the likes of David Bowie, Madonna, Diana Ross, Mick Jagger, The B-52s, Michael Jackson,...
Held at the historic Wilshire Ebell Theater in Los Angeles, the ceremony honored Bobby McFerrin, Nirvana, Ma Rainey, Nile Rodgers, Slick Rick, The Supremes and Ann Wilson and Nancy Wilson of Heart with the Recording Academy’s 2023 lifetime achievement awards.
In his acceptance speech, 10-time Grammy winner McFerrin performed a live and impromptu a capella song with his children onstage. Additionally, Nirvana’s Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic and Pat Smear accepted the band’s award.
“They said Kurt was witty or maybe he was a smart ass,” said Novoselic, thanking the late Kurt Cobain in his acceptance speech. “He said teenage angst has paid off well, and it has.”
While holding back tears, Rodgers delivered an emotional speech thanking the likes of David Bowie, Madonna, Diana Ross, Mick Jagger, The B-52s, Michael Jackson,...
- 2/6/2023
- by Sydney Odman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Recording Academy announced its 2023 Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award recipients today, with Bobby McFerrin, Nirvana, Ma Rainey, Nile Rodgers, Slick Rick “The Ruler,” The Supremes, and Ann Wilson and Nancy Wilson of Heart making the cut.
The Lifetime awards were among the honors announced by the academy today for presentation at the Recording Academy’s Special Merit Awards Ceremony on Feb. 4 at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre, a day before the 65th annual Grammy Awards. In addition to the Lifetime Achievement Awards, today’s announcement includes recipients of the Trustees Award, Technical Grammy Award, and Best Song For Social Change Award.
Other honors announced today are the Trustees Award recipients, which this year includes music photographer Henry Diltz, Jazz pianist and music educator Ellis Marsalis and Stax Records founder Jim Stewart.
Receiving the awards posthumously are Kurt Cobain of Nirvana; the original Supremes line-up’s Mary Wilson and Florence Ballard; Rainey; Marsalis; and Stewart.
The Lifetime awards were among the honors announced by the academy today for presentation at the Recording Academy’s Special Merit Awards Ceremony on Feb. 4 at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre, a day before the 65th annual Grammy Awards. In addition to the Lifetime Achievement Awards, today’s announcement includes recipients of the Trustees Award, Technical Grammy Award, and Best Song For Social Change Award.
Other honors announced today are the Trustees Award recipients, which this year includes music photographer Henry Diltz, Jazz pianist and music educator Ellis Marsalis and Stax Records founder Jim Stewart.
Receiving the awards posthumously are Kurt Cobain of Nirvana; the original Supremes line-up’s Mary Wilson and Florence Ballard; Rainey; Marsalis; and Stewart.
- 1/5/2023
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
The Recording Academy will present several iconic acts with Lifetime Achievement Awards this year, including The Supremes, Nirvana, Ma Rainey and Slick Rick.
The academy announced Thursday that Nile Rodgers, Bobby McFerrin and Heart’s Ann Wilson and Nancy Wilson will also receive the coveted honor at the Special Merit Awards Ceremony, which is returning for the first time since 2020.
The event will take place Feb. 4 at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre in Los Angeles, a day before the 65th annual Grammy Awards. The academy will also give out other awards at the event: Stax Records founder Jim Stewart, jazz pianist and educator Ellis Marsalis, and music photographer Henry Diltz are the Trustees Award recipients. Auto-Tune creator Andy Hildebrand and the Audio Engineering Society (Aes) are the Technical Grammy Award honorees.
The Best Song for Social Change honoree will be announced at a later date.
Kurt Cobain, The Supremes’ Mary Wilson and Florence Ballard,...
The academy announced Thursday that Nile Rodgers, Bobby McFerrin and Heart’s Ann Wilson and Nancy Wilson will also receive the coveted honor at the Special Merit Awards Ceremony, which is returning for the first time since 2020.
The event will take place Feb. 4 at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre in Los Angeles, a day before the 65th annual Grammy Awards. The academy will also give out other awards at the event: Stax Records founder Jim Stewart, jazz pianist and educator Ellis Marsalis, and music photographer Henry Diltz are the Trustees Award recipients. Auto-Tune creator Andy Hildebrand and the Audio Engineering Society (Aes) are the Technical Grammy Award honorees.
The Best Song for Social Change honoree will be announced at a later date.
Kurt Cobain, The Supremes’ Mary Wilson and Florence Ballard,...
- 1/5/2023
- by Mesfin Fekadu
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Forgoing materialism and commercialism to instead embrace life’s most genuine connections and lessons is a struggle that not everyone has the will power to do. But the late jazz pianist-educator, Ellis Marsalis Jr., did just that throughout his life, which is honored in the new documentary, ‘Ellis.’ The movie is set to premiere at Doc […]
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- 10/26/2022
- by Karen Benardello
- ShockYa
Soon to premiere at Doc NYC, Sascha Just's Ellis tells the story of "a towering figure in the history of jazz." As the official synopsis informs, Ellis Marsalis "composed and performed major works of modern jazz infused with a uniquely New Orleans touch. "Along with his own uber-talented children Wynton and Branford Marsalis, he mentored a 'who's who' of jazz from multiple Grammy winner Jon Batiste to Harry Connick Jr., to hundreds of students who passed through his classes. "Ellis lived through the Jim Crow era in New Orleans. With his music and his teaching, he defied the strictures of this rigidly segregated society and reframed jazz as a powerful tool in moving beyond racist oppression. He continually defined his own standards of excellence and...
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- 10/21/2022
- Screen Anarchy
This review of “Jazz Fest: A New Orleans Story” was first published March 13, 2022, after premiering at the SXSW Film Festival.
Anybody who’s been to the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival could tell you that the hardest part of making a movie about the annual event, which takes up two weekends in late April and early May in the Crescent City, would have to be fitting it all in.
Jazz Fest, after all, showcases 7,000 musicians on 14 stages over eight days in a city whose homegrown music is a gumbo made up of every style and sound that came up through the Gulf of Mexico, down the Mississippi River or through the delta to the east and the swamps to the west of the city. The festival is gloriously overwhelming, an embarrassment of riches that forces you to pick and choose and be open to surprises any time the wind changes...
Anybody who’s been to the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival could tell you that the hardest part of making a movie about the annual event, which takes up two weekends in late April and early May in the Crescent City, would have to be fitting it all in.
Jazz Fest, after all, showcases 7,000 musicians on 14 stages over eight days in a city whose homegrown music is a gumbo made up of every style and sound that came up through the Gulf of Mexico, down the Mississippi River or through the delta to the east and the swamps to the west of the city. The festival is gloriously overwhelming, an embarrassment of riches that forces you to pick and choose and be open to surprises any time the wind changes...
- 5/13/2022
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
Frank Marshall may be best known for producing films going all the way back to 1973’s “Paper Moon” to “Raiders of the Lost Ark,” “Who Framed Roger Rabbit,” “The Sixth Sense,” “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” and five “Jurassic Park” movies. But he’s also directed a few films along the way, including the Emmy-nominated 2020 documentary “The Bees Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart.”
On Friday, another music doc directed by Marshall opens in theaters. “Jazz Fest: A New Orleans Story,” which premiered at this year’s South by Southwest festival, opens only a few days after the conclusion of the first New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival in three years, after the pandemic forced the cancellation of the historic and long-running festival in 2020 and 2021.
Marshall talked to TheWrap about “Jazz Fest” and about his interest in music films during rehearsals for a cruise-ship musical based on Jimmy Buffett...
On Friday, another music doc directed by Marshall opens in theaters. “Jazz Fest: A New Orleans Story,” which premiered at this year’s South by Southwest festival, opens only a few days after the conclusion of the first New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival in three years, after the pandemic forced the cancellation of the historic and long-running festival in 2020 and 2021.
Marshall talked to TheWrap about “Jazz Fest” and about his interest in music films during rehearsals for a cruise-ship musical based on Jimmy Buffett...
- 5/12/2022
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
Exclusive: Dubai-based sales agent Cercamon Docs has come aboard to handle worldwide sales on Ben Chace’s Music Pictures: New Orleans, which is set to bow at the Tribeca Film Festival in June. The company will introduce the film to buyers during the Cannes Market.
A Lilting Films production, Music Pictures is comprised of legacy portraits of four New Orleans music figures. They include Grammy Award winner Irma Thomas, whose song “Anyone Who Knows What Love Is” featured in the Fifteen Millions Merits episode of Black Mirror; The Tremé Brass Band, a recipient of the National Heritage Fellowship; Little Freddie King, a charter member of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival; and the late Ellis Marsalis, father of Branford and Wynton, who was inducted into the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame in 2018. The film includes Marsalis’ last recorded interviews and sessions.
Cercamon Docs Head Suzanne Nodale said, “Music Pictures allows...
A Lilting Films production, Music Pictures is comprised of legacy portraits of four New Orleans music figures. They include Grammy Award winner Irma Thomas, whose song “Anyone Who Knows What Love Is” featured in the Fifteen Millions Merits episode of Black Mirror; The Tremé Brass Band, a recipient of the National Heritage Fellowship; Little Freddie King, a charter member of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival; and the late Ellis Marsalis, father of Branford and Wynton, who was inducted into the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame in 2018. The film includes Marsalis’ last recorded interviews and sessions.
Cercamon Docs Head Suzanne Nodale said, “Music Pictures allows...
- 5/11/2022
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
Los Angeles, March 15 (Ians) The Grammys went a step ahead this year to honour musicians who passed away over the last year.
Apart from the usual display of names and photos of the artistes, which is the annual feature, this year the honour also included performances of songs by four musicians -- Little Richard, Kenny Rogers, John Prine and Gerry Marsden -- who died in the past year.
Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak (or Silk Sonic) performed "Long tall Sally" and "Good golly, Miss Molly", two of the biggest hits of Little Richard, as a tribute to the rock 'n' roll pioneer, who died of bone cancer in May.
Lionel Richie sang "Lady", his 1980 song that was first recorded by Kenny Rogers, who died last March. "I miss you Kenny," he said after the performance.
Singer-songwriter Brandi Carlile performed John Prine's "I remember everything". Country-folk singer Prine died of Covid complications in April.
Apart from the usual display of names and photos of the artistes, which is the annual feature, this year the honour also included performances of songs by four musicians -- Little Richard, Kenny Rogers, John Prine and Gerry Marsden -- who died in the past year.
Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak (or Silk Sonic) performed "Long tall Sally" and "Good golly, Miss Molly", two of the biggest hits of Little Richard, as a tribute to the rock 'n' roll pioneer, who died of bone cancer in May.
Lionel Richie sang "Lady", his 1980 song that was first recorded by Kenny Rogers, who died last March. "I miss you Kenny," he said after the performance.
Singer-songwriter Brandi Carlile performed John Prine's "I remember everything". Country-folk singer Prine died of Covid complications in April.
- 3/15/2021
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
Ellis Marsalis Jr., New Orleans jazz legend known as a pianist and teacher as well as the father of Wynton and Branford Marsalis, died Wednesday from complications of Covid-19. He was 85.
According to his son, Ellis Marsalis III, Marsalis died after developing pneumonia. “I was with him in the hospital for six or seven hours yesterday. Branford was with him Monday, I was with him yesterday and Jason was with him today. He passed right after Jason departed,” Ellis Marsalis III told the Associated Press.
Born in 1934 in New Orleans, Marsalis studied at Dillard University and later Loyola University New Orleans, and after graduation established himself as a highly sought after teacher, instructing people who would go on to become some of the biggest names in contemporary jazz. Among his famous students are Terence Blanchard, Harry Connick Jr., and Marlon Jordan.
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According to his son, Ellis Marsalis III, Marsalis died after developing pneumonia. “I was with him in the hospital for six or seven hours yesterday. Branford was with him Monday, I was with him yesterday and Jason was with him today. He passed right after Jason departed,” Ellis Marsalis III told the Associated Press.
Born in 1934 in New Orleans, Marsalis studied at Dillard University and later Loyola University New Orleans, and after graduation established himself as a highly sought after teacher, instructing people who would go on to become some of the biggest names in contemporary jazz. Among his famous students are Terence Blanchard, Harry Connick Jr., and Marlon Jordan.
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- 4/2/2020
- by Ross A. Lincoln
- The Wrap
Ellis Marsalis, a jazz patriarch in New Orleans and father of Wynton and Brandon Marsalis, has died. He was being treated at a local hospital with suspected Covid-19 infection, but the test results have not yet been returned, according to a family member.
Mayor Latoya Cantrell praised him in a tweeted statement. “Ellis Marsalis was a legend. He was the prototype of what we mean when we talk about New Orleans jazz. The love and the prayers of all of our people go out to his family, and to all of those whose lives he touched.” Marsalis was a noted teacher in New Orleans and a frequent performer at festivals.
Mayor Latoya Cantrell praised him in a tweeted statement. “Ellis Marsalis was a legend. He was the prototype of what we mean when we talk about New Orleans jazz. The love and the prayers of all of our people go out to his family, and to all of those whose lives he touched.” Marsalis was a noted teacher in New Orleans and a frequent performer at festivals.
- 4/2/2020
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
The first time Harry Connick Jr. stepped onto the Hollywood Walk of Fame was almost by accident. It was his first visit to Los Angeles, and he was en route to a session at the iconic Capitol Records Tower, just a few steps from the Walk of Fame’s epicenter at Hollywood and Vine.
“When you’re actually walking down that street and see all those names — Judy Garland, Nat King Cole, John Wayne, Jimmy Stewart — you realize that these people walked down these same streets; that they’ve had some of the same feelings that you’re having as a young performer,” Connick says.
The New Orleans native’s trademark Southern drawl has lightened since those early days, though his rich, smooth baritone hasn’t. “It just kind of makes it real. For somebody like me who has such a deep respect for the entertainment business, it’s a really big deal.
“When you’re actually walking down that street and see all those names — Judy Garland, Nat King Cole, John Wayne, Jimmy Stewart — you realize that these people walked down these same streets; that they’ve had some of the same feelings that you’re having as a young performer,” Connick says.
The New Orleans native’s trademark Southern drawl has lightened since those early days, though his rich, smooth baritone hasn’t. “It just kind of makes it real. For somebody like me who has such a deep respect for the entertainment business, it’s a really big deal.
- 10/24/2019
- by Natalie Weiner
- Variety Film + TV
The Rolling Stones, Katy Perry, Dave Matthews Band, Chris Stapleton and Santana are among the eclectic group of artists set to play the 50th New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival.
The festival will take place over two weekends, April 25th through the 28th, and May 2nd through 5th, with each day boasting an entirely different lineup. The Stones, for instance, will headline the May 2nd gig, a day that will also feature performances from Ziggy Marley, Mavis Staples and Tom Jones.
Perry, meanwhile, will perform April 27th alongside Logic, Hurray for the Riff Raff,...
The festival will take place over two weekends, April 25th through the 28th, and May 2nd through 5th, with each day boasting an entirely different lineup. The Stones, for instance, will headline the May 2nd gig, a day that will also feature performances from Ziggy Marley, Mavis Staples and Tom Jones.
Perry, meanwhile, will perform April 27th alongside Logic, Hurray for the Riff Raff,...
- 1/15/2019
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
He’s a huge hit with the ladies and an unstoppable musical force, so it’s no wonder Harry Connick Jr is beloved by millions.
The “I Just Whispered Your Name” crooner is on the cover of the 2014 Men’s Issue for Boston Common and in his interview he shares his view on the wannabe pop stars of today.
“They have a lot of talent, no education. I see it with almost everybody that comes to audition. Most of them have no idea what they’re doing. If I can bring anything to Idol, hopefully it will be an awareness that education and craft are only going to enhance your musical experience and you as a person.”
Connick also explains what it was like as a 14-year-old studying with the legendary Ellis Marsalis- “When you’re up against that kind of scrutiny, you can’t get away with anything.
The “I Just Whispered Your Name” crooner is on the cover of the 2014 Men’s Issue for Boston Common and in his interview he shares his view on the wannabe pop stars of today.
“They have a lot of talent, no education. I see it with almost everybody that comes to audition. Most of them have no idea what they’re doing. If I can bring anything to Idol, hopefully it will be an awareness that education and craft are only going to enhance your musical experience and you as a person.”
Connick also explains what it was like as a 14-year-old studying with the legendary Ellis Marsalis- “When you’re up against that kind of scrutiny, you can’t get away with anything.
- 10/5/2014
- GossipCenter
Musician Harry Connick Jr. and his teenage daughter Kate partnered together to write a song in conjunction with the release of two of American Girl's new dolls. The song, "A lot like me," is based upon the lives of American Girl's historical characters, Cecile and Marie-Grace.
Kate Connick stopped by The Grove in Los Angeles to help promote this exciting project. Check out our interview with the young singer/songwriter!
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Kate Connick stopped by The Grove in Los Angeles to help promote this exciting project. Check out our interview with the young singer/songwriter!
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- 10/29/2011
- Extra
Harry Connick Jr.’s name is pretty much synonymous with his hometown New Orleans, which is why American Girl, the popular doll and book series now celebrating its 25th anniversary, reached out to him to pen the first original tune associated with the brand. “A Lot Like Me” is inspired by American Girl’s two new colorblind characters from 1850s New Orleans, Cécile and Marie-Grace. Even better, Connick’s 13-year-old daughter Kate sings the song, which is available exclusively on iTunes, and all proceeds from downloads go to benefit the Ellis Marsalis Center for Music, which opens Aug. 25 in the New Orleans Habitat Musicians’ Village,...
- 8/12/2011
- by Mandi Bierly
- EW.com - PopWatch
Legendary jazz pianist Ellis Marsalis has been accumulating a series of honors with the upcoming Nea's Jazz Masters Award being one of the most prestigious yet. He and his brood of familial, musical superstars recently played D.C.'s Kennedy Center, and that recording has been released as the album Music Redeems that unites The Marsalis Family with guests such as honorary offspring, Harry Connick, Jr. The project's profits will fund The Ellis Marsalis Center for Music, a New Orleans-based organization dedicated to keeping the arts lively for young people. Speaking for the family is genre-versatile saxophonist Branford Marsalis who brings us up to date on the center, his father, the performance, and other topics including Miles Davis. Also included in this post is an interview with Peter Cincotti who experienced one of the most surprising and best career 180s of the last...
- 10/18/2010
- by Mike Ragogna
- Huffington Post
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