OffBEAT Best of the Beat Awards – Our Winners!

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Last night the OffBEAT Best of the Beat Awards were held at Generations Hall in New Orleans.  Thank you to OffBEAT for putting on such a fun event and recognizing Louisiana’s music. Our artists took home the following awards:

Best Brass Band: Rebirth Brass Band

Best Brass Band Album: Rebirth of New Orleans by Rebirth Brass Band

Best Contemporary Jazz Artist: Irvin Mayfield and the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra

Best Contemporary Jazz Album: A Love Letter to New Orleans by Irvin Mayfield

Best Trumpeter: Kermit Ruffins

Best Clarinetist: Dr.Michael White

Best Tuba/Sousaphonist: Phil Frazier (Rebirth Brass Band)

At the BUSINESS awards presentation at the Joy Theater on Wednesday, Irvin Mayfield Productions won Music Business of the Year, and Basin Street Records won Best Record Label (for the 7th time.)

Here’s to an even better 2012!

OffBEAT Best of the Beat Awards

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OffBEAT Best of the Beat Awards are coming up next week.
It’s always fun. Hope you are there! Our nominees include…
Artist of the Year: Rebirth Brass Band
Album of the Year: Rebirth of New Orleans by Rebirth Brass Band
Song of the Year: “I’m Gonna Hoodoo to Get Your Love” by Dr. Michael White (from Adventures in New Orleans Jazz, Part 1)
Best Brass Band: Rebirth Brass Band
Best Brass Band Album: Rebirth of New Orleans by Rebirth Brass Band
Best Traditional Jazz Artist: Dr. Michael White
Best Traditional Jazz Album: Adventures in New Orleans Jazz, Pt 1 by Dr. Michael White
Best Contemporary Jazz Artist: Irvin Mayfield and the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra
Best Contemporary Jazz Album: A Love Letter to New Orleans by Irvin Mayfield
Best Piano/Keyboardist: Jon Cleary
Best Trumpeter: Irvin Mayfield & Kermit Ruffins
Best Clarinetist: Dr.Michael White
Best Tuba/Sousaphonist: Phil Frazier (Rebirth Brass Band)
Best Other Instrument: Jason Marsalis (percussion)

Grammy Eligible Entries

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THE FOLLOWING ARE GRAMMY ELIGIBLE (click on the album to listen)

Kermit Ruffins’ Jazz vocal album Happy Talk. 
Irvin Mayfield’s Jazz album A Love Letter to New Orleans.
Rebirth Brass Band’s Roots album Rebirth of New Orleans. 
Dr. Michael White’s Jazz album Adventures in New Orleans Jazz, Pt 1.
Thank you for your consideration.

Oct 2011 JazzTimes Magazine

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October 2011 issue of JazzTimes includes a beautiful 6 page feature on Irvin Mayfield, a CD review of Dr. Michael White‘s Adventures in New Orleans Jazz, Pt 1 “a charm”, and in the accompanying Jazz Education Guide a terrific feature on Louis “Satchmo” Armstrong Jazz Camp. Pick up a copy today.

New Orleans Gets Its Groove Back

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Michel Martin of NPR interviewed Keith Spera, music writer for the Times-Picayune, and Irvin Mayfield, Grammy and Billboard Latin Music Award winning recording artist, about New Orleans 6 years after the levees broke.  Keith has a terrific new book entitled Groove Interrupted. Irvin has a new book/CD entitled A Love Letter to New Orleans.  

Listen to the podcast HERE.