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Corea,
Fleck, and Levy get Grammy nominations; Castro receives four
Blues Music Awards
 Nominations
for Grammy and Blues Music awards were recently released.Several 2012 Boscov's Berks Jazz Fest artists were nominated for
each.
Bela Fleck and Howard Levy, of Bela Fleck & The Original
Flecktones, and Chick Corea received Grammy nods. The Grammy
Award ceremony will be held Feb. 12 at the Staples Center in Los
Angeles, Calif.
Bela Fleck and Howard Levy were nominated for Best Instrumental
Composition for "Life in Eleven," a track from Rocket Science,
Bela Fleck & The Flecktones. Bela Fleck & The Original
Flecktones are scheduled to perform Sunday, March 25, at 7 p.m.
at the Sovereign Performing Arts Center.
Chick Corea was nominated in two
categories -- Best Improvised Jazz Solo for "500 Miles High" a
track from Forever (Corea, Clarke & White); and Best Jazz
Instrumental Album for Forever, Corea, Clarke & White. Jazz
legend Corea is performing Sunday, April 1, at 7 p.m. at the
Miller Center for the Arts.
The Blues Foundation announced the nominees of the 33rd annual
Blues Music Awards, to be held on May 10 at the Cook Convention
Center, Memphis, Tenn.
Tommy Castro received nominations in four categories: B.B. King
Entertainer; Band, for his Tommy Castro Band; Contemporary Blues
Male Artist; and Contemporary Blues Album for Tommy Castro
Presents The Legendary Rhythm & Blues Revue - Live! Various
Artists.
Castro is bringing Tommy Castro’s Legendary Rhythm & Blues Revue
featuring Tommy Castro, Magic Dick, Joe Louis Walker and Deanna
Bogart to Berks this year, on March 28, at 7:30 p.m. at the
Crowne Plaza Reading ballroom.
Also nominated in the Contemporary Blues Male Artist category is
Joe Louis Walker, who will be joining Castro for his March 28
show.
2012 changes: Advance
tickets available for "Midnight Jams" hosted by Gerald Veasley
The
Berks Jazz Fest committee has made two major changes regarding
the popular "Round Midnight Jams" hosted by Gerald Veasley.
First, two jams have been added to the schedule. There are four
"Round Midnight Jams" scheduled during the fest at Gerald
Veasley's Jazz Base at the Crowne Plaza Reading: Friday, March
23; Saturday, March 24; Friday, March 30; and Saturday, March
31.
Second, the festival is making advance tickets available for all
four jams. For each jam, 120 tickets will be sold in advance,
with 40 tickets going on sale the day of the jam.
"We made the decision to add two jams and to sell advance
tickets to give more fans a chance to attend one of the jams,"
said John Ernesto, Berks Jazz Fest general manager. "Having fans
wait in line for a long period of time -- only to be turned away
because the Jazz Base was at capacity -- was not fan friendly.
"With the two additional midnight jams and the advance ticket
opportunity, we feel it is a better process for our fans."
Reading Eagle: Sunday, November 27, 2011
Chick
Corea, Flecktones lead Jazz Fest lineup
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