Monterey Jazz Festival 50th Anniversary All-Stars Receive Two Grammy Nominations For “Live At The 2007 Monterey Jazz Festival"
MJF Veterans Terence Blanchard And James Moody Nominated For Best Jazz Instrumental Solo Grammys
Grammy Nominations Are Historic First For Monterey Jazz Festival Records
MJF Commissioned Work, Appearing Nightly At The Black Orchid By Carla Bley Also Nominated For Grammy
December 18, 2008; Monterey, CA; The Monterey Jazz Festival is proud to announce that NEA Jazz Master and longtime MJF veteran, saxophonist James Moody, and 2007 MJF Artist-In-Residence, trumpeter Terence Blanchard, have both been nominated for Grammy Awards in the Best Jazz Instrumental Solo category for their improvisations from the Dizzy Gillespie-penned classic song, Be-Bop off the Live at the 2007 Monterey Jazz Festival recording on Monterey Jazz Festival Records.
Collectively known as the Monterey Jazz Festival 50th Anniversary All-Stars, this stellar group of three generations of jazz masters included James Moody on saxophone; Terence Blanchard on trumpet; Benny Green on piano; Nnenna Freelon on vocals; Derrick Hodge on bass; and Kendrick Scott on drums. The band made two appearances at MJF/50 in 2007 and appeared in a nationwide, 52-date tour across twenty-two states in the first quarter of 2008, performing for over 43,000 fans. The Monterey Jazz Festival Records Grammy nomination will be Mr. Moodys fourth; Mr. Blanchard has been nominated for eleven Grammys and has won the award three times.
Since the label was launched in 2007, the not-for profit Monterey Jazz Festival Records (an imprint of Concord Records) has released thirteen historic records, including never-before-released live sets from Art Blakey and the Giants of Jazz, Dave Brubeck, Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Shirley Horn (her Live at the 1994 Monterey Jazz Festival was recently named by the web magazine Slate as the #2 jazz album of 2008), Thelonious Monk, Tito Puente, Cal Tjader, Jimmy Witherspoon, and Sarah Vaughan. The 50th Anniversary All-Stars Live at the 2007 Monterey Jazz Festival represents the labels first non-archival recording, and is the first of the ongoing series to be nominated for Grammys. The Grammy winners will be announced on February 9, 2009 on CBS.
In a related development, the Festival is also proud to announce that the Carla Bley recording for the WATT/ECM label, Appearing Nightly, has been nominated for a Grammy in the Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album category. The title track, Appearing Nightly at the Black Orchid was commissioned by the Monterey Jazz Festival and made its premiere at MJF/48 on September 17, 2005 on the Jimmy Lyons Stage in the Arena. In addition, the web magazine Slate has named Appearing Nightly as their #5 jazz album of 2008.
The 52nd Monterey Jazz Festival will take place September 18 - 20, 2009 and will feature a roster of jazz legends and talented newcomers alike. For MJF/52, the Festival has named as Artists-In-Residence the New Orleans-born trumpeter and multiple Grammy Award-winning and Pulitzer Prize recipient, Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra. The full roster for the 52nd Monterey Jazz Festival will be announced on March 30, 2009; tickets will go on sale the same day.
MJF Veterans Terence Blanchard And James Moody Nominated For Best Jazz Instrumental Solo Grammys
Grammy Nominations Are Historic First For Monterey Jazz Festival Records
MJF Commissioned Work, Appearing Nightly At The Black Orchid By Carla Bley Also Nominated For Grammy
December 18, 2008; Monterey, CA; The Monterey Jazz Festival is proud to announce that NEA Jazz Master and longtime MJF veteran, saxophonist James Moody, and 2007 MJF Artist-In-Residence, trumpeter Terence Blanchard, have both been nominated for Grammy Awards in the Best Jazz Instrumental Solo category for their improvisations from the Dizzy Gillespie-penned classic song, Be-Bop off the Live at the 2007 Monterey Jazz Festival recording on Monterey Jazz Festival Records.
Collectively known as the Monterey Jazz Festival 50th Anniversary All-Stars, this stellar group of three generations of jazz masters included James Moody on saxophone; Terence Blanchard on trumpet; Benny Green on piano; Nnenna Freelon on vocals; Derrick Hodge on bass; and Kendrick Scott on drums. The band made two appearances at MJF/50 in 2007 and appeared in a nationwide, 52-date tour across twenty-two states in the first quarter of 2008, performing for over 43,000 fans. The Monterey Jazz Festival Records Grammy nomination will be Mr. Moodys fourth; Mr. Blanchard has been nominated for eleven Grammys and has won the award three times.
Since the label was launched in 2007, the not-for profit Monterey Jazz Festival Records (an imprint of Concord Records) has released thirteen historic records, including never-before-released live sets from Art Blakey and the Giants of Jazz, Dave Brubeck, Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Shirley Horn (her Live at the 1994 Monterey Jazz Festival was recently named by the web magazine Slate as the #2 jazz album of 2008), Thelonious Monk, Tito Puente, Cal Tjader, Jimmy Witherspoon, and Sarah Vaughan. The 50th Anniversary All-Stars Live at the 2007 Monterey Jazz Festival represents the labels first non-archival recording, and is the first of the ongoing series to be nominated for Grammys. The Grammy winners will be announced on February 9, 2009 on CBS.
In a related development, the Festival is also proud to announce that the Carla Bley recording for the WATT/ECM label, Appearing Nightly, has been nominated for a Grammy in the Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album category. The title track, Appearing Nightly at the Black Orchid was commissioned by the Monterey Jazz Festival and made its premiere at MJF/48 on September 17, 2005 on the Jimmy Lyons Stage in the Arena. In addition, the web magazine Slate has named Appearing Nightly as their #5 jazz album of 2008.
The 52nd Monterey Jazz Festival will take place September 18 - 20, 2009 and will feature a roster of jazz legends and talented newcomers alike. For MJF/52, the Festival has named as Artists-In-Residence the New Orleans-born trumpeter and multiple Grammy Award-winning and Pulitzer Prize recipient, Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra. The full roster for the 52nd Monterey Jazz Festival will be announced on March 30, 2009; tickets will go on sale the same day.
For more information contact Monterey Jazz Festival.
