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Indie Has Arrived: 273 Grammy Nominations for Indies! Congratulations... Paul McCartney?
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HypeBot
This post is by Dave Cool, creator of the documentary film “What is INDIE? A look into the World of Independent Musicians." Read his Hypebot Interview. So there was a lot of buzz recently about the Grammy Nominations, notably that 273 “indies" were nominated for awards this year. For someone who spent 2 years documenting what it means to be an indie artist for my film “What is INDIE?," you'd think I'd be thrilled. Indie artists have finally arrived and ...
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Dee Dee Bridgewater Receives Grammy Nomination--Best Jazz Vocal Album
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Muse Media
Los Angeles, California. Dee Dee Bridgewater's stunning homage to Billie Holiday, Eleanora Fagan (1915-1959): To Billie With Love From Dee Dee, has been nominated for a 2011 Grammy Award in the category of “Best Jazz Vocal Album." The CD, released this past Spring on DDB Records/Emarcy/Universal, was Executive Produced by Bridgewater. The 53rd Annual Grammy Awards will take place Sunday, February 13th, live from Los Angeles. Over the course of a multifaceted career that has spanned four decades, Grammy and ...
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Mingus Big Band Live at Jazz Standard Album Receives 2011 Grammy Nomination
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AMT Public Relations
New York City, NY—Jazz Standard, New York's premier jazz club, was honored by The Recording Academy® as nominations for the 53rd Annual GRAMMY® Awards were announced last week. Mingus Big Band Live at Jazz Standard (Released June 2010) has been recognized in the Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album category. This marks Jazz Standard's first co-produced album release and subsequently first Grammy nod. “We are thrilled to be honored by our peers for this unprecedented album of memorable music," says Seth ...
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Motema's Gregory Porter and Oran Etkin Get Grammy Nods
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GoMedia PR
Gregory Porter' s Debut, Water, Receives GRAMMY® Nomination as Best Jazz Vocal Album Clarinetist Oran Etkin's Track, “Unique Monique," Included on Album Nominated in Best Spoken Word Album for Children Category A scant six months after the release of his debut album, Water, Gregory Porter has been nominated in the Best Jazz Vocal Album category of the 53rd Annual Grammy® Awards. Porter has received raves internationally for Water, which cracked the JazzWeek Top 10 radio chart shortly after its May ...
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Best of 2010
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RJ on Jazz by R.J. DeLuke
It's that time again for being pestered about Top Jazz Albums of 2010 lists. I say “pestered" because it seems like a chore that doesn't accomplish much other than give a tip of the hat to SOME of the outstanding music of the past year. So much music comes out these days that it's impossible to give a good judgment to it all. It's impossible to hear it all. And fine efforts by a lot of people go unnoticed. So ...
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Herbie Hancock's "The Imagine Project" Nominated For Three Grammy Awards
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Muse Media
HERBIE HANCOCK'S “THE IMAGINE PROJECT" NOMINATED FOR THREE GRAMMY AWARDS INCLUDING BEST POP COLLABORATION WITH VOCALS, BEST IMPROVISED JAZZ SOLO AND BEST INSTRUMENTAL ARRANGEMENT ACCOMPANYING VOCALIST(S) Critically-acclaimed CD The Imagine Project recorded across the globe features a message of peace through global cooperation and includes Hancock joined by Anoushka Shankar, Seal, Pink, John Legend, Juanes, Jeff Beck, Konono No l, Lionel Loueke, Ceu, Dave Matthews, Lisa Hannigan, Derek Trucks, Susan Tedeschi, Chaka Khan, Tinariwen, The Chieftains, Marcus Miller, Wayne Shorter, ...
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53rd Grammy Nominations Announced
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Michael Ricci
Here are the nominations in the jazz categories, as well as some other categories which included jazz artists. The Grammy Awards show will take place February 13th, 2011 at 8 PM. 44. Best Contemporary Jazz Album For albums containing 51% or more playing time of INSTRUMENTAL tracks. The Stanley Clarke Band The Stanley Clarke Band [Heads Up International] Never Can Say Goodbye Joey DeFrancesco [HighNote Records] Now Is The Time ...
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