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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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Grammy Nominees, My Nominees: And the "Best" Keep Coming...
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JazzINK by Andrea Canter
The CDs keep coming. I've heard a good binful of marvelous recordings released in 2010. Yet hardly any are in the running for a Grammy. Neither are the way-too-many promising titles (some already in the 4-5 star category in published reviews) that I really plan to listen to in coming weeks. That pile is much more intimidating. I mean, I have yet to listen to what I know will be outstanding efforts from Matt Wilson, Chris Lightcap, Randy Weston, Bill ...
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The Indies Just Got 273 Grammy Nominations. but Will That Blend with Bieber?
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Digital Music News
Did you happen to catch the recently-broadcast “Life & Times of Justin Bieber"? It also went by another name—the “American Music Awards," does that now ring a bell? Sure, the teenagers stuck around, but the AMAs suffered its worst ratings performance in history. There was just too much Bieber, too many stale faces, and too many reasons to reach for the remote. Looks like the Recording Academy was paying attention. This year, over half the Grammy nominees are technically independent—though ...
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