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Familiar Names Dot Grammy Jazz Categories
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Michael Ricci
The late keyboardist Joe Zawinul takes the contemporary prize, with Chick Corea and John McLaughlin getting the instrumental award. But singer Kurt Elling wins his first Grammy. In a year when the nominees in jazz featured a welcome number of young and under-recognized artists, Grammy voters couldn't resist the pull of familiar names when it came time to choose a winner. The late Joe Zawinul, keyboardist for the fusion supergroup Weather Report and Miles Davis' “In a Silent Way," took ...
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Grammy Winners 2010: Jazz
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Michael Ricci
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Field 10 -- Jazz
Category 44
Best Contemporary Jazz Album (For albums containing 51% or more playing time of INSTRUMENTAL tracks.)
Urbanus Stefon Harris & Blackout [Concord Jazz] Sounding Point Julian Lage [Emarcy/Decca] At World's Edge Philippe Saisse [E1 Music] Big Neighborhood Mike Stern [Heads Up International] 75 Joe Zawinul & The ...Continue Reading
Oscar 2010: Best Song Submissions
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All About Jazz
The 2010 Academy Award nominations will be announced on Tuesday, February 2, 2010, at 5:30 a.m. PT in the Academys Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.
The 2010 Academy Awards ceremony will take place on Sunday, March 7, 2010, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center. In the US, itll be televised live by ABC.
Sixty-three songs are contending for a nomination in the Best Original Song category for the 2010 Academy Awards. Needless to say, there are ...
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John McLaughlin and Chick Corea Win Grammy
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John McLaughlin and Chick Corea win the Grammy award for Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual Or Group Category.
Chick Corea and John McLaughlin are truly kindred spirits. Both are brave musical explorers and singular virtuosos on their respective instruments. As young jazz artists, they both did stints with the legendary Miles Davis and appeared together on the groundbreaking jazz/rock/funk classic Bitches Brew.
Each later ventured out to form his own revolutionary band: McLaughlin's Mahavishnu Orchestra and Corea's Return to Forever. ...
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Neil Young Wins First-Ever Grammy Award
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Michael Ricci
Well, that only took, what, 50 years?
After a career spanning nearly a half-century as a solo artist and a member of groups like Buffalo Springfield and Crosby Stills Nash and Young, Neil Young won his first Grammy Award in a pre-telecast ceremony in Los Angeles on Sunday afternoon.
The award, for best art direction on a boxed or special limited edition package, was shared among Mr. Young and his art directors Gary Burden and Jenice Heo for the boxed ...
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Grammy Pop & Rap
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All About Jazz
Best Male Pop Vocal Performance “Make It Mine" - Jason Mraz “Track from: “We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things." “[Atlantic]
Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals “"I Gotta Feeling" - The Black Eyed Peas “Track from: “The E.N.D." “[Interscope Records]
Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals “"Lucky" - Jason Mraz & Colbie Caillat “Track from: “We Sing. We Dance. We ...
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Classical Grammy's 2010
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All About Jazz
Producer Of The Year, Classical Steven Epstein
Adams: Doctor Atomic Symphony (David Robertson & Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra) Bernstein: Mass (Marin Alsop, Jubilant Sykes, Asher Edward Wulfman, Morgan State University Choir, Peabody Children's Chorus & Baltimore Symphony Orchestra) Corigliano: A Dylan Thomas Trilogy (Leonard Slatkin, George Mabry, Sir Thomas Allen, Nashville Symphony Chorus & Nashville Symphony Orchestra) Faur: Piano Quintets (Fine Arts Quartet & Cristina Oritz) Yo-Yo Ma & Friends: ...
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Grammy Jazz Awards Announced
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All About Jazz
The Grammy Awards: The Winners A running tally of the winners
The 52nd annual Grammy Awards blasted out of the gate with the pre-telecast awards ceremony, which started at 1 p.m. PT at the Los Angeles Convention Center. Winners in the early going included producer A.R. Rahman for “Slumdog Millionaire," best compilation soundtrack album; composer Michael Giacchino for “Up," best score soundtrack album; and writers Gulzar, A.R. Rahman and Tanvi Shah for “Jai Ho" (from “Slumdog Millionaire") for ...
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