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Grammy/Jazz Reprise

Source: Ken Franckling's Jazz Notes
February 2, 2010

For those of you lacking the courage or patience to endure the glitz and non-music that dominate the Grammy Awards, here is a rundown of Sunday night's winners in the jazz-related categories. Congrats to every one of the fine nominees as well. How sad that jazz doesn't get a significant place on the Grammy stage anymore. It was great , however, to see Clark Terry present for his Lifetime Achievement Award acknowledgment. The Recording Academy comp'ed him a room - ...

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Grammy Win - Ulysses Owens Jr., Drummer on Kurt Elling's Dedicated to You!

Source: Kari-On Productions
February 2, 2010

Ulysses Owens, Jr. Drummer on “Dedicated to You" Winner of The GRAMMY for Best Vocal Jazz Album Kurt Elling brings home his very first GRAMMY for the exquisitely beautiful, tasteful, and always swingin' Dedicated to You: Kurt Elling Sings the Music of Coltrane and Hartman. This was Kurt Ellings's ninth nomination—each and every Elling album has been nominated. Laurence Hobgood was also nominated this year for Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying a Vocalist for the title tune, “Dedicated to You," done ...

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Familiar Names Dot Grammy Jazz Categories

Source: Michael Ricci
February 2, 2010

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

Source: Michael Ricci
February 1, 2010

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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 ...

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Oscar 2010: Best Song Submissions

Source: All About Jazz
February 1, 2010

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

Source: Abstract Logix
February 1, 2010

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

Source: Michael Ricci
January 31, 2010

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

Source: All About Jazz
January 31, 2010

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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