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Fans Receive 3 Grammy Nominations
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All About Jazz
FANS RECEIVE 3 GRAMMY NOMINATIONS THREE FAN-FUNDED ARTISTSHARE PROJECTS ARE 2010 GRAMMY NOMINEES
With the belief that the true value of music lies in an artist's individual creativity and the unique process that each artist uses to create their music, ArtistShare provides a unique atmosphere for muscians to prosper and grow. This year three ArtistShare fan-funded projects have received Grammy nominations:
The Clayton Brothers' album “Brother to Brother" received a nomination in the category Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or ...
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David Adler List's Fat Cat Big Band as Top Ensemble for 2009
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Kari-On Productions
With the release of Fat Cat Big Band's new CD; FACE, Fat Cat Big Band continues to be noticed by the industry and fans. David R. Adler names Fat Cat Big Band in his Top 25 of 2009, plus list, in the large ensemble category. For Jade Synstelien Face is the product of years of reflection on unification and the end of war and suffering through music. A highly talented and uniquely gifted young composer, Synstelien has immersed himself in ...
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Trumpeter Derrick Gardner Receives Two Independent Music Award Nominations
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Michael Bloom Media Relations
INDIANAPOLIS - Owl Studios is proud to announce that bandleader and trumpeter Derrick Gardner has received two nominations from the Independent Music Awards. Derrick and his group The Jazz Prophets have been nominated in the Jazz Album Category for his 2009 Owl Studios release Echoes of Ethnicity. The second nomination for Owl Studios and Derrick Gardner is in the Jazz Song Category for the track 'Mercury Blvd.' Within the Jazz Category Nominations, Derrick Gardner and The Jazz Prophets is the ...
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Grammy Nominations 2010: Jazz
Source:
Michael Ricci
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 Zawinul Syndicate ...Continue Reading
Origin Records Receives Grammy Nomination
Source:
Seattle Jazz Scene
Los Angeles composer Tim Davies was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition for the tune Counting To Infinity off his Origin Records release, Dialmentia. This is Origin Records seventh Grammy nomination.
Best Instrumental Composition (A Composers Award for an original composition (not an adaptation) first released during the Eligibility Year. Singles or Tracks only.)
* Borat In Syracuse Paquito D'Rivera, composer (Paquito D'Rivera Quintet) Track from: Jazz-Clazz [Timba Records] ...
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52nd Grammy Noms: Phish, Bela, DMB, Byrne/Eno
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JamBase
BELA FLECK, DMB, DAVID BYRNE/BRIAN ENO, PHISH RECEIVE GRAMMY NOMINATIONS
Bela Fleck The 52nd Annual Grammy Nominations were announced last night, including some relevant JamBase artists. To be eligible for an award, artists must have released a recording between October 1, 2008 and August 31, 2009.
Among those receiving nominations were David Byrne and Brian Eno's Everything That Happens Will Happen Today for Best Alternative Music Album, Dave Matthews Band's Big Whiskey And The Groogrux King for Album of the ...
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Solid Choices in Grammy Jazz Nominations
Source:
Michael Ricci
Allen Toussaint's 'Bright Mississippi' is in the running in the best instrumental album category. The Bay Area's Julian Lage is one of the contemporary nominees, as is veteran Mike Stern. Grammy voters might have made some baffling choices this year (seriously, Hall & Oates?), but not when it came to the jazz categories. Though there was speculation that Allen Toussaint's The Bright Mississippi might sneak into the major categories with its rich, reverent take on the classic sound of New ...
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Quartet San Francisco's Brubeck CD a Double Grammy Nominee
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Terri Hinte Publicity
Quartet San Francisco received two Grammy nominations yesterday for their latest Violinjazz Recordings CD, QSF Plays Brubeck. The CD, which is the first all-Brubeck string quartet recording, was nominated in the Classical Crossover category and is the group's third consecutive Best Album nomination. QSF Plays Brubeck was also nominated as Best Engineered Classical CD. The disc was recorded by Judy Kirschner at Skywalker Ranch, Nicasio, CA. The quartet's previous CDs, Latigo (2006) and Whirled Chamber Music (2007), were similarly honored ...
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