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Telarc, Heads Up And MCG Jazz Receive Six Grammy Nominations

Source: All About Jazz
December 8, 2005

Telarc International Corporation, Heads Up International and MCG Jazz received six Grammy nominations by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences on December 8, 2005. The nominations were in a broad array of categories including jazz, classical, classical crossover, world music and producing. All nominations were for albums released October 2004 through September 2005. Winners will be announced at the 48th Annual Grammy Awards Ceremony, to be held on Wednesday, February 8, 2006, at Staples Center in Los Angeles ...

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MCG JAZZ Congratulates John Clayton On His Grammy Nomination

Source: All About Jazz
December 8, 2005

Pittsburgh, PA - MCG Jazz is off to the GRAMMYs again, this time for John Clayton's Best Instrumental Arrangement of “Lullaby of the Leaves" from Live at MCG (MCG Jazz 1017) by The Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra. This live album was recorded at Manchester Craftsmen's Guild (MCG) on Pittsburgh's North Side. The recording was instantly successful: The Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra's Live at MCG spent four weeks in the number 1 spot on the JazzWeek Chart, and multiple weeks in the number ...

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Grammy Nomination For Bebo Valdes' Stellar 2-CD/DVD Release, "Bebo De Cuba", On Calle 54 Records

Source: All About Jazz
December 8, 2005

Legendary arranger/composer/bandleader Bebo Valds has been nominated for a GRAMMY Award for his latest Calle 54 Records release, Bebo De CubaA, in the Best Traditional Tropical Latin Album category. The 48th Annual GRAMMY Awards will be held on Wednesday, Feb. 8, at Staples Center in Los Angeles and will be broadcast live on CBS. Bebo De Cuba was co-produced by Spanish filmmaker Fernando Trueba, whose stylish 2000 Miramax documentary and live music film CALLE 54 brought a wide range of ...

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Chris Walden Scores 2 Grammy Nods for Big Band Debut

Source: All About Jazz
December 8, 2005

For Origin Records Big Band debut, Home of my Heart (LOS ANGELES, CA) NARAS announced today that film composer/arranger/musician Chris Walden is nominated for two Grammys: Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album for his Origin Records Big Band debut Home of my Heart and Best Instrumental Arrangement for “Cherokee," a track featured on the album. “Home of my Heart" reached #11 on JazzWeek's chart and remained in the Top 50 for 17 weeks. As this was the German-born composer's first album ...

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Symphonic Jobim is Grammy Nominee!

Source: All About Jazz
December 8, 2005

Best Classical Crossover Album (Award to the Artist(s) and/or to the Conductor.)

Jobim: Symphonic Jobim Roberto Minczuk, conductor (Orquestra Sinfnica Do Estado De So Paulo) [Adventure Music]

The Classical Underground Imani Winds [Koch International Classics]

4 + Four Turtle Island String Quartet & Ying Quartet [Telarc]

The Jazz Chamber Trio Paquito D'Rivera & The Jazz Chamber Trio [Chesky Records]

Steiner: The Adventures ...

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EMI Jazz & Classics Artists Earn 14 Nominations In The 48th Annual Grammy Awards

Source: All About Jazz
December 8, 2005

EMI Jazz & Classics Artists Earn 14 Nominations In The 48th Annual Grammy Awards

EMI Jazz & Classics, the label group comprising Blue Note, Angel, EMI Classics & Virgin Classics, earned 14 nominations in the 48th Annual GRAMMY Awards for releases by artists including Terence Blanchard, Wynton Marsalis, Anoushka Shankar, Martha Argerich, Maxim Vengerov, Rolando Villazn and Natalie Dessay.

The nominations were announced this morning in New York City, and the awards ceremony will take place Wednesday, February 8, 2006, ...

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Portraits of Duke, Bird, Diz and Miles by Dr. Alastair Bourne

Source: All About Jazz
December 8, 2005

The original artwork of alto saxophone master, Dr. Alastair Bourne, New Zealand is viewable at www.mewbird.blogspot. A friend of the great Alan Broadbent, Dr.Bourne's portraits of Duke, Diz, Bird and Miles are true treasures. His love for the music and for the artists are exemplified in his paintings. Dr. Bourne became a bebop master in his native England before relocating to New Zealand. He received his jazz education hanging out on 52nd St. and attending festivals at Newport, Colorado and ...

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Bob Brookmeyer Conducts NEC Jazz Composers Orchestra

Source: All About Jazz
December 8, 2005

NEA Jazz Master Bob Brookmeyer Conducts NEC Jazz Composers' Workshop Orchestra, December 13 in Brown Hall

Bob Brookmeyer conducts the 18-player New England Conservatory Jazz Composers' Orchestra in works by NEC composers and arrangers, December 13 at 8 p.m. in NEC's Brown Hall. Composer, arranger, trombonist, pianist, and director of the Orchestra, Brookmeyer was named a 2006 Jazz Master by the National Endowment for the Arts in September. The award carries with it a $25,000 fellowship and invitations to participate ...

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