grammys
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Contemporary Jazz Grammy Winners
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As predicted, Herbie Hancock and Michael Brecker were the Grammy contemporary jazz winners. I’m happy to see Terence Blanchard win as well. The Grammy site has the complete list of winners. I’ve archived my initial reaction to the nominees.
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Grammy Nominees from A Jazz POV
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The nominees for the 50th Grammy Awards was announced yesterday. As always, it’s interesting to see whom the Recording Academy has deemed worthy of music’s highest award. This year, I’m happy to see a few younger musicians being recognized in jazz (though you can expect bigger name artists to go home with the award). Let’s…
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2006 Jazz Grammy Nominees
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The nominees for the 49th annual Grammy Awards were announced this morning. It’s the only visible awards show that recognizes all genres of music, including jazz. The selections for Best Contemporary Jazz Album are the most interesting (and exciting) I’ve seen in years: Bela Fleck, Groove Collective, Sex Mob, Christian Scott, and Mike Stern. It’s…
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2005 Grammy Wrap
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Hey, I predicted it! Bill Frisell won for Best Contemporary Jazz Recording. None of the rest of the batch inspired me this year so, for the rest of the winners, see the list at the Grammys site. None of the major jazz award winners are under the age of 50. I don’t have any kind…
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Chick and the Foo Fighters
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Drunken and/or inspired Grammy telecast organizers have teamed Chick Corea and the Foo Fighters to perform on the show, to be televised on February 8. I had not planned to watch it, which would be the first time I’ve skipped it. It’s the worst set of nominations that I’ve seen and the other performers aren’t…