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| Telarc, Heads Up And MCG Jazz - 6 Grammy Nominations 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: Since 1980, Telarc has been honored with 46 Grammy Awards for performance, production, and engineering. Other important awards have included the French Grand Prix du Disque and Diapason d'Or; Japan's Record of the Year; Germany's Audiophile CD of the Year; Gramophone Magazine's 2004 Label of the Year. Although it began as a classical-only recording company, Telarc now boasts a catalog of more than 1000 recordings, ranging from classical and classical-crossover to jazz, contemporary jazz, Americana, pop and blues. Telarc releases approximately fifty-five recordings each year, working with a notable roster of artists. Celebrating their 15th Anniversary in 2005, Heads Up International has been successfully carving its niche in the world of contemporary instrumental music. In addition to consistently landing on Billboard's Contemporary Jazz, Traditional Jazz and World Music charts, and garnering numerous industry awards including Billboard's Contemporary Latin Jazz Album of the Year (Roberto Perera's Dreams & Desires); the AFIM's Independent Contemporary Jazz Album of the Year (Pieces of a Dreams' Love's Silhouette); a Grammy nomination in 2004 (Yellowjackets' Time Squared); a Grammy win in 2005 (Ladysmith Black Mambazo's Raise Your Spirit Higher); JazzWeek's Radio Programmers Award (Jaco Pastorius Big Band's Word of Mouth Revisited); and Gibson Guitar's Best Female Jazz Guitarist (Joyce Cooling) Heads Up artists have regularly captured the #1 slot in national radio airplay. MCG Jazz is a division of Manchester Craftsmen's Guild (MCG), a multi-discipline, minority-directed center dedicated to fostering a sense of creative, intellectual and economic empowerment and growth among disadvantaged people in urban communities. The work of MCG appealed to Nancy Wilson's commitment to the spirit of community. Wilson signed onto MCG Jazz recordings, and all proceeds from her 2005 Grammy winner R.S.V.P. (Rare Songs, Very Personal) go to support the MCG Jazz program. MCG Jazz, a specialty recording label, captures the music and magic of many of the jazz artists who perform at write your comments about the article :: © 2005 Jazz News :: home page |