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| 12 Nominations in Grammy Awards For The Blue Note The Blue Note Label Group earned 12 nominations in the 49th Annual Grammy Awards for releases by artists including Anita Baker, Joe Lovano, Dr. John, The Color Purple, Martha Argerich, Leif Ove Andsnes, and Ian Bostridge. The nominations were announced this morning in Los Angeles, and the awards ceremony will take place Sunday, February 11, 2007, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, and will be broadcast on CBS. Vocalist Anita Baker, an eight-time Grammy Award winner, was nominated in the Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance for the song "Christmas Time Is Here" from her holiday album Christmas Fantasy (Blue Note Records), while four-time Grammy-winning vocalist Dr. John received a Best Contemporary Blues Album nomination for his Hurricane Katrina benefit album Sippiana Hericane (Blue Note Records). The original cast recording of the hit Broadway musical The Color Purple (Angel Records) was nominated for Best Musical Show Album, a nomination for album producer Jay David Sacks, and composers/ lyricists Stephen Bray, Brenda Russell and Allee Willis. In the Jazz categories, the Grammy Award winning saxophonist Joe Lovano was nominated once again for Best Large Jazz Ensemble for Streams of Expression (Blue Note Records), which features arranger Gunther Schuller's innovative "Birth of the Cool Suite." In the Best Latin Jazz Album category, first-time Grammy nominee Ignacio Berroa was nominated for Time Codes (Blue Note Records), the drummer's recording debut as a leader. The legendary producer T Bone Burnett was nominated for Producer of the Year, Non-Classical, in part for his work with Blue Note vocalist Cassandra Wilson on her album thunderbird (Blue Note Records). In the Producer of the Year, Classical category, previous Grammy winner Stephen Johns was nominated for his work on several EMI Classics releases, including Sir Simon Rattle and Berlin Philharmoniker's recordings of Holst: The Planets and Schubert: Symphony No. 9 'The Great'. Three-time Grammy-winning pianist Martha Argerich received two nominations this year, with her release Martha Argerich And Friends: Live From The Lugano Festival 2005 (EMI Classics) being nominated for both Best Classical Album and Best Chamber Music Performance. Pianist Leif Ove Andsnes, a previous Grammy nominee, was nominated for Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (with Orchestra) for his recording of Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos 1 & 2 (EMI Classics) with Berliner Philharmoniker under the baton of conductor Antonio Pappano. The 12 Cellists Of Berliner Philharmoniker, previous Grammy nominees, were nominated once again for Best Small Ensemble Performance for their release Angel Dances (EMI Classics). Grammy Award-winning vocalist Ian Bostridge was nominated for Best Classical Vocal Performance for Britten: Song Cycles (EMI Classics) with Sir Simon Rattle and Berliner Philharmoniker featuring French horn soloist Radek Babork. Also, Blue Note artist Terence Blanchard was nominated in the Best Long Form Music Video category for the documentary Flow: Living in the Stream of Music by director Jim Gabour, a film about the trumpeter's Blue Note release Flow, which was produced by Robin Burgess and Jim Gabour and released on DVD by Jazziz Music & Video. write your comments about the article :: © 2006 Jazz News :: home page |