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  Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Jazz Album - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Jazz Album has been presented since 1992.
In 1992 the award was known as Best Contemporary Jazz Performance
Years reflect the year in which the Grammy Awards were presented, for works released in the previous year.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Contemporary_Jazz_Album   (207 words)

  
 GRAMMY.com
(Award to the Conductor and to the Orchestra.)
(Award to the Conductor, Album Producer(s) and Principal Soloists.)
(Award to the Ensemble (and to the Conductor.))
www.grammy.com /awards/grammy/47winners.aspx   (1541 words)

  
 Grammy Award   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
However, the Grammys, usually held in February, (last of what are considered the "big three" music awards shows, including the BMA and AMA shows) are considered the approximate equivalent to the Oscars, in the music world.
Unlike the Academy Awards, for which the eligiblilty period begins January 1, the eligibility period for the Grammys begins October 1, which results in September being considered the Christmas sales period for the music industry (in which artists generally release big albums to qualify for the next year's Grammy).
So, for example, John Lennon & Yoko Ono's album Double Fantasy was released in November, 1980, a month-and-a-half too late to qualify for the 1981 Grammys, and thus eligible for the 1982 awards (it eventually won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year).
www.worldhistory.com /wiki/G/Grammy-Award.htm   (823 words)

  
 Grammy Award Online Research :: Information about Grammy Award   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
However, the Grammys, usually held in February, (last of what are considered the "big three" music awards shows, including the BMA and AMA shows) are considered the approximate equivalent to the Academy Award, in the music world.
So, for example, John Lennon and Yoko Ono 's album Double Fantasy was released in November, 1980 in music, a month-and-a-half too late to qualify for the 1981 Grammys, and thus eligible for the 1982 awards (it eventually won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year).
Christopher Cross (Grammy Awards of 1981) and Norah Jones (Grammy Awards of 2003) are the only artists to receive the "Big Four" (Grammy Award for Record of the Year, Grammy Award for Album of the Year, Grammy Award for Song of the Year, and Grammy Award for Best New Artist) in a single ceremony.
in-northcarolina.com /search/Grammy_Award.html   (1534 words)

  
 Justin Time / About Justin Time
Juno Award for the Best Jazz Album of the Year for the recording Fables And Dreams by the Dave Young and Phil Dwyer Quartet.
Juno Award for the Best Blues / Gospel Album of the Year for the recording Jubilation V - Joy To The World by the Montreal Jubilation Gospel Choir.
Nomination for a Grammy Award for the Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album of the Year for the recording Rob McConnell Tentet by the Rob McConnell Tentet.
www.justin-time.com /info   (776 words)

  
 eJazzNews.com : The Number One Jazz News Resource On The Net   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The label's world-class jazz roster earned ten nominations and reached beyond jazz realms with nods in such significant categories as Best Pop Instrumental Album and Best RandB Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal.
Metheny, who himself picked up a nomination for Best Jazz Instrumental Solo with "Proof" from the same album, has attained an historical musical milestone with his most recent nominations.
Other significant 45th Annual Grammy jazz nods go to Larry Carlton for "Deep Into It" in the Best Contemporary Jazz Album field and renowned vocal ensemble Take 6, whose work with Stevie Wonder on "Love's In Need Of Love Today" was nominated for Best RandB Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal.
www.ejazznews.com /print.php?sid=86   (359 words)

  
 Louisiana Grammy Nominees 2003
This award goes to the the artist(s) and to the album producer(s), recording engineer(s)/mixer(s) and mastering engineer.
Here is the complete list of nominees for the 46th Annual Grammy Awards.
GRAMMY® and GRAMMY Awards® are regsitered trademarks of The National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, Inc.
www.satchmo.com /nolavl/grammy2004.html   (301 words)

  
 Telarc International: Telarc News
The 46th Annual Grammy Awards Ceremony was held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on February 8, 2004.
The 44th Annual Grammy Awards Ceremony was held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on February 27, 2002.
Best know as one of the first artists signed by Chris Blackwell to Island Records and for his work with the great Bob Marley, Ranglin's Telarc September 2000 debut, Modern Answers to Old Problems, is an adventurous mix of jazz sophistication and Afro-pop syncopation.
www.telarc.com /news   (2884 words)

  
 KOCH Records
A 13-time Grammy nominated guitarist who has collaborated with the likes of Bob James, George Benson and Chick Corea, Earl Klugh has released nearly 30 albums in 25 years, making his smooth, acoustic melodies a truly integral part of contemporary jazz.
The album also includes an outstanding version of “Angelina,” the endearing tune from his self-titled 1976 solo debut.
Silver Rain is the follow-up studio set to Miller’s M2, which won the 2001 Grammy® Award for Best Contemporary Jazz Album.
www.kochentertainment.com /specialty.htm   (289 words)

  
 Ultra Blue Jazz   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
In 1988, she toured with smooth jazz star, Najee, and subsequently, cowrote his hit album, “Tokyo Blue.” She then worked with the heralded jazz-fusion super group, “Steps Ahead” until 1996.
Rachel was music director for jazz legend Wayne Shorter, and was a close collaborator with him on, “High Life”, which won a Grammy Award for best contemporary jazz album.
In 1998, she released a popular smooth jazz album, “Love is the Power” on GRP Records.
www.ultrabluejazz.com /rachelz.asp   (129 words)

  
 The United States Air Force Band | Washington, D.C.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The Jazz Heritage Series is presented in conjunction with Howard University Radio WHUR 96.3 FM, and each concert will feature a guest emcee from the station's lineup of on-air talent.
Ron Carter, featured jazz artist for the November 6 Jazz Heritage Concert, is among the most original, prolific and influential bassists in jazz.
Since its inception in 1990, the Jazz Heritage Series has played to critical acclaim, providing the United States Air Force and The Air Force Band a wonderful opportunity to demonstrate the professionalism of its members by presenting concerts featuring masters of the only American-born art form—jazz music.
www.usafband.com /article01.cfm?title_id=59   (642 words)

  
 Bill Frisell
Bill Frisell was voted Best Guitarist in the annual critics poll in the current issue (Aug 2005) of Downbeat magazine.
The Best Blues Album category acknowledged Charlie Musselwhite (Sanctuary), Mavis Staples (Have A Little Faith), Ben Harper and The Blind Boys of Alabama (There Will Be A Light) and Duke Robillard and Ronnie Earl (The Duke Meets The Earl).
Bill Frisell, 2005 Grammy winner for Best Contemporary Jazz Album for his Nonesuch CD, "Unspeakable", is featured on the July cover of Downbeat magazine.
www.rosebudus.com /frisell   (750 words)

  
 marcusmiller.com
Marcus Miller, winner of the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Jazz Album of 2001, was born in Brooklyn in 1959 and raised in Jamaica, New York.
He came from a musical family and was influenced early on by his father, a church organist and choir director, as well as his musical extended family (which included the extraordinary Wynton Kelly, jazz pianist for Miles Davis during the late fifties and early sixties!).
M2 ("M-squared"), his first release of the new millennium, won the 2001 Grammy for Best Contemporary Jazz Album and was selected by Jazziz as one of the 10 Best CDs of the Year.
www.marcusmiller.com /special_bio.html   (760 words)

  
 The Rosebud Agency
Duke has won the award for 'Best Guitarist' 4 out of the last 6 years by the WC Handy Blues Awards.
One of the most sought-after guitar voices in modern music, Frisell just won the 2005 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Jazz Album for his Nonesuch CD Unspeakable.
Frisell is a revered musician whose breadth of performing styles, formats and recordings is a testament not only to his virtuosity on the guitar, but his musical versatility as a band leader and composer as well.
www.rosebudus.com /rosebud/news/05-04.html   (351 words)

  
 Natali Rene: musical artist; pop, salsa, jazz, r and b, aor, hip-hop, inspirational vocalist   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Nati Records Inc. is pleased to announce that an album and DVD recently released by Don Grusin entitled "The Hang" was nominated for a Grammy award for Best Contemporary Jazz Album of the year.
Natali Rene was a featured singer and songwriter on the album and DVD and was a co-producer of both along with Mr.
Grusin and wishes them good luck at the Grammy awards ceremonies this year.
natalirene.com /reviews.html   (99 words)

  
 Search Tuna Report for Pat Metheny   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Grammy Award for Best Jazz Fusion Performance Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Jazz Album...
By the age of 15, he was working regularly with the best jazz musicians in Kansas City, receiving valuable on-the-bandstand experience at an unusually young age....
Among my favourite albums of his are Travels, As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls, First Circle and, one of Metheny's newest, One Quiet Night, a refreshingly pared down and subtle solo baritone guitar album kind of a private, at-home, Pat but punctuated nicely by moments of pure energy......
www.searchtuna.com /ftlive2/882.html   (1829 words)

  
 Pat Metheny | Jazz Guitarist
GRAMMY award, category: Best Jazz Fusion Performance, Vocal Or Instrumental
GRAMMY award, category: Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Individual Or Group
GRAMMY award, category: New Age Album (Vocal or Instrumental.)
www.xs4all.nl /~rikxoort/awards_dutchgarage.html   (159 words)

  
 My Home Page
Since winning a Grammy Award for his highly acclaimed 2002 release, JUST CHILLIN’, guitarist/vocalist/producer/composer/arranger Norman Brown has taken his place front and center as a premier artist in the world of fusion guitarists who mesmerize fans with an exemplary array of urban pop, R&B, and contemporary cool smooth jazz.
SOTJ: The ever cool, sexy, Grammy Award winning guitarist, Norman Brown is happening here at Sounds of Timeless Jazz.com and we’re talking about his upcoming appearance at the Playboy Jazz Festival on Saturday, June 11th at the Hollywood Bowl.
SOTJ: Well with that prestigious Grammy Award under your belt, I am sure your fans are definitely feeling you and are satisfied with the sex appeal in your vocals.
home.att.net /~paula.edelstein/Norman_Brown.html   (1786 words)

  
 ...Yes, Please!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
YES, PLEASE was nominated for the 2001 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Jazz Album.
This is jazz lite, no doubt about it--the four storied musicians who make up Fourplay would be the first to tell you so.
The rhythm section of Harvey Mason and Nathan East, who've backed a thousand contemporary jazz artists, keep the rhythms visceral without losing any of the more intimate nuances.
musicstore.mymmode.com /album.do?albumID=6208703   (237 words)

  
 Pau Reddick & Brian Auger   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Brian’s jazz project “Cab2” was nominated for a 2002 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Jazz Album.
Each member received a nomination for a 2001 Maple Blues Award for their respective instrument and for Electric Act of the Year and Entertainer of the Year.
Reddick and The Sidemen were awarded Jazz Report Blues Group of the Year and a Juno Award Nomination in 1995 for best blues/gospel album.
www.tennystreet.com /Shows/augurreddick.html   (744 words)

  
 HNH International Limited   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Best Contemporary Jazz Award for François Carrier Trio
Naxos Jazz recording artist Francois Carrier has been awarded the 2001 Juno Award for Best Contemporary Jazz Album (Instrumental).
The prestigious Juno Awards are the Canadian equivalent of the Grammy Awards.
www.naxos.com /newdesign/fprofile.files/bprofile.files/news27.htm   (95 words)

  
 Playing by the Rules   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The atmosphere in New York City in the '70s was a brewing blend of Jazz, Fusion, and Rock 'n Roll and there was Fleck falling hard for an instrument normally used to play Bluegrass and Country music styles that people in the urban areas of the North thought none too highly of.
Fleck was nominated for three awards at the 43rd Annual GRAMMY Awards, held on February 21.
As usual, the categories span an incredibly wide range: Best Contemporary Jazz Album for Béla Fleck and the Flecktones' latest, Outbound; Best Pop Instrumental Performance for "Zona Mona" (a single on Outbound); and Best Country Instrumental Performance with Alison Brown on her album Leaving Cottondale.
www.afm.org /im/cover/03-01/03-01.htm   (1696 words)

  
 Tower Records - Speaking Of Now - Pat Metheny Group
"As It Is" was nominated for the 2003 Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance.
"Proof" (Pat Metheny) was nominated for the 2003 Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Solo.
Despite the new developments, Metheny's longtime right-hand man Lyle Mays mans the keyboards to produce the kind of twinkling piano tones and contemplative, gauzy synth textures that are time-tested to mesh pefectly with the leader's distinctive guitar sound.
www.towerrecords.com /product.aspx?pfid=2622748   (335 words)

  
 Brian Auger's Oblivion Express at Tenny Street Roadhouse   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Although Auger has had solo albums as well as recordings with his first group, the legendary Brian Auger Trinity, he has also been involved in many historic collaborations with artists such as The Yardbirds.
Since 1970 Brian is best known for his group, Brain Auger’s Oblivion Express, which has toured the world numerous times and recorded many albums.
The latest edition of the Express is a youthful, hard-hitting, family oriented incarnation that features Brian on keyboards, his son Karma D. Auger on drums and percussion (he also serves as producer/engineer and has his own solo album, Blue Groove) The album also features Brian’s daughter, Savannah Auger, on vocals and Dan Lutz on bass.
www.tennystreet.com /Shows/auger.html   (350 words)

  
 Band announces 2004 Jazz Heritage Series lineup   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
He began performing with his father at eight years old, eventually playing with the All-Star Brass Band, a traditional jazz youth group that played across the United States and abroad.
Ron Carter, featured jazz artist for the Nov. 6 jazz heritage concert, is among the most original, prolific and influential bassists in jazz.
Since its inception in 1990, the Jazz Heritage Series has played to critical acclaim, providing the Air Force and the Band an opportunity to demonstrate the professionalism of its members by presenting concerts featuring masters of the only American-born art form -- jazz music.
www.dcmilitary.com /airforce/beam/9_34/local_news/30835-1.html   (580 words)

  
 Jazz News Story - Grammy Award Winner Marcus Miller Releases Live Double CD Set@ jazzreview.com
Jazz Review.com is your complete guide to jazz music on the web
Following the success of bassist extraordinaire Marcus Miller’s M2, Grammy Award-winning Best Contemporary Jazz Album of 2001, one of the most critically acclaimed recordings of the year, 3 Deuces Records proudly announces the release of The Ozell Tapes: The Official Bootleg.
The live double album, the artist’s compilation of the best of his 2002 tour dates, promises to be raw, real and the next best thing to having been there.
www.jazzreview.com /articledetails.cfm?ID=1105   (269 words)

  
 Backbeat Books - Browse by Authors
Also a music journalist, Braid was the consultant on contemporary music for the Encyclopedia of Music in the 20th Century, and has contributed articles on various aspects of music to several publications, including Tree of Knowledge.
He received a 1991 NARAS (Grammy) Award for a New Classical/New Music composition, and subsequently became a featured artist at the International Computer Arts Festival held in Sophia, Bulgaria.
A professional jazz pianist and bandleader, Mitchell has been an independent record producer for the past 15 years and works as a music producer for special events.
www.backbeatbooks.com /?browse=authors   (7410 words)

  
 Tuning for recordings   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
I always lamented that the tuner was/is not mentioned on albums.
So when we hear "Thinking of Now" we know who did the tuning.
Hope it wasn't me ----rm > I am continually appalled by the lack of good, > solid tuning in jazz piano recordings from the 50s and 60s.
www.ptg.org /pipermail/pianotech/2003-May/135420.html   (148 words)

  
 mv : interview : marcus miller   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
He was influenced early on by his father, a church organist and choir director, as well as his musical extended family (which included the extraordinary Wynton Kelly, jazz pianist for Miles Davis during the late fifties and early sixties!).
I got my first jazz in '77 and that was it.
The album should be out in a couple of months.
www.mikevisceglia.com /mar2002.html   (1689 words)

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