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  Wynton Marsalis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
He is among the most prominent jazz musicians of the modern era, and one of the best-known instrumentalists in classical music.
Marsalis, by producing both classical and jazz albums, pointed out the importance of the connection of the two genres; some fl classical composers of the 1980s–90s, like Marsalis, were jazz musicians during their careers.
Avant-garde and jazz composers have become sometimes indistinguishable as the former began to use jazz tonalities and as jazz drew upon the serial techniques and other elements of the classicists, with the most important emphasis in both being the impovisational or quasi-improvisational style.
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 Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Solo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Before 1979 the award title did not specify instrumental performances and was presented for instrumental or vocal performances.
From 1961 to 1971 the award was combined with the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group
Years reflect the year in which the Grammy Awards were presented, for works released in the previous year.
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 Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group
The Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Jazz Album, Individual or Group has been presented since 1959.
Before 1962 and from 1972 to 1978 the award title did not specify instrumental performances and was presented for instrumental or vocal performances.
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 Grammy Award for Best Jazz Performance Solo or Small Group   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The Grammy Award for Best Jazz Performance Solo or Small Group was presented in 1961.
After 1961 a similar award the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Album or Group was presented for instrumental jazz only.
Years reflect the year in which the Awards were presented for works released in previous year.
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 Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Solo - Open Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Solo - Open Encyclopedia
In 1960 it was awarded as Best Jazz Performance - Soloist
In 1991 it was awarded as Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Soloist
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 BERKLEE | Press Release
John Mayer '98 was nominated for two awards for the song "Daughters," in the categories Song of the Year, and Best Male Pop Vocal Performance, in which he won an award in 2002.
Shore has won awards for each of the first two Lord of the Rings movies, and is nominated this time for his score of the final movie: Lord of the Rings-Return of the King.
Perhaps the best evidence of this is the success of the college's outstanding alumni.
www.berklee.edu /opi/2004/1207.html   (891 words)

  
 eJazzNews.com : The Number One Jazz News Resource On The Net   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
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.
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 JazzWeek -- Wayne Shorter Takes Two Grammys
Alegría was chosen Best Jazz Instrumental Album, and Shorter also won the award for Best Instrumental Composition for the album's opening track, "Sacajawea".
Chick Corea received the award for Best Jazz Instrumental Solo for "Matrix" from his Grammy-nominated Rendezvous In New York (Stretch/Concord), on which he was joined by bassist Miroslav Vitous and drummer Roy Haynes, with whom he had first recorded the song in 1968.
Pianist Marian McPartland and jazz producer Orrin Keepnews each won Trustees Awards, which are presented the Recording Academy's National Trustees to individuals who, during their careers in music, have made significant contributions, other than performance, to the field of recording.
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Grammy Award for Best Performance by an Orchestra or Instrumentalist with Orchestra
Grammy Award for Best Soul Gospel Performance by a Duo or Group, Choir or Chorus
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 Wandering Moon -- Terence Blanchard
Despite his acclaim and success in the world of film score composition (Time Out New York calls him "the jazz generation's premier film-scoring machine"), Terence Blanchard is first and foremost a jazz musician.
Twice-nominated for Grammy Awards and winner of the prestigious Grand Prix du Disque (for his 1984 album New York Second Line), Terence returns to his roots as a straight-ahead jazz musician with his new Sony Classical release Wandering Moon.
This is Terence's first album of pure jazz for a small ensemble in nearly five years, in which he is joined by guest artists Branford Marsalis and Dave Holland.
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 Kimmel Center, Inc. > News Releases > February Mellon Jazz Concerts Feature Coltrane to Contemporary
Winner of nine Grammy Awards and an Oscar, fabled jazz pianist Herbie Hancock is joined by two generations of jazzmen for ‘Directions In Music: Our Times,’ which will explore the themes of contemporary composers who have helped influence the progression of the continuous jazz vernacular.
The ‘Directions In Music’ program was first introduced by the jazz trio after garnering international success in 2001-02 for their celebration of the 75th anniversary of two of the most highly regarded composers in jazz history — John Coltrane and Miles Davis.
A major figure in contemporary instrumental music, tenor saxophonist and composer Michael Brecker is a seven-time Grammy winner, and the first to win "Best Jazz Instrumental Performance" and "Best Jazz Instrumental Solo" two years in a row.
www.kimmelcenter.org /news/item.php?item=2005-01-31   (886 words)

  
 Jazz | All About Jazz
At 26 years old, Stefon Harris is one of the younger jazz notables destined to be at the forefront of music in the new millennium.
He is the recipient of the prestigious Martin E. Segal Award from Jazz at Lincoln Center.
I used the form and the changes on that tune in developing the shapes and intervals that I'm playing…the way I'm sort of skipping around the instrument as opposed to playing very linear lines, so it meant a lot to me that the style came across and it was heard as something unique.
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 Many recent and upcoming Hancher artists scored at the 1998 Grammy Awards
Her CD "Dear Ella" won the Grammy for Best Jazz Vocal Performance, and the recording also was honored for Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocal.
Haden's Quartet West, a jazz ensemble inspired by the film and popular music of the '30s and '40s, is scheduled to perform in Hancher Sept. 26.
Adams, who conducted the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra in a Hancher program of his and other contemporary compositions, was honored with a Grammy for "Best Classical Contemporary Composition," and the recording of his "Harmonium" also won a Grammy for the Atlanta Symphony and Chorus.
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 Donny McCaslin   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
He also recorded that piece on Schneider's latest CD, "Concert in the Garden" (Artists Share) and was nominated for a Grammy Award for "Best Jazz Instrumental Solo" for his work on that track.
Donny Mc Caslin was born August 11, 1966, the son of a high school english teacher turned Jazz musician.
Donny recorded on the band's track on the compilation album "Jazz to the World"(Blue Note) and the band's 1995 release "Vibe" (NYC) in which he co-wrote a song.
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 GRAMMY.com
(Award to the Instrumental Soloist(s) and to the Conductor.)
(Award to the Ensemble (and to the Conductor.))
(Award to the Artist(s) and/or to the Conductor.)
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 Grammy Awards of 1991   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist With Orchestra
Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition Written For A Motion Picture Or For Television
Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocal(s)
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 Tower Records - Live At Yoshi's - Pat Martino   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
However, I like the remake with Joey better as they have completely revamped the song changing the key from the original B flat to C minor and changing the time signature on the head is catchy as well, not to mention the altered "rhythm changes" in the "B" section.
Pat shows that he is in a league of his own with his ability to look far far far down the road when it comes to improvising his crowd pleasing solos.
He has the uncanny abllity to think out the solo from back to front as he is playing it.
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 Plan 9 - Hancock/Brecker/Hargrove : Directions In Music: Live At Massey Hall   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
"Naima" (Michael Brecker) was nominated for the 2003 Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Solo.
The influence that Miles Davis and John Coltrane had on jazz is incalculable; it is breathtaking to think that they were in the same band for a number of years.
Passing the torch and keeping the fires burning is what keeps jazz alive and kicking.
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 Texas Governor Rick Perry - Texas Music Pioneers (A-M) / Texas Music History Tour
He is best known for his hit, "Chantilly Lace," which reached number one on the charts in 1958, and for being on the disastrous plane trip that killed him, Richie Valens, and Buddy Holly.
It won the Best Blues Album of the Year Award from the Montreux Jazz Festival, and was nominated for a Grammy.
He won the W. Handy award for best blues album of the year with "Don't Lose Your Cool", and in 1986 he shared a Grammy for "Showdown".
www.governor.state.tx.us /divisions/music/tour/pioneers.htm   (9585 words)

  
 Berks Jazz Festival Newsroom   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The Grammy Awards will be presented Feb. 13 in Los Angeles on CBS.
Jarreau, a five-time Grammy winner who is one of the most critically acclaimed performers of our era, will perform on Friday, March 18, at 7:30 p.m.
The Miles to Miles Project is a moving chronicle of Miles Davis, who as a trumpeter, composer and bandleader was one of the 20th century's great creative artists.
www.berksjazzfest.com /newsroom12_8_04.asp   (347 words)

  
 Backbeat Books - Browse by Authors
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.
Goldsby currently is solo bassist with the world-renowned WDR Big Band, based at the radio and TV station in Cologne, Germany.
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.
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 BERKLEE NEWS | Inside Out/Joanne Brackeen
Though Brackeen was an up-and-coming jazz pianist—she had already spent several years on the L.A. club circuit—this was a risky leap into the big time.
She has been named one of the top five jazz pianists by Downbeat magazine's annual critics poll, and her most recent album, "Pink Elephant Magic," was nominated for a Grammy Award (Best Jazz Instrumental Solo for saxophonist Chris Potter's performance on the Brackeen composition "In Vogue").
And after one performance, which like the others in her class is accompanied by a drummer and bass player, she offers her student a tip on the subtleties of collaborating with a rhythm section.
www.berklee.edu /news/2000/03/brackeen.html   (863 words)

  
 GRAMMY.com
Note: More or less than five nominations in a category is the result of a tie.
Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal
Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal
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 Borders - Store Inventory - Title Detail - Live At Yoshi's
LIVE AT YOSHI'S was nominated for the 2002 Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual Or Group.
"All Blues" was nominated for the 2002 Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Solo.
However, with each passing year, he continues to fight the odds and make forward-looking statements in jazz.
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 2003 Prelude Festival - Jazz Club Performances
Chris Potter, soprano, alto and tenor sax man and composer, the youngest recipient of the prestigious JAZZPAR prize (2000); a Grammy Award nominee for Best Jazz Instrumental Solo (1999).
Peter Cincotti, 19-year-old vocal/piano sensation in traditional jazz, is the youngest jazz artist ever to play an extended solo engagement in a major New York cabaret, the legendary Oak Roam at the Algonquin Hotel.
Kurt Elling, a multiple Grammy Award-nominated vocalist and free-wheeling poet-philosopher and lyricist, holds a unique place in the jazz spectrum.
www.kennedy-center.org /programs/specialevents/03-04/prelude/prelude2_jazz.html   (174 words)

  
 EXTRA: 1999 Grammy Award Nominations   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Award to the Artist and to the Producer(s), Recording Engineer(s) and/or Mixer(s) of 51% or more playing time of album.
Category 71 - Best Soundtrack Album Award to the Artist(s) and/or Producer(s) of a majority of the tracks on the album, or to the individual(s) actively responsible for the concept and musical direction and for the selection of artists, songs and producers, as applicable.
Award to the Artist and to the Video Director/Producer of at least 51% of the total playing time.
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 Pat Metheny | Jazz Guitarist
GRAMMY award, category: Best Jazz Fusion Performance, Vocal Or Instrumental
GRAMMY award, category: Best Contemporary Jazz Performance (Instrumental)
GRAMMY award, category: New Age Album (Vocal or Instrumental.)
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 THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF RECORDING ARTS & SCIENCES, INC. FINAL NOMINATIONS LIST 42nd Annual GRAMMY Awards - February 23, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
For solos, duos or groups, vocal or instrumental.
Category 71 - Best Soundtrack Album Award to the Artist(s) and/or Producer(s) of a majority of the tracks on the album, or to the individual(s) actively esponsible for the concept and musical direction and for the selection of artists, songs and producers, as applicable.
Award to Composer(s) for an original omposition (not an adaptation) written specifically for a motion picture, television or other visual media.
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 Jazz pianist Brad Mehldau to perform at WFU
Like many of his contemporaries, Mehldau began his career with classical training, long before he was exposed to jazz.
Mehldau’s “Art of the Trio 4: Back at the Vanguard” was nominated for a 1999 Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental recording.
He was also a Grammy nominee for Best Jazz Instrumental Solo in 1997.
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 Concord Multi-Channel - Elusive Disc   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
This is what jazz is, and Art Blakey -- as its longest-lived and most eloquent exponent -- was its master.
Presented with the clarity of SACD sound, replete with a 5.1 surround mix that puts you in the best seat in the house, we invite you to hear one of Brown’s best live recordings, as you’ve never heard it before.
Like Minds won the 1999 Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Individual Or Group.
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