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  Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album has been presented since 1961.
From 1962 to 1971 and 1979 to 1991 the award title specified instrumental performances.
Years reflect the year in which the Grammy Awards were presented, for works released in the previous year.
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 Category:Grammy Awards for jazz - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group
Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Duo or Group
Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Male
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 Music professor has shot at Grammy :: News :: University of Louisville -- dare to be great
Grammy Awards are presented for outstanding artistic and technical achievement by the Recording Academy, a professional organization for the recording industry.
Now the Jazz Studies Program is known worldwide for its annual summer jazz clinic and for Jazz Week in February.
Along with La Barbera, nominees in the Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album category are the Bob Brookmeyer New Art Orchestra, David Sanchez, the Maria Schneider Orchestra and the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra.
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 GRAMMY.com - 48th Annual Grammy Awards Nominee List
(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 /Grammy_Awards/Annual_Show/48_nominees.aspx   (4063 words)

  
 Index   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Grammy Award for Best Gospel Choir or Chorus Album
Grammy Award for Best Gospel Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group, Choir or Chorus
Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
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 FeatureXpress - Online News Distribution   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
In the 50 year history of the venerable jazz magazine, this had never happened before in either poll - to have it happen in both was stunning.
2003 began with two prestigious awards: At IAJE in Toronto, Dave Holland was presented with the European Jazz Festivals Organization International Jazz Award (the European equivalent of the "Jazz Masters Award") and shortly after that, the Dave Holland Big Band was awarded the first ever "NYC Nightlife Award" for Big Band.
Dave Holland's previous three albums with the acclaimed Dave Holland Quintet were all nominated for Best Jazz Ensemble Album:
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 Wide Angles by Michael Brecker Quindectet : MusicOutfitter   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
"Timbuktu" won for Best Instrumental Arrangement.Tenor sax legend Michael Brecker is justifiably showcased on this sophisticated, large ensemble release.
The 14-piece ensemble lends color and dimension to what might otherwise be standard post-bop fare, creating orchestral overtones one moment, chamber music intimacies the next.
The album should appeal then both to Brecker enthusiasts and to fans of large ensemble playing.
www.musicoutfitter.com /store/item/044007614228/wideangles.html   (225 words)

  
 Jazz Podcast - In The Groove, Jazz and Beyond - WHUS Jazz Radio Show   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
From Jazz masters of past and present to emerging new artists performing jazz, fusion and funk, Ken will always keep things "In the Groove".
The Grammy Award Show on TV, completly ignores the jazz categories, so I present them here.
The nominees and the winners of Best Contemporary Jazz Album (Pat Metheny), Best Jazz Vocal (Diana Reeves), Best Jazz Solo (Sonny Rollins), Best Jazz Large Ensemble (Dave Holland Big Band).
www.lasternet.com /inthegroove/2006/02/jazz-grammy-award-show.html   (280 words)

  
 Full Sail Graduate, Phil Tan, Wins Grammy Award for Best Contemporary R&B Album; Tan Wins for Mariah Carey’s ...
In addition to the Best Contemporary R&B Album win, he also received four other nominations including: one in the Album of the Year category for his mixing work on Carey’s album, The Emancipation of Mimi, and one for Gwen Stefani’s album, Love.
This year, a remarkable 110 Full Sail graduates were involved in the production of 76 individual projects nominated for a Grammy Award in 66 separate categories.
With 110 Full Sail Recording Arts graduates working on Grammy-nominated projects overall, and Phil earning a Grammy Award for his outstanding individual achievement, we could not be more proud of the staff, faculty, and student accomplishments that make honors like this possible.
www.emediawire.com /releases/2006/2/emw345129.htm   (673 words)

  
 NEC Faculty: Dave Holland
In the 1980s, Holland was part of several jazz combos, as well as taking on full time faculty duties here at NEC from 1987 through 1990; in 2003, Holland was the recipent of an honorary degree from the Conservatory.
As a composer and bandleader, Holland has released several albums to criticial acclaim, from 1977's Emerald Tears to 1995's Dream of the Elders, among many others.
Holland is a 2006 Grammy Award winner of Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album for Overtime by the Dave Holland Big Band.
www.newenglandconservatory.edu /faculty/hollandD.html   (270 words)

  
 Media Release: HUMBER MUSIC PRESENTS ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE: DAVE HOLLAND - Humber College Institute of Technology & ...
One of the most accomplished bassists in contemporary jazz, British-born Dave Holland formed his first band at age 13.
After leaving school at 15 and moving to London, he studied with James E. Merritt, principal bassist of the London Philharmonic Orchestra, and later, on full scholarship, at the Guildhall School.
His Dave Holland Big Band won the Grammy Award for best large jazz ensemble album in 2003.
www.humber.ca /releases/050113.htm   (208 words)

  
 DelcoTimes - Rock Music Menu: ?Who is Jill Scott?? One of soul music?s best
The accolades just keep coming for Scott’s honey-dipped power-charged album, "Who is Jill Scott?," which topped just about every critic’s "best of" list for 2000.
Time magazine has called Valdes "the greatest jazz pianist in Cuba, perhaps one of the greatest pianists in the world." Taking up the piano at 3 and leading his own bands by the age of 16, Valdes first came to prominence in his homeland when he formed the Orquestra Cubana de Musica Moderna in 1967.
Valdes will also be featured in the new Latin jazz film, "Calle 54," due in selected theaters in May and on the soundtrack which bows April 10.
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 UMass Amherst - Fine Arts Center - Center Series Calendar -Maria Schneider Orchestra
Winner of the 2005 Grammy award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album, the Maria Schneider Jazz Orchestra is a new leader in the world of jazz.
Founded in 1993, the Orchestra performs at jazz festivals and concert halls across the U.S. and Europe, as well as in Brazil and Macau.
This performance is part of a day-long high school jazz festival sponsored by the Fine Arts Center and UMass Department of Music and Dance.
www.umass.edu /fac/calendar/centerseries/events/MariaSchneider.html   (162 words)

  
 Impulsive! by Eliane Elias/Bob Brookmeyer : MusicOutfitter   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
was nominated for the 2002 Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album.This collaboration between valve trombonist Bob Brookmeyer, Brazilian pianist-composer Eliane Elias, and the Danish Radio Jazz Orchestra is superb.
Whether it's the funky rhythms of "Just Kiddin'" or the lush wash of chords we hear on the ballad "One Side of You," this album is packed with great writing and riveting performances.
In fact, if there's anyone out there who is still suspicious of European jazz musicians, this record will convince you otherwise.Elias and Brookmeyer share the soloing on "So In Love," each soliloquizing eloquently atop the delicate swing of the rhythm section.
www.musicoutfitter.com /store/item/663993001029/impulsive.html   (194 words)

  
 Tower Records - Looking For America - Carla Bley Big Band   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
LOOKING FOR AMERICA was nominated for the 2004 Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album.
If you enjoy your patriotism, not to mention your jazz, with an impish twist, her 2003 installment, LOOKING FOR AMERICA, might be the ticket.
Clocking in at nearly 22-minutes, her version of the National Anthem, loosely based on "The Star Spangled Banner," might be the most original version of the piece since Jimi Hendrix's notorious performance in '69.
www.towerrecords.com /product.aspx?pfid=2800928&cc=USD   (353 words)

  
 Dave Holland Big   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
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Grammy Award 2003 - "Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album."...
The leader of one of the most exciting ensembles today came to the United States from England, to play bass with Miles Davis in 1968.
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 PlaybillArts: News: Dave Holland, Don Byron Albums Debut on Billboard Jazz Chart
Much-anticipated new albums from the Dave Holland Big Band and clarinetist Don Byron made their first appearances on the Billboard jazz chart this week at numbers nine and 19.
The Holland Big Band's Overtime is the second album from the bassist's extended ensemble; the first, What Goes Around, won the Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album in 2002.
On the contemporary jazz chart, Kenny G's At Last… The Duets Album remained at number one for the 12th week.
www.playbillarts.com /news/article/1537.html   (438 words)

  
 Blue Note Records   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
52nd Street Themes is the 2001 Grammy Award Winner for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album and is voted Album of the Year in the 2001 Jazz Journalists Awards.
I'm still have it in my memory, because this was one of my first approaches in listening to jazz music, after a long and deep jurney to magical world of rock n roll.
John Hicks is at his best and please pay an attention to George Garzone, one of the most underrated tenormen.
www.bluenote.com /detail.asp?SelectionID=9909   (568 words)

  
 Joe Lovano - 52nd Street Themes
Besides the fervor of the playing — Smith says he would've played saxophone, but these New York players were much better prepared — the song selection is astute, Lovano's originals are solid, and Smith's sole compositional contribution, "Deal," is tasty indeed.
Evoking the spirits of Tadd Dameron, Thelonious Monk, Billy Strayhorn, Miles Davis, Charlie Parker, Ernie Henry and George Gershwin, this album conveys the spirit of bebop as a living tradition, reveling in the collective camaraderie of a smallish ensemble that projects all the harmonic opulence of a big band.
"Even though each of my recordings has a different ensemble sound, there's a thread that goes through all of them.
www.joelovano.com /cd_page.php?cd_select=17   (269 words)

  
 Gapers Block : Slowdown : August 2003
The 25th Annual Chicago Jazz Festival will provide free music and entertainment on three separate stages in Grant Park from 11AM to 9:30PM.
Fresh off of their Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album, the Dave Holland Big Band headlines Friday night’s performances at the Petrillo Music Shell.
Imagine a room filled with more than 500 of the best yarn suppliers in the country, classes offered by the people who design for magazines and books, and free demos of different techniques and tools.
www.gapersblock.com /slowdown/archives/2003/08   (3950 words)

  
 1999 Grammy Awards   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
The 42nd Annual Grammy Awards were presented at Los Angeles' Staples Center on February 23, 2000.
Looking Grim at the Grammys: Ralph Stanley's performance of 'O Death' wasn't the only ominous note.
Ghost world: Atlanta designer Susan Archie helped a screamin', hollerin', long-dead Delta bluesman win three Grammy Awards this year--and......
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XXL was nominated for the 2004 Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album.
"Hunting Wabbits" was nominated for Best Instrumental Composition.
This is a DualDisc, which contains a CD on one side of the disc and a DVD on the other.
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 XXL by Gordon Goodwin CD
Both these albums are a must for serious Big Band afficiandos.
Following in the footsteps of the last album, "Swingin' for the Fences", XXL does not disappoint.
The addition of Eddie Daniels and the vocal group on a number of selections gives the album variety, all at a very high level of innovateive writing and performance.
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 101cd.com - Buy cheap UK Joe Lovano Nonet - 52nd Street Themes (CD Album) - Product Information for catalogue number ...
52ND STREET THEMES won the 2001 Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album.
After numerous successful small group recordings, master saxophonist Joe Lovano tries his hand at leading a larger ensemble, in this case a nonet.
With 52nd STREET THEMES, Lovano goes for a mellow group sound that, like the Birth Of The Cool band or Gil Evans' long-running outfit, swings and sways through several choice standards and originals.
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 Full Sail Graduate Phil Tan Wins GRAMMY Award for Best Contemporary R&B Album! @ Top40-Charts.com - 40 Top 20 & Top 40 ...
Full Sail Graduate Phil Tan Wins GRAMMY Award for Best Contemporary R&B Album!
WINTER PARK, Fla. (Full Sail Real World Education) - Full Sail Real World Education is proud to announce that Full Sail 1990 Recording Arts graduate, Phil Tan, was awarded a GRAMMY of his very own at the 48th Annual GRAMMY Awards that aired live February 8, 2006 on CBS.
In addition, for 13 out of the last 13 years, a Full Sail graduate has worked on projects nominated in the Album of the Year category, and for 12 consecutive years, a Full Sail graduate has worked on every GRAMMY-winning Album of the Year including:
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 Dave Holland Big Band • • Jazz • Travel to New York, United States
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Bassist Dave Holland presents his dynamic large ensemble, which features his working quintet as its soulful nucleus.
2003 Grammy® Award—winner for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album.
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 Culmination by Sam Rivers CD
CULMINATION was nominated for the 2001 Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album.
On a scale of 1 to 5 stars, with 5 stars being the best
Remember to focus your comments on Culmination CD.
www.cduniverse.com /search/xx/music/pid/1132331/a/Culmination.htm   (172 words)

  
 Citizen Online   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Hot Dog Night is tonight on the Square
The delicious aroma of fresh hot dogs will be rolling through downtown Windom tonight as the community celebrates one of its best new traditions - Hot Dog Night.
With a 5-1 win over Pipestone Sunday, Post 206 moved to within one win of the State Division II Tournament.
windomnews.com /main.asp?SectionID=30&...&ArticleID=14625&TM=24371.32   (254 words)

  
 Gapers Block : Slowdown : August 29, 2003
It Came From The Neo-Futurarium: Solarbabies @ Neo-Futurarium
Legends and Lions -- World-Class Jazz @ Millennium Park
Orkestar Universale -- World-Class Jazz @ Millennium Park
www.gapersblock.com /slowdown/archives/2003/08/29   (387 words)

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