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  Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
From 1970 to 1971 it was awarded as Best Contemporary Instrumental Performance
A similar award for Best Instrumental Performance was awarded from 1965 to 1968.
Years reflect the year in which the Grammy Awards were presented, for works released in the previous year.
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 LearnThis.Info Encyclopedia articles beginning with 'Gr'   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Grammy Award for Best Gospel Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group, Choir or Chorus
Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with orchestra)
Grammy Award for Best Soul Gospel Performance by a Duo or Group, Choir or Chorus
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 Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance with Vocal Coloring - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance with Vocal Coloring
The Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance with Vocal Coloring was awarded at the Grammy Awards of 1973 for music released in the previous year.
The award was won by Isaac Hayes for his album Black Moses.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Pop_Instrumental_Performance_with_Vocal_Coloring   (99 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Minute by minute from the Grammys   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
After the performance, applause could be heard across the Staples Center's media area — and that's saying a lot for this group, which has remained quiet for most of the day.
Among them: U2, for best rock song; Brian Wilson, for best rock instrumental performance; Ray Charles, for best pop vocal album; Kanye West for best rap song; and John Mayer, for best male pop vocal performance.
Grammy gold: A few of tonight's country winners during the pre-telecast: Gretchen Wilson, for best female country vocal performance; Tim McGraw, for best male country vocal performance; the Dixie Chicks, for best country performance by a duo or group with vocal; and Loretta Lynn and Jack White, for best country collaboration with vocals.
www.usatoday.com /life/music/awards/grammys/2005-02-13-blog_x.htm   (4850 words)

  
 Herb Alpert   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Herb Alpert wins a Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance for "Rise." The "Rise" album is certified gold and platinum simultaneously on February 5.
The Awards are given to emerging, mid-career artists who have yet to be recognized either nationally or internationally.
The Award is intended to enable the artists to further pursue their creative expression and is given on the basis of both excellence and social commitment.
www.geocities.com /BourbonStreet/Inn/2010/Alpert.html   (4484 words)

  
 Branford Marsalis   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
In early 1988 he received his second Grammy award nomination for "Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Soloist" for "Cottontail," which was a track on Duke Ellington Orchestra's Digital Duke album.
One was in the "Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Soloist" category for Crazy People Music, and the other was in the "Best Instrumental Performance, Group" category for the soundtrack written for Spike Lee's movie Mo' Better Blues by the Branford Marsalis Quartet.
In February of 1994, Branford won a Grammy award in the "Best Pop Instrumental Performance" category with Bruce Hornsby for "Barcelona Mona." In August of that year, he arranged a group called Buckshot LeFonque and released a self-titled album that was largely a collaborative effort.
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 Traverse City Record-Eagle
On Friday, June 13, the Grammy Award-winning keyboard player and guitarist will play a special benefit concert at Interlochen's Corson Auditorium to raise funds for the restoration of the Traverse City Opera House.
General admission tickets to the concert have already been sold out, but a limited number of "patron" tickets are still for sale at $250 and $100.
Probably the world's best-known composer and performer of what's come to be known as jazz fusion (and its more recent incarnation, "smooth jazz"), James has been playing, writing and producing music since the early 1960s.
www.record-eagle.com /2003/jun/06james.htm   (712 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Music | Grammys honour soul star Charles
She also shared the award for best R&B vocal performance by a duo or group with Usher for My Boo.
Usher's other victories were for best contemporary R&B album for Confessions and best rap/sung collaboration for Yeah!, featuring Lil Jon and Ludacris.
Britney Spears picked up her first ever Grammy for her song Toxic, which was named best dance recording.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/entertainment/music/4257793.stm   (638 words)

  
 SANTANA - 30 YEARS & STILL IN SESSION
Grammy Award for Song Of The Year - Smooth (Written by Rob Thomas & Ital Shur), - 2000
Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals - Maria Maria (with The Product G & B), - 2000
Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals - Smooth (With Rob Thomas), - 2000
www.santana.com /carlos/awards.asp   (1096 words)

  
 BuyMusic at Buy.com - The Corrs In Blue WMA
In Blue marks the fourth release from The Corrs, a band whose sound may best be described as a head-on collision between rock, pop, dance, folk, and Celtic.
"Breathless" was nominated for the 2001 Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal.
Every song on IN BLUE is an airy pop confection held aloft by bubbling synths, reverberant guitars, and of course, the heavenly vocals of the Corr sisters.
www.buy.com /prod/Hurt_Before_LP_Version_/q/loc/18250/200564300.html   (695 words)

  
 Smooth Jazz Vibes: Berks Jazz Fest 15th Anniversary this March!
Performing with Jason Miles (on keyboards), are Tom Harrell on trumpet, James Genus on bass, Gene Lake on drums, Dean Brown on guitar, Bernie Worrell on keys, DJ Logic on electronics/TT, and David Sanchez on saxophone (whose CD Coral recently received a Grammy nomination for best large jazz ensemble).
The Tim Warfield Sextet performs a traditional jazz Saturday afternoon, March 19th with Tim Warfield on saxophone and an all-star band with Stefon Harris on vibes, Cyrus Chestnut on piano, Terell Stafford on trumpet, Clarence Penn on drums and Rodney Whitaker on bass.
He also recently was nominated for a Grammy Award for his role in a Henry Mancini tribute CD that’s been nominated for best instrumental pop record.
www.smoothvibes.com /movabletype/archives/000323.html   (7211 words)

  
 Texas Governor Rick Perry - Texas Music Pioneers (A-M) / Texas Music History Tour   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
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.
Performing as a concert artist in the United States and Europe, Bledsoe was praised for his ability to sing in several languages, for his vocal control and range, and for his power to communicate through music.
But he was one of the best country singers of his era and could have been one of the best of any era had he lived long enough.
www.governor.state.tx.us /divisions/music/tour/pioneers.htm   (9596 words)

  
 Guitar Files® Larry Carlton
In 1971, he was asked to join the Crusaders shortly after they'd decided to drop the word "Jazz'' from their name, and he remained with the group until 1976.
The latter won a Grammy award in 1981 for Best Pop Instrumental Performance.
He continued studio session work and touring in between, emerging again in 1986 on MCA Records with an all-acoustic album, Discovery, which contained an instrumental remake of Michael McDonald's hit, "Minute by Minute." The single won a Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance in 1987.
www.theguitarfiles.com /guitarfile122.html   (818 words)

  
 Sunny 102.5 Website   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Enya performed with the group many times and went on tour with them but in 1982 she decided to leave Clannad and no one really knows why.
The album was even better then its predecessor entering the US charts at seventeen and staying in the charts for nearly four years, and selling over ten million copies worldwide.
In 1992 Enya won a Grammy Award for “Best New Age Album” for the album “Shepherd Moons.” Three years later Enya released the album “The Memory of Trees,” which also won a Grammy Award for “Best New Age Album” in 1997.
www.sunny1025.com /Artist   (399 words)

  
 The Great Swing Band Arrangers
On October 1926, one such performance took place at New York's Roseland Ballroom, where Goldkette's and Fletcher Henderson's orchestra were locked in a "battle of the bands".
Over his career, he had made 25 recordings, but is perhaps best known for his collaboration with vocalist June Christy, whom he met while with Kenton.
Marty Paich is best known for his studio work in Hollywood all during the 1950's and 1960's.
www.nfo.net /usa/arranger.html   (11498 words)

  
 CHECK SECURE Music CD Demo Store   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
SUPERNATURAL was nominated for the 2000 Grammy Award for Album Of The Year and for Best Rock Album.
"Smooth" was nominated for the 2000 Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals, Song Of The Year, and for Record Of The Year.
Tina Turner's first album of the 21st century continues in the vein of the sophisticated-sounding, adult-contemporary pop that she's been churning out since her fabled comeback from obscurity.
www.checksecure.com /democds.htm   (972 words)

  
 Bonfire™ 
IMAGINARY DAY won the 1999 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Jazz Performance.
"Follow Me" was nominated for the 1999 Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance.
"The Roots Of Coincidence" won the 1999 Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance.
bonfire.puretracks.com /en/Details.aspx?pid=warner_093624679127   (281 words)

  
 Eric Clapton Stars
This was evident while he performed onstage at The Concert For New York City, sharing the spotlight with Paul McCartney, Pete Townsend and many other superb musicians.
His Record of the Year and Best Male Pop Vocal Performance Grammys in 1997 were for "Change the World," from the soundtrack of the John Travolta movie Phenomenon.
February 2002 Clapton won a Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance ("Reptile") and was nominated for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance ("Superman Inside").
www.thediviningnation.com /ec.htm   (1986 words)

  
 Bonfire™ 
SPEAKING OF NOW won the 2003 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Jazz Album.
"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.
bonfire.puretracks.com /en/Details.aspx?pid=warner_093624802525   (270 words)

  
 Rock On The Net: George Harrison
Best Rock Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group
Harrison was posthumously was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a solo artist.
inducted Harrison and said of the late performer: "He was a man who lived every minute of his life.
www.rockonthenet.com /artists-h/georgeharrison_main.htm   (341 words)

  
 Songwriters Hall of Fame   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance - REPTILE
Grammy Nomination for Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Film - RUSH
Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance - TEARS IN HEAVEN
www.songwritershalloffame.org /discog_awards.asp?exhibitId=153   (340 words)

  
 Connectbazil.com - Let The Music Take You There!
Consider that ‘She Walks This Earth (Soberanna Rosa)’ won the 2001 Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance and that ‘CamaleĆ£o’ was nominated for the 2001 Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance.
And don’t forget the Grammy award won by Quincy Jones for ‘Velas’ several years ago.
With so many "pop" formats to explore theses days, its no surprise to find James "D Train" Williams paired with Lisa Fischer on the soulful ‘You Moved Me To This’, or Brenda Russell perfectly matched for ‘Nocturne’ in what could just as easily have been a song written by Burt Bacharach for Dionne Warwick.
www.connectbrazil.com /main/detail.php?id=155   (522 words)

  
 GRAMMY.com - 48th Annual Grammy Awards Nominee List
(Award to the Conductor and to the Orchestra.)
(Award to the Instrumental Soloist(s) and to the Conductor.)
(Award to the Ensemble (and to the Conductor.))
www.grammy.com /Grammy_Awards/Annual_Show/48_nominees.aspx   (4161 words)

  
 People from Nova Scotia and their stories
In the footsteps of Anne Murray and Rita McNeil (another 'mcmusical' NS female), Natalie MacMaster was presented in 1999 with an award for "Successful Canadian Woman of the Year".
Halifax born Sarah McLachlan has won a Grammy Award for "Best Pop Instrumental Performance" and "Best Female Pop Vocal Performance" in 1997 and the latter again in 1999.
Necum Teuch author of several children's books, Angella Geddes is also the creator of a famous collection of articulated scarecrows which she displays in and around her home in true folk art fashion.
www.highway7.com /to_people.html   (407 words)

  
 Telarc International: A Love Affair: The Music of Ivan Lins Wins Grammy for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
The 43rd Annual Grammy Awards Ceremony was held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on February 21, 2001.
Another track from the album, "Camaleao" with the late Grover Washington, Jr., was nominated for the category of Best Pop Instrumental Performance.
Other important awards have included the French Grand Prix du Disque and Diapason d’Or; Japan’s Record of the Year; and Germany’s Audiophile CD of the Year.
www.telarc.com /news/news.asp?nid=7&mscssid=DFT5DC2LLMG39N36UJV1PV0VJDAK617C   (259 words)

  
 Herb Alpert: Chronology
Alpert wins three awards in Playboy's Jazz & Pop Poll: Best Trumpet, Best Instrumental Combo and Best Small Combo LP (for "The Beat Of The Brass").
The single "Beyond" is nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance.
The Herb Alpert Foundation and the California Institute of the Arts unite to create the "Alpert Award in the Arts." The Award is given in five artistic disciplines: dance, theatre, music, film/video, and visual arts.
www.herbalpert.com /biocomponents/chrono.html   (3607 words)

  
 Santana - Free Music Downloads, Videos, CDs, MP3s, Bio, Merchandise and Links
Santana's third album, Santana III, was performed by the seven band members, though several guest musicians were also mentioned in the credits, notably percussionist Coke Escovedo, who played on all the tracks.
Carlos, who had become a disciple of the guru Sri Chinmoy and adopted the name Devadip (meaning "the eye, the lamp, and the light of God"), next made a duo album with John McLaughlin, guitarist with the Mahavishnu Orchestra (Love Devotion Surrender).
Carlos followed in the fall with another solo album (Blues for Salvador), winning his first Grammy Award in the process (Best Rock Instrumental Performance for the title track).
www.artistdirect.com /nad/music/artist/bio/0,,466403,00.html?artist=Santana   (1967 words)

  
 Deodato Page
As a child, Deodato taught himself to play keyboards and graduated to playing in local pop bands in his teens.
He then signed as a solo artist to the New York-based CTI Records and found success with his first release, an adaptation of Richard Strauss's 'Also Sprach Zarathustra', which had recently been used as the title music to Stanley Kubrick's film 2001: A Space Odyssey.
Deodato's jazz version (originally intended for labelmate Bob James as his CTI debut) was an international smash, hitting number 2 on the US Top 100 and number 7 in the UK, and also collecting the 1973 Grammy award for 'Best Pop Instrumental Performance'.
www.soulwalking.co.uk /Deodato.html   (324 words)

  
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