Jim Dye Posted December 4, 2003 Report Posted December 4, 2003 (edited) 46th Annual GRAMMY Awards Final Nominations List http://www.grammy.com/awards/grammy/46noms.txt Field 10 — Jazz Category 46 Best Contemporary Jazz Album (For albums containing 51% or more playing time of INSTRUMENTAL tracks.) 34th N Lex Randy Brecker [ESC Records] Rural Renewal The Crusaders [Verve/PRA Records] Sonic Trance Nicholas Payton [Warner Bros. Records] Timeagain David Sanborn [Verve Records] Time Squared Yellowjackets [Heads Up International] Category 47 Best Jazz Vocal Album (For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.) Man In The Air Kurt Elling [blue Note Records] May The Music Never End Shirley Horn [Verve Records] Nature Boy - The Standards Album Aaron Neville [Verve Records] A Little Moonlight Dianne Reeves [blue Note Records] North And South Luciana Souza [sunnyside] Category 48 Best Jazz Instrumental Solo (For an instrumental jazz solo performance. Two equal performers on one recording may be eligible as one entry. If the soloist listed appears on a recording billed to another artist, the latter's name is in parenthesis for identification. Singles or Tracks only.) Matrix Chick Corea, soloist Track from: Rendezvous In New York [stretch Records] All Or Nothing At All Joey DeFrancesco, soloist Track from: Falling In Love Again [Concord Jazz] Butch & Butch Keith Jarrett, soloist Track from: Up For It (Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock & Jack DeJohnette) [ECM Records] Africa Pat Martino, soloist Track from: Think Tank [blue Note Records] All Or Nothing At All Mike Melvoin, soloist Track from: It's Always You [City Light] Category 49 Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group (For albums containing 51% or more playing time of INSTRUMENTAL tracks.) Rendezvous In New York Chick Corea [stretch Records] The Grand Unification Theory Stefon Harris [blue Note Records] Extended Play, Live At Birdland Dave Holland Quintet [ECM Records] Think Tank Pat Martino [blue Note Records] Alegría Wayne Shorter [Verve Records] Category 50 Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album (For large jazz ensembles, including big band sounds. Albums must contain 51% or more INSTRUMENTAL tracks.) You Call This A Living? Wayne Bergeron Big Band [Wag Wecords] Looking For America The Carla Bley Big Band [Watt Works/ECM Records] Wide Angles Michael Brecker Quindectet [Verve Records] XXL Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band [silverline] New York New Sound Gerald Wilson Orchestra [Mack Avenue Records] Category 51 Best Latin Jazz Album (Vocal or Instrumental.) Cuban Odyssey Jane Bunnett [blue Note Records/EMI Music Canada] Live At The Blue Note Michel Camilo With Charles Flores & Horacio "El Negro" Hernandez [Telarc] Birds Of A Feather Caribbean Jazz Project [Concord Picante] Isla Mark Levine & The Latin Tinge [Left Coast Clave] New Conceptions Chucho Valdés [blue Note Records] Edited December 4, 2003 by Jim Dye Quote
Joe G Posted December 4, 2003 Report Posted December 4, 2003 Category 49 Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group (For albums containing 51% or more playing time of INSTRUMENTAL tracks.) Extended Play, Live At Birdland Dave Holland Quintet [ECM Records] I just picked this up recently and have been listening to it all week. It's a great album, for sure. Quote
neveronfriday Posted December 4, 2003 Report Posted December 4, 2003 (edited) My picks: Jim Dye said: 46th Annual GRAMMY Awards Final Nominations List 34th N Lex Randy Brecker [ESC Records] May The Music Never End Shirley Horn [Verve Records] Butch & Butch Keith Jarrett, soloist Track from: Up For It (Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock & Jack DeJohnette) [ECM Records] Extended Play, Live At Birdland Dave Holland Quintet [ECM Records] Looking For America The Carla Bley Big Band [Watt Works/ECM Records] Live At The Blue Note Michel Camilo With Charles Flores & Horacio "El Negro" Hernandez [Telarc] Cheers! Edited December 4, 2003 by deus62 Quote
Free For All Posted December 4, 2003 Report Posted December 4, 2003 Anyone heard the Aaron Neville? Is it any good? Big band/orchestral accompaniment? Good or cheesy arrangements? Inquiring minds want to know. Quote
Jazzmoose Posted December 4, 2003 Report Posted December 4, 2003 My God!!! How could these philistines ignore <insert your favorite here>! The grammys are a joke; I'm totally offended! (Just to save everyone time... ) Quote
GA Russell Posted December 4, 2003 Report Posted December 4, 2003 Thanks, JazzMoose! My Album of the Year is Gordon Goodwin's XXL. I was glad to see him get a nomination. Quote
chuckyd4 Posted December 5, 2003 Report Posted December 5, 2003 My picks (and slim they are!) as follows, since we're in the spirit (and only in the categories where I've heard any of the albums): Vocal Jazz: Luciana Souza - North and South Instrumental solo: Keith Jarrett - "Butch and Butch" (Up For It Jazz Instrumental Album: Wayne Shorter - Alegria (I would have gone with the Holland disc, but I didn't think it was as ambitious as Alegria, though when you're the Holland Quintet, there's no sense in messing with the old formula! This was a tough call for me...) Jazz Large Ensemble Album: Gerald Wilson - New York, New Sound Latin Jazz Ensemble: Chucho Valdes - New Conceptions That said, why any serious jazz fan would take the Grammys seriously (which we here obviously don't) is far beyond me. Quote
Big Wheel Posted December 5, 2003 Report Posted December 5, 2003 Free For All said: Anyone heard the Aaron Neville? Is it any good? Big band/orchestral accompaniment? Good or cheesy arrangements? Inquiring minds want to know. It's ok, I guess. Only listened to it once. What I remember of it was that it was more crooner-type stuff with string accompaniment than "jazz." Neville's voice is pretty good, though. Quote
Free For All Posted December 5, 2003 Report Posted December 5, 2003 Thanks, BW. I was wondering if this was something to check out or if it was just an example of yet another pop star jumping on the standards bandwagon. I like Aaron Neville in the context of the Neville Bros.; it seems like he might make a passable jazz vocalist. OTOH, those Rod Stewart standards CDs just about make me want to yak. But so does everything else he does, so I'm not the most impartial judge. Let's see- Sting, Melissa Manchester, Toni Tenille, Carly Simon, Linda Ronstadt, Bette Midler, Diana Ross...................who else has ventured into the jazz realm? Quote
Rooster_Ties Posted December 5, 2003 Report Posted December 5, 2003 (edited) Free For All said: Let's see- Sting, Melissa Manchester, Toni Tenille, Carly Simon, Linda Ronstadt, Bette Midler, Diana Ross...................who else has ventured into the jazz realm? Deborah Harry (several CD's with the Jazz Passengers). And I'd also probably argue Elvis Costello (though others will have to cite the specifics). Oh, and definitely Björk, who did a totally straight-ahead vocal-jazz album with her backed by a very traditional piano trio, singing in English and Iclandic (seriously!), on Gling-Gló in about 1990. Björk has also sung a small handful of big-band tracks over the years, most notably "It's Oh So Quiet" from "Post" in 1995. And Sinéad O'Connor and her 1992 album "Am I Not Your Girl?", on which she tackles all standards, backed by a big band. I actually really like this album, or at least I did at one time (haven't listened to it in a couple years). Edited December 5, 2003 by Rooster_Ties Quote
Free For All Posted December 5, 2003 Report Posted December 5, 2003 I remember seeing Sinead on Saturday Night Live once singing in front of a big band, but not a standard. It was very hip, I must say. I picked up Bjork's Vespertine based upon a recommendation on the old BNBB, and it is one of most engaging things I've ever heard. Once again, not jazz, though. Quote
Rooster_Ties Posted December 5, 2003 Report Posted December 5, 2003 Free For All said: I remember seeing Sinead on Saturday Night Live once singing in front of a big band, but not a standard. It was very hip, I must say. Well, they weren't really standard standards, per se -- but tunes that people would know (or at least quite a few of them), so 'standards' in that sense... 1. Why Don't You Do Right? (McCoy) - 2:30 2. Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered (Hart/Rodgers) - 6:15 3. Secret Love (Fain/Webster) - 2:56 4. Black Coffee (Burke/Webster) - 3:21 5. Success Has Made a Failure of Our Home (Mullins/O'Conner Sinéad) - 4:29 6. Don't Cry for Me Argentina (Lloyd Webber/Rice) - 5:39 7. I Want to Be Loved by You (Kalmar/Ruby/Stothart) - 2:45 8. Gloomy Sunday (Javor/Lewis/Seress) - 3:56 9. Love Letters (Heyman/Young) - 3:07 10. How Insensitive (DeMoraes/Gimbel/Jobim) - 3:28 11. Scarlet Ribbons (Danzig/Segal) - 4:14 12. Don't Cry for Me Argentina [instrumental] (Lloyd Webber/Rice) - 5:10 I can't ID where all of these come from originally, but the 'big single' was "Success Has Made a Failure of Our Home", which I vaguely seem to remember was like a minor hit for Dolly Parton (??), though I cannot find any other album with a song of this title, anywhere in the AMG. Anyway, I've always thought of most of these songs as being standards of a sort. Quote
Free For All Posted December 5, 2003 Report Posted December 5, 2003 (edited) Wow, Rooster, for someone who said they were sleepy you really put in some typing there. EDIT: Think we've sufficiently hijacked this thread? Sorry everyone. Edited December 5, 2003 by Free For All Quote
Rooster_Ties Posted December 5, 2003 Report Posted December 5, 2003 Free For All said: Wow, Rooster, for someone who said they were sleepy you really put in some typing there. Cut-n-paste, man... Cut-n-paste. I don't type nothin' I don't have to, you dig!! Quote
Alexander Posted December 5, 2003 Report Posted December 5, 2003 Free For All said: Thanks, BW. I was wondering if this was something to check out or if it was just an example of yet another pop star jumping on the standards bandwagon. I like Aaron Neville in the context of the Neville Bros.; it seems like he might make a passable jazz vocalist. OTOH, those Rod Stewart standards CDs just about make me want to yak. But so does everything else he does, so I'm not the most impartial judge. Let's see- Sting, Melissa Manchester, Toni Tenille, Carly Simon, Linda Ronstadt, Bette Midler, Diana Ross...................who else has ventured into the jazz realm? Michelle Shocked did a swing album back in the early 90s called "Captain Swing" (all originals, no standards). Joe Jackson did a jump blues album. Brian Setzer and David Lee Roth have both covered Louis Prima... Quote
Christiern Posted December 5, 2003 Report Posted December 5, 2003 The Grammy's most practical function is often overlooked... Quote
Jim Dye Posted December 5, 2003 Author Report Posted December 5, 2003 LOLOLOL!!!! Chris, did you take that picture? That is too much! Quote
neveronfriday Posted December 5, 2003 Report Posted December 5, 2003 Christiern said: The Grammy's most practical function is often overlooked... "We are red, we are white ..." B) Quote
Christiern Posted December 5, 2003 Report Posted December 5, 2003 Jim Dye said: LOLOLOL!!!! Chris, did you take that picture? That is too much! Yup Quote
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