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Come ogni anno sono arrivate le nomination al più prestigioso dei premi musicali, il Grammy Award nella sua 59esima edizione. La cerimonia di consegna dei premi si terrà Domenica 12 Febbraio 2017 a Los Angeles. A seguire tutte le nomination del jazz e alcune delle categorie ad esso collegate. Da notare che alcune delle opere inserite in queste categorie sono principalmente strumentali e non propriamente ‘jazz’ come noi intendiamo, ma questo dimostra ancora una volta che il jazz non ha limiti. Entra nella rosa il giovanissimo Youtuber Jacob Collier, una bella notizia, per chi lo segue da anni! Che vinca il migliore! Di certo questa per me è la musica migliore del mondo.

Infine Miles Ahead (Miles Davis & Various Artists) della Columbia/Legacy riceve la noimination nella categoria Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for Visual Media #MilesDavis sei il nostro Re!

LEGGI TUTTO:

Best Contemporary Instrumental Album

Human Nature Herb Alpert (Herb Alpert Presents)

When You Wish Upon A Star Bill Frisell (Okeh Records)

Way Back Home: Live From Rochester, NY Steve Gadd Band (BFM Jazz)

Unspoken Chuck Loeb (Shanachie Entertainment)

Culcha Vulcha Snarky Puppy (Ground Up Music)

Best Improvised Jazz Solo

Countdown Joey Alexander, soloist Track from: Countdown (Motema Music)

In Movement Ravi Coltrane, soloist Track from: In Movement (Jack DeJohnette, Ravi Coltrane & Matthew Garrison)(ECM)

We See Fred Hersch, soloist Track from: Sunday Night At The Vanguard (The Fred Hersch Trio) (Palmetto Records)

I Concentrate On You Brad Mehldau, soloist Track from: Blues And Ballads (Brad Mehldau Trio) (Nonesuch)

I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry John Scofield, soloist Track from: Country For Old Men (Impulse!)

Best Jazz Vocal Album

Sound Of Red René Marie (Motema Music)

Upward Spiral Branford Marsalis Quartet With Special Guest Kurt Elling (Okeh)

Take Me To The Alley Gregory Porter (Blue Note)

Harlem On My Mind Catherine Russell (Jazz Village)

The Sting Variations The Tierney Sutton Band (BFM Jazz)

Best Jazz Instrumental Album

*ndr una cinquina da avere!

Book Of Intuition Kenny Barron Trio (Impulse!)

Dr. Um Peter Erskine (Fuzzy Music)

Sunday Night At The Vanguard The Fred Hersch Trio (Palmetto Records)

Nearness Joshua Redman & Brad Mehldau (Nonesuch)

Country For Old Men John Scofield (Impulse!)

 

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album

Real Enemies Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society (New Amsterdam Records)

Presents Monk’estra, Vol. 1 John Beasley (Mack Avenue Records)

Kaleidoscope Eyes: Music Of The Beatles John Daversa (BFM Jazz)

All L.A. Band Bob Mintzer (Fuzzy Music)

Presidential Suite: Eight Variations On Freedom Ted Nash Big Band (Motema Music)

Best Latin Jazz Album 

Entre Colegas Andy González (Truth Revolution Records)

Madera Latino: A Latin Jazz Perspective On The Music Of Woody Shaw Brian Lynch & Various  Artists (Hollistic Musicworks)

Canto América Michael Spiro/Wayne Wallace La Orquesta Sinfonietta (Patois Records)

30 Trio Da Paz (Zoho)

Tribute To Irakere: Live In Marciac Chucho Valdés (Jazz Village)

Best Instrumental Composition

Bridge Of Spies (End Title) Thomas Newman, composer (Thomas Newman) Track from: Bridge Of Spies (Hollywood Records)

The Expensive Train Set (An Epic Sarahnade For Double Big Band) Tim Davies, composer (Tim Davies Big Band) Track from: The Expensive Trainset (Origin Records)

Flow Alan Ferber, composer (Alan Ferber Nonet) Track from: Roots & Transitions (Sunnyside Communications, Inc.)

L’Ultima Diligenza Di Red Rock – Versione Integrale Ennio Morricone, composer (Ennio Morricone) Track from: Quentin Tarantino’s The Hateful Eight (Decca Records)

Spoken At Midnight Ted Nash, composer (Ted Nash Big Band) Track from: Presidential Suite: Eight Variations On Freedom (Motema Music)

Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella

Ask Me Now John Beasley, arranger (John Beasley) Track from: Presents Monk’estra, Vol. 1 (Mack Avenue Records)

Good ‘Swing’ Wenceslas Sammy Nestico, arranger (The Count Basie Orchestra) Track from: A Very Swingin’ Basie Christmas! (Concord Jazz)

Linus & Lucy Christian Jacob, arranger (The Phil Norman Tentet)
Track from: Then & Now: Classic Sounds & Variations Of 12 Jazz Legends (Mama Records)

Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds John Daversa, arranger (John Daversa) Track from: Kaleidoscope Eyes: Music Of The Beatles (BFM Jazz)

We Three Kings Ted Nash, arranger (Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra With Wynton Marsalis) Track from: Big Band Holidays (Blue Engine Records)

You And I Jacob Collier, arranger (Jacob Collier) Track from: In My Room (Membran)

Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals 

Do You Hear What I Hear? Gordon Goodwin, arranger (Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band Featuring Take 6) Track from: A Big Phat Christmas – Wrap This! (Music Of Content)

Do You Want To Know A Secret John Daversa, arranger (John Daversa Featuring Renee Olstead)
Track from: Kaleidoscope Eyes: Music Of The Beatles (BFM Jazz)

Flintstones Jacob Collier, arranger (Jacob Collier) Track from: In My Room (Membran)

I’m A Fool To Want You Alan Broadbent, arranger (Kristin Chenoweth) Track from: The Art Of Elegance (Concord Records)

Somewhere (Dirty Blvd) (Extended Version) Billy Childs & Larry Klein, arrangers (Lang Lang Featuring Lisa Fischer & Jeffrey Wright) Track from: New York Rhapsody (Sony Classical)

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