52nd Annual Grammy Awards

[Bud]

No major nominations for Diana this year but she does appear twice on the list

Category 86

Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)
(An Arranger's Award. (Artist names appear in parentheses.) Singles or Tracks only.)

* A Change Is Gonna Come
David Foster & Jerry Hey, arrangers (Seal)
Track from: Soul
[143/Warner Bros.]

* Dedicated To You
Laurence Hobgood, arranger (Kurt Elling)
Track from: Dedicated To You: Kurt Elling Sings The Music Of Coltrane And Hartman
[Concord Jazz]

* In The Still Of The Night
Thomas Zink, arranger (Anne Walsh)
Track from: Pretty World
[AtoZink Music]

* My One And Only Thrill
Vince Mendoza, arranger (Melody Gardot)
Track from: My One And Only Thrill
[Verve]

* Quiet Nights
Claus Ogerman, arranger (Diana Krall)
Track from: Quiet Nights
[Verve]

Category 107

Best Classical Crossover Album
(Award to the Artist(s) and/or to the Conductor.)

* A Company Of Voices: Conspirare In Concert
Craig Hella Johnson, conductor; Conspirare (Tom Burritt, Ian Davidson & Bion Tsang)
[Harmonia Mundi]

* Jazz-Clazz
Paquito D'Rivera Quintet (Trio Clarone)
[TIMBA Records]

* The Melody Of Rhythm
Leonard Slatkin, conductor; Béla Fleck, Zakir Hussain & Edgar Meyer (Detroit Symphony Orchestra)
[E1 Music]

* QSF Plays Brubeck
Quartet San Francisco
[Violinjazz Recordings]

* Twelve Songs By Charles Ives
Theo Bleckmann; Kneebody
[Winter & Winter]

* Yo-Yo Ma & Friends: Songs Of Joy And Peace
Yo-Yo Ma (Odair Assad, Sergio Assad, Chris Botti, Dave Brubeck, Matt Brubeck, John Clayton, Paquito d'Rivera, Renée Fleming, Diana Krall, Alison Krauss, Natalie McMaster, Edgar Meyer, Cristina Pato, Joshua Redman, Jake Shimabukuro, Silk Road Ensemble, James Taylor, Chris Thile, Wu Tong, Alon Yavnai & Amelia Zirin-Brown)
[Sony Classical]

http://www.grammy.com/grammy_awards/52nd_show/list.aspx

[scielle]

Frankly, there were countless albums released this past year that far outshine Quiet Nights, IMHO. I'm glad it didn't get any nods because that would only encourage Verve/ Universal to push Diana in that same direction, and it's a direction I personally do not like one bit.
More piano, less strings please!

[Bud]

There's still an intriguing possibility for *next* year's Grammy's.

Here's the eligibility window as stated on the website:

For recordings released during the Eligibility Year October 1, 2008 through August 31, 2009

"Love is the Answer" came out in September...

I assume the window is changing this year for some reason. The 51st Grammy Awards page says:

For recordings released during the Eligibility Year October 1, 2007 through September 30, 2008

http://www.grammy.com/grammy_awards/51st_show/list.aspx

[scielle]

Well, Claus won it.
Glad it wasn't David Foster. Not that I don't like cheering for the Vancouver Island boy, but he's had his share.

[Bud]

Great news, thanks scielle!

[scielle]

I hope with all the hoopla about the MJ tribute, they don't forget about the Leonard Cohen lifetime achievement award on the main telecast. I might be 50 years younger than the man, but no other songwriter resonates with me quite as much. Granted, I'm biased. I was named after one of his songs (Suzanne, if you must know).
Congratulations Leonard!

[Bud]

Appreciate the reminder, scielle!

Diana-related nominations did well tonight. Yo-Yo Ma's & Friends' "Songs of Joy and Peace" won best classical crossover album

[Coda]

Well-deserved, I think! I played that CD a lot during Christmas 2008 and 2009.