TKA at the Grammys 2012
LOS ANGELES (Nov. 30, 2011) — Nominations for the 54th Annual GRAMMY Awards® (www.grammy.com) were announced tonight by The Recording Academy® and reflected an eclectic mix of the best and brightest in music over the past year, as determined by the voting members of The Academy. For the fourth year, nominations for the annual GRAMMY Awards were announced on primetime television as part of "The GRAMMY® Nominations Concert Live!! — Countdown To Music's Biggest Night®," a one-hour special broadcast live on CBS from Nokia Theatre at L.A. LIVE. The 54th Annual GRAMMY Awards will be held on "GRAMMY Sunday," Feb. 12, 2012, at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles and once again will be broadcast live in high-definition TV and 5.1 surround sound on CBS from 8 – 11:30 p.m. (ET/PT).
Best New Age Album:
Northern Seas Al Conti [Shadowside Music]
Gaia Michael Brant DeMaria [Ontos Music]
Wind, Rock, Sea & Flame Peter Kater [Point Of Light Records]
What's It All About Pat Metheny [Nonesuch]
Instrumental Oasis, Vol. 6 Zamora [Z-Records]
Best Improvised Jazz Solo:
All Or Nothing At All Randy Brecker, soloist Track from: The Jazz Ballad Song Book (Randy Brecker With DR Big Band) [Half Note]
You Are My Sunshine Ron Carter, soloist Track from: This Is Jazz (Donald Harrison, Ron Carter & Billy Cobham) [Half Note]
500 Miles High Chick Corea, soloist Track from: Forever (Corea, Clarke & White) [Concord Records]
Work Fred Hersch, soloist Track from: Alone At The Vanguard [Palmetto Records]
Sonnymoon For Two Sonny Rollins, soloist Track from: Road Shows Vol. 2 [Doxy/Emarcy/Decca]
Best Jazz Instrumental Album:
Bond: The Paris Sessions Gerald Clayton [Emarcy/Decca]
Forever Corea, Clarke & White [Concord Records]
Alone At The Vanguard Fred Hersch [Palmetto Records]
Bird Songs Joe Lovano/Us Five [Blue Note]
Road Shows Vol. 2 Sonny Rollins [Doxy/Emarcy/Decca]
Timeline Yellowjackets [Mack Avenue Records]
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album:
The Jazz Ballad Song Book Randy Brecker With DR Big Band [Half Note]
The Good Feeling Christian McBride Big Band [Mack Avenue Records]
40 Acres And A Burro Arturo O'Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra [Zoho]
Legacy Gerald Wilson Orchestra [Mack Avenue Records]
Alma Adentro: The Puerto Rican Songbook Miguel Zenón [Marsalis Music]
Best Bluegrass Album:
Paper Airplane Alison Krauss & Union Station [Rounder]
Reason And Rhyme: Bluegrass Songs By Robert Hunter & Jim Lauderdale Jim Lauderdale [Sugar Hill Records]
Rare Bird Alert Steve Martin And The Steep Canyon Rangers [Rounder]
Old Memories: The Songs Of Bill Monroe The Del McCoury Band [McCoury Music]
A Mother's Prayer Ralph Stanley [Rebel Records]
Sleep With One Eye Open Chris Thile & Michael Daves [Nonesuch]
Best Instrumental Composition:
Falling Men John Hollenbeck, composer (John Hollenbeck, Daniel Yvinec & Orchestre National de Jazz (ONJ)) Track from: Shut Up And Dance [BEE JAZZ / Abeille Musique]
Hunting Wabbits 3 (Get Off My Lawn) Gordon Goodwin, composer (Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band) Track from: That's How We Roll [Telarc International]
I Talk To The Trees Randy Brecker, composer (Randy Brecker With DR Big Band) Track from: The Jazz Ballad Song Book [Half Note]
Life In Eleven Béla Fleck & Howard Levy, composers (Béla Fleck & The Flecktones) Track from: Rocket Science [eOne Music]
Timeline Russell Ferrante, composer (Yellowjackets) Track from: Timeline [Mack Avenue Records]
For a complete nominations list, please vist www.grammy.com
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