For all you Jazz fans out there, the 2010 Grammy Nominees have been announced demonstrating 2009 was a great year for Jazz. In this post I’m checking out the nominees for “Best Contemporary Jazz Album. In addition to the Jazz requirements the Grammy Association defines a contemporary Jazz album as “containing 51% or more playing time of INSTRUMENTAL tracks” which makes it a pretty nice selection of Jazz without allowing it to stray too far to mainstream FM radio play (other than Jazz programs). You can listen to previews of these albums by clicking the play button on the album covers below. You can check out reviews and more details by clicking the buy now at Amazon.com (don’t worry you don’t have to buy them now – its just what Amazon provides for a link to their site).
So as they say “Without further ado the nominees are“:
Urbanus by Stefon Harris & Blackout, [Concord Jazz] |
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Sounding Point by Julian Lage, [Emarcy/Decca] | ||
At World’s Edge by Philippe Saisse, [E1 Music] | ||
Big Neighborhood by Mike Stern, [Heads Up International] | ||
75 by Joe Zawinul & The Zawinul Syndicate, [Heads Up International] | ||
And the winner is …… Well we don’t actually know yet but if you believe the Amazon.com star ratings its 75 by Joe Zawinul & The Zawinul Syndicate, [Heads Up International] with 5 stars!
Thanks for coming by. Peace.