Concord-Telarc Division of Concord Music Group Receives 18 Grammy® Nominations

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Cleveland, OH – The Concord-Telarc Division of Concord Music Group received 18 GRAMMY® nominations, as announced by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS) on December 5, 2012. All nominations were for albums released from October 1, 2011 to September 30, 2012. Winners will be announced at the 55th Annual GRAMMY® Awards on Sunday, February 10, 2013 at 8:00 PM ET/PT from Staples Center in Los Angeles, airing live on the CBS Television Network.

The Concord-Telarc Division nominations are:

Best Pop Instrumental Album:

24/7

Gerald Albright & Norman Brown

[Concord Jazz]

Manuel Valera nominated for the Grammys

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Cuban composer and jazz pianist Manuel Valera, MAVO RECORDS

Manuel Valera

Manuel Valera, Cuban pianist, bandleader, composer and arranger, has been nominated for the Grammy Awards for his album New Cuban Express in the Best Latin Jazz category.

Manuel is also the piano faculty of Swarnabhoomi Academy of Music, Chennai. It’s a proud moment for the artiste and the academy. Prasanna, president of the academy, says, “Manuel is one of the most amazing Cuban virtuosos today. I saw him perform at the Newport Jazz Festival in September 2012. We wish him well for the Grammy Award night. He will be traveling to Los Angeles for the ceremony and be back in the academy hopefully with the award.”

Manuel is in the forefront of contemporary modern jazz and represents the next generation of great performers and composers.

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Jazzheads Grammy Award Nominations!

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Bobby Sanabria Big Band’s
MULTIVERSE
2 GRAMMY Award Nominations
Congratulations!!!

Bobby Sanabria Big Band – Multiverse

Best Latin Jazz Album – Bobby Sanabria Big Band’s MULTIVERSE (Jazzheads)

Best Instrumental Arrangement – “Afro-Cuban Jazz Suite For Ellington” Michael Philip Mossman, arranger – Bobby Sanabria Big Band’s MULTIVERSE (Jazzheads)

Available at Jazzheads, iTunes and Amazon.

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Gil Evans Centennial Project Nominated for 3 Grammy Awards!

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Ryan Truesdell, Centennial – Newly Discovered Works of Gil Evans

Ryan Truesdell’s fan-funded Gil Evans Project CD– Centennial has been nominated for 3 Grammy Awards! The categories are: Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album, Best Instrumental Arrangement, and Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s).

We are very excited about these nominations, and we are very proud of this wonderful, historic project. We wish Ryan the best of luck as the voting process unfolds. Mostly, we would like to extend thanks to all of our ArtistShare® Participants who took part in the historic Gil Evans Centennial Project.

Centennial is available at ArtistShare and Amazon.com. It is also available on iTunes with full digital booklet.

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Philippe Saisse -][- Dorian’s First Christmas – [Dorian 2000 Music, 2012] –

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Phillippe Saisse, DORIAN’S FIRST CHRISTMAS

Philippe Saisse -][- Dorian’s First Christmas –Mp3– [Dorian 2000 Music, 2012]

No other Christmas celebration will ever have as big an impact on our family as Christmas 2004. Its particular significance was due to the fact that it was the first that our son Dorian really became aware of Santa Claus, making the list, checking it twice, mailing it.

The look on his face come Christmas morning was out of this world: his expression of total disbelief at the sight of all the gifts he had on his list was truly something that no other Holiday Season will ever inspire. We will never see that look of utter bewilderment. That moment was so moving that I strolled down to my studio (which in those days was in the basement of our house) and started playing the piano, tunes inspired by the feeling of Christmas as seen through our son’s eyes.

3 Brave Souls -][- SELF-TITLED – [BFM Jazz, 2012 | Review] –

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3 Brave Souls, SELF-TITLED

3 BRAVE SOULS -][- Self-Titled –Mp3– [BFM Jazz, 2012 | Review] –

Perhaps equally as important to their friendship, 3 Brave Souls collectively has an unparalleled common denominator. In fact, at various intervals early on they played integral roles and develop their character as musicians by performing with the legendary Miles Davis. Therefore, they unexpectedly became beneficiaries of their tenure with Miles. As a result, these astute alumni essentially qualify to make reoccurring deposits to others and frequent withdrawals from this expansive template of innovative, progressive and creative music rooted in the spirit of love, imagination and passion to play music.

Awards & Recognition Flow In for Composer/Pianist Vijay Iyer The Pianist & Composer Sweeps 60th Annual Down Beat International Critics Poll Winning

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An Unprecedented FIVE Categories in the Same Year Chosen As A Member of Inaugural Class of Doris Duke Artists Wins Pianist of the Year at 2012 Jazz Journalist Awards

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In an unprecedented series of wins, jazz pianist/composer Vijay Iyer has been honored in five categories of the 2012 Down Beat International Critics Poll, including Jazz Artist of the Year, Jazz Album of the Year (for Accelerando), Jazz Group of the Year (for the Vijay Iyer Trio), Pianist of the Year and Rising Star Composer. No other artist in the 60-year history of the magazine’s poll has ever taken five titles simultaneously. Iyer appears on the cover of Down Beat’s August 2012 Critics Poll issue.

Melody Gardot -][- THE ABSENCE – [Verve Music, 2012] –

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Melody Gardot, THE ABSENCE

Melody Gardot -][- THE ABSENCE –Mp3– [Verve Music, 2012] –

The Absence is the third record from Grammy-nominated Melody Gardot. Produced by Heitor Pereira, renowned for his work as a film composer (Despicable Me, It’s Complicated, From Prada to Nada) and world-class session guitarist (Sting, Seal, Caetano Veloso), the Brazilian-born, US-based artist shared Melody’s enthusiasm for driving off the beaten path of Western pop, jazz, blues and soul. And he was as adventurous as Melody when it came to inventive sonic ideas.

From the deserts of Morocco to the streets of Lisboa, from the tango bars of Buenos Aires to the beaches of Brazil, The Absence captures the essence of each of these exotic locales, while at the same time remaining quintessentially Melody Gardot. -[Album Description]-

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Vijay Iyer Trio’s Accelerando (Out March 13): NPR First Listen, NPR Song of the Day, All Things Considered, JazzTimes Cover, U.S. Tour Dates & More

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Early Praise for The Vijay Iyer Trio’s Accelerando
(ACT Music, March 13)
Album Features Covers of Michael Jackson,
Flying Lotus, Heatwave, Henry Threadgill,
Duke Ellington & Herbie Nichols

Vijay Iyer - Jazz Times

Album to be Featured as NPR First Listen (March 6 to 13), NPR Song of The Day, NPR’s All Things Considered, January Cover of JazzTimes Magazine & Much More

Iyer Tours US in March & April with Trio, As Solo Pianist & With Collaborative South Asian Trio, Tirtha

“…a stunning album…” – Paste

“In musical terms, accelerando signifies a quickening of tempo, a gradual acceleration of pace…it’s a dead-on descriptor of the velocity at which Iyer’s career has traveled of late” – JazzTimes

“Vijay Iyer does the nearly impossible with his captivating makeover of Threadgill’s “Little Pocket Size Demons,” from Iyer’s forthcoming album Accelerando.” – NPR Song of the Day

Johnathan Blake -][- The Eleventh Hour [Sunnyside, 2012]

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Greeting’s everyone, it’s great to be back with you. It’s an honor today to introduce another exceptional new voice in jazz. Write it down folks, his name is Johnathan Blake! The Grammy-nominated drummer debuts with “The Eleventh Hour” on Sunnyside Records! If you seriously love modern jazz, don’t miss extraordinary offering by the gifted Johnathan Blake! —Rob Young | Urban Flux Media

“Johnathan Blake is without peer among young drummers for clarity of his beat and incisiveness of his swing.”
– Brian Lynch

Johnathan Blake, Eleventh Hour

Johnathan Blake -][- The Eleventh Hour –MP3– [Sunnyside, 2012]

Grammy-nominated drummer and composer, Johnathan Blake, has been working steadily in the contemporary jazz scene for the past 10 years. He has been a first-call drummer for many notable jazz musicians such as Tom Harrell, David Sanchez, Russell Malone, Kenny Barron, Randy Brecker, and Oliver Lake to name a few. His musicianship, professionalism, and positive attitude are few of the attributes that make him the choice drummer for many. In addition to being a sideman, Johnathan performs with his own group internationally.