Grammy Nominees Announced!

It's always fun to see who is on the Grammy list, especially when it includes musicians that have performed on our concert series or at JazzFest!

Field 10 — Jazz

Category 45

Best Contemporary Jazz Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of INSTRUMENTAL tracks.)

• Randy In Brasil
  Randy Brecker
  [MAMA Records]
  
  
• Floating Point
  John McLaughlin
  [Abstract Logix]
  
  
• Cannon Re-Loaded: All-Star Celebration Of Cannonball Adderley
  (Various Artists)
  Gregg Field & Tom Scott, producers
  [Concord Jazz]
  
  
• Miles From India
  (Various Artists)
  Bob Belden, producer
  [4Q/Times Square Records]
  
  
• Lifecycle
  Yellowjackets* Featuring Mike Stern
  [Heads Up International]

*The Yellowjackets played the Washington Pavilion on May 19, 2001 for the 2000-01 concert series.

Category 46

Best Jazz Vocal Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)

• Imagina: Songs Of Brasil
  Karrin Allyson*
  [Concord Jazz]
  

*Karrin Allyson played the Sioux Falls Orpheum Theater on April 8, 2006 for the 2005-06 concert series.

• Breakfast On The Morning Tram
  Stacey Kent
  [Blue Note]
  
  
• If Less Is More...Nothing Is Everything
  Kate McGarry
  [Palmetto Records]
  
  
• Loverly
  Cassandra Wilson*
  [Blue Note]
  

*Cassandra Wilson played the Sioux Falls Orpheum Theater on March 26, 2004 as part of the 2003-04 concert series.

• Distances
  Norma Winstone (Glauco Venier & Klaus Gesing)
  [ECM]
  
  

Category 47

Best Jazz Instrumental Solo
(For an instrumental jazz solo performance. Two equal performers on one recording may be eligible as one entry. If the soloist listed appears on a recording billed to another artist, the latter's name is in parenthesis for identification. Singles or Tracks only.)

• Be-Bop
  Terence Blanchard*, soloist
  Track from: Live At The 2007 Monterey Jazz Festival (Monterey Jazz Festival 50th Anniversary All-Stars)
  [Monterey Jazz Festival Records]
  

*Terence Blanchard played the Sioux Falls Orpheum Theater on February 19, 2000 as the 1999-00 concert series.

• Seven Steps To Heaven
  Till Brönner, soloist
  Track from: The Standard (Take 6)
  [Heads Up International]
  
  
• Waltz For Debby
  Gary Burton & Chick Corea*, soloists
  Track from: The New Crystal Silence
  [Concord Records]
  

*Chick Corea & Origin played the Washington Pavilion on January 15, 2000 as part of the 1999-2000 concert series.

• Son Of Thirteen
  Pat Metheny*, soloist
  Track from: Day Trip
  [Nonesuch Records]
  

*Pat Metheny played with his trio at the Washington Pavilion on March 26, 2000 as part of the 1999-2000 concert series.

• Be-Bop
  James Moody, soloist
  Track from: Live At The 2007 Monterey Jazz Festival (Monterey Jazz Festival 50th Anniversary All-Stars)
  [Monterey Jazz Festival Records]
  
  
  

Category 48

Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of INSTRUMENTAL tracks.)

• The New Crystal Silence
  Chick Corea* & Gary Burton
  [Concord Records]

*Chick Corea & Origin played the Washington Pavilion on January 15, 2000 as part of the 1999-2000 concert series.

• History, Mystery
  Bill Frisell
  [Nonesuch Records]
  
  
• Brad Mehldau Trio*: Live
  Brad Mehldau Trio
  [Nonesuch Records]
  

* The Brad Mehldau Trio played the Sioux Falls Orpheum Theater on April 22, 2005 during the 2004-2005 concert series.

• Day Trip
  Pat Metheny With Christian McBride & Antonio Sanchez
  [Nonesuch Records]
  
  
• Standards
  Alan Pasqua, Dave Carpenter & Peter Erskine Trio
  [Fuzzy Music]
  
  
  

Category 49

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
(For large jazz ensembles, including big band sounds. Albums must contain 51% or more INSTRUMENTAL tracks.)

• Appearing Nightly
  Carla Bley And Her Remarkable Big Band
  [WATT]
  
  
• Act Your Age
  Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band
  [Immergent]
  
  
• Symphonica
  Joe Lovano* With WDR Big Band & Rundfunk Orchestra
  [Blue Note]
  

*Joe Lovano played the Sioux Falls Historic Orpheum Theater on January 25, 2008 as part of the 2007-2008 concert series.

• Blauklang
  Vince Mendoza
  [Act Music and Vision (AMV)]
  
  
• Monday Night Live At The Village Vanguard
  The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra
  [Planet Arts Recordings]
  
  
  

Category 50

Best Latin Jazz Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)

• Afro Bop Alliance
  Caribbean Jazz Project
  [Heads Up International]
  
  
• The Latin Side Of Wayne Shorter
  Conrad Herwig & The Latin Side Band
  [Half Note Records]
  
  
• Song For Chico
  Arturo O'Farrill & The Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra
  [Zoho]
  
  
• Nouveau Latino
  Nestor Torres
  [Diamond Light Records]
  
  
• Marooned/Aislado
  Papo Vázquez The Mighty Pirates
  [Picaro Records]
  

Field 13 — Blues

Category 66

Best Traditional Blues Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)

• The Blues Rolls On
  Elvin Bishop
  [Delta Groove Music, Inc.]
  
  
• Skin Deep
  Buddy Guy*
  [Silvertone Records]

*Buddy Guy played JazzFest 2005 on July 15th.

• All Odds Against Me
  John Lee Hooker Jr.
  [Steppin' Stone Records/CC Entertainment]
  
  
• One Kind Favor
  B.B. King
  [Geffen Records]
  
  
• Pinetop Perkins & Friends
  Pinetop Perkins* & Friends
  [Stoneagle Music/Telarc]

*Pinetop Perkins played the Sioux Falls Historic Orpheum Theater on March 24, 2001 as part of the 2000-2001 concert series.

Category 67

Best Contemporary Blues Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)

• Peace, Love & BBQ
  Marcia Ball*
  [Alligator Records]

*Marcia Ball played JazzFest 2001 on July 21st.

• Like A Fire
  Solomon Burke
  [Shout! Factory]
  
  
• City That Care Forgot
  Dr. John* And The Lower 911
  [429 Records]

*Dr. John played the Washington Pavilion on November 16, 2001 as part of the 2001-2002 concert series.

• Maestro
  Taj Mahal*
  [Heads Up International]

*Taj Mahal played JazzFest 2008 on July 18th.

• Simply Grand
  Irma Thomas
  [Rounder Records]

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Bobby Shew can blow!!!

You couldn't find an open seat at last night's All City High School Jazz Ensemble/Augustana Northlander's Jazz/Augie Jazz Lab concert at Kresge Recital Hall.

Trumpet player-extraordinaire Bobby Shew may have to blame for it. Man, that cat can blow!!! Shew sat in on the entire Northlander's and All City sets, often playing notes in the upper stratosphere of normal trumpet range of that made me think: "what note WAS that?" On top of playing with unbeatable musicality, Mr. Shew imparted great advice to the All City group and Northlander's the evening before during a dress rehearsal clinic.

Each band played great. It's always a pleasure to see the All City group, comprised of students from three of the schools in Sioux Falls, get together to hone their jazz chops.

This is the seventh year of the Society's All City Jazz Ensemble program, based on the concept of bringing students from all Sioux Falls middle schools and high schools together to work on the art of playing jazz with an emphasis on improvisation. Each school year, the high school group has a concert in the fall and the middle school ensemble plays in the spring.

The Sioux Falls Jazz & Blues Society awarded its Scholarship for Higher Learning to All City Jazz Ensemble member and Roosevelt senior Derek Thoreson, who plans to attend SDSU as a Music Education major next year. Congratulations to Derek!

Thanks to Dr. Paul Schilf, Augustana College, band directors at Roosevelt, Lincoln and Washington High Schools, K&M Music, and Yamaha Corporation for their support of the All City Jazz Ensemble program.