Several Past SFJB Artists Nominated for 52nd Annual Grammy's

We always beam with pride when musicians we've presented as part of our concert series or at JazzFest are Grammy Nominees! Here's the listing of jazz and blues categories, as well as a gospel and pop category where jazz and blues artists are included. (Artists that the Sioux Falls Jazz & Blues Society has presented are in red.) Photo of Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi at the Sioux Falls Jazz & Blues Festival 2007 by Kristen Mors Photography.

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

• Urbanus
  Stefon Harris & Blackout
  [Concord Jazz]
  
  
• Sounding Point
  Julian Lage
  [Emarcy/Decca]
  
  
• At World's Edge
  Philippe Saisse
  [E1 Music]
  
  
• Big Neighborhood
  Mike Stern
  [Heads Up International]
  
  
• 75
  Joe Zawinul & The Zawinul Syndicate
  [Heads Up International]
  
  

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

• No Regrets
  Randy Crawford (& Joe Sample)
  [PRA Records]
  
  
• Dedicated To You: Kurt Elling Sings The Music Of Coltrane And Hartman
  Kurt Elling
  [Concord Jazz]
  
  
• So In Love
  Roberta Gambarini
  [Groovin' High/Emarcy]
  
  
• Tide
  Luciana Souza
  [Verve]
  
  
• Desire
  Tierney Sutton (Band)
  [Telarc Jazz]
  
  

Best Improvised Jazz 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.)

• Dancin' 4 Chicken
  Terence Blanchard, soloist
  Track from: Watts (Jeff "Tain" Watts)
  [Dark Key Music]
  
  
• All Of You
  Gerald Clayton, soloist
  Track from: Two-Shade
  [ArtistShare]
  
  
• Ms. Garvey, Ms. Garvey
  Roy Hargrove, soloist
  Track from: Emergence
  [Groovin' High/Emarcy]
  
  
• On Green Dolphin Street
  Martial Solal, soloist
  Track from: Live At The Village Vanguard
  [CamJazz]
  
  
• Villa Palmeras
  Miguel Zenón, soloist
  Track from: Esta Plena
  [Marsalis Music]
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Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of INSTRUMENTAL tracks.)

• Quartet Live
  Gary Burton, Pat Metheny, Steve Swallow & Antonio Sanchez
  [Concord Jazz]
  
  
• Brother To Brother
  Clayton Brothers
  [ArtistShare]
  
  
• Five Peace Band — Live
  Chick Corea & John McLaughlin Five Peace Band
  [Concord Records]
  
  
• Remembrance
  John Patitucci Trio
  [Concord Jazz]
  
  
• The Bright Mississippi
  Allen Toussaint
  [Nonesuch]
  

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

• Legendary
  Bob Florence Limited Edition
  [MAMA Records]
  
  
• Eternal Interlude
  John Hollenbeck Large Ensemble
  [Sunnyside]
  
  
• Fun Time
  Sammy Nestico And The SWR Big Band
  [Hänssler Classic]
  
  
• Book One
  New Orleans Jazz Orchestra
  [World Village]
  
  
• Lab 2009
  University Of North Texas One O'Clock Lab Band
  [North Texas Jazz]
  

Best Latin Jazz Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)

• Things I Wanted To Do
  Chembo Corniel
  [Chemboro Records]
  
  
• Áurea
  Geoffrey Keezer
  [ArtistShare]
  
  
• Brazilliance X 4
  Claudio Roditi
  [Resonance Records]
  
  
• Juntos Para Siempre
  Bebo Valdés And Chucho Valdés
  [Sony Music/Calle 54]
  
  
• Esta Plena
  Miguel Zenón
  [Marsalis Music]
  
  

Best Traditional Blues Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)

• A Stranger Here
  Ramblin' Jack Elliott
  [ANTI]
  
  
• Blue Again
  The Mick Fleetwood Blues Band Featuring Rick Vito
  [429 Records]
  
  
• Rough & Tough
  John Hammond
  [Chesky Records]
  
  
• Stomp! The Blues Tonight
  Duke Robillard
  [Stony Plain Records]
  
  
• Chicago Blues: A Living History
  (Various Artists)
  Larry Skoller, producer
  [Raisin' Music]
  

Best Contemporary Blues Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)

• This Time
  The Robert Cray Band
  [Nozzle Records/Vanguard]
  
  
• The Truth According To Ruthie Foster
  Ruthie Foster
  [Blue Corn Music]
  
  
• Live: Hope At The Hideout
  Mavis Staples
  [ANTI]
  
  
• Back To The River
  Susan Tedeschi
  [Verve Forecast]
  
  
• Already Free
  The Derek Trucks Band
  [Victor Records]
  

Best Gospel Performance
(For solo, duo, group as collaborative performances. Singles or tracks with vocal containing Gospel lyrics. All genres of Gospel music are eligible.)

• Free To Be Me
  Francesca Battistelli
  [Fervent Records/ Word Entertainment]
  
  
• Jesus Is Love
  Heather Headley Featuring Smokie Norful
  Track from: Audience Of One
  [EMI Gospel]
  
  
• I Believe
  Jonny Lang With Fisk Jubilee Singers
  Track from: Oh Happy Day
  [Vector Recordings/EMI Gospel]
  
  
• Wait On The Lord
  Donnie McClurkin Featuring Karen Clark Sheard
  Track from: We All Are One (Live In Detroit)
  [Verity]
  
  
• Born Again
  Third Day
  Track from: Revelation
  [Essential Records]
  

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

• In Boston
  Chris Botti
  [Columbia]
  
  
• Legacy
  Hiroshima
  [Heads Up International]
  
  
• Potato Hole
  Booker T. Jones
  [Anti]
  
  
• Modern Art
  The Rippingtons Featuring Russ Freeman
  [Hear Music]
  
  
• Down The Wire
  Spyro Gyra
  [Heads Up International]
  

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All City High School Jazz Ensemble and Northlanders Sizzle

Last night, the All City High School Jazz Ensemble and Augustana College Northlanders Jazz Band performed at Kresge Auditorium to a nearly full house.

The All City program was established 8 years ago by the Sioux Falls Jazz & Blues Society and features a select group of high school musicians nominated by their band directors with a focus on the art of jazz improvisation. A high school group is selected and performs in the fall with a middle school program scheduled each spring.

Yamaha artist, trumpeter and composer Jeff Jarvis returned to Sioux Falls and held clinics with both groups and performed as a guest soloist. Mr. Jarvis was most recently in Sioux Falls playing with the Northlanders at the Sioux Falls Jazz & Blues Festival last July.

Mr. Jarvis sat in with the All City group for their entire set. He mentioned that as he flew in to Sioux Falls, he noticed all the agriculture in our area and noted that we also "grow good kids in South Dakota."

SFJB board president, Neal Eddy, awarded Lincoln High School senior trumpet player Jordan Hoffman the Sioux Falls Jazz & Blues Society Scholarship for Higher Learning - a $1,000 award to help with college tuition to a state institution.

As part of the scholarship process, Jordan submitted a written essay to the Sioux Falls Jazz & Blues Society. Here are a few excerpts that demonstrate his passion for jazz music:

"...to teach kids how to play jazz, we'll I'd pay to have that job and it truly will be a dream come true when it happens," said Jordan.

"Jazz education is essential. The torch is being passed on to my generation and many are ignoring its flame. I plan to take that torch, run with it and keep jazz alive because if jazz dies, then a part of me has too."

Jordan was also a recipient of the Mike Miller Lifetime Achievement Award Scholarship when he was an 8th grader playing in the All City Middle School Jazz Ensemble. He's truly a special kid and a heck of a trumpet player as well.

The Northlanders Jazz Band was smokin’! The band started and ended their set with a bari sax solo. Awesome! Combined with a sizzling rhythm section, accomplished vocalist and great solos peppered throughout their 8 song set – their sound was a wall of swinging greatness.

Its fun for us at the Sioux Falls Jazz & Blues Society to see kids that were involved in the All City Jazz groups evolve in their musicianship. Three of the Northlanders players are alums of the All City program: Chris Borchardt (alto and soprano sax), Meredith Reynolds (tenor sax), and Collin Block (trumpet).

The Sioux Falls Jazz & Blues Society would like to thank Dr. Paul Schilf, Ivan Fuller, Stan Eitrem and Augustana College; Jennifer Hawkinson band director at Washington High School, Robert Carlson band director at Lincoln High School, and Shane Macklin band director at Roosevelt High School. Thank you also to Ann Davis, Fine Arts Coordinator at Sioux Falls Public Schools.

The Sioux Falls Jazz & Blues Society would also like to thank Yamaha Corporation for its sponsorship making Jeff Jarvis's appearance possible.