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Composer and bandleader Maria Schneider accepts a Grammy Award in Los Angeles in 2014. On Sunday she won two more, for Best Instrumental Composition and Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album.
The Grammy Premiere Ceremony the pre-telecast ritual where most of the Grammy Awards are actually announced took place virtually this year, like so many other recent events of its kind.
Despite those restrictions, there was room for a performance by
Terri Lyne Carrington & Social Science, whose
Waiting Game was up for Best Instrumental Jazz Album. Social Science didn t end up winning, but their version of Trapped in the American Dream, with Kassa Overall and Debo Ray on vocals, delivered a jolt of conscience.
Mont Pleasant/SUNY Schenectady grad wins Grammy Award; Miller, Albany Symphony also win | The Daily Gazette
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Charlie Post received his first Grammy nomination and first Grammy Award for his work as sound engineer on Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s 2019 recording of Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 13. (Courtesy CSO)
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Editor’s note: Parts of this story first appeared in a Feb. 10 story in The Daily Gazette by Geraldine Freedman.
Mont Pleasant High School and SUNY Schenectady graduate Charlie Post, a sound engineer with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, won a Grammy Award Sunday for Best Engineered Album, Classical.
Post, along with David Frost and mastering engineer Silas Brown, won for Shostakovich: Symphony No. 13, “Babi Yar” by Riccardo Muti & Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
Seventeen Louisiana acts set to shine at Grammy Awards
Louisiana’s deep and diverse musical heritage will once again be on display Sunday night with the 63rd annual Grammy Awards presentation. A total of 17 Louisiana acts are nominated for 23 awards, representing musical genres from jazz and blues to Cajun, rap and gospel.
With pandemic precautions still in place, this year’s prime-time awards show from Los Angeles will be largely a virtual event. The show will be broadcast live from the Staples Center with no audience members in attendance, and most nominees will participate in the awards show via online connections. The broadcast is scheduled for 7 p.m. on CBS, with Trevor Noah of
16 Louisiana Artists Nominated for 2021 Grammys
The 63rd annual Grammy Awards will be held this Sunday, March 14 at 7:00 pm from the Los Angeles Staples Center, and Louisiana is well represented.
A total of 16 Louisiana artists are nominated for 23 awards ranging in genres like New Orleans jazz, blues, Cajun, rap, country, and gospel.
One group representing Acadiana is the Cecilia-based trio Sweet Cecilia who are nominated in the Best Regional Roots Album category for their album,
A Tribute to Al Berard.
Bobby Rush, Best Traditional Blues Album for
Rawer Than Raw. Rush won the 2016 Grammy in this category and has a total of six nominations.