Beverly Hills, CA -- Concord Music Group, one of the worlds largest independent record companies, and its family of imprints including Concord Records, Hear Music, Concord Jazz, Fantasy, Stax, Telarc, Heads Up International and Peak, among many others, garnered 38 GRAMMY nominations. The label achieved an astounding 7% of the total number of GRAMMY nominations, marking a company record for the number of Grammy nominations received in a year. The nominations were announced at the first-ever GRAMMY Nominations Concert Live! that was held in downtown Los Angeles and televised on CBS. The CMG nominations span an amazing array of genres including jazz, rock, classical, pop, urban, Latin, blues and R&B.
The Concord Music Group is blessed with some of the worlds most talented and innovative artists. We are extremely proud that the Recording Academy has recognized their hard work. The breadth of our nominations is a tribute to our strength and diversity as a label, and our ongoing commitment to music as a company, stated Gene Rumsey, Concord Music Group general manager.
Below is the complete list of nominations for the Concord Music Group:
Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
Wichita Lineman
James Taylor
Track from: Covers
[Hear Music]
That Was Me
Paul McCartney
Track from: Amoeba's Secret
[Hear Music/MPL Communications Ltd.]
Best Pop Instrumental Performance
Love Appetite
Steve Cropper & Felix Cavaliere
Track from: Nudge It Up A Notch
[Stax]
Fortune Teller
Fourplay
Track from: Energy
[Heads Up International]
Blast!
Marcus Miller
Track from: Marcus
[Concord Jazz]
Best Pop Instrumental Album
Sax For Stax
Gerald Albright
[Peak Records]
A Night Before Christmas
Spyro Gyra
[Heads Up International]
Best Pop Vocal Album
Covers
James Taylor
[Hear Music]
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
The Sinatra Project
Michael Feinstein
[Concord Music Group]
Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance
I Saw Her Standing There
Paul McCartney
Track from: Amoeba's Secret
[Hear Music/MPL Communications Ltd.]
Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance
A Change Is Gonna Come
Wayne Brady
Track from: A Long Time Coming
[Peak Records]
Best Contemporary Jazz Album
Cannon Re-Loaded: All-Star Celebration Of Cannonball Adderley
(Various Artists)
Gregg Field & Tom Scott, producers
[Concord Jazz]
Lifecycle
Yellowjackets Featuring Mike Stern
[Heads Up International]
Best Jazz Vocal Album
Imagina: Songs Of Brasil
Karrin Allyson
[Concord Jazz]
Best Jazz Instrumental Solo
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]
Seven Steps To Heaven
Till Brnner, 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]
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]
Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group
The New Crystal Silence
Chick Corea & Gary Burton
[Concord Records]
Best Latin Jazz Album
Afro Bop Alliance
Caribbean Jazz Project
[Heads Up International]
Best Gospel Performance
I Understand
Kim Burrell, Rance Allen, Bebe Winans, Mariah Carey & Hezekiah Walkers Love Fellowship Tabernacle Church Choir
Track from: Randy Jackson's Music Club, Volume One
[Concord Records/Dream Merchant 21 Ent.]
Shall We Gather At The River
Take 6
Track from: The Standard
[Heads Up International]
Best Traditional Blues Album
Pinetop Perkins & Friends
Pinetop Perkins & Friends
[Stoneagle Music/Telarc]
Best Contemporary Blues Album
Maestro
Taj Mahal
[Heads Up International]
Best Traditional World Music Album
Ilembe: Honoring Shaka Zulu
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
[Heads Up International]
Best Score Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media
Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull
John Williams, composer
[Concord Records]
Best Instrumental Composition
The Adventures Of Mutt (From Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull)
John Williams, composer (John Williams)
Track from: Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull - Soundtrack
[Concord Records]
Alegria
Chick Corea, composer (Chick Corea & Gary Burton)
Track from: The New Crystal Silence
[Concord Records]
Claire's Closet
Russell Ferrante, composer (Yellowjackets Featuring Mike Stern)
Track from: Lifecycle
[Heads Up International]
Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)
Grace
Cedric Dent, arranger (Take 6)
Track from: The Standard
[Heads Up International]
Johnny One Note
Don Sebesky, arranger (John Pizzarelli)
Track from: With A Song In My Heart
[Telarc International]
Best Surround Sound Album
Mussorgsky: Pictures At An Exhibition; Night On Bald Mountain; Prelude To Khovanshchina
Michael Bishop, surround mix engineer; Michael Bishop, surround mastering engineer; Robert Woods, surround producer (Paavo Jrvi & Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra)
[Telarc]
Best Engineered Album, Classical
Puccini: La Bohme
Michael Bishop, engineer (Robert Spano & Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus)
[Telarc]
Producer Of The Year, Classical
Robert Woods
Mussorgsky: Pictures At An Exhibition, Night On Bald Mountain, Prelude To Khovanshchina (Paavo Jrvi & Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra)
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5, Lieutenant Kij Suite (Paavo Jrvi & Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra)
Puccini: La Bohme (Robert Spano & Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus)
Ravel: Bolro (Erich Kunzel & Cincinnati Pops Orchestra)
Revolutionary (Cameron Carpenter)
Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestra)
Piano Music Of Salonen, Stucky, And Lutoslawski
Gloria Cheng
[Telarc]
Revolutionary
Cameron Carpenter
[Telarc]
Best Classical Contemporary Composition
Gandolfi: The Garden Of Cosmic Speculation
Michael Gandolfi (Robert Spano)
[Telarc]
Best Long Form Music Video
Respect Yourself - The Stax Records Story
(Various Artists)
Robert Gordon & Morgan Neville, video directors; Mark Crosby, Robert Gordon & Morgan Neville, video producers
[Stax/Tremolo Productions/Concord Music Group]
The Concord Music Group is blessed with some of the worlds most talented and innovative artists. We are extremely proud that the Recording Academy has recognized their hard work. The breadth of our nominations is a tribute to our strength and diversity as a label, and our ongoing commitment to music as a company, stated Gene Rumsey, Concord Music Group general manager.
Below is the complete list of nominations for the Concord Music Group:
Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
Wichita Lineman
James Taylor
Track from: Covers
[Hear Music]
That Was Me
Paul McCartney
Track from: Amoeba's Secret
[Hear Music/MPL Communications Ltd.]
Best Pop Instrumental Performance
Love Appetite
Steve Cropper & Felix Cavaliere
Track from: Nudge It Up A Notch
[Stax]
Fortune Teller
Fourplay
Track from: Energy
[Heads Up International]
Blast!
Marcus Miller
Track from: Marcus
[Concord Jazz]
Best Pop Instrumental Album
Sax For Stax
Gerald Albright
[Peak Records]
A Night Before Christmas
Spyro Gyra
[Heads Up International]
Best Pop Vocal Album
Covers
James Taylor
[Hear Music]
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
The Sinatra Project
Michael Feinstein
[Concord Music Group]
Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance
I Saw Her Standing There
Paul McCartney
Track from: Amoeba's Secret
[Hear Music/MPL Communications Ltd.]
Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance
A Change Is Gonna Come
Wayne Brady
Track from: A Long Time Coming
[Peak Records]
Best Contemporary Jazz Album
Cannon Re-Loaded: All-Star Celebration Of Cannonball Adderley
(Various Artists)
Gregg Field & Tom Scott, producers
[Concord Jazz]
Lifecycle
Yellowjackets Featuring Mike Stern
[Heads Up International]
Best Jazz Vocal Album
Imagina: Songs Of Brasil
Karrin Allyson
[Concord Jazz]
Best Jazz Instrumental Solo
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]
Seven Steps To Heaven
Till Brnner, 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]
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]
Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group
The New Crystal Silence
Chick Corea & Gary Burton
[Concord Records]
Best Latin Jazz Album
Afro Bop Alliance
Caribbean Jazz Project
[Heads Up International]
Best Gospel Performance
I Understand
Kim Burrell, Rance Allen, Bebe Winans, Mariah Carey & Hezekiah Walkers Love Fellowship Tabernacle Church Choir
Track from: Randy Jackson's Music Club, Volume One
[Concord Records/Dream Merchant 21 Ent.]
Shall We Gather At The River
Take 6
Track from: The Standard
[Heads Up International]
Best Traditional Blues Album
Pinetop Perkins & Friends
Pinetop Perkins & Friends
[Stoneagle Music/Telarc]
Best Contemporary Blues Album
Maestro
Taj Mahal
[Heads Up International]
Best Traditional World Music Album
Ilembe: Honoring Shaka Zulu
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
[Heads Up International]
Best Score Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media
Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull
John Williams, composer
[Concord Records]
Best Instrumental Composition
The Adventures Of Mutt (From Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull)
John Williams, composer (John Williams)
Track from: Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull - Soundtrack
[Concord Records]
Alegria
Chick Corea, composer (Chick Corea & Gary Burton)
Track from: The New Crystal Silence
[Concord Records]
Claire's Closet
Russell Ferrante, composer (Yellowjackets Featuring Mike Stern)
Track from: Lifecycle
[Heads Up International]
Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)
Grace
Cedric Dent, arranger (Take 6)
Track from: The Standard
[Heads Up International]
Johnny One Note
Don Sebesky, arranger (John Pizzarelli)
Track from: With A Song In My Heart
[Telarc International]
Best Surround Sound Album
Mussorgsky: Pictures At An Exhibition; Night On Bald Mountain; Prelude To Khovanshchina
Michael Bishop, surround mix engineer; Michael Bishop, surround mastering engineer; Robert Woods, surround producer (Paavo Jrvi & Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra)
[Telarc]
Best Engineered Album, Classical
Puccini: La Bohme
Michael Bishop, engineer (Robert Spano & Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus)
[Telarc]
Producer Of The Year, Classical
Robert Woods
Mussorgsky: Pictures At An Exhibition, Night On Bald Mountain, Prelude To Khovanshchina (Paavo Jrvi & Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra)
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5, Lieutenant Kij Suite (Paavo Jrvi & Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra)
Puccini: La Bohme (Robert Spano & Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus)
Ravel: Bolro (Erich Kunzel & Cincinnati Pops Orchestra)
Revolutionary (Cameron Carpenter)
Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestra)
Piano Music Of Salonen, Stucky, And Lutoslawski
Gloria Cheng
[Telarc]
Revolutionary
Cameron Carpenter
[Telarc]
Best Classical Contemporary Composition
Gandolfi: The Garden Of Cosmic Speculation
Michael Gandolfi (Robert Spano)
[Telarc]
Best Long Form Music Video
Respect Yourself - The Stax Records Story
(Various Artists)
Robert Gordon & Morgan Neville, video directors; Mark Crosby, Robert Gordon & Morgan Neville, video producers
[Stax/Tremolo Productions/Concord Music Group]
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