Grammy January Preview/Recap

Below is a preview/recap of 28 albums for Grammy January. 

Seven albums that were nominated for a 2024 Grammy Award; nine 2023/22/21 Grammy nominees; five 25/50 year retrospective albums that earned nominations; five nominees for a 2023 Latin Grammy.

The nominees for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album were (link to post):

• THE WINNER: The Count Basie Orchestra directed by Scotty Barnhart - Basie Swings the Blues!
• Darcy James Argue's Secret Society - Dynamic Maximum Tension
• Vince Mendoza & Metropole Orkest - Olympians
• Mingus Big Band - The Charles Mingus Centennial Sessions
• ADDA Simfònica, Josep Vincent & Emilio Solla - The Chick Corea Symphony Tribute - Ritmo [Latin and USA Grammy nominations!]

Two big bands received nominations for an instrumental tune:

• Best Instrumental Composition: Gordon Goodwin & Raymond Scott - "Cutey and the Dragon" (Quartet San Francisco ft. Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band)
• Best Instrumental Arrangement: Hilario Duran- "I Remember Mingus" (Hilario Duran & his Latin Jazz Big Band ft. Paquito D'Rivera)

2023 Best Large Jazz Ensemble album nominees:

• Steven Feifke - Generation Gap Jazz Orchestra (winner) & Kinetic (2022 nominee)
• Steve Gadd, Eddie Gomez, Ronnie Cuber & WDR Big Band, Center Stage & Jackets XL (2022 nominee)
  
• Remy Le Bouf - Architecture Of Storms & Assembly Of Shadows (2022 nominee)
• John Beasley - & SWR Big Band Bird Lives & MONK’estra Plays John Beasley (2021 nominee)
• Ron Carter - Remembering Ron Freedman

Retrospective 1999 nominees:

• Don Sebesky - Joyful Noise: A Tribute To Duke Ellington = Wins for 2 songs in 2000.
• I Remember Bill: A Tribute To Bill Evans = song win 1999
• Giant Box = 1975 album nominee
  
• Anthony Brown’s Asian American Orchestra - Far East Suite = 2000 album nominee
• Chick Corea & London Symphony Orchestra - Corea: Spain & Piano Concerto No. 1 = a 2000 song win.

Retrospective 1974 nominees:

• Woody Herman - Thundering Herd = Best Album in 1975!
• Thad Jones & Mel Lewis - Potpourri = 1976 album nominee

 

 

Here’s large ~instrumental ensembles that earned a win/nomination at the 2023 Latin Grammys.

• Best Instrumental Album, winner: Camilo Valencia & Richard Bravo - Made In Miami
• Best Arrangement, winner: Rafael Valencia for ‘Songo Bop’ [2022]
• Best Jazz Album: William Maestre Big Band - Semblanzas
• Best Traditional Tropical Album: Orquesta Failde – Danzoneando (En Vivo Desde Matanzas)
• Best Arrangement: Joe McCarthy & Vince Norman – "Waltz of the Flowers" (Joe McCarthy's New York Afro Bop Alliance Big Band) [2022]
• and Daniel Freiberg – "Crónicas Latinoamericanas," Pacho Flores & Orquesta Sinfonica De Mineria - Estirpe [2022]
• Best Instrumental Album: ADDA Simfònica, Josep Vicent & Emilio Solla – The Chick Corea Symphony Tribute: Ritmo [Latin and USA Grammy nominations!]
• Best Arrangement: Emilio Solla – "Spain"  😎