A student cellist earns a nomination; multiple winner and Executive Vice President Gary Burton will present several awards at the Grammys on February 23.

By Sarah Murphy
Berklee.edu Correspondent
February 20, 2003

	Student cellist Rushad Eggleston received a Grammy nomination for his work with Fiddlers 4.
	Photo courtesy of the Rosebud Agency

As Grammy night fast approaches, Berklee would like to congratulate several members of the college community who were honored with Grammy nominations this year. Twenty alumni, one faculty member, and, for the first time ever, a current student will be vying for Grammy Awards on Sunday, February 23.

Representing a broad range of categories, from contemporary jazz to Latin alternative rock, and from traditional folk to salsa, these nominees demonstrate both the height and breadth of talent among Berklee's alumni.

Distinguished producer Arif Mardin '61 received four nominations, including Record of the Year, Album of the Year, and Producer of the Year, for his work on Norah Jones's album Come Away with Me. Student cellist Rushad Eggleston '03 was nominated in the Best Traditional Folk Album category for his work with the group Fiddlers 4 on their self-titled album. And Associate Professor of Percussion Dave Samuels, of the Caribbean Jazz Project, received a nod for Best Latin Jazz Album.

Grammy night will be especially exciting for Berklee Executive Vice President Gary Burton '62. Not only is Burton, a vibraphonist, nominated in the Best Classical Crossover Album category, he also will be presenting several Grammy awards during the nontelevised portion of the ceremony, which begins at 4:30 p.m. and will be webcast on the Recording Academy's web site. Burton, who has won five Grammys, is a member of the Recording Academy and serves on both the board of governors of the Academy's New York Chapter and the board of the Grammy Foundation.

"Gary has been such a friend of the academy over the years," said Diane Theriot, NARAS's vice president of awards. "We truly admire him. He's smart and talented. We are just thrilled to have him participate this year."

Exactly which awards Burton will present will be kept a secret until the Grammy ceremony. Chances are he will end up awarding a Grammy to several former Berklee students.

The following members of the Berklee family have been nominated for Grammy awards:

Record of the Year
"Don't Know Why," Norah Jones
Arif Mardin '61 and Jay Newland '84, producers

"Dilemma," Nelly
Brian Garten '95, engineer/mixer

Album of the Year
Come Away with Me, Norah Jones
Arif Mardin '61 and Jay Newland '84, producers

Nellyville, Nelly
Brian Garten '95, engineer/mixer

	Five-time Grammy winner Gary Burton received his first nomination in a classical music category.
	Photo by Farnsworth/Blalock

Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group
Aerosmith (Brad Whitford '71, Joey Kramer '71)
"Girls of Summer"

Best Contemporary Jazz Album
Speaking of Now
Pat Metheny Group (Antonio Sanchez '98)

Überjam
John Scofield Band (John Scofield '73, Adam Deitch '98)

Faces and Places
Joe Zawinul '59

Best Jazz Vocal Album
Brazilian Duos
Luciana Souza '92

Live in Paris
Diana Krall '83

Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group
Directions in Music
Herbie Hancock, Michael Brecker, and Roy Hargrove '89

Best Latin Jazz Album
The Gathering
Caribbean Jazz Project (Dave Samuels, faculty; Dario Eskenazi '88)

Best Latin Rock/Alternative Album
Kinky
Kinky (Ulises Lozano '90)

Best Salsa Album
Un Gran Día En El Barrio
The Spanish Harlem Orchestra (Ozzie Melendez '81)

Best Traditional Folk Album
Fiddlers 4
Fiddlers 4 (Rushad Eggleston '03)

Best Score Soundtrack Album
The Fellowship of the Ring
Howard Shore '69

Best Instrumental Composition
"Inspiration"
Kenny Werner '68

Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist
"I'm Glad There Is You"
Alan Broadbent '69

Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
Come Away with Me, Norah Jones
Arif Mardin '61 and Jay Newland '84, engineers

Producer of the Year, Non-Classical
Arif Mardin '61
Come Away with Me, Norah Jones

Best Classical Crossover Album
Virtuosi
Gary Burton '62 and Makoto Ozone '83

The following alumni produced or performed on Grammy-nominated albums:

Best Polka Album
The Polka Album
LynnMarie (Charlie Kelley '88, producer)

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
What Goes Around
Dave Holland Big Band (Billy Kilson '85, Antonio Hart '91, Mark Gross '88)

Tonight at Noon…Three or Four Shades of Love
Mingus Big Band (Seamus Blake '92, David Kikoski '81, Douglas Yates '89, Jeremy Pelt '98, Jaleel Shaw '00, Frank Lacy '81, Jeff Watts '81)

Can I Persuade You?
The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra (Billy Drewes '74)

Sarah Murphy is a publicist in Berklee's Office of Public Information.