December 13, 2006

Twenty-six Berklee alumni were nominated for a total of 36 Grammy Awards by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. The nominees were recognized for their outstanding contributions in a variety of categories, including pop, rock, r&b, jazz, Latin jazz, blues, country, polka, gospel music, and arranging. To date, Berklee alumni have won a total of 147 Grammy Awards. The 49th Annual Grammy Awards will be held on Sunday, February 11, 2007, at Staples Center in Los Angeles, and broadcast on CBS at 8:00 p.m. (ET/PT).

Natalie Maines '95 of the Dixie Chicks and John Mayer '98 were nominated for a whopping five awards each. Maines was nominated in categories including Record of the Year, Album of the Year, and Best Country Album. Mayer was also nominated for Album of the Year, and in categories including Best Male Pop Vocal Performance, and Best Rock Album. Gil Goldstein '70 was nominated for Best Instrumental Arrangement, and garnered two additional nominations in the category Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s).

Berklee alumni were heavily represented in the jazz categories, with nominations for Best Contemporary Jazz Album going to recent grad Christian Scott '04 for his solo debut album Rewind That, and Mike Stern '75 for Who Let the Cats Out? Nominations for Best Latin Jazz Album went to Diego Urcola '90, Antonio Sanchez '98, Pernell Saturnino '95, and Edsel Gomez '85. Diana Krall '83, Branford Marsalis '80, John Scofield '73, and Joe Lovano '72 were also nominated in a variety of jazz categories.

Other nominees include Bruce Hornsby '74; Susan Tedeschi '91; Melissa Etheridge '80; Bob James '59 and Harvey Mason '68 of the group Fourplay; Makeba '99, who co-wrote Beyonce's song Déjà Vu and composer Stephen Bray '78, for his work on the Broadway show The Color Purple.

A complete list of Berklee alumni nominees for the 49th Annual Grammy Awards follows.

Category 1 – Record Of The Year

• You're Beautiful
  James Blunt
  Tom Rothrock, producer; Tom Rothrock & Mike Tarantino '00, engineers/mixers
  Track from: Back To Bedlam
  [Open Wide/Columbia]
  
  
• Not Ready To Make Nice
  Dixie Chicks (Natalie Maines '95)
  Rick Rubin, producer; Richard Dodd, Jim Scott & Chris Testa, engineers/mixers
  Track from: Taking The Long Way
  [Custard/Atlantic]
  
  

Category 2 – Album Of The Year

• Taking The Long Way
  Dixie Chicks (Natalie Maines '95)
  Rick Rubin, producer; Richard Dodd, Jim Scott & Chris Testa, engineers/mixers; Richard Dodd, mastering engineer
  [Open Wide/Columbia]
  
  
• Continuum
  John Mayer '98
  Steve Jordan & John Mayer, producers; John Alagia '85, Michael Brauer, Joe Ferla, Chad Franscoviak, Manny Marroquin & Dave O'Donnell, engineers/mixers; Greg Calbi, mastering engineer
  [Aware/Columbia]
  
  

Category 3 – Song Of The Year

• Not Ready To Make Nice
  Martie Maguire, Natalie Maines '95, Emily Robison & Dan Wilson, songwriters (Dixie Chicks)
  Track from: Taking The Long Way
  [Open Wide/Columbia; Publishers: Woolly Puddin' Music, Chrysalis Music, Sugar Lake Music.]
  
  

Category 6 – Best Male Pop Vocal Performance

• Waiting On The World To Change
  John Mayer '98
  Track from: Continuum
  [Aware/Columbia]
  
  

Category 9 – Best Pop Instrumental Performance

• Song H
  Bruce Hornsby '74
  Track from: Intersections: 1985 - 2005
  [RCA Legacy]
  
  

Category 10 – Best Pop Instrumental Album

• X
  Fourplay (Bob James '59 and Harvey Mason '68)
  [Bluebird/RCA Victor]
  
  

Category 11 – Best Pop Vocal Album

• Continuum
  John Mayer '98
  [Aware/Columbia]
  
  

Category 15 – Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance

• Route 66
  John Mayer '98
  Track from: Cars — Soundtrack (Various Artists)
  [Disney]
  
  

Category 21 – Best Rock Album

• Try!
  John Mayer Trio (John Mayer '98)
  [Aware/Columbia]
  
  

Category 28 – Best R&B Song

• Déjà Vu
  Shawn Carter, Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins, Beyoncé Knowles, Makeba '99, Keli Nicole Price & Delisha Thomas, songwriters (Beyoncé Featuring Jay-Z)
  
  

Category 38 – Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal

• Not Ready To Make Nice
  Dixie Chicks (Natalie Maines '95)
  Track from: Taking The Long Way
  [Open Wide/Columbia]
  
  

Category 40 – Best Country Instrumental Performance

• Jerusalem Ridge
  Casey Driessen '00
  Track from: 3D
  [Sugar Hill Records]
  
  

Category 42 – Best Country Album

• Taking The Long Way
  Dixie Chicks (Natalie Maines '95)
  [Open Wide/Columbia]
  
  

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	Christian Scott '04
	Photo by Phil Farnsworth

• Rewind That
  Christian Scott '04
  [Concord Jazz]
  
  

• Who Let The Cats Out?
  Mike Stern '75
  [Heads Up]
  
  

Category 46 – Best Jazz Vocal Album

• From This Moment On
  Diana Krall '83
  [Verve]
  
  

Category 47 – Best Jazz Instrumental Solo

• Hope
  Branford Marsalis '80, soloist
  Track from: Braggtown
  [Marsalis Music/Rounder]
  
  

Category 48 – Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group

• Saudades
  Trio Beyond, Jack DeJohnette, Larry Goldings & John Scofield '73
  [ECM]
  
  

Category 49 – Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album

• Streams Of Expression
  Joe Lovano Ensemble (Joe Lovano '72)
  [Blue Note Records]
  
  

Category 50 – Best Latin Jazz Album

• Cubist Music
  Edsel Gomez '85
  [Zoho]
  
  
• Viva
  Diego Urcola '90, Edward Simon, Avishai Cohen, Antonio Sanchez '98, and Pernell Saturnino '95
  [CAM Jazz]
  
  

Category 53 – Best Rock Or Rap Gospel Album

• End Of Silence
  Red (Robert Graves '92, Producer)
  [Essential Records]
  
  

Category 59 – Best Latin Rock, Alternative Or Urban Album

• Lo Demàs Es Plàstico
  Black:Guayaba (Carlos Colon '04)
  [OLE Music]
  
  

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	Susan Tedeschi '91
	Photo by Phil Farnsworth

• Hope And Desire
  Susan Tedeschi '91
  [Verve Forecast]
  
  

Category 74 – Best Polka Album

• Party Dress
  LynnMarie & The Boxhounds (Charlie Kelley '88, Producer)
  [Squeeze Record]
  
  

Category 79 – Best Musical Show Album

• The Color Purple
  Jay David Saks, producer; Stephen Bray '78, Brenda Russell & Allee Willis, composers/lyricists (Original Broadway Cast With LaChanze, Elisabeth Withers-Mendes & Others)
  [Angel Records]
  
  

Category 82 – Best Song Written For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media

• I Need To Wake Up (From An Inconvenient Truth)
  Melissa Etheridge '80, songwriter (Melissa Etheridge)
  [Island Def Jam; Publisher: Songs of Ridge Road.]
  
  

Category 84 – Best Instrumental Arrangement

• Three Women
  Gil Goldstein '70, arranger (Gil Goldstein)
  Track from: Under Rousseau's Moon
  [Half Note]
  
  

Category 85 – Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)

• Good Morning Heartache
  Gil Goldstein '70 & Greg Phillinganes, arrangers (Chris Botti & Jill Scott)
  Track from: To Love Again — The Duets
  [Columbia Records]
  
  
• Suninga
  Gil Goldstein '70, arranger (Gil Goldstein)
  Track from: Under Rousseau's Moon
  [Half Note]

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