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BOSTON, December 5, 2003 — Twelve Berklee alumni and one current faculty member were nominated for a total of 14 GRAMMY® Awards yesterday by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. The nominees were recognized for their outstanding contributions to pop, R&B, rock, jazz, Latin jazz, blues, classical crossover, world music, and film scoring, and for achievement in audio engineering. Eligible for nominations were recordings released between October 1, 2002 and September 30, 2003.
Recording engineer/mixer Tony Maserati '86 earned three nominations — the most of any alum this year — two for Record of the Year for "Crazy In Love" by Beyoncé featuring Jay-Z, and "Where Is The Love," by the Black Eyed Peas and Justin Timberlake, as well as a nomination for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical for the Black Eyed Peas' Elephunk. (Maserati, who also engineered Queen Latifah's "Go Head," nominated for Best Female Rap Solo Performance, is at Berklee today to present two clinics for students in the college's Music Production and Engineering Department.)
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Tony Maserati '86 gives a clinic, In Service of the Song, to Berklee students on December 5, 2003.
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The five-member band Train, which includes alumni Charlie Colin '88 and Rob Hotchkiss '82, received two nominations — for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal for "Calling All Angels," which was also nominated for Best Rock Song, an award to the songwriters, which include Colin.
Last year's winner for Best Latin Jazz Album, the Caribbean Jazz Project, with faculty member Dave Samuels and alumnus Dario Eskenazi ‘88, has once again been nominated in that category for their album Birds of a Feather.
Susan Tedeschi '91 received her third GRAMMY nomination — for Best Contemporary Blues Album for Wait For Me. (Tedeschi is one of several alumni returning to the college next Thursday, December 11, to perform in the 20th Anniversary Singers' Showcase Concert.)
Trumpeter Roy Hargrove '89, a previous GRAMMY winner in the jazz category, crossed genre lines with his group RH Factor Featuring D'Angelo, garnering a nomination for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals for "I'll Stay," a track from Hard Groove.
The college would like to offer its congratulations to all the Berklee nominees. The 46th Annual Grammy Awards will be presented on February 8, 2004. A complete list of Berklee alumni nominees for the 46th Annual GRAMMY® Awards follows.
Category 1 - Record Of The Year
(Award to the Artist and to the Producer(s), Recording Engineer(s) and/or Mixer(s), if other than the artist.)
- "Crazy In Love"
Beyoncé Featuring Jay-Z
Rich Harrison & Beyoncé Knowles, producers; Jim Caruana & Tony Maserati '86,
engineers/mixers
Track from: Dangerously In Love
[Columbia Records/Music World Music]
- "Where Is The Love"
The Black Eyed Peas & Justin Timberlake
Ron Fair & will.i.am, producers; Dylan Dresdow & Tony Maserati '86 engineers/mixers
Track from: Elephunk
[A&M Records]
Category 16 - Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal
(For duo, group or collaborative performances, with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)
- "Calling All Angels"
Train (Charlie Colin '88, Rob Hotchkiss'82)
Track from: My Private Nation
[Columbia Records]
Category 19 - Best Rock Instrumental Performance
(For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances, without vocals. Includes Rock, Hard Rock and Metal. Singles or Tracks only.)
- "Essence"
Steve Vai '79
Track from: Mystery Tracks Archives Vol. 3
[Favored Nations]
Category 20 - Best Rock Song
(A Songwriter(s) Award. Includes Rock, Hard Rock & Metal songs. Artist names appear in parenthesis. Singles or Tracks only.)
- "Calling All Angels"
Charlie Colin '88, Pat Monahan, Jimmy Stafford & Scott Underwood, songwriters
(Train)
Track from: My Private Nation
[Columbia Records; Publishers: EMI April Music, Inc. & Blue Lamp Music]
Category 25 - Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
(For duo, group or collaborative performances, with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)
- "I'll Stay"
Roy Hargrove '89 & The RH Factor Featuring D'Angelo
Track from: Hard Groove
[Verve Records]
Category 47 - Best Jazz Vocal Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)
- North and South
Luciana Souza '92
[Sunnyside]
Category 51 - Best Latin Jazz Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)
- Birds Of A Feather
Caribbean Jazz Project (Dave Samuels, faculty; Dario Eskenazi ‘88)
[Concord Picante]
Category 65 - Best Contemporary Blues Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)
- Wait For Me
Susan Tedeschi '91
[Tone-Cool/Artemis Records]
Category 79 - Best Score Soundtrack Album For A Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media
(Award to Composer(s) for an original score created specifically for, or as a companion to, a current legitimate motion picture, television show or series or other visual media.)
- The Lord Of The Rings - The Two Towers
Howard Shore '69, composer
[Reprise Records/WMG Soundtracks]
Category 71 - Best Contemporary World Music Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)
- The Intercontinentals
Bill Frisell '77
[Nonesuch Records]
Category 87 - Best Historical Album
- Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues: A Musical Journey
Steve Berkowitz, Alex Gibney, Andy McKaie & Jerry Rappaport, compilation
producers; Gavin Lurssen '91 & Joseph M. Palmaccio, mastering engineers (Various
Artists)
[Hip-O Records]
Category 88 - Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
(An Engineer's Award. (Artists names appear in parenthesis.))
- Elephunk
Dylan Dresdow, Jun Ishizeki, Chris Lord-Alge, Tony Maserati '86, Jason Villaroman,
Will.i.am & Frank Wolf, engineers (The Black Eyed Peas)
[A&M Records]
Category 103 - Best Classical Crossover Album
(Award to the Artist(s) and/or to the Conductor.)
- Into The Blue
Ali Jackson, drums, Emmanuel Pahud, flute, Sean Smith, double bass & Jacky Terrasson '86, piano
[Blue Note]
Previous Alumni GRAMMY Winners
There is no better place to prepare for a career in contemporary music than Berklee. Perhaps the best evidence of this is the success of the college's outstanding alumni. A great many former Berklee College of Music students have gone on to receive popular music's highest honor: the Grammy Award. As of November 2003, 38 alumni have won a total of 96 Grammys. The Berklee community is extremely proud of its association with these outstanding musicians:
Alan Broadbent '69
Gary Burton '62
Will Calhoun '86 (Living Colour)
Paula Cole '90
Charlie Colin '88 (Train)
Al DiMeola '74 (Chick Corea and Return to Forever)
Dario Eskenazi '88 (Caribbean Jazz Project)
Melissa Etheridge '80
Benny Faccone '78
Donald Fagen '66 (Steely Dan)
Robert Freedman '78
Albhy Galuten '68
Juan Luis Guerra '83
Jan Hammer '69
Roy Hargrove '89
Bruce Hornsby '74
Rob Hotchkiss '82 (Train)
Quincy Jones '51
Diana Krall '83
Joey Kramer '71 (Aerosmith)
Fred Lipsius '61
Joe Lovano '72
Gavin Lurssen '91
Natalie Maines '95 (Dixie Chicks)
Arif Mardin '61
Branford Marsalis '80
John Mayer '98
Jay Newland '84
Wallace Roney '81
Antonio Sanchez '98 (Pat Metheny Group)
Howard Shore '69
Alan Silvestri '70
Allan Slutsky '73
Steve Vai '79
Ernie Watts '66
Jeff “Tain” Watts '81 (Branford Marsalis Quartet)
Gillian Welch '90
Brad Whitford '71 (Aerosmith)
Joe Zawinul '59 (Weather Report)
Berklee College of Music was founded on the revolutionary principle that the best way to prepare students for careers in music was through the study and practice of contemporary music. For over half a century, the college has evolved constantly to reflect the state of the art of music and the music business. With over a dozen performance and non-performance majors, a diverse and talented student body representing 70-plus countries, and a music industry "who's who" of alumni, Berklee is the world's premier learning lab for the music of today — and tomorrow.
For more information, please contact:
Toni Ballard
Publicist
Berklee College of Music
tballard@berklee.edu
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