Berklee Alumni and Faculty Earn 26 Grammy Award Nominations; Nominees Include Natalie Maines of the Dixie Chicks, Branford Marsalis, Steve Vai, Aimee Mann, and Howard Shore
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December 15, 2005 — Twenty Berklee alumni and three faculty members were nominated for a total of 26 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, metal, jazz, Latin jazz, hip hop, country music, film scoring, and for achievement in audio engineering/mixing, arranging, and art direction. The 48th Annual Grammy Awards will be held on Wednesday, Feb. 8, at Staples Center in Los Angeles, and broadcast on CBS at 8:00 p.m. (EST).Natalie Maines '95 of the Dixie Chicks was nominated for two awards, in the categories Best Country Song, and Best Country Performance By a Duo or Group with Vocal, in which she won an award last year.
Brian Garten '95 was also nominated for two awards, Record of the Year and Album of the Year, for his work mixing/engineering Mariah Carey. Other alumni nominated for their mixing/engineering work include Andrew Dawson '01, Record of the Year and Album of the Year for Kanye West; and Matt Marin '98, Album of the Year for Love. Angel. Music. Baby. by Gwen Stefani.
The Caribbean Jazz Project Featuring Dave Samuels – which includes Berklee faculty members Samuels, Oscar Stagnaro, and Mark Walker, and alumni Diego Urcola '90, and Dario Eskenazi '88 - was nominated in the category Best Latin Jazz Album.
In other jazz categories, Branford Marsalis '80, and Alan Broadbent '69 were nominated in the category Best Jazz Instrumental Solo, while Luciana Souza '88 and Tierney Sutton '87 are both up for Best Jazz Vocal Album. Drummer Antonio Sanchez '97 was nominated for Best Contemporary Jazz Album, for The Way Up by Pat Metheny Group.
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A complete list of Berklee alumni and faculty nominees for the 48th Annual Grammy® Awards follows.
Category 1 – Record of The Year
- We Belong Together
Mariah Carey, Brian Garten '95 engineer/mixer (among others)
Track from: The Emancipation Of Mimi [Island Records]
- Gold Digger
Kanye West, Andrew Dawson '01 engineer/mixer (among others)
Track from: Late Registration [Roc-A-Fella]
Category 2 – Album of The Year
- The Emancipation of Mimi
Mariah Carey, Brian Garten '95 engineer/mixer (among others) [Island Records]
- Love. Angel. Music. Baby.
Gwen Stefani, Matt Marin '98 engineer/mixer [Interscope Records]
- Late Registration
Kanye West, Andrew Dawson '01 engineer/mixer (among others) [Roc-A-Fella]
Category 10 - Best Pop Instrumental Album
- Flipside
Jeff Lorber '71 [Narada Jazz]
Category 19 – Best Rock Instrumental Performance
- Lotus Feet
Steve Vai '79
Track from: Real Illusions: Reflections [Epic/Red Ink]
Category 38 – Best Country Performance By a Duo or Group with Vocal
- I Hope
Dixie Chicks, Natalie Maines '95 [Columbia]
Category 41 – Best Country Song
- I Hope
Keb Mo, Martie Maguire, Natalie Maines '95 & Emily Robison, songwriters (Dixie Chicks) [Columbia; Publishers: Woolly Puddlin' Music, Scrapin' Toast Music, Keb Note Music.]
Category 45 – Best Contemporary Jazz Album
- The Way Up
Pat Metheny Group, Antonio Sanchez '97, drummer [Nonesuch]
Category 46 – Best Jazz Vocal Album
- Duos II
Luciana Souza '88 [Sunnyside]
- I'm With The Band
Tierney Sutton '87 [Telarc Jazz]
Category 47 – Best Jazz Instrumental Solo
- 'Round Midnight
Alan Broadbent '69, soloist
Track from: 'Round Midnight [Artistry Music]
- A Love Supreme - Acknowledgement
Branford Marsalis '80, soloist
Track from: Coltrane's A Love Supreme Live In Amsterdam [Marsalis Music]
Category 48 – Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group
- Live At The House Of Tribes
Wynton Marsalis, Kengo Nakamura '91, bass [Blue Note Records]
Category 50 – Best Latin Jazz Album
- Here And Now - Live In Concert
Caribbean Jazz Project Featuring Dave Samuels, faculty [Concord Picante], Mark Walker, faculty, Oscar Stagnaro, faculty, Dario Eskenazi '88, and Diego Urcola '90
Category 81 - Best Score Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media
- The Aviator
Howard Shore '69, composer [Decca]
Category 82 - Best Song Written For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media
- Believe
Glen Ballard & Alan Silvestri '70, songwriters (Josh Groban)
Track from: The Polar Express [Warner Sunset/Reprise; Publishers: Warner Olive Music, Aerostation Corp., Universal-MCA Music Publishing, Jobanala Music.]
Category 85 - Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)
- What Are You Doing For The Rest Of Your Life?
Billy Childs, Gil Goldstein '70 & Heitor Pereira, arrangers (Chris Botti & Sting) [Columbia Records]
Category 86 - Best Recording Package
- The Forgotten Arm
Aimee Mann '80 & Gail Marowitz, art directors (Aimee Mann) [SuperEgo Records]
Category 106 - Best Classical Crossover Album
- 4 + Four
Turtle Island String Quartet & Ying Quartet (Mads Tolling '03, Evan Price, '96) [Telarc]
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Margot Edwards
Office of Public Information
(617) 747-2004
medwards@berklee.edu
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