The CD Live at the Jazz Standard with Fred Hersch, recorded by singer Nancy King and pianist Fred Hersch and released earlier this year by the St. Louis-based independent label MAXJAZZ, has been nominated in the "Best Vocal Jazz Album" category of the 49th annual Grammy Awards. King's CD is in some well-known company, as the other nominees in the category include Diana Krall and Nancy Wilson, as well as newcomer Roberta Gambarini and former Kansas Citian Karrin Allyson.Hersch will be in St. Louis in February to lead his own group in a performance at the Sheldon Concert Hall, and there are some other names among this year's nominees who either have performed in St.Louis recently or will soon, including Allyson, Bela Fleck and the Flecktones (nominated for Best Contemporary Jazz Album), and pianist Taylor Eigsti (nominated for Best Instrumental Solo.) Also nominated for "Best Large Ensemble Recording" was saxophonist Joe Lovano's CD Streams of Expression, which features a suite based on Miles Davis' landmark album Birth of the Cool.
You can see a complete list of the 2006 jazz Grammy nominees here, and read more about the rest of the awards here.
(Edited 12/12/06 to fix a typo and correct an error regarding Karrin Allyson's current home.)
3 comments:
actually the singer's name is Karrin Allyson and she's a New Yorker now, she left KC several years ago.
Duly noted, and corrected in the post. Thanks for pointing out the error.
just had to chime in....she's one of my very favorite jazz singers! : )
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