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Ajang yang digagas National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences untuk mengakui karya agung dalam industri musik itu berlangsung penuh kesan.
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Buat Indonesia, Grammy Awards edisi 58 ini juga punya arti tersendiri.
Betapa tidak, untuk kali pertama, pianis cilik Tanah Air Joey Alexander masuk nominasi.
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Tak hanya satu, tapi dua. Joey dinominasikan di kategori best improvised jazz solo, lewat Giant Steps, track dari My Favorite Things keluaran Motema Music.
Namun sayang, Joey harus mengakui keunggulan Christian McBride, soloist dengan track Cherokee dari Live At The Village Vanguard, keluaran Mack Avenue Records.
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Sementara di nominasi best jazz instrumental album, album My Favorite Things-nya Joey harus mengakui kelebihan album John Scofield berjudul Past Present.
But, meski tak menang, Joey tetap mengharumkan nama Indonesia di kancah musik internasional. (adk/jpnn)
Best Improvised Jazz Solo
Winner:
Cherokee
Christian McBride, soloist
Track from: Live At The Village Vanguard (Christian McBride Trio)
Label: Mack Avenue Records
Nominasi
1. Giant Steps
Joey Alexander, soloist
Track from: My Favorite Things
Label: Motema Music
2. Arbiters Of Evolution
Donny McCaslin, soloist
Track from: The Thompson Fields (Maria Schneider Orchestra)
Label: ArtistShare
3. Friend Or Foe
Joshua Redman, soloist
Track from: The Bad Plus Joshua Redman (The Bad Plus Joshua Redman)
Label: Nonesuch
4. Past Present
John Scofield, soloist
Track from: Past Present
Label: Impulse!
Best Jazz Instrumental Album
Winner
Past Present
John Scofield
Label: Impulse!
Nominasi
1. My Favorite Things
Joey Alexander
Label: Motema Music
2. Breathless
Terence Blanchard Featuring The E-Collective
Label: Blue Note Records
3. Covered: Recorded Live At Capitol Studios
Robert Glasper & The Robert Glasper Trio
Label: Blue Note Records
4. Beautiful Life
Jimmy Greene
Label: Mack Avenue Records
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