Grammy Nominations Announced - Have Your Say

December 4, 2008. Posted by Joshua Jackson.

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It's official - the nominations for the 51st Annual Grammy Awards have been announced. Proof that jazz musicians are versatile? Charlie Haden gets nominated for Best Country Instrumental! Strangest sight? How about drummer Jack DeJohnette in the New Age category!

Nominations are the exclusive domain of National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences members, but that doesn't prohibit you from speaking (or writing) your mind. So have your say. Who should have been nominated but wasn't? Who would you pick to win? Be sure to include category and name of artist. Click "Read more" to see the list. Then make your comments.
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Toast of the Nation New York - The Place

December 31, 2007. Posted by Joshua Jackson.

Add new comment | Filed under: ben allison, blue note new york, chick corea, chick corea new trio, chief monk, danny meyer, field producer, gary burton, herbie hancock, herbie hancock quartet, jazz standard, joshua redman, kora player, manhattan neighborhoods, mason dixon line, millenial, seth abramson, steven bernstein, toast of the nation, Toast of the Nation 2007/2008, village vanguard

The Jazz Standard's address is 116 East 27th Street in Manhattan, between Park Avenue and Lexington Avenue. The club seems to exist in some type of gray area, as far as Manhattan neighborhoods. The location is conceivably an eastern part of the Flatiron section of town, but more like a northern extension of the Gramercy area, since it's a full six blocks from the exclusive enclave of Gramercy Park.

Whatever. I'm glad we're spending New Year's at Jazz Standard.

Don't get me wrong. I've spent some quality time at clubs during the last six Toast of the Nation celebrations. Each one of them has contributed some special moments. And there are always some delightful stories when you work in the trenches to bring people across the country some live music. Here are the last six I've worked as field producer, in order:
The Village Vanguard - Michael White's Original Liberty Jazz Band 2001/02

Blue Note New York - Chick Corea New Trio with Gary Burton 2002/03

Blue Note New York - Herbie Hancock Quartet 2003/04

Yoshi's in Oakland for Joshua Redman's Elastic Band 2004/05

Tipitina's in New Orleans for Big Chief Monk Boudreaux, The Hot 8 Brass Band, and Galactic 2005/06

The now-defunct Tonic on the Lower East Side - Steven Bernstein's Millenial Territory Orchestra 2006/07

So this year, we're at Jazz Standard. Thanks to Seth Abramson, it's one of the most creatively booked jazz clubs in the city. And thanks to Danny Meyer, it has some rockin' barbeque (not bad, considering we're above the Mason-Dixon line).

Not so incidentally, WBGO broadcast Ben Allison's Medicine Wheel, with the kora player, Mamadou Diabate, live during the club's opening week celebration. It's been a long time since that show, but we're finally back at the club for another live shot. "Ain't that good news?"

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