It was a big night at the 68th Grammy Awards in LA for bassist Christian McBride and singer Samara Joy. McBride won two Grammys…he won for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album for his Without Further Ado, Vol.1…(one of the tracks "Old Folks" featured Samara Joy) and Christian also was part of the Best Jazz Performance for Windows - Live, with Brian Blade and the late Chick Corea.
McBride, the host of WBGO's and NPR's Jazz Night in America , now has 11 Grammy wins.
Meanwhile, Samara Joy’s Portrait won Best Jazz Vocal Album.
Some of the other notable wins...Sullivan Fortner’s ”Southern Nights featuring Peter Washington and Marcus Gilmore won Best Jazz Instrumental Album…Buddy Guy won Best Tranditional Blues album for “Ain’t Done with the Blues” and Jon Baptiste’s Big Money won best Americana Album.
You can SEE Doug Doyle's entire August interview with Christian McBride about his Grammy-winning album below:
