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Grammy wins for Samara Joy, Chick Corea and Béla Fleck, Dan Pugach Big Band and Ruthie Foster

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Samara Joy
Meredith Truax
Samara Joy

Singer Samara Joy is now a five-time Grammy Award winner after two more wins at the 67 Grammy awards in LA.

Samara Joy won Best Jazz Vocal Album for A Joyful Holiday. She also won Best Jazz Performance for "Twinkle Twinkle Little Me" featuring Sullivan Fortner.

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Other winners last night included the late Chick Corea and Bela Fleck for Remembrance in the Best Jazz Instrumental album.

Chick Corea and Bela Fleck
Chick Corea and Bela Fleck

The Dan Pugach Big Band won for Bianca Reimagined Music for Paws and Persistence for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album.

The new Dan Pugach Big Band album
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The new Dan Pugach Big Band album

Pugach's wife Nicole Zuraitis, 2024 winner of Best Jazz Vocal Album, is a featured artist and producer on Biana Reimagined.

Nicole Zuraitis and Dan Pugach adore their dog "Bella"
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Nicole Zuraitis and Dan Pugach adore their dog "Bella"

Singer Ruthie Foster won the Grammy award in the “Best Contemporary Blues Album” category for Mileage. It was Foster’s first career Grammy win in six nominations.

Three-time Grammy Award nominee Ruthie Foster
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Three-time Grammy Award nominee Ruthie Foster

You can hear WBGO interviews with Samara Joy, Bela Fleck, Dan Pugach, Nicole Zuraitis and Ruthie Foster at wbgo.org.

Doug Doyle has been News Director at WBGO since 1998 and has taken his department to new heights in coverage and recognition. Doug and his staff have received more than 250 awards from organizations like PRNDI (now PMJA), AP, New York Association of Black Journalists, Garden State Association of Black Journalists and the New Jersey Society of Professional Journalists.