2019 GRAMMY Nominees
Alumni and faculty across many departments at NEC have been honored with nominations for the 61st Annual GRAMMY Awards, which take place on Sunday, February 10.
Best Improvised Jazz Solo
SOME OF THAT SUNSHINE - Regina Carter, soloist (former student) - Track from: Some Of That Sunshine (Karrin Allyson)
WE SEE - Fred Hersch '77, soloist (Former Faculty)
CADENAS - Miguel Zenón, soloist (Faculty) - Track from: Yo Soy La Tradición (Miguel Zenón Featuring Spektral Quartet)
Best Jazz Vocal Album
MY MOOD IS YOU - Freddy Cole '56 '12 Hon. DM
Best Jazz Instrumental Album
LIVE IN EUROPE - Fred Hersch Trio
Best Latin Jazz Album
YO SOY LA TRADICIÓN - Miguel Zenón Featuring Spektral Quartet
Producer of the Year, Non-classical
Blanton Alspaugh produced Gordon, R.: The House Without a Christmas Tree (featuring, amongst others, Heidi Stober '03 MM)
Larry Klein produced The Book of Longing by Luciana Souza '94
Judith Sherman produced Love Comes in At The Eye by, amongst others, Stephanie Jutt '75 '82 MM
Best Engineered Album, Classical
LIQUID MELANCHOLY - CLARINET MUSIC OF JAMES M. STEPHENSON '90 - Bill Maylone & Mary Mazurek, engineers; Bill Maylone, mastering engineer (John Bruce Yeh)
Best Engineered Classical Album
Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 11 by the Boston Symphony (featuring many faculty and alumni)
Best Classical Performance
Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 11 by the Boston Symphony (featuring many faculty and alumni)
Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
VISIONS AND VARIATIONS - A Far Cry (featuring several alumni)
Best Classical Instrumental Solo
BIBER: THE MYSTERY SONATAS - Christina Day Martinson '98; Martin Pearlman, conductor (Boston Baroque)