From delicate a cappella harmony to down-home gritty blues: Bay Area Grammy nominees are in the house.
harmony to down-home gritty blues: Bay Area Grammy nominees are in the house.
Another San Franciscan, Jake Heggie, is up for “Best Classical Solo Vocal Album” for a recording made with opera star Jamie Barton. He showed off a bright, shiny medal during his zoom interview.The Grammy Awards show, which was postponed due to a surge in COVID, was then rescheduled to April 3 in Las Vegas. Unfortunately, Heggie and Barton were already scheduled to play their nominated work at UC Berkeley’s Hertz Hall.
“I knew that the general brief was to show off the musicians at the symphony but to incorporate the collaborative partners and everything was going to be distanced,” said composer and arranger Muhly. “It’s really easy to work with Elvin because we kind of think alike when it comes to music, especially the blues,” Musselwhite said.
Among the local nominees, there’s a super-cool twist: a string quartet nominated for best jazz instrumental. Finally, there are multiple nominations between two legendary engineers: Skywalker Sound’s Leslie Ann Jones and Michael Romanowski of Coast Mastering.“If I win, I’m going to jump for joy,” said Romanowski.
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