Concord Music Group's 57th Annual Grammy Award Nominees

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CONCORD MUSIC GROUP SHINES WITH 14 GRAMMY NOMINATIONS
 
Concord Music Group, one of the world’s leading independent music companies scored an impressive 14 GRAMMY nominations for the 57th annual awards show.
 
The nominees represent a broad range of genres from the label’s storied family of imprints including Concord, Hear Music, Rounder Records, Concord Jazz, Fantasy, Stax, Telarc, Heads Up International and partner, Loma Vista Recordings.
 
In addition to Concord’s 14 official nominations, two other currently affiliated Loma Vista/Concord Music Group recording artists, St. Vincent (Best Alternative Music Album) and Little Dragon (Best Dance/Electronic Album) received nominations for projects that were released earlier this year.  (Also worth noting that 3 of the 5 tracks that make up Paul Epworth’s Producer of the Year nomination are from NEW, the latest album from Paul McCartney (Hear Music/Concord.)
 
Winners will be announced at the 57th Annual GRAMMY Awards, airing live from Staples Center in Los Angeles on Sunday, February 8th, 2015.   Below is the complete list of nominations for the Concord Music Group.
 

Best Contemporary Instrumental Album
WILD HEART
Mindi Abair
Label: Heads Up International
 
SLAM DUNK
Gerald Albright
Label: Heads Up International
 
Best Improvised Jazz Solo
FINGERPRINTS
Chick Corea, soloist
Track from: Trilogy (Chick Corea Trio)
[Concord Jazz]
 
Best Jazz Vocal Album
BEAUTIFUL LIFE
Dianne Reeves
[Concord Records]
 
Best Jazz Instrumental Album
TRILOGY
Chick Corea Trio
[Concord Jazz]
 
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
LIFE IN THE BUBBLE
Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band
[Telarc International]
 
Best American Roots Performance
STATESBORO BLUES
Gregg Allman & Taj Mahal
Track from: All My Friends: Celebrating The Songs & Voices of Gregg Allman
[Rounder]
 
Best American Roots Song
PRETTY LITTLE ONE
Edie Brickell & Steve Martin, songwriters (Steve Martin and The Steep Canyon Rangers Featuring Edie Brickell)
Track from: Live
[Rounder; Publishers: LA Films Music/Brick Elephant Music]
 
Best Bluegrass Album
THE EARLS OF LEICESTER
The Earls of Leicester
[Rounder]
 
Best Folk Album
THREE BELLS
Mike Auldridge, Jerry Douglas and Rob Ickles
[Rounder]
 
Best Instrumental Composition
LIFE IN THE BUBBLE
Gordon Goodwin, Composer (Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band)
Track from: Life In The Bubble
[Telarc International; Publisher: Wingood Music Productions, Inc]
 
Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella
GET SMART
Gordon Goodwin, Arranger (Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band)
Track from: Life In The Bubble
[Telarc International]
 
Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals
GOODNIGHT AMERICA
Vince Mendoza, Arranger (Mary Chapin Carpenter)
Track from: Song From The Movie
[Rounder]
 
PARTY ROCKERS
Gordon Goodwin, Arranger (Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band)
Track from: Life In The Bubble
[Telarc International]
 
 
Affiliated Concord artists:
 
Best Alternative Music Album
ST. VINCENT
St. Vincent
[Loma Vista Recordings/Republic]
 
Best Dance/Electronic Album
NABUMA RUBBERBAND
Little Dragon 
[Loma Vista Recordings/Republic]
 
Producer of the Year, Non-Classical
PAUL EPWORTH: Pendulum (FKA TWIGS)
Queenie Eye (Paul McCartney)
Road (Paul McCartney)
Save Us (Paul McCartney)
Supermodel (Foster The People)
 
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