7. Best Pop Instrumental Album
Wish Upon A Star ~ Jenny Oaks Baker (Shadow Mountain Records]
E Kahe Malie ~ Daniel Ho [Daniel Ho Creations]
The Road From Memphis ~ Booker T. Jones [Anti Records]
Hello Tomorrow ~ Dave Koz [Concord Records]
Setzer Goes Instru-Mental! ~ Brian Setzer [Surfdog Records) 17. Best R&B Performance
Far Away ~ Marsha Ambrosius, Track from: Late Nights & Early Mornings [J Records]
Pieces Of Me ~ Ledisi, Track from: Pieces Of Me [Verve Forecast]
Not My Daddy ~ Kelly Price & Stokley, Track from: Kelly [My Block/Sang Girl/Malaco]
Is This Love ~ Corinne Bailey Rae, Track from: The Love EP [Capitol]
You Are ~ Charlie Wilson, Track from: Just Charlie [Jive Records] 20. Best R&B Album
F.A.M.E. ~ Chris Brown [Jive Records]
Second Chance ~ El DeBarge [Geffen]
Love Letter ~ R. Kelly [Jive Records]
Pieces Of Me ~ Ledisi [Verve Forecast]
Kelly ~ Kelly Price [My Block/Sang Girl/Malaco] 29. Best New Age Album
Northern Seas ~ Al Conti [Shadowside Music]
Gaia ~ Michael Brant DeMaria [Ontos Music]
Wind, Rock, Sea & Flame ~ Peter Kater [Point Of Light Records]
What's It All About ~ Pat Metheny [Nonesuch]
Instrumental Oasis, Vol. 6 ~ Zamora [Z-Records] 30. Best Improvised Jazz Solo
All Or Nothing At All ~ Randy Brecker, soloist
Track from: The Jazz Ballad Song Book (Randy Brecker With DR Big Band) [Half Note]
You Are My Sunshine ~ Ron Carter, soloist
Track from: This Is Jazz (Donald Harrison, Ron Carter & Billy Cobham) [Half Note]
500 Miles High ~ Chick Corea, soloist
Track from: Forever (Corea, Clarke & White) [Concord Records]
Work ~ Fred Hersch, soloist
Track from: Alone At The Vanguard [Palmetto Records]
Sonnymoon For Two ~ Sonny Rollins, soloist
Track from: Road Shows Vol. 2 [Doxy/Emarcy/Decca] 32. Best Jazz Instrumental Album
Bond: The Paris Sessions ~ Gerald Clayton [Emarcy/Decca]
Forever ~ Corea, Clarke & White [Concord Records]
Alone At The Vanguard ~ Fred Hersch [Palmetto Records]
Bird Songs ~ Joe Lovano/Us Five [Blue Note]
Road Shows Vol. 2 ~ Sonny Rollins [Doxy/Emarcy/Decca]
Timeline ~ Yellowjackets [Mack Avenue Records] 57. Best Instrumental Composition
Falling Men ~ John Hollenbeck, composer (John Hollenbeck, Daniel Yvinec & Orchestre National de Jazz (ONJ))
Track from: Shut Up And Dance [BEE JAZZ / Abeille Musique]
Hunting Wabbits 3 (Get Off My Lawn) ~ Gordon Goodwin, composer (Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band)
Track from: That's How We Roll [Telarc International]
I Talk To The Trees ~ Randy Brecker, composer (Randy Brecker With DR Big Band)
Track from: The Jazz Ballad Song Book [Half Note]
Life In Eleven ~ Béla Fleck & Howard Levy, composers (Béla Fleck & The Flecktones)
Track from: Rocket Science [eOne Music]
Timeline ~ Russell Ferrante, composer (Yellowjackets)
Track from: Timeline [Mack Avenue Records]
The 20th anniversary of the National Civil Rights Museum’s Freedom Awards ceremony will be broadcast on over 100 Public Broadcast Stations (PBS) starting the weekend of the MLK National Holiday on January 14, 2012 through February. The Museum is also launching its first text mobile giving campaign on the King Holiday January 16, 2012.
The Freedom Awards ceremony was held on November 12, 2011 and honored Usher Raymond IV, Hill Harper, Cicely Tyson, Danny Glover, Kirk Whalum, Bill Russell, Alonzo Mourning, Marva Collins, Susan L. Taylor, the NAACP and the Southern Poverty Law Center. Seven Icons of the American Civil Rights Movement received special recognition, Rev. James Lawson, Rev. Ed King, Rev. C. T. Vivian, Dolores Huerta, Leola Brown Montgomery, John Seigenthaler and Rev. Samuel Kyles. The ceremony was hosted by actress Wendy Raquel Robinson and featured Grammy Award performer James Ingram. Top PBS markets of Los Angeles, Chicago, New York, Atlanta, New Orleans, Indianapolis, Washington DC, Philadelphia, Boston and Dallas will carry the show with additional markets in over 100 cities. The Museum website has a complete schedule and listings at http://www.civilrightsmuseum.org.
Supporters can now help support the Museum’s first major renovation to the Lorraine Motel site, where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated. Simply text MLK to 501501 and reply YES and a $10 donation to the Museum will be added to donor’s cell phone bill.
January Birthdays
11 ~ Lee Ritenour
12 ~ Brian Culbertson
12 ~ Phil Perry
12 ~ Art Good
16 ~ Mick Hucknell 16 ~ Slim Man
18 ~ Russell Ferrante
20 ~ Jaared
24 ~ Mitchel Forman
25 ~ Rob DeBoer
25 ~ Ronnie Gutierrez
