Gerald Clayton and Julian Lage Among Emarcy Grammy Nominees

December 10th, 2009

Emarcy records is proud to announce its artists have been awarded with 7 Grammy nominations this week:

Field 10 - Jazz

Best Contemporary Jazz Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of INSTRUMENTAL tracks.)
 
• Sounding Point - Julian Lage [Emarcy/Decca]
 
Field 10 - Jazz
Category 45 - Best Jazz Vocal Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)
 
• No Regrets - Randy Crawford (& Joe Sample) [Emarcy/PRA Records]
 
• So In Love - Roberta Gambarini [Groovin' High/Emarcy]
 
 
Field 10 - Jazz
Category 46 - Best Improvised Jazz Solo
(For an instrumental jazz solo performance. Two equal performers on one recording may be eligible as one entry. If the soloist listed appears on a recording billed to another artist, the latter's name is in parenthesis for identification. Singles or Tracks only.)
 
• All Of You - Gerald Clayton, soloist: Track from: Two-Shade [Emarcy/ArtistShare]
 
• Ms. Garvey, Ms. Garvey Roy Hargrove, soloist: Track from: Emergence [Groovin' High/Emarcy]
 
• Villa Palmeras - Miguel Zenon, soloist: Track from: Esta Plena [Marsalis Music/Emarcy]
 
Field 10 - Jazz
Category 49 - Best Latin Jazz Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)
 
• Esta Plena - Miguel Zenon - [Marsalis Music/Emarcy]
 
These nominations are particularly special for two emerging new artists, Julian Lage and Gerald Clayton, whose debut recordings Emarcy are very proud to represent, and are very encouraging and bode well for the future of these young musicians.
 
Add to these the nominations for Verve Records (John Fogerty, Ledisi x 2, Luciana Souza, Susan Tedeschi and Claus Ogerman with Diana Krall), and 12 for Concord, as well as 2 nominations for Melody Gardot and one for Chris Botti - it's been a great year for all labels combined.