Los Angeles, Nov 27: Latin jazz musicians Bobby Sanabria, Mark Levine, Ben Lapidus and Eugene Marlow have sued the organisers of the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards for scrapping the Latin jazz category gongs and thus "devaluing" the genre.
The move comes after the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (Naras) has reduced the number of awards to 78, as compared to 109 in 2010.
Under the new move, previous gongs for Hawaiian, Native American and Cajun music now constitute "regional roots" award, contemporary, traditional blues have been merged into blues, and Latin music categories have been reduced from seven categories to four,.
The move comes after the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (Naras) has reduced the number of awards to 78, as compared to 109 in 2010.
Under the new move, previous gongs for Hawaiian, Native American and Cajun music now constitute "regional roots" award, contemporary, traditional blues have been merged into blues, and Latin music categories have been reduced from seven categories to four,.
- 11/27/2011
- by Shiva Prakash
- RealBollywood.com
Grammy Awards organisers have been sued following the decision to cut certain categories from next year's ceremony. The Recording Academy announced in April that the number of categories at the awards show would be reduced to 78 next year. The cuts mean that some categories such as 'Best Latin Jazz Album' will be removed, with entrants to those categories now competing in a broader range of categories, however all fields will remain intact. Latin musicians Bobby Sanabria, Mark Levine, Ben Lapidus and Eugene Marlow have now filed a lawsuit at New York's Supreme Court urging the Academy to reconsider the cuts and reinstate the 'Best Latin Jazz Album' prize, says The AP. Lawyer Roger Maldonado said that the cuts could "devalue the category of music and the work these musicians do" and "make it much harder for them to gain recognition". (more)...
- 8/3/2011
- by By Lara Martin
- Digital Spy
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- by Frances Martel
- Mediaite - TV
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