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Grammy Nominations: Darcy James Argue / Dee Dee Bridgewater

patch Nick talks about how surprised the composer Darcy James Argue of the nomination of his big band album "Infernal Machines" have been for a Grammy in the category "best large jazz ensemble ( Winnipeg Free Press ) was. Argue talks about his influences from jazz and indie rock, about the problems, a tour for his eighteen-piece band Secret Society to organize, the fact that he must work in two (after all, music-related) day jobs to survive, and how it feel for him most likely will, take part in an event in LA: "As a jazz musician because you feel almost like an anthropologist in a different world - a world in which people actually make money with their music." --- Charles J. Gans meets another for a Grammy-nominated artist, dedicated to the singer Dee Dee Bridgewater , whose latest album Billie Holiday in the category of best jazz vocal album "was nominated ( ABC News ). Bridgewater talks about how important it was to keep the tradition of jazz in the 21st century alive as she was influenced as a child of Ella Fitzgerald, which they called "the definition of a jazz singer" means, as well as the fact that there is a while lasted until the art of Billie Holiday's could understand for themselves.

Nick Patch reports that the composer Darcy James Argue was surprised by bis big band's album "Infernal Machines" being nominated for a Grammy for "best large jazz ensemble" ( Winnipeg Free Press ). Argue talks about his influences from both the world of jazz and indie-rock, about the difficulties of setting up tours with his 18-piece big band Secret Society, about the fact that he has to hold two (music-related) day jobs to make a living, and about how it probably will feel to go to Sunday's L.A. event: "As a jazz musician, it's almost like you're an anthropologist in a different world — in the world where people actually make money in music." --- Charles J. Gans meets with another Grammy nominee, the singer Dee Dee Bridgewater Whose album dedicated to Billie Holiday was nominated for best jazz vocal album ( ABC News ). Bridgewater explains how important it is to keep the tradition of jazz music alive in the 21st century, how as a kid she already was influenced by Ella Fitzgerald, whom she Consider the "definition of a jazz singer" and how it took a while for her to really appreciate the art of Billie Holiday.