Tomorrow (Sunday) at 1 p.m. at the Nuyorican Poets’ Café (236 E. 3 e/ A&B), many people are participating in a press conference called by Bobby Sanabria in support of reinstating the newly eliminated Grammy categories, most pertinently including Latin jazz. Bobby’s press release is attached, and his account of the April 11 New York NARAS meeting is here. There will also be a press conference on Monday in Puerto Rico, organized by Charlie Sepulveda.
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Text by Sohrab Saadat Ladjevardi
Here is an update to the Latin Grammy fight with NARAS from an email recently sent by GrammyWatch.info. DooBeeDooBeeDoo supports the complete reinstatement of all dropped catagories!
Check out the GrammyWatch.info’s petition!
Text by Sohrab Saadat Ladjevardi
Last week the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS)T, the organization that overlooks the GRAMMY Awards has announced a consolidation of categories resulting in deleting the Latin Jazz Category. NARAS decided to reduce the number of Grammy prizes from 109 to 78. Why? “…that the Grammy remains a rare and distinct honor, and continues to be music’s most prestigious and only peer-recognized award,” said NARAS president Neil Portnow. Watch video below which shows you the New York Chapter meeting of NARAS on April 11, 2011 and how NY Latin Jazz fans and musicians reacted to this decision.
