Well, believe it or not, there actually is a Grammy award given for best New Age album. This year's winner is "Peace Time" by Jack Dejohnette.I've never heard of the guy. And I assume most of you haven't either. That's because it appears Jack is a jazz drummer! Weird huh? I thought so too.
Anyway, I found that Wikipedia lists ALL the grammy winners in the New Age genre. Well worth a look. Here's a partial list ...
Grammy Awards of 2008
Paul Winter Consort for Crestone
Grammy Awards of 2007
Enya for Amarantine
Grammy Awards of 2006
Paul Winter Consort for Silver Solstice
Grammy Awards of 2005
Will Ackerman for Returning
Grammy Awards of 2004
Steven Rodby (producer) & Pat Metheny (engineer, producer & artist) for One Quiet Night
You can read the rest of this list at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_New_Age_Album
I am surprised Edward, that you have never heard of Jack Dejohnette...the famous drummer that has played with many of the jazz greats since the 60's
ReplyDeleteYeah. But I'm not a big jazz fan. Otherwise, I most certainly would have heard of him. What's interesting is that he won a Grammy for best "new age" album. What's up with that?
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