Sullivan Fortner Wins GRAMMY® Award For Southern Nights Pianist-Composer Takes Home Third Career GRAMMY® for Best Jazz Instrumental Album Sullivan Fortner, the acclaimed pianist-composer, has won the GRAMMY® Award for ‘Best Jazz Instrumental Album’ for Southern Nights at the 68th GRAMMY® Awards on February 1, 2026. Released on February 14, 2025 via Artwork Records, Southern … Read More
Southern Nights has been nominated for Best Jazz Instrumental Album at the 68th GRAMMY® Awards. Sullivan Fortner, the celebrated pianist-composer and two-time GRAMMY® winner, is celebrating his fifth career GRAMMY® nomination for Southern Nights in the Best Jazz Instrumental Album category. Released on February 14, 2025 via Artwork Records, Southern Nights showcases Fortner’s artistry at … Read More
Some Days Are Better: The Lost Scores has been nominated for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album at the 68th GRAMMY® Awards Kenny Wheeler Legacy, comprising the Royal Academy of Music Jazz Orchestra and University of Miami’s Frost Jazz Orchestra, is celebrating a GRAMMY® nomination for Some Days Are Better: The Lost Scores in the Best … Read More
The 8-Bit Big Band’s Orchestrator Emulator Earns Two GRAMMY® Nominations The 8-Bit Big Band’s ‘Orchestrator Emulator’ has been nominated for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album and Charlie Rosen, Bryan Carter and Matthew Whitaker’s “Super Mario Praise Break” has been nominated for Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella at the 68th GRAMMY® Awards Orchestrator Emulator, the … Read More
Lakecia Benjamin Signs to Artwork Records & Earns Sixth Career GRAMMY® Nomination for “Noble Rise” (Featuring Immanuel Wilkins & Mark Whitfield) Renowned alto saxophonist-composer Lakecia Benjamin has officially signed to Artwork Records, marking a major new chapter in her artistic trajectory. The announcement arrives alongside the news of her sixth career GRAMMY® nomination for her … Read More
Zaccai Curtis Receives First-Ever GRAMMY® Award For ‘CUBOP LIVES!’ (Truth Revolution Recording Collective) On February 2, 2025, pianist-composer Zaccai Curtis, along with his bandmates Luques Curtis, Willie Martinez, Camilo Molina and Reinaldo De Jesus, achieved their first-ever GRAMMY® wins for Zaccai Curtis’ album Cubop Lives! in the Best Latin Jazz Album category. Released on Truth … Read More
Taylor Eigsti Celebrates GRAMMY® Victory for ‘PLOT ARMOR’ (GroundUp), Earning Second Career Win On February 2, 2025 pianist and composer Taylor Eigsti was awarded the GRAMMY Award ® for Best Contemporary Instrumental Album for his 2024 album Plot Armor. This achievement marks the 4x GRAMMY ® nominee’s second career win, having previously won in this … Read More
Hamilton De Holanda and 3x GRAMMY® Winner Gonzalo Rubalcaba Earn GRAMMY® Nomination for Collab (Sony Music Brasil) ’Collab’ has been nominated for Best Latin Jazz Album at the 67th GRAMMY® Awards Listen to ‘Collab’ here “…Impeccable…” – Songlines “A high water mark for both of them…fantastic.” – NPR Alt. Latino “This beautifully paced recording blends … Read More
Taylor Eigsti Earns GRAMMY® Nomination for Plot Armor (GroundUP Music) ’Plot Armor’ has been nominated for Best Contemporary Instrumental Album at the 67th GRAMMY® Awards Listen to Plot Armor here! “Blurring the lines between classical, jazz, and even a few hints of pop, Eigsti delivers a sumptuous offering, punctuated with heartfelt emotion on several … Read More
NEA Jazz Master and consummate pianist Kenny Barron Earns His 14th Career GRAMMY® Nomination for Beyond This Place (Artwork Records) Beyond This Place has been nominated for Best Jazz Instrumental Album at the 67th GRAMMY® Awards Listen to ‘Beyond This Place’ here “…delightfully wide-ranging…” – The Financial Times “Barron’s had a career of over sixty … Read More
