World-renowned
trombonist, composer, arranger, and producer Wayne Wallace has earned a GRAMMY
nomination for “Best Latin Jazz Album” for his CD Intercambio his tenth CD on
the Patois label. The release, which topped the radio charts and earned rave
reviews, is a soul-deep communion, an ongoing and never ending intra-family
conversation between the extraordinarily rich African Diaspora cultures of the
United States and Cuba (and various Caribbean cousins). The project features The Wayne Wallace Latin
Jazz Quintet with special guests.
This is the
third Grammy nomination for “Best Latin Jazz Album” which The Wayne Wallace
Latin Jazz Quintet has earned and the seventh time Wallace — a San Francisco
native now splitting his time between the Bay Area and the Midwest where he’s a
professor at Indiana University's Jacobs School of Music — has been on a GRAMMY
nominated album.
“It’s an
honor that distinguished peers feel that this recording is worthy of a Grammy
nomination,” says Wallace. “The Quintet
would like to extend its thanks to the Academy and everyone who participated in
the making of this project.”
In a career
spanning four decades, Wallace has collaborated with a dazzling array of
artists including Count Basie, Ray Charles, Joe Henderson, Carlos Santana,
Lionel Hampton, Earth Wind & Fire, Sonny Rollins, Aretha Franklin, Tito
Puente, Lena Horne, Stevie Wonder, John Lee Hooker, Earl “Fatha” Hines and
cellist Jean Jeanrenaud. Wallace was a driving creative force behind some of
the Bay area’s most creative ensembles, including the Machete Ensemble, and
Anthony Brown’s Asian American Orchestra. One of his generation’s most eloquent
trombonists, he’s been named in DownBeat polls as a leading force on the horn.
Known to many as “The Doctor” for his production skills, Wallace earned a place
in the 2015 DownBeat poll as a rising star producer. He is also a lauded composer and educator. He
heads up Patois Records, which has released a rapidly growing catalog of
acclaimed CDs, and is on faculty at Indiana University's Jacobs School of
Music.
The Grammy
Awards ceremony will take place on Monday, February 15, 2016, in Los Angeles.
For a complete list of nominees for the 58th annual GRAMMY Awards go to
http://www.grammy.com/nominees.
photo by David Belove
photo by David Belove
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