Flying SA Flag High.....No lt's For Africa....
World-renowned musician Hugh Masekela has been honoured with a prestigious Grammy nomination
Fresh from traveling with Paul Simon for his Graceland 25th Anniversary Tour, Hugh Masekela now has the Grammy Awards to look forward to early next year.
The nominations were released in early Dec 2012, Uncle Hugh no stranger to winning Grammys, as his multi-award-winning song, Grazing in the Grass, sold over four million copies and catapulted him to international stardom. His most recent nomination is for Jabulani in the Best World Music category.
The jazz maestro has worked with major artists in the USA, Africa and Europe, including Miriam Makeba, Dizzy Gillespie, Harry Belafonte and Herb Alpert. He's also performed alongside the late Janis Joplin, Otis Redding, Ravi Shankar, The Who and Jimi Hendrix.
He's since opened his own studio and record label, House of Masekela, which has already put out its first release: Friends – a four-CD album of jazz standards featuring his close friend, pianist Larry Willis.
In addition to his regular sell-out concerts in SA and various other countries, he also enjoyed huge success with the musical Songs of Migration, directed by James Ngcobo, which recently returned from a tour to Europe and the USA.
“My biggest obsession is to show Africans and the world who the people of Africa really are,” Masekela 's been quoted as saying.
The Awards will be held 13 February 2013, lt would be a great Valentines's date to be in LA..
See abbreviated Grammy Nomination list below:
Record of the Year
Lonely Boy – The Black Keys
Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You) – Kelly Clarkson
We are Young – Fun. featuring Janelle Monáe
Somebody That I Used to Know – Gotye Featuring Kimbra
Thinkin' Bout You – Frank Ocean
We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together – Taylor Swift
Album of the Year
El Camino – The Black Keys
Some Nights – Fun.
Babel – Mumford & Sons
Channel Orange – Frank Ocean
Blunderbuss – Jack White
Song of the Year
The A Team – Ed Sheeran, songwriter (Ed Sheeran)
Adorn – Miguel Pimentel, songwriter (Miguel)
Call Me Maybe – Tavish Crowe, Carly Rae Jepsen & Josh Ramsay, songwriters (Carly Rae Jepsen)
Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You) – Jörgen Elofsson, David Gamson, Greg Kurstin & Ali Tamposi, songwriters (Kelly Clarkson)
We Are Young – Jack Antonoff, Jeff Bhasker, Andrew Dost & Nate Ruess, songwriters (Fun. featuring Janelle Monáe)
Best New Artist
Alabama Shakes
Fun.
Hunter Hayes
The Lumineers
Frank Ocean
POP FIELD
Best Pop Solo Performance
Set Fire To The Rain [live] – Adele
Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You) – Kelly Clarkson
Call Me Maybe – Carly Rae Jepsen
Wide Awake – Katy Perry
Where Have You Been? – Rihanna
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
Shake it Out – Florence & the Machine
We are Young – Fun. featuring Janelle Monáe
Somebody That I Used To Know – Gotye Featuring Kimbra
Sexy and I Know It – Lmfao
Payphone – Maroon 5 & Wiz Khalifa
Best Pop Instrumental Album
24/7 – Gerald Albright & Norman Brown
Impressions – Chris Botti
Four Hands and a Heart Volume One – Larry Carlton
Live at the Blue Note Tokyo – Dave Koz
Rumbadoodle – Arun Shenoy
Best Pop Vocal Album
Stronger – Kelly Clarkson
Ceremonials – Florence and the Machine
Some Nights – Fun.
Overexposed – Maroon 5
The Truth About Love – Pink
DANCE / ELECTRONICA FIELD
Best Dance Recording
Levels – Avicii
Let’s Go – Calvin Harris Featuring Ne-Yo
Bangarang – Skrillex Featuring Sirah
Don’t You Worry Child – Swedish House Mafia Featuring John Martin
I Can’t Live Without You – Al Walser
Best Dance/Electronica Album
Wonderland – Steve Aoki
Don’t Think – The Chemical Brothers
&rt;Album Title Goes Here< – Deadmau5
Fire & Ice – Kaskade
Bangarang – Skrillex
TRADITIONAL POP FIELD
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
Christmas – Michael Bublé
A Holiday Carole – Carole King
Kisses on the Bottom – Paul McCartney
Best R&B Performance
Thank You – Estelle
Gonna Be Alright (f.t.b.) – Robert Glasper Experiment featuring Ledisi
I Want You – Luke James
Adorn – Miguel
Climax – Usher
Best Traditional R&B Performance
Lately – Anita Baker
Love on Top – Beyoncé
Wrong Side of a Love Song – Melanie Fiona
Real Good Hands – Gregory Porter
If Only You Knew – Swv
Best R&B Song
Adorn – Miguel Pimentel, songwriter (Miguel)
Beautiful Surprise – Tamia Hill, Claude Kelly & Salaam Remi, songwriters (Tamia)
Heart Attack – Benjamin Levin, Rico Love & Tremaine Neverson, songwriters (Trey Songz)
Pray For Me – Antonio Dixon, Kenny Edmonds, Anthony Hamilton & Patrick “jque” Smith, songwriters (Anthony Hamilton)
Refill – Darhyl “dj” Camper, Elle Varner & Andrew “Pop” Wansel, songwriters (Elle Varner)
Best Urban Contemporary Album
Fortune – Chris Brown
Kaleidoscope Dream – Miguel
Channel Orange – Frank Ocean
Best R&B Album
Black Radio – Robert Glasper Experiment
Back to Love – Anthony Hamilton
Write Me Back – R. Kelly
Beautiful Surprise – Tamia
Open Invitation – Tyrese
RAP FIELD
Best Rap Performance
Hyfr (Hell Ya … Right) – Drake Featuring Lil Wayne
… In Paris – Jay-Z and Kanye West
Daughters – Nas
Mercy – Kanye West featuring Big Sean, Pusha T and 2 Chainz
I Do – Young Jeezy featuring Jay-Z and André 3000
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
Wild Ones – Flo Rida Featuring Sia
No Church in the Wild – Jay-Z and Kanye West featuring Frank Ocean and The Dream
Tonight (Best You Ever Had) – John Legend featuring Ludacris
Cherry Wine – Nas featuring Amy Winehouse
Talk That Talk – Rihanna featuring Jay-Z
Best Rap Song
Daughters – Nasir Jones and Ernest Wilson, songwriters (Patrick Adams, Gary Decarlo, Dale Frashuer and Paul Leka, songwriters) (Nas) Track From: Life is Good
Lotus Flower Bomb – Olubowale Akintimehin, S Joseph Dew, Jerrin Howard, Walker Johnson and Miguel Jontel Pimentel, songwriters (Wale Featuring Miguel)
Mercy – Sean Anderson, Tauheed Epps, Stephan Taft, James Thomas, Terrence Thornton and Kanye West, songwriters (Denzie Beagle, Winston Riley and Reggie Williams, songwriters) (Kanye West featuring Big Sean, Pusha T and 2 Chainz)
The Motto – Dwayne Carter, Aubrey Graham and Tyler Williams, songwriters (Drake Featuring Lil Wayne)
… In Paris – Shawn Carter, Mike Dean, Chauncey Hollis and Kanye West, songwriters (WA Donaldson, songwriter) (Jay-Z and Kanye West)
Young, Wild and Free – Calvin Broadus, Chris Brody Brown, Philip Lawrence, Ari Levine, Peter Hernandez and Cameron Thomaz, songwriters (T Bluechel, M Borrow, T Griffin, K Jackson, N Lee and M Newman, songwriters) (Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa featuring Bruno Mars)
Best Rap Album
Take Care – Drake
Food and Liquor II: The Great American Rap Album, Pt 1 – Lupe Fiasco
Life is Good – Nas
Undun – The Roots
God Forgives, I Don’t – Rick Ross
Based on a T.r.u. Story – 2 Chainz
Best Improvised Jazz Solo
Cross Roads – Ravi Coltrane, soloist
Hot House – Gary Burton & Chick Corea, soloists
Alice in Wonderland – Chick Corea, soloist
J Mac – Kenny Garrett, soloist
Ode – Brad Mehldau, soloist
Best Jazz Vocal Album
Soul Shadows – Denise Donatelli
1619 Broadway: The Brill Building Project – Kurt Elling
Live – Al Jarreau (and the Metropole Orkest)
The Book of Chet – Luciana Souza
Radio Music Society – Esperanza Spalding
Best Jazz Instrumental Album
Further Explorations – Chick Corea, Eddie Gomez and Paul Motian
Hot House – Chick Corea & Gary Burton
Seeds From the Underground – Kenny Garrett
Blue Moon – Ahmad Jamal
Unity Band – Pat Metheny Unity Band
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
Centennial: Newly Discovered Works Of Gil Evans – Gil Evans Project
For the Moment – Bob Mintzer Big Band
Dear Diz (Every Day I Think of You) – Arturo Sandoval
Best Latin Jazz Album
Flamenco Sketches – Chano Domínguez
¡ritmo! – The Clare Fischer Latin Jazz Big Band
Multiverse – Bobby Sanabria Big Band
Duos Iii – Luciana Souza
New Cuban Express – Manuel Valera New Cuban Express
Best World Music Album
Folila – Amadou and Mariam
On a Gentle Island Breeze – Daniel Ho
Jabulani – Hugh Masekela
Traveller – Anoushka Shankar
The Living Room Sessions Part 1 – Ravi Shankar
Click here to see full Grammy nomination list. The 2013 Grammy Awards are scheduled to take place on 10 February 2013.
Source: www.hughmasekela.co.za
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