[Dixielandjazz] Re: Jim Cullum Band and Grammys

[Don Mopsick]

> Hi Don,
>
> What does NARAS stand for?

National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences

see http://grammy.aol.com/academy/

mopo


>
> All the best,
> Rob McCallum
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Don Mopsick <mophandl at landing.com>
> To: DJML <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2003 4:06 PM
> Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Jim Cullum Band and Grammys
>
>
> > Steve Barbone writes:
> >
> > "Listen to Jim Cullum, whose band plays a little different book and
whose
> > members make a living at it. Isn't he playing OKOM? Of course he is."
> >
> > Thanks for the plug. Seriously, the JCJB has been on the air for 13
years,
> > is heard weekly by about 1 million people over 150 public radio staions,
> and
> > 30,000 read the monthly newsletter, Jazz Me News. So, we're not exactly
> > unknown, but have never been Grammy-nominated.
> >
> > In order to nominate, you must be a member of NARAS, which costs $50 a
> year.
> > I have first-hand experience of someone who shall remain nameless who
paid
> a
> > bunch of guys $50 to join NARAS, so they could nominate and vote for his
> > album, which then won a Grammy that year!
> >
> > I point this out to show you how utterly bogus the Grammy Award is.
Still,
> > it would be nice to get one, so I could impress those who don't know
that.
> >
> > If someone did that paid-nomination thing for us, I would much prefer to
> be
> > nominated (and win) in the general jazz category, because to me "jazz"
is
> > the most accurate word there is to describe the music of the JCJB, and
> > musically speaking, classic jazz in general can certainly hold its own
> > against any other flavor of jazz.
> >
> > The endurance of Riverwalk on radio is proof that there is a market for
> > classic jazz. No one in the band ever thought we would last this long.
Let
> > us give thanks.
> >
> > mopo
> >
> >
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