TKA Congratulates the 63rd GRAMMY Nominees!
John Pizzarelli, Meshell Ndegeocello, Kurt Elling, Bobby Rush, Christian Sands, Pat Metheny, and Béla Fleck​​.

7. Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album​
‘American Standard’
James Taylor (Co-Produced by John Pizzarelli)​​

19. Best R&B Song
“Better Than I Imagined”
Robert Glasper Featuring H.E.R. & Meshell Ndegeocello​​

32. Best Jazz Vocal Album​
‘Secrets Are The Best Stories’
Kurt Elling Featuring Danilo Pérez​​​

49. Best Traditional Blues Album​
‘Rawer Than Raw’
Bobby Rush​​

62. Best Instrumental Composition​
“Be Water II”
Christian Sands​​

64. Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals
“From This Place”Alan Broadbent & Pat Metheny, arrangers
Pat Metheny Featuring Meshell Ndegeocello)​

68. Best Historical Album​
‘Throw Down Your Heart: The Complete Africa Sessions’
Béla Fleck

The December 2020 issue of DownBeat announces the winners of the 85th Annual Readers Poll. TKA is proud to congratulate Pat Metheny, Wynton Marsalis, Joey DeFrancesco, Béla Fleck, and Kurt Elling for the following accolades:

Pat Metheny winner of the Jazz Album category for From This Place (Nonesuch) and winner of the Jazz Artist category

Wynton Marsalis winner of the Trumpet category

Joey DeFrancesco winner of the Organ category

Béla Fleck winner of the Miscellaneous Instrument category (banjo)

Kurt Elling winner of the Male Vocalist category

Read the full list of winners on DownBeat

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Kurt Elling on TKA

Ranky Tanky perform hits “Stand by Me” and “Freedom” off of their Grammy award-winning album “Good Time” as a part of the Team Joe Sings benefit concert series. The concert series, put on by Biden for President, is to support presidential candidate Joe Biden and his vice-presidential nominee Kamala Harris.

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