51st Annual GRAMMY Nominees Announced

Nominations for the 51st Annual GRAMMY Awards were announced today by The Recording Academy at which two Tree Lawn Artists were nominated in three categories. Congratulations to the Yellowjackets feat. Mike Stern, and to Karrin Allyson!

Here is a list of the Tree Lawn nominees and the respective categories in which they were nominated:

Category 45 - Best Contemporary Jazz Album
Lifecycle
Yellowjackets feat. Mike Stern
[Heads Up International]

Category 46 - Best Jazz Vocal Album

Imagina: Songs of Brasil
Karrin Allyson
[Concord Jazz]

Category 85 - Best Instrumental Composition
"Claire's Closet"
Russell Ferrante, composer (Yellowjackets feat. Mike Stern)
Track from: Lifecycle
[Heads Up International]

Congratulations also go out to Christian McBride who appears as part of the recent Pat Metheny Trio recording, Day Trip [Nonesuch], nominated for Category 48 - Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group.

For a full list of the 51st GRAMMY Awards nominees, click here. For more information on the official 51st GRAMMY Awards click here. The 51st Annual GRAMMY Awards will be held on "GRAMMY Sunday," Feb. 8, 2009, at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles and once again will be broadcast live in high definition TV and 5.1 surround sound on CBS from 8-11:30 p.m. (ET/PT).