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The Recording Academy(R) Celebrates Classical Music and Jazz During GRAMMY(R) ...http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&news...Page 2 of 23/12/2008PrintClose WindowCarnegie Hall in New York City.This event will take place for the first time at the renowned Walt DisneyConcert Hall on Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2008, with a reception, specialpresentation and performances by the honorees from 12 – 3 p.m. ThePresident's Merit Award for outstanding achievement will be presented tothese prolific musicians for their significant contributions to classical musicand the community at large.GRAMMY Salute To JazzLegendary jazz greats Sonny Rollins and McCoy Tyner will be honored atGRAMMY Salute To Jazz. Rollins is a two-time GRAMMY-winning tenorsaxophonist and 2004 GRAMMY Lifetime Achievement Award recipient. Heemerged at the height of the bebop jazz movement, and his illustriouscareer has consisted of more than five decades of recording. Since 2005 hehas recorded on his own record label, Doxy Records. Five-time GRAMMYwinningTyner is a jazz pianist whose style has become one of the mostidentifiable sounds in improvised music. He has released nearly 80 albumsand in 2007 formed his own record label, McCoy Tyner Music, in partnershipwith Blue Note Records.The presentation of the President's Merit Awards to Rollins and Tyner willtake place on Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2008, from 7 – 10 p.m. at the MillenniumBiltmore Hotel in Los Angeles and will feature a cocktail reception, liveperformances and appearances by the honorees and the Gibson/BaldwinGRAMMY Jazz Ensembles.Established in 1957, The Recording Academy is an organization ofmusicians, producers, engineers and recording professionals that isdedicated to improving the cultural condition and quality of life for music andits makers. Internationally known for the GRAMMY Awards — thepreeminent peer-recognized award for musical excellence and the mostcredible brand in music — The Recording Academy is responsible forgroundbreaking professional development, cultural enrichment, advocacy,education and human services programs. In its 50th year, The Academycontinues to focus on its mission of recognizing musical excellence,advocating for the well-being of music makers and ensuring music remainsan indelible part of our culture. For more information about The Academy,please visit www.grammy.com.ContactsThe Recording AcademyJennifer Keppel, 310-392-3777jenniferk@grammy.comTerms of Use | ©2008 Business Wire
Albany, N.Y.: Timesunion.com - Print Storyhttp://timesunion.com/AspStories/storyprint.asp?StoryID=669580Page 1 of 23/12/2008Song-and-dance menThe tunes of McCoy Tyner and the moves of Savion Glover have a certain synchronicityprint storybackBy GREG HAYMES, Staff writerClick byline for more stories by writer.First published: Thursday, March 6, 2008Music and dance have been partners since the first song set toes to tapping, and it's been a long and happy pairing of auraland visual art forms.It's not often, however, that dance becomes an actual part of the music.But that's exactly what's in store Friday at The Egg, when master jazz pianist McCoy Tyner and his trio team up with tapdance virtuoso Savion Glover."If you look back through history, most tap dancers have tapped to jazz, and the rhythmic patterns of this particular musicthat I've been involved in for all these years," says the 69-year-old Tyner, who will be joined by bassist Gerald C. Cannon anddrummer Eric Kamau Gravatt along with Glover at The Egg. "And I'm glad to see it happen again as much as possible, and theassociation has been working very well when we do get a chance to get together to perform."Tyner and Glover first performed together three years ago at the Blue Note in New York City, and they've joined forcesoccasionally for performances ever since."When we first got together it seemed to click for some reason," recalls the veteran keyboardist.SimilaritiesPerhaps one reason Tyner and Glover gel so well is that Tyner's instrument the piano fuses together melody and rhythm in aunique fashion."The thing is that the piano is both a string and percussive instrument. You have to press the keys, and then the hammersstrike the strings. It's a very unique instrument in that sense," Tyner said."It was my only instrument when I was growing up, and I'm so glad I studied piano. I've been doing it a long time."Tyner first rose to prominence in jazz circles as the pianist with the legendary saxophonist John Coltrane's classic quartet ofthe early '60s, playing alongside bassist Jimmy Garrison and powerhouse drummer Elvin Jones. And throughout hissubsequent career as a bandleader, Tyner's music has constantly been fueled by some of the most acclaimed and explosivedrummers, including Jones, Billy Cobham, Tony Williams, Al Foster and Jeff "Tain" Watts.So it seems only natural that the fleet feet of Glover would provide scintillating percussive propulsion with Tyner's music, butsurprisingly enough, Tyner doesn't necessarily hear Glover as a percussionist."I feel he's like a guy playing saxophone or something like that because he uses his feet so well," Tyner says. "Savion is like ahorn player. He's a great improviser."He hears what you're doing rhythmically, and he's very, very fluent when it comes to music. He just does it with his feet, youknow? And we connect that way, rhythmically and melodically as well because he's like an instrument. His feet are hisinstrument."
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