Grammy Awards Go to John Adams' "City Noir," Chris Thile & Edgar Meyer's "Bass & Mandolin"

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Congratulations to John Adams, Chris Thile, and Edgar Meyer, all winners at the 57th Grammy Awards, held in Los Angeles last night. Adams's City Noir won the Grammy Award for Best Orchestral Performance for the St. Louis Symphony and conductor David Robertson, featuring saxophonist Timothy McAllister. Thile and Meyer's duo album, Bass & Mandolin, won the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Instrumental Album. 

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Congratulations to John Adams and Chris Thile & Edgar Meyer, all winners at the 57th Grammy Awards, held in Los Angeles last night. The awards were presented during the Grammy premiere ceremony at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live.

Composer John Adams's album City Noir, comprising the title piece, inspired by LA "noir" films of the 1940s and '50s, and the debut recording of his 2012 Saxophone Concerto, won the Grammy Award for Best Orchestral Performance for the St. Louis Symphony and conductor David Robertson, featuring soloist Timothy McAllister on saxophone. The album was also nominated for Best Engineered Album, Classical.

Chris Thile and bassist Edgar Meyer's duo album, Bass & Mandolin, won the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Instrumental Album. The album features ten original compositions by the two artists, who have been performing together sporadically for more than a decade and made their recording debut as a duo with 2008’s Edgar Meyer & Chris Thile. Bass & Mandolin was also nominated for Best Instrumental Composition for the album track "Tarnation" and Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical.

Thile and Meyer were in attendance for the ceremony, and offered these words of thanks backstage:

And congratulations to all of the Nonesuch Records artists who were nominated for Grammy Awards this year: The Black Keys (Turn Blue), Nickel Creek (A Dotted Line), and Brad Mehldau (Mehliana: Taming the Dragon).

To pick up a copy of any of these albums, head to the Nonesuch Store now.

For more information, including a complete list of this year's winners, visit grammy.com.

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John Adams, "City Noir"; Chris Thile & Edgar Meyer, "Bass & Mandolin" [covers]
  • Monday, February 9, 2015
    Grammy Awards Go to John Adams' "City Noir," Chris Thile & Edgar Meyer's "Bass & Mandolin"

    Congratulations to John Adams and Chris Thile & Edgar Meyer, all winners at the 57th Grammy Awards, held in Los Angeles last night. The awards were presented during the Grammy premiere ceremony at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live.

    Composer John Adams's album City Noir, comprising the title piece, inspired by LA "noir" films of the 1940s and '50s, and the debut recording of his 2012 Saxophone Concerto, won the Grammy Award for Best Orchestral Performance for the St. Louis Symphony and conductor David Robertson, featuring soloist Timothy McAllister on saxophone. The album was also nominated for Best Engineered Album, Classical.

    Chris Thile and bassist Edgar Meyer's duo album, Bass & Mandolin, won the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Instrumental Album. The album features ten original compositions by the two artists, who have been performing together sporadically for more than a decade and made their recording debut as a duo with 2008’s Edgar Meyer & Chris Thile. Bass & Mandolin was also nominated for Best Instrumental Composition for the album track "Tarnation" and Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical.

    Thile and Meyer were in attendance for the ceremony, and offered these words of thanks backstage:

    And congratulations to all of the Nonesuch Records artists who were nominated for Grammy Awards this year: The Black Keys (Turn Blue), Nickel Creek (A Dotted Line), and Brad Mehldau (Mehliana: Taming the Dragon).

    To pick up a copy of any of these albums, head to the Nonesuch Store now.

    For more information, including a complete list of this year's winners, visit grammy.com.

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