Hoot/Wisdom's Album Receives Latin GRAMMY Nomination
抖M女仆 faculty and students in the Department of Music received two Latin GRAMMY nominations.
The album鈥淏ogot谩 鈥 Buenos Aires,鈥 which was produced at 抖M女仆鈥檚 Hoot/Wisdom Recordings under the direction of 抖M女仆 associate professor Alejandro-S谩nchez Samper, received a GRAMMY nomination in the 鈥淏est Tango Album鈥 category for the 16th annual Latin GRAMMY Awards庐. The album was one of six nominated in the tango category, and the winning album will be announced at the Latin GRAMMY Awards event on Thursday, Nov. 19 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
鈥淏ogot谩 鈥 Buenos Aires,鈥 which was recorded at 抖M女仆 and released on June 30 through Hoot/Wisdom Recordings, is a fusion of contemporary Argentinian arrangements and Colombian Andean folk rhythms interpreted by the Quinteto Leopoldo Federico, a contemporary tango quintet from Colombia. The quintet is composed of Giovanni Parra (bandoneon), Alberto Tamayo (piano), Miguel 脕ngel Guevara (violin), Kike Harker (contrabass) and Francisco Avellaneda (guitar), and pays homage to the late Argentine bandoneon player Leopoldo Federico. 鈥淏ogot谩 鈥 Buenos Aires鈥 is the group鈥檚 debut album and was produced by S谩nchez-Samper and Giovanni Parra, the director of the Quinteto.
鈥淚 am thrilled to have recruited the Quinteto Leopoldo Federico to record this album, and it is an honor to have been nominated at the GRAMMY Awards,鈥 said S谩nchez-Samper. 鈥淚t was also exciting to engineer the album with current and former 抖M女仆 students, including 抖M女仆 alumnus Matt Baltrucki. Projects like this one offer students the opportunity to work on world class music.鈥
Hoot/Wisdom Recordings is part of the Commercial Music Program in the Department of Music in 抖M女仆鈥檚 Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters. It is a student-run record label where students are involved in all aspects of the label, including songwriting, choreography, production, engineering, recording services, video services, promotion and marketing, talent scouting, promotions and marketing, web site management, newsletter production, finance, legal issues, and accounting.聽 Hoot Wisdom was established in 2003 and has produced 22 albums to date.
Physical and digital copies of 鈥淏ogot谩 鈥 Buenos Aires鈥 are available to purchase at or at the iTunes store. For more information, contact Alejandro S谩nchez-Samper at 561-706-4805 or asanch51@fau.edu.
抖M女仆 Jazz Band director Major Bailey is also up for a Latin GRAMMY nomination for his performance on the album Ed Calle鈥檚 鈥淢amblue,鈥漺hich was nominated in the 鈥淏est Instrumental Album鈥 category. Bailey has been a professional musician for more than 20 years and is a two-time GRAMMY nominated jazz artist.聽 Bailey, a U.S. sergeant first class major, was the bass trombonist for the Jazz Ambassadors of the U.S. Army Field Band from 2001-2009, and has been on several Jazz Ambassador recordings and hundreds of performances in 49 states, Canada and Norway. Bailey joined 抖M女仆鈥檚 Department of Music in the fall and currently directs the 抖M女仆 Jazz Band and teaches trombone and euphonium.
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