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Two Indian Americans nominated for 53rd Grammy Awards
By siliconindia
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Tuesday, 07 December 2010, 12:55 IST
Bangalore: Two Indian Americans named Chandrika Krishnamurthy Tandon, a Sanskrit chant vocalist and Vijay Iyer, jazz pianist-cum-composer have got nominations for awards at the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards ceremony, to be held in February in Los Angeles.
Tandon is a Chennai native who now doubles as a New York-based businesswoman. She has been nominated in the Best Contemporary World Music Album category, for her Om Namo Narayanaya: Soul Call, a collection of Sanskrit chants. She handled the vocals and vocal arrangements in the album, on the other hand Tejendra Narayan Majumdar and Snehasish Majumdar did the orchestral arrangements.
Iyer's much-anticipated album Historicity, launched in 2009, has been nominated for the Best Jazz Instrumental Album award. Featuring Iyer's original compositions alongside an eclectic group of covers, the album is performed by Iyer's famed 'Vijay Iyer Trio', which features Iyer on the piano and long-time collaborators Marcus Gilmore on the drums and Stephan Crump on the bass. Vijay Iyer was recently named 2010 Musician of the Year by the Jazz Journalists Association Jazz Awards.