Joey Alexander Kembali ke Ajang Grammy Awards

Tahun lalu, Joey Alexander (13) sukses memukau penonton di ajang Grammy Awards 2016 yang diselenggarakan di Staples Center, Los Angeles, Amerika Serikat. Tahun ini sang pianis belia asal Indonesia ‘kembali’ ke ajang yang sama berkat nominasi yang diraihnya untuk kategori Best Improvised Jazz Solo lewat album keduanya “Countdown”.
 
Joey merupakan nominator Grammy termuda yang  tahun lalu masuk dalam dua kategori: Best Improvised Jazz Solo dan Best Jazz Instrumental Album berkat debut albumnya “My Favourite Things” (2015). Sayangnya, ia belum bisa membawa pulang pialanya.
 
Seperti dilansir dari Associated Press, Joey merasa gembira bisa masuk nominasi Grammy tahun lalu, tapi ia lebih bersemangat ketika diminta tampil di panggung yang didominasi musik pop dengan membawakan jazz miliknya.
 
“Saya bahagia bisa berbagi musik yang mungkin belum pernah didengar oleh orang sebelumnya,” ucap penggemar Michael Jackson tersebut.
 
Seperti halnya album pertama, album Countdown yang dirilis September tahun 2016 lalu pun berhasil mencapai posisi puncak untuk penjualan album versi Billboard. Joey memperdengarkan skill-nya yang semakin matang, termasuk tiga komposisi orisinalnya di album tersebut.
 
“Saya menikmati berada di studio rekaman karena membuat saya menjadi musisi yang lebih baik. Namun, menjaga orisinalitas bukan hal mudah dan butuh waktu bagi saya untuk memadukan musiknya. Saya bersyukur banyak yang menikmatinya, baik saat mendengarkan album maupun menyaksikan penampilan saya,” ucap Joey yang mengaku terinspirasi oleh Thelonious Monk, Louis Armstrong dan Duke Ellington.
 
Apakah Joey berhasil membawa pulang piala Grammy pertamanya pada tanggal 12 Februari 2017 mendatang? Jangan lewatkan acara yang disiarkan langsung oleh jaringan CBS dari Staples Center di Los Angeles, AS pukul 17.00 waktu setempat. James Corden, The Weeknd, Daft Punk, Alicia Keys, John Legend, Bruno Mars, Adele, hingga Metallica akan turut tampil memeriahkan penyelenggaraan Grammy ke-59.
 
Cek daftar nominasi Grammy Awards 2017 di halaman selanjutnya.  
Inilah nominasi Grammy Awards 2017 yang didominasi oleh Beyonce.
Album of The Year
25 — Adele
Lemonade — Beyoncé
Purpose — Justin Bieber
Views — Drake
A Sailor's Guide to Earth — Sturgill Simpson
 
Record of The Year
"Hello" — Adele
"Formation" — Beyoncé
"7 Years" — Lukas Graham
"Work" — Rihanna featuring Drake
"Stressed Out" — Twenty One Pilots
 
Song of The Year
"Formation" — Beyoncé
"Hello" — Adele
"I Took a Pill In Ibiza" — Mike Posner
"Love Yourself" — Justin Bieber
"7 Years" — Lukas Graham
 
Best New Artist
Kelsea Ballerini
The Chainsmokers
Chance the Rapper
Maren Morris
Anderson .Paak
 
Best Pop Vocal Album
25 — Adele
Purpose — Justin Bieber
Dangerous Woman — Ariana Grande
Confident Demi Lovato
This Is Acting — Sia
 
Best Pop Solo Performance
"Hello" — Adele
"Hold Up" — Beyoncé
"Love Yourself" — Justin Bieber
"Piece by Piece" — Kelly Clarkson
"Dangerous Woman" — Ariana Grande
 
Best Rock Album
California — Blink-182
Tell Me I'm Pretty — Cage the Elephant
Magma — Gojira
Death of a Bachelor — Panic! at the Disco
Weezer — Weezer
 
Best Alternative Music Album
22, a Million — Bon Iver
Blackstar — David Bowie
The Hope Six Demolition Project — PJ Harvey
Post Pop Depression — Iggy Pop
A Moon Shaped Pool — Radiohead
 
Best Urban Contemporary Album
Lemonade — Beyoncé
Ology — Gallant
We Are King — King
Malibu — Anderson .Paak
Anti — Rihanna
 
Best Rap Performance
"No Problem" — Chance the Rapper featuring Lil Wayne & 2 Chainz
"Panda" — Desiigner
"Pop Style" — Drake Featuring the Throne
"All the Way Up" — Fat Joe & Remy Ma featuring French Montana & Infared
"That Part" — Schoolboy Q featuring Kanye West
 
Best Country Solo Performance
"Love Can Go to Hell" — Brandy Clark
"Vice" — Miranda Lambert
"My Church" — Maren Morris
"Church Bells" — Carrie Underwood
"Blue Ain't Your Color" — Keith Urban
 
Best Spoken Word Album (includes poetry, audio books & storytelling)
The Girl With the Lower Back Tattoo — Amy Schumer
In Such Good Company: Eleven Years Of Laughter, Mayhem, And Fun In the Sandbox — Carol Burnett
M Train — Patti Smith
Under the Big Black Sun: A Personal History Of L.A. Punk (John Doe With Tom DeSavia) — (Various Artists)
Unfaithful Music & Disappearing Ink — Elvis Costello
 
Best Song Written for Visual Media
"Can't Stop the Feeling!" — Trolls
"Heathens" — Suicide Squad
"Just Like Fire" — Alice Through the Looking Glass
"Purple Lamborghini" — Suicide Squad
"Try Everything" — Zootopia
"The Veil" — Snowden
 
Best Music Video
"Formation" — Beyoncé
"River" — Leon Bridges
"Up & Up" — Coldplay
"Gosh" — Jamie XX
"Upside Down & Inside Out" — OK Go
 
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
"Closer" — The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey
"7 Years" — Lukas Graham
"Work" — Rihanna featuring Drake
"Cheap Thrills" — Sia Featuring Sean Paul
"Stressed Out" — Twenty One Pilots
"Culcha Vulcha" — Snarky Puppy
 
Best Rock Performance
"Joe (Live From Austin City Limits)" — Alabama Shakes
"Don't Hurt Yourself" — Beyoncé featuring Jack White
"Blackstar" — David Bowie
"The Sound of Silence (Live On Conan)" — Disturbed
"Heathens" — Twenty One Pilots
 
Best Rock Song
"Blackstar" — David Bowie
"Burn the Witch" — Radiohead
"Hardwired" — Metallica
"Heathens" — Twenty One Pilots
"My Name Is Human" — Highly Suspect
 
Best Rock Album
California — Blink-182
Tell Me I'm Pretty — Cage the Elephant
Magma — Gojira
Death of a Bachelor — Panic! at the Disco
Weezer — Weezer
 
Best Alternative Music Album
22, a Million — Bon Iver
Blackstar — David Bowie
The Hope Six Demolition Project — PJ Harvey
Post Pop Depression — Iggy Pop
A Moon Shaped Pool — Radiohead
 
Best R&B Performance
"Turnin' Me Up" — BJ the Chicago Kid
"Permission" — Ro James
"I Do" — Musiq Soulchild
"Needed Me" — Rihanna
"Cranes In the Sky" — Solange
 
Best R&B Song
"Come See Me" — PartyNextDoor featuring Drake
"Exchange" — Bryson Tiller
"Kiss It Better" — Rihanna
"Lake by the Ocean" — Maxwell
"Luv" — Tory Lanez
 
Best Urban Contemporary Album
Lemonade — Beyoncé
Ology — Gallant
We Are King — King
Malibu — Anderson .Paak
Anti — Rihanna
 
Best Rap Song
"All the Way Up" — Fat Joe & Remy Ma featuring French Montana & Infrared
"Famous" — Kanye West featuring Rihanna
"Hotline Bling" — Drake
"No Problem" — Chance the Rapper featuring Lil Wayne & 2 Chainz
"Ultralight Beam" — Kanye West featuring Chance the Rapper, Kelly Price, Kirk Franklin & the-Dream
 
Best Rap Album
Coloring Book — Chance the Rapper
And the Anonymous Nobody — De La Soul
Major Key — DJ Khaled
Views — Drake
Blank Face LP — Schoolboy Q
The Life of Pablo — Kanye West
 
Best country song
"Blue Ain't Your Color" — Keith Urban
"Die a Happy Man" — Thomas Rhett
"Humble and Kind" — Tim McGraw
"My Church" — Maren Morris
"Vice" — Miranda Lambert
 
Best Country Album
Big Day In a Small Town — Brandy Clark
Full Circle — Loretta Lynn
Hero — Maren Morris
A Sailor's Guide to Earth — Sturgill Simpson
Ripcord — Keith Urban
 
Best Comedy Album
… America … Great … — David Cross
American Myth— Margaret Cho
Boyish Girl Interrupted — Tig Notaro
Live at the Apollo — Amy Schumer
Talking For Clapping — Patton Oswalt
 
Best Music Video
"Formation" — Beyoncé
"River" — Leon Bridges
"Up & Up" — Coldplay
"Gosh" — Jamie XX
"Upside Down & Inside Out" — OK Go
 
Best Music Film
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead: Steve Aoki — Justin Krook
The Beatles: Eight Days a Week the Touring Years — Ron Howard
Lemonade — Beyoncé Knowles Carter & Kahlil Joseph
The Music of Strangers — Yo-Yo Ma & the Silk Road Ensemble Morgan Neville
American Saturday Night: Live From the Grand Ole Opry — George J. Flanigen IV
 
Best New Age Album
Orogen – John Burke
Dark Sky Island – Enya
Inner Passion – Peter Kater & Tina Guo
Rosetta – Vangelis
White Sun II – White Sun
 
Best Improvised Jazz Solo
Countdown – J oey Alexander, soloist
In Movement – Ravi Coltrane, soloist
We See – Fred Hersch, soloist
I Concentrate On You – Brad Mehldau, soloist
I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry – John Scofield, soloist
 
Best Jazz Vocal Album
Sound Of Red – René Marie
Upward Spiral – Branford Marsalis Quartet With Special Guest Kurt Elling
Take Me To The Alley – Gregory Porter
Harlem On My Mind – Catherine Russell
The Sting Variations – The Tierney Sutton Band
 
Best Jazz Instrumental Album
Book Of Intuition – Kenny Barron Trio
Dr. Um – Peter Erskine
Sunday Night At The Vanguard – The Fred Hersch Trio
Nearness – Joshua Redman & Brad Mehldau
Country For Old Men – John Scofield
 
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
Real Enemies – Darcy James Argue's Secret Society
MONK'estra, Vol. 1 – John Beasley
Kaleidoscope Eyes: Music Of The Beatles – John Daversa
All L.A. Band – Bob Mintzer
Presidential Suite: Eight Variations On Freedom – Ted Nash Big Band
 
Best Latin Jazz Album
Entre Colegas – Andy González
Madera Latino: A Latin Jazz Perspective On The Music Of Woody Shaw – Brian Lynch & Various Artists
Canto América – Michael Spiro/Wayne Wallace La Orquesta Sinfonietta
30 – Trio Da Paz
Tribute To Irakere: Live In Marciac – Chucho Valdés

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