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Name: Mike Schwartz on Apr 12, 2011Comments: Mike Schwartz/host & producer 90.5FM KSJS, San Jose, Ca www.ksjs.orgFlag
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Name: Tony Lopez on Apr 12, 2011Comments: We want these categories reinstated ASAP!Flag
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Name: Lisa Weitz on Apr 12, 2011Comments:Flag
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Name: Deborah Yates on Apr 12, 2011Comments:Flag
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Name: Mark Rini on Apr 12, 2011Comments: Save some face NARAS....right this ridiculous wrong, please.Flag
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Name: Francis DeLeon on Apr 12, 2011Comments: Are you aware April is Jazz Appreciation Month, you are elimination Latin Jazz Category of Grammy Award, what kind appreciation getting from JAZZ I wonder. We need to save Latin Jazz Category within this month to keep April is Jazz Appreciation Month.Flag
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Name: Bill O'Connell on Apr 12, 2011Comments: Please reinstate the Latin Jazz Grammy!Flag
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Name: Lisa Reedy on Apr 12, 2011Comments:Flag
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Name: Samia Panni on Apr 12, 2011Comments: We live in a country that is culturally diverse. To eliminate the Native American, Hawaiian, Latin jazz and other categories that represent this cultural diversity from the Grammies is a slap in the face of our multicultural diversity. Music has always been one of the few areas in which this cultural diversity is celebrated. Allow the Grammies to represent the real America--a multi cultural nation.Flag
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Name: Otis Gray on Apr 12, 2011Comments: Please reinstate the Latin Jazz Category for the Grammys.Flag
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Name: Jim Eigo on Apr 12, 2011Comments:Flag
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Name: Sam Sotelo on Apr 12, 2011Comments:Flag
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Name: Anonymous on Apr 12, 2011Comments: I strongly believe that Latin Jazz is the back bone of Jazz. For many decades the mixture of Brazilian, Afro-Cuban,Latin America and Jazz, has created and still creates one of the richest music of all times. Can you imagine Jazz without the music of Antonio Carlos Jobim, Mario Bauzá and many many others? Latin Jazz is a very strong part of American culture that has a positive impact on music all over the world. I urge Naras to reconsider that unfortunate decision. With love and respect, Duduka Da FonsecaFlag
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Name: Susan Gatschet Reese on Apr 12, 2011Comments: Please do not eliminate the Latin Jazz category from the Grammy's. I percieve this as taking 2 steps back, instead of moving ahead, in acknowledging the importance of Latin Jazz in our musical community.Flag
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Name: John Reilly on Apr 12, 2011Comments:Flag
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Name: Ed Trefzger on Apr 12, 2011Comments: Latin jazz is a vibrant and important genre. Its contribution will be missed if it is removed as a category.Flag
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Name: Nancy Bustamante on Apr 12, 2011Comments: I think its an insult to all latinos not just musicians to eliminated the Latin Jazz category, Hispanics are the fastest growing minority group in the United States. The Latino community express our anger and disappointment, and we are here to stay. Don't forget we are americans too.Flag
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Name: GERARDO MAZA on Apr 12, 2011Comments:Flag
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Name: Christina Morrison on Apr 12, 2011Comments:Flag
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Name: Yolanda Duke on Apr 12, 2011Comments:Flag
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Name: Larry Pfeffer on Apr 12, 2011Comments:Flag
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Name: Andy Grullon on Apr 12, 2011Comments:Flag
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Name: Eric Oberstein on Apr 12, 2011Comments: The Afro Latin Jazz Alliance is shocked and disappointed by the news that the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences has chosen to eliminate the Latin Jazz category from the GRAMMY awards. Latinos are the second-largest demographic group in the United States, at over 50 million people in the 2010 Census, and our contributions to jazz are an essential part of our country's past, present, and future musical heritage. The elimination of Latin Jazz from the GRAMMYs is an affront to the achievements of some of our nation's most heralded musicians: Tito Puente, Machito, Mario Bauza, Chico O'Farrill, Paquito D'Rivera, Eddie Palmieri, and many more. Moreover, it does a disservice to the thousands of talented and committed artists who are now dedicating their lives to playing this beautiful and powerful music, an art form with its own unique history and tradition. America's Latin Jazz performers, composers, arrangers, and producers sacrifice so much to be able to create brilliant, original music in the Latin Jazz form; they deserve the same recognition and support enjoyed by their peers working in different styles. Latinos have made important progress toward equality in recent years, with growing representation in our nation's political, economic, and cultural institutions. We are deeply disappointed to find today that this progress will not be reflected in our country's most important musical award, where the message now seems to be, "Latin Jazz musicians need not apply." Ostensibly, the reason for the GRAMMY award is to recognize excellence in art. The Academy's decision is an abandonment of artistic goals and is injurious to the livelihoods of Latin Jazz musicians who must compete in a marketplace that perceives the GRAMMY as an indicator of artistic credibility--and hires accordingly. We urge NARAS to rethink its decision and we ask all NARAS members, musicians, and fans throughout the world to demand better.Flag
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Name: Aram Sohigian on Apr 12, 2011Comments:Flag
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Name: Carlos Montanez on Apr 12, 2011Comments:Flag
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Name: Layla Angulo on Apr 12, 2011Comments:Flag
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Name: Catherine Lee on Apr 12, 2011Comments: This is one of the few categories I care about. The "niche" music is the most authentic kind. If you need to streamline, get rid of Popular categories -- that's not music it's technical production values superimposed on substandard musician wannabees.Flag
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Name: Diane Sylvester on Apr 12, 2011Comments:Flag
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Name: Maria on Apr 12, 2011Comments:Flag
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Name: Felix Medina on Apr 12, 2011Comments: LATIN JAZZ IS LATIN JAZZ . NOTHING ELSE !!Flag
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Name: Al Gold on Apr 12, 2011Comments:Flag
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Name: Elvis J Perez on Apr 12, 2011Comments: To take the Latin Jazz catagory away, means you're taking away the history, the legacy of Machito, Eddie Palmieri, Charlie Palmieri, Tito Puente & countless others that not only inspired fans like myself but other musicians who've made their mark in Latin Jazz as well.Flag
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Name: Sedric Edwards on Apr 12, 2011Comments:Flag
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Name: Cassidy Kakin on Apr 12, 2011Comments:Flag
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Name: Susie Meissner on Apr 12, 2011Comments:Flag
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Name: Jose Raul "Lips" Morales on Apr 12, 2011Comments: I Believe Latin Jazz has established a worldwide audience,it is a vital part of creativity in all of America Jose Raul "Lips" MoralesFlag
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Name: Carmen R Guevara on Apr 12, 2011Comments: This is a request we've been waiting for years, thanx CarmenFlag
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Name: Nancy Barell on Apr 12, 2011Comments: Latin Jazz deserves to be recognized by the Grammy Awards. It is a top notch jazz genre !!! Nancy Barell "Jazz Spotlight On Sinatra" www.live365.com/stations/nancyann3839Flag
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Name: Bryan Davis on Apr 12, 2011Comments: It's been increasingly evident over the past few years that the Grammy's have less and less to do with music. Celebrating the mainstream popular rubbish alone, simply will not do. How about real music, performed and recorded live by real musicians?Flag
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Name: Shane Gasteyer on Apr 12, 2011Comments: Latin Jazz is a unique field and should not be eliminated or lumped in with other categories. It is a diverse and thriving style of music and should not be pushed to the margins.Flag
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Name: Jeffrey Kunkel on Apr 12, 2011Comments: Simply no reason for this.Flag
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Name: Venissa Santi on Apr 12, 2011Comments:Flag
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Name: Annette A Aguilar And StringBeans on Apr 12, 2011Comments: This is not acceptable. Latin Jazz needs to have it's own category. Eliminating it would just be a back lash on our culture and the Artist who give their blood, sweat and tears to keep this a float in their lives. Thank you Annette A Aguilar and StringBeans musician Bandleader/educator/producer Latin Jazz Brazilian NYC/SFFlag
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Name: David May on Apr 12, 2011Comments:Flag
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Name: Amy Draizen on Apr 12, 2011Comments:Flag
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Name: Mark Elf on Apr 12, 2011Comments: NARAS dropping Latin Jazz category is a slap in the face to the many great Latin Musicians, Latin Jazz Musicians & Jazz Musicians who have contributed so much to this format of music. The bean counters need to think more about the music and not about their own personal gain. It's nothing but more downsizing. It's NARAS' Wall Street mentality in back of this ignorant move.Flag
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Name: Oliver Rios on Apr 12, 2011Comments: Please reinstate the Latin Jazz category at the Grammy's. Thank YouFlag
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Name: Erica Von Kleist on Apr 12, 2011Comments: It's an insulting slap in the face to all hardworking jazz musicians out there that 3 categories are now gone. This makes the pool of recognition in our field smaller, which is the LAST thing that hard-working musicians need. If these cuts are held, NARAS will have proven to the jazz community that their first priority is something other than music.Flag
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Name: Jasen Laveau on Apr 12, 2011Comments: Please reconsider removal of Latin Jazz from the categories honored at the 54th annual Grammy Award.Flag
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Name: Joyce Jones on Apr 12, 2011Comments:Flag