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Name: Miriam Jimenez on Apr 12, 2011Comments: Latin Jazz is not just a "Latino thing." It is the quintessential music of the Americas! This is the very last category that should be eliminated.Flag
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Name: Pablo Aslan on Apr 12, 2011Comments: I am a NARAS member and 2010 Grammy nominee in the Latin Jazz category. I think you are confusing arbitrary categories with bonafide musical genres. Latin Jazz has a history that is undeniable. Pablo Aslan Brooklyn NYFlag
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Name: Victor Chap on Apr 12, 2011Comments:Flag
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Name: G Derke on Apr 12, 2011Comments:Flag
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Name: John Walsh on Apr 12, 2011Comments:Flag
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Name: Chris Theberge on Apr 12, 2011Comments:Flag
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Name: George B. Thomas on Apr 12, 2011Comments:Flag
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Name: Bradley Diuguid on Apr 12, 2011Comments:Flag
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Name: Papo Vazquez on Apr 12, 2011Comments: It's our responsibillity to let these country ass backward Grammy snobs know, they can't do that to American culture. Its like erasing part of American history. The bottom line is that America has not come to terms with all the contributions the latino community has given to this country. Ken Burns did it in his PBS documentation of the history jazz. Anyway this is one moronic decision. Papo VazquezFlag
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Name: Alex Theberge on Apr 12, 2011Comments:Flag
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Name: John Santos on Apr 12, 2011Comments: I guess we shouldn't be surprised by knee-jerk backlash reactions against Latinos and Latino culture in the United States. This is an insult and disaster to the artistic field of Latin Jazz and its international legions of artists, fans, and supporters. It is also totally unacceptable. I've been a NARAS member for 25 years, and nominated five times since 2003 in various categories including Latin Jazz (now eliminated), and Traditional World (now eliminated). Some of the cuts make sense to me, such as the gender categories, but the majority of the cuts are counter intuitive and counter productive, and the decisions to illegitimize Latin Jazz and relegate World Music to one category are especially ill-advised. Who made these decisions? How does this serve the field? Latin Jazz is a legitimate American art form that has parallel history with jazz as well as the distinction of being totally exploited commercially on TV and in film for over half a century, while simultaneously being marginalized by the mainstream money makers. While our country is in an unprecedented state of Latino demographics and multi-culturalism, NARAS and the GRAMMYS are moving backwards and embracing the anti-immigrant sentiment that is being promoted by certain sectors. Is it a coincidence that the field of Latin Jazz is dominated by independent labels that do not represent big money? Does NARAS represent diversity and the art or is it also for sale to the highest bidder like healthcare, education, housing, food and everything else in the United States? It is nothing less than highly insulting to have out-of-touch individuals suddenly decide that Latin Jazz is no longer a legitimate art form when the creativity and activity in the field are at an all-time high. Great US-based pioneering artists such as Mario Bauza, Charlie Palmieri, Dizzy Gillespie, Machito and Tito Puente forged this style of music that is now enjoyed and acknowledged internationally. Yet someone at NARAS thinks it is a good idea to have the Latin Jazz artists competing against the straight ahead and mainstream jazz artists which of course means that there would never again be a Latin Jazz artist recognized with a GRAMMY. I'm sure that would make a handful of folks happy, but it is grossly unjust, immoral and ignorant of the history and significance of the art form. Please help us get the word out about this absurdity. John Santos Producer, composer, bandleader, percussionist, educator Oakland, CA www.johnsantos.comFlag
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Name: Steve Haney on Apr 12, 2011Comments:Flag
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Name: Marsi Burns on Apr 12, 2011Comments:Flag
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Name: Carlos Henriquez on Apr 12, 2011Comments: I think that this move on behalf of the Grammy's has shown America how it values it's culture!Flag
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Name: German Alejandro on Apr 12, 2011Comments:Flag
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Name: Jonathan Lewis on Apr 12, 2011Comments: Latin Jazz is some of the best music in the world. Please bring it back to the Grammy Awards!Flag
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Name: Anonymous on Apr 12, 2011Comments:Flag
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Name: Alicia Alava on Apr 12, 2011Comments:Flag
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Name: Maite Parsi on Apr 12, 2011Comments:Flag
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Name: Randy Klein on Apr 12, 2011Comments: It's easy to say you made a mistake. Especially when you will be cheered for it.Flag
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Name: Victoria Mckenzie on Apr 12, 2011Comments:Flag
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Name: Marcos Cuevas on Apr 12, 2011Comments: Please restore LATIN JAZZ.Flag
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Name: Robert Moraux on Apr 12, 2011Comments: I fully support the Latin Jazz catagory as being maintained as part of the Grammy's. It has been and continues to be an important part of my life. It is TRULY an American ART FORM!Flag
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Name: Ruth Davis on Apr 12, 2011Comments: NARAS is so misled in making this decision. Latin music is the soul of so much jazz! Get with it and reinstate this category!Flag
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Name: Esteff on Apr 12, 2011Comments:Flag
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Name: Anonymous on Apr 12, 2011Comments:Flag
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Name: CARLOS SOUSA on Apr 12, 2011Comments: Ya firme y suerteFlag
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Name: Shawn Dieppa on Apr 12, 2011Comments:Flag
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Name: Nina E. Franqui on Apr 12, 2011Comments: Dear Mr. Portnow..what if we decided as a community of Latin music genre consumers to stop buying all Grammy nominated music all together??? Would we get your attention then? You are making an awful and insulting mistake!Flag
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Name: Ellen Azorin, President, Cantaloupe Music Productions, Inc. on Apr 12, 2011Comments:Flag
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Name: Marilyn Cuevas on Apr 12, 2011Comments:Flag
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Name: RoseAnne Craig on Apr 12, 2011Comments: This is another soul less movement away from the African roots of jazz, a music that became a transcendent expression of the African experience in the Americas - Latin America and the Caribbean, as well as North America. New Orleans, as a port city between the two hemispheres, became an exquisite and exciting melting pot of African and Latin musical expressions with its "Spanish tinge". The multi-cultural music called jazz that emerged from the daily lives of our diverse ancestors as they worked, loved, prayed and fought with each other is a rich, vibrant one that is woven into our heritage. It is an expression of freedom and represents one of the finest cultural-artistic offerings we've shared with the rest of the world - equal to classical music. This latest NARAS action shows how marginalized jazz has become by eliminating one of the genre's most significant influences and expressions, Afro Latin jazz, from its Grammy award categories. I'll bet NARAS has enough categories to reward the superficial pop sounds that have become America's sound track, and which have spread over the globe like a virus. I wonder what Diz, Mario Bauza and Chano Pozo are thinking? Maybe the U.S. Post Office is hipper than NARAS since it's just issued a stamp series honoring Latin musicians, including Tito Puente and Celia Cruz.Flag
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Name: Mark Rosenthal on Apr 12, 2011Comments:Flag
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Name: Lena Adasheva on Apr 12, 2011Comments:Flag
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Name: Anonymous on Apr 12, 2011Comments: We are the fastest growing and largest minority group on this country, so to eliminate such category from the Grammy would certainly disconnect even more Latinos from participating in such events.Flag
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Name: Ramona Enez on Apr 12, 2011Comments: THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS!Flag
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Name: William Matos on Apr 12, 2011Comments: Latin Jazz had been part of Jazz history since the first cuban musicians went to New Orleans in the late 1800's and more evindent when Chano Pozo join Dizzy's group and colaborated with Dizz to create some of the classics jazz tunes. The list is long of all the influences that we can find on today's jazz tunes that are seeded on Latin music. Jazz music is as latin as it is americanFlag
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Name: Thomas York on Apr 12, 2011Comments: I agree that the Latin Jazz category needs to be reinstatedFlag
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Name: Melanie Berzon on Apr 12, 2011Comments:Flag
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Name: Michael Bettinger on Apr 12, 2011Comments: Latin Jazz is one of my favorite genres of music. I listen to recordings of Latin Jazz artists, past and present, every day. I support Latin Jazz as a continuing category at the Grammy's.Flag
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Name: Jane Scolieri on Apr 12, 2011Comments:Flag
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Name: Rebeca Mauleon on Apr 12, 2011Comments: There is absolutely nothing you can say to justify the elimination of this vital category of truly American music from the GRAMMY's. In honor of Mario Bauza, Machito, Tito Puente and thousands of others - both living and not - I urge you to right this wrong and reinstate the Latin Jazz category we fought so long and hard for in the first place.Flag
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Name: Lisa S. Melnick on Apr 12, 2011Comments: Latin Jazz must remain a continuing Grammy category! ! All of my life the music in this genre has been an integral part of the very heartbeat of our communities. The many facets of Latin Jazz genre reflect the richness and depth of the cultures it represents. How strange to even consider excluding Latin Jazz.Flag
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Name: Anonymous on Apr 12, 2011Comments:Flag
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Name: Carlos Rosario on Apr 12, 2011Comments: This is an outrage!! Latin Jazz has inspired many musicians including myself and many others.. Reinstatement is a must!!Flag
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Name: Martin Bourque on Apr 12, 2011Comments: Come on. Latin Jazz is alive and well, how can you cut it?Flag
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Name: Anonymous on Apr 12, 2011Comments:Flag
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Name: Ron Pelletier on Apr 12, 2011Comments:Flag
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Name: Holly Nelson on Apr 12, 2011Comments: To whom this may concern, I guarantee that I will not watch the Grammys if Latin Jazz is not in the lineup. The niche categories, as well, are most important to me and my peers. They are what keep music alive! Thanks for your consideration, HollyFlag
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Name: Jean Wright on Apr 12, 2011Comments:Flag