Top 10 Grammy Nominated CD’s For 2011

What do Larry Carlton & Tak Matsumoto, Kirk Whalum & Danilo Perez have in common? They all have albums nominated for 2011 Grammies! Picking off my list of the Top 10 Grammy Nominated CD’s; these artists are my hands down winning picks.

Danilo Perez for Best Jazz Instrumental album “Providencia”, Larry Carlton & Tak Matsumoto for Best Pop Instrumental Album “Take Your Pick” and Kirk Whalum for the Best Male R&B Vocal Performance nomination for “Everything is Everything: The Music of Donny Hathaway” as well as his nomination for Best Gospel Performance (and Song) from his album “Gospel According to Jazz-Chapter 3”.

The other nominees on the list hold their own in their categories as well, such as: John McLaughlin and the 4th Dimension “To The One”, Herbie Hancock “The Imagine Project”, The Black Keys “Brothers”, Buddy Guy “Living Proof”, Fred Hammond “Love Unstoppable” and last but not least Robert Plant “Band of Joy”.

Get more details on each of these these Top 10 Grammy Nominated releases on my list on ThisNext.com

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