“Sue, I got the job”
It is with much pleasure that we can report that Maria Schneider has won two gongs at the 58th Annual GRAMMY Awards.
Maria won BEST LARGE JAZZ ENSEMBLE ALBUM, for her excellent The Thompson Fields album.
And she also picked up the award for BEST ARRANGEMENT, INSTRUMENTS AND VOCALS for her contribution to the Sue (Or In A Season Of Crime) recording.
Tony Visconti (who co-produced the track with Bowie at Avatar Studios), posted this on his FB page...
“This just in from pre-broadcast Grammys: Maria Schneider just won the Grammy for best arrangement in the Jazz catagories, her arrangement for SUE (or in a season of crime)! She was in tears when she thanked David and me from the stage. Hooray for Maria! She's a real talent, been working all her life, a student of Gil Evans. David would've been over the moon to hear this. I am so happy. This was reported by my handsome manager, Joe D'Ambrosio.”
All this in the very week that Sue (Or In A Season Of Crime) hits its highest position in the Official Vinyl Singles Chart Top 30 in the UK, where it currently resides at #4.
Congratulations to Maria and everybody involved in the making of this record.
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