Grammy wins for Samara Joy, Chick Corea and Béla Fleck, Dan Pugach Big Band and Ruthie Foster
Singer Samara Joy is now a five-time Grammy Award winner after two more wins at the 67 Grammy awards in LA.
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Samara Joy
Samara Joy won Best Jazz Vocal Album for A Joyful Holiday. She also won Best Jazz Performance for “Twinkle Twinkle Little Me” featuring Sullivan Fortner.
Other winners last night included the late Chick Corea and Bela Fleck for Remembrance in the Best Jazz Instrumental album.
Chick Corea and Bela Fleck
The Dan Pugach Big Band won for Bianca Reimagined Music for Paws and Persistence for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album.
Outside In Music/Dan Pugach
The new Dan Pugach Big Band album
Pugach’s wife Nicole Zuraitis, 2024 winner of Best Jazz Vocal Album, is a featured artist and producer on Biana Reimagined.
Doug Doyle
Nicole Zuraitis and Dan Pugach adore their dog “Bella”
Singer Ruthie Foster won the Grammy award in the “Best Contemporary Blues Album” category for Mileage. It was Foster’s first career Grammy win in six nominations.
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Three-time Grammy Award nominee Ruthie Foster
You can hear WBGO interviews with Samara Joy, Bela Fleck, Dan Pugach, Nicole Zuraitis and Ruthie Foster at wbgo.org.