THE ANGELS Czech musician living in New York Ondřej Pivec received two nominations for the Grammy Music Award. The first is in the category of the best R&B album, the second for the best traditional R&B performance. The winners will be announced on January 31, 2021. The Czech keyboardist already has one Grammy Award from 2017.
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Pivec is nominated for the best R&B album for the album All Rise with Gregory Porter’s project. Pivec has been collaborating with him since 2013, playing the Hammond organ in the band. Pivec has a chance to win a Grammy for the best traditional R&B Performance for a single Sit On Down the band The Baylor Project. There, Pivc’s work consisted of production and keyboard arrangements.
Pivec is pleased with the nominations. “Gregory (Porter) and I have been waiting a bit, as he will be nominated almost every time he issues something from time to time. Of course, it made me and the whole band very happy, “said Pivec for the nomination for the best R&B album. But the second nomination shocked him. “Our song Sit On Down was actually created out of boredom as a forum on Instagram! They filmed them fooling around in the studio, I heard it on the way to the bathroom in the morning, and I immediately thought of the resulting arrangement, “he said.
Pivec already has one Grammy Award. He won the gramophone in 2017 for the album Take me to the Alley with Porter’s band in the category of the best vocal jazz album.
The Grammy is one of the most important music awards in the world. 13,000 members of the American Academy of Music decide on nominations and awards. The award is given in approximately 80 categories. The Grammy was first awarded in early 1959.
There are only a few Czech artists who have won a Grammy. For example, in 1982, the academy awarded the prize for the best opera recording of a recording of Janáček’s opera From a dead house with soloists Ive Žídek, Jiří Zahradníček and Václav Zítek, conducted by Charles Mackerras. In 1986, a Czech native Jan Hammer won two gramophones for the best instrumental composition and pop instrumental performance. In both cases, his music for the series was awarded Miami Vice.
At the January awards ceremony, in addition to Pivec, another Czech iron will be a recording by Czech conductor Jakub Hrůša and violinist Augustin Hadelich. Bohemian Tales. He is nominated for the best solo in classical music.
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