UBC Dean of Arts and Haitian scholar Gage Averill has been nominated for a 2010 Grammy Award for his project, Alan Lomax in Haiti: Recordings For The Library of Congress, 1936-1937.
Nominated in the category of Best Album Notes, the nomination reflects the work Averill did to compile, edit the set and write the comprehensive book of interpretive notes. The project was also nominated for a second award for Best Historical Album, nominated in the names of the producers of the set: Jeffrey A. Greenberg, David Katznelson and Anna Lomax Wood; with Warren Russell-Smith and Steve Rosenthal as recording engineers.
The 10 CDs and two book chronicle Alan Lomax‘s 1936 Haitian recording expedition for the Library of Congress. Each volume showcases a specific style of music that Lomax encountered, each thoroughly discussed in Averill’s meticulously researched liner notes and Lomax’s own field journal. The full-colour liner notes include song transcriptions, translations and essays.
The 53rd Annual Grammy Award ceremony will take place in Los Angeles on February 13, 2011.
For more information, visit http://www.publicaffairs.ubc.ca/2010/11/04/dean-of-inspiration/