`TIME' RIGHT FOR DYLAN(S); COLVIN, KELLY ALSO GRAMMY WINNERS.Byline: Fred Shuster Daily News Staff Writer More than 30 years after he told the world ``The Times The Are A-Changin','' Bob Dylan Noun 1. Bob Dylan - United States songwriter noted for his protest songs (born in 1941) Dylan won his first major Grammy Award The Grammy Awards (originally called the Gramophone Awards) are presented annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States for outstanding achievements in the record industry. The current President of the Academy is Neil Portnow. for his ``Time Out of Mind'' album Wednesday at the music industry's biggest night out. At times though, the 40th annual Grammy Awards Grammy Awards Annual awards given by the Recording Academy (officially the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences). The first Grammies (the name is a dimunitive of “gramophone”) were given in 1958. telecast seemed like a world gone decidedly strange. There were miscues, no-shows, stage invasions and unpredictable fill-in performances. But the three-hour award ceremony at New York's Radio City Music Hall Radio City Music Hall New York City’s famous cinema; home of the Rockettes. [Am. Hist.: NCE, 2338] See : Theater also offered some of the most electric musical segments in the broadcast's long history. Among the surprises was Shawn Colvin's record of the year win for ``Sunny Came Home'' an infectious folk-rock song with an irresistible melody that was first embraced by Americana radio stations before other formats climbed aboard. The record also won the song of the year honor for Colvin and her songwriting partner, John Leventhal John Leventhal is a Grammy Award-winning guitarist, composer, and music producer who has worked with singer-songwriters such as Shawn Colvin, Rosanne Cash (to whom he is married), Rodney Crowell, Marc Cohn, David Crosby, Kelly Willis, Johnny Cash, Michelle Branch, and others. . There was a father and son element in the proceedings, too. Dylan and his son, Jakob, leader of the alternative-rock group the Wallflowers, won a total of five awards. Bob Dylan's ``Time Out of Mind,'' a critics' favorite but a slow-mover at the cash register, was voted album of the year and best contemporary folk album. ``Cold Irons Bound,'' a track from the disc, got the best male rock vocal performance nod. Dylan recovered from a a life-threatening heart ailment ail·ment n. A physical or mental disorder, especially a mild illness. last year. Jakob Dylan's ``One Headlight,'' an alternative-rock radio staple, took top honors for best rock performance by a duo or group with vocal, as well as best rock song. R&b singer R. Kelly won three awards, including best R&B song and best R&B male vocal performance for his chart-busting ``I Believe I Can Fly'' from the ``Space Jam'' soundtrack. In his acceptance speech, Kelly thanked an unusual list of names. It must have been the first time God, Michael Jordan This article is about the former basketball player. For other uses, see Michael Jordan (disambiguation). Michael Jeffrey Jordan (born February 17 1963) is a retired American professional basketball player. and Bugs Bunny were mentioned in the same sentence. ``You know when you pray for something, you get it better than what you pray for,'' he said. High jinks high jinks or hi·jinks pl.n. Playful, often noisy and rowdy activity, usually involving mischievous pranks. Noun 1. high jinks - noisy and mischievous merrymaking high jinx, hijinks, jinks on stage The high jinks started earlier. Just as Colvin was accepting her song of the year award, ODB ODB Our Daily Bread ODB Object Database ODB Old Dirty Bastard (Wutang clan & rap group) ODB Old Dirty Bastard ODB Open Database ODB Ontario Drug Benefits ODB Cordoba Spain (airport code) , a member of the New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of rap ensemble Wu-Tang Clan, grabbed the microphone and began hyping his group. After the rapper was led off stage, show host Kelsey Grammer Allen Kelsey Grammer (born February 21, 1955) is a six-time Emmy and a two-time Golden Globe-winning American actor best known for his two-decade portrayal of psychiatrist Dr. jokingly thanked ``the gentleman from Wu-Tang Clan for that clarification.'' Later, as Bob Dylan performed a song called ``Love Sick,'' a shirtless man with the words ``Soy Bomb'' written on his chest leapt on stage and began dancing wildly as a confused Dylan backed away. The man was hustled off and recording academy chief Michael Greene later apologized to Dylan, adding that next year there should be a mosh pit mosh pit n. An area in front of a concert stage in which audience members mosh. for the most aggressive members of the audience. After accepting his album of the year award, Dylan said that during the making of the disc, ``we didn't know what we had when we did it, but we did it anyway.'' All-star performers Performers also included Fiona Apple, Babyface, Fleetwood Mac, Hanson, Wyclef Jean, Aretha Franklin, Celine Dion and Erykah Badu. In one of the most memorable and surprising moments, legendary soul singer Franklin stood in for an ailing Luciano Pavarotti and sang an aria from Puccini's ``Turandot.'' She received a standing ovation. There was no early word on where the Grammys would take place next year, but after two years in the Big Apple, the event is expected to return to Los Angeles in 1999. To facilitate that, board members of the Los Angeles Sports & Entertainment Commission traveled to New York this week to reiterate the city's desire to host the ceremony for the next two years. Grammy officials will announce their decision in the next several months. On Wednesday night actor-rapper Will Smith, who won his third Grammy award in a decade for ``Men in Black,'' dedicated his award to the late rapper Tupac Shakur and the Notorious B.I.G. He called them prophets who helped rap out of its own ``dark ages.'' ``Two and a half years ago, the state of rap was such that I didn't want to rap anymore,'' he said. Grammy voters chose Trisha Yearwood's ``How Do I Live'' as best female country performance. Among her competitors: LeAnn Rimes, for her version of the same Diane Warren song. ``I know how strange it must be to have 50 million versions of this song out there,'' Yearwood said. She also won an award for ``In Another's Eyes,'' her duet with Garth Brooks. Puff Daddy was honored with the best rap album Grammy for ``No Way Out.'' His top-selling tribute to the Notorious B.I.G., ``I'll Be Missing You,'' won for best rap performance by a duo or group. Known more as a producer, Puff Daddy wasn't even nominated in the best producer category, won by Babyface. Posthumous awards The children's music category had a bittersweet bittersweet, name for two unrelated plants, belonging to different families, both fall-fruiting woody vines sometimes cultivated for their decorative scarlet berries. tone, with a couple of posthumous winners. Charles Kuralt, the former CBS (Cell Broadcast Service) See cell broadcast. newsman who died on the Fourth of July Fourth of July, Independence Day, or July Fourth, U.S. holiday, commemorating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence. Celebration of it began during the American Revolution. , and singer John Denver, who died in a plane crash, both won awards. Kuralt also won for best spoken word album, beating out former President Carter. Denver had never won a Grammy, despite his enormous popular success. His 23-year-old son, Zachary, said his father ``talked about the Grammys all the time.'' ``He really wanted one. It makes it real special to be here today. We'll take it up to Aspen (Colo.) and put it in his house some place special,'' he said. Another first-time winner was rocker John Fogerty, the former leader of Creedence Clearwater Revival Creedence Clearwater Revival (commonly referred to by its initials CCR or simply as Creedence) was a southern rock American rock band, which consisted of John Fogerty (vocals, guitar, harmonica, piano), Tom Fogerty (guitar, vocals, piano), Stu Cook (bass guitar, , who took home the award for best rock album - ``Blue Moon Swamp.'' The late classical conductor, Sir Georg Solti, won his record 31st Grammy, for best opera recording. The 1998 Grammy Award Winners Grammy winners announced Wednesday night: RECORD OF THE YEAR: ``Sunny Came Home,'' Shawn Colvin. ALBUM OF THE YEAR: ``Time Out of Mind,'' Bob Dylan. SONG OF THE YEAR: ``Sunny Came Home,'' Shawn Colvin and John Leventhal. NEW ARTIST: Paula Cole. FEMALE POP VOCAL PERFORMANCE: ``Building a Mystery,'' Sarah McLachlan. MALE POP VOCAL PERFORMANCE: ``Candle in the Wind 1997,'' Elton John. POP PERFORMANCE BY A DUO OR GROUP WITH VOCAL: ``Virtual Insanity,'' Jamiroquai. POP COLLABORATION WITH VOCALS: ``Don't Look Back,'' John Lee Hooker with Van Morrison. POP INSTRUMENTAL PERFORMANCE: ``Last Dance,'' Sarah McLachlan. DANCE RECORDING: ``Carry On,'' Donna Summer and Giorgio Moroder. POP ALBUM: ``Hourglass hourglass, glass instrument for measuring time, usually consisting of two bulbs united by a narrow neck. One bulb is filled with fine sand that runs through the neck into the other bulb in an hour's time. ,'' James Taylor. TRADITIONAL POP: ``Tony Bennett on Holiday,'' Tony Bennett. FEMALE ROCK PERFORMANCE: ``Criminal,'' Fiona Apple. MALE ROCK PERFORMANCE: ``Cold Irons Bound,'' Bob Dylan. ROCK PERFORMANCE BY A DUO OR GROUP WITH VOCAL: ``One Headlight,'' The Wallflowers. HARD ROCK PERFORMANCE: ``The End Is the Beginning Is the End,'' The Smashing Pumpkins. METAL PERFORMANCE: ``Aenema,'' Tool. ROCK INSTRUMENTAL PERFORMANCE: ``Block Rockin' Beats,'' Chemical Brothers. ROCK SONG: ``One Headlight,'' Jakob Dylan. ROCK ALBUM: ``Blue Moon Swamp,'' John Fogerty. ALTERNATIVE MUSIC: ``OK Computer,'' Radiohead. FEMALE RHYTHM AND BLUES rhythm and blues (R&B) Any of several closely related musical styles developed by African American artists. The various styles were based on a mingling of European influences with jazz rhythms and tonal inflections, particularly syncopation and the flatted blues chords. VOCAL PERFORMANCE: ``On and On,'' Erykah Badu. MALE RHYTHM AND BLUES VOCAL PERFORMANCE: ``I Believe I Can Fly,'' R. Kelly. RHYTHM AND BLUES PERFORMANCE BY A DUO OR GROUP WITH VOCAL: ``No Diggity,'' Blackstreet. RHYTHM AND BLUES SONG: ``I Believe I Can Fly,'' R. Kelly. RHYTHM AND BLUES ALBUM: ``Baduizm,'' Erykah Badu. RAP SOLO PERFORMANCE: ``Men in Black,'' Will Smith. RAP PERFORMANCE BY A DUO OR GROUP: ``I'll Be Missing You,'' Puff Daddy and Faith Evans Featuring 112. RAP ALBUM: ``No Way Out,'' Puff Daddy and The Family. FEMALE COUNTRY VOCAL PERFORMANCE: ``How Do I Live,'' Trisha Yearwood. MALE COUNTRY VOCAL PERFORMANCE: ``Pretty Little Adriana,'' Vince Gill. COUNTRY PERFORMANCE BY A DUO OR GROUP WITH VOCAL: ``Looking in the Eyes of Love,'' Alison Krauss and Union Station. COUNTRY COLLABORATION WITH VOCALS: ``In Another's Eyes,'' Trisha Yearwood and Garth Brooks. COUNTRY INSTRUMENTAL PERFORMANCE: ``Little Liza Jane,'' Alison Krauss and Union Station. COUNTRY SONG: ``Butterfly Kisses,'' Bob Carlisle, Jeff Carson, Raybon Bros BROS Brothers BROS Benefits and Retirement Operations Section (King County, Washington) BROS Barnes and Richmond Operatic Society (London, UK) . COUNTRY ALBUM: ``Unchained,'' Johnny Cash. BLUEGRASS bluegrass, any species of the large and widely distributed genus Poa, chiefly range and pasture grasses of economic importance in temperate and cool regions. In general, bluegrasses are perennial with fine-leaved foliage that is bluish green in some species. ALBUM: ``So Long So Wrong,'' Alison Krauss and Union Station. NEW AGE ALBUM: ``Oracle,'' Michael Hedges. CONTEMPORARY JAZZ PERFORMANCE: ``Into the Sun,'' Randy Brecker. JAZZ VOCAL PERFORMANCE: ``Dear Ella,'' Dee Dee Bridgewater Dee Dee Bridgewater (b. May 27, 1950) is an American Jazz singer. She is a two-time Grammy Award Winner, Tony Award Winner and Host of NPR's Syndicated Radio show "JazzSet with Dee Dee Bridgewater". She is a United Nations Ambassador for the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). . JAZZ INSTRUMENTAL SOLO: ``Stardust star·dust n. 1. A dreamlike, romantic, or uncritical sense of well-being. 2. A cluster of stars too distant to be seen individually, resembling a dimly luminous cloud of dust. Not in scientific use. 3. ,'' Doc Cheatham and Nicholas Payton. JAZZ INSTRUMENTAL PERFORMANCE: ``Beyond the Missouri Sky,'' Charlie Haden and Pat Metheny. LARGE JAZZ ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE: ``Joe Henderson Big Band,'' Joe Henderson Big Band. LATIN JAZZ PERFORMANCE: ``Habana,'' Roy Hargrove's Crisol. ROCK GOSPEL ALBUM: ``Welcome to the Freak Show: dc Talk Live in Concert,'' dc Talk. POP/CONTEMPORARY GOSPEL ALBUM: ``Much Afraid,'' Jars of Clay Jars of Clay is a rock band from Franklin, Tennessee. They met at Greenville College in Greenville, Illinois. Jars of Clay is Dan Haseltine on vocals, Charlie Lowell on piano and keyboards, Stephen Mason on lead guitars and Matthew Odmark on rhythm guitars. . SOUTHERN GOSPEL, COUNTRY GOSPEL OR BLUEGRASS GOSPEL ALBUM: ``Amazing Grace 2: A Country Salute to Gospel,'' Various Artists. TRADITIONAL SOUL GOSPEL ALBUM: ``I Couldn't Hear Nobody Pray,'' Fairfield Four. CONTEMPORARY SOUL GOSPEL ALBUM: ``Brothers,'' Take 6. GOSPEL ALBUM BY A CHOIR OR CHORUS: ``God's Property From Kirk Franklin's Nu Nation,'' God's Property. LATIN POP PERFORMANCE: ``Romances,'' Luis Miguel. LATIN ROCK/ALTERNATIVE PERFORMANCE: ``Fabulosos Calavera,'' Los Fabulosos Cadillacs. TROPICAL LATIN PERFORMANCE: ``Buena Vista Social Club The Buena Vista Social Club was a members club in Havana, Cuba that held dances and musical activities, becoming a popular location for musicians to meet and play during the 1940s. ,'' Ry Cooder. MEXICAN-AMERICAN/TEJANO MUSIC PERFORMANCE: ``En Tus Manos,'' La Mafia. TRADITIONAL BLUES ALBUM: ``Don't Look Back,'' John Lee Hooker. CONTEMPORARY BLUES ALBUM: ``Senor Blues,'' Taj Mahal. TRADITIONAL FOLK ALBUM: ``L'Amour ou la Folie folie /fo·lie/ (fo-le´) [Fr.] psychosis; insanity. folie à deux (ah-ddbobr´ ,'' BeauSoleil. CONTEMPORARY FOLK ALBUM: ``Time Out of Mind,'' Bob Dylan. REGGAE ALBUM: ``Fallen is Babylon Fallen Is Babylon Fallen Is Babylon captures the sounds, textures and colors of Jamaica in voices resonant with heritage and a vision that is distinctly Melody Makers. As always, the Melody Makers infuse their music's powerful populist message with an unfailingly optimistic ,'' Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers was a reggae group comprised of Ziggy Marley, Stephen Marley, Sharon Marley and Cedella Marley, all children of Bob Marley. Discography Albums
WORLD MUSIC ALBUM: ``Nascimento,'' Milton Nascimento. POLKA ALBUM: ``Living on Polka Time,'' Jimmy Sturr. MUSICAL ALBUM FOR CHILDREN: ``All Aboard '' John Denver. SPOKEN WORD ALBUM FOR CHILDREN: ``Winnie-The-Pooh,'' Charles Kuralt. SPOKEN WORD ALBUM: ``Charles Kuralt's Spring,'' Charles Kuralt. SPOKEN COMEDY ALBUM: ``Roll With the New,'' Chris Rock. MUSICAL SHOW ALBUM: ``Chicago, The Musical.'' INSTRUMENTAL COMPOSITION: ``Aung San Suu Kyi Aung San Suu Kyi (oung sän s  chē), 1945–, Burmese political leader. ,'' Wayne Shorter. INSTRUMENTAL COMPOSITION WRITTEN FOR A MOTION PICTURE OR FOR TELEVISION: ``The English Patient,'' Gabriel Yared. SONG WRITTEN SPECIFICALLY FOR A MOTION PICTURE OR FOR TELEVISION: ``I Believe I Can Fly'' from ``Space Jam,'' R. Kelly. INSTRUMENTAL ARRANGEMENT: ``Straight, No Chaser chaser a secondary or follow-up breeding male put in with a herd of cows or ewes when the fertility of the first stud is suspect. ,'' Bill Holman. INSTRUMENTAL ARRANGEMENT WITH ACCOMPANYING VOCAL: ``Cotton Tail,'' Slide Hampton. RECORDING PACKAGE: ``Titanic - Music As Heard on the Fateful Voyage,'' Hugh Brown, Al Q and Jeff Smith. RECORDING PACKAGE - BOXED: ``Beg Scream and Shout The Big Ol' Box Of '60s Soul,'' Hugh Brown, David Gorman and Rachel Gutek. ALBUM NOTES: ``Anthology Of American Folk Music The Anthology of American Folk Music is a compilation of several dozen folk and country music recordings that were released as 78 rpm records in the 1920s and 1930s. The compilation was originally released in 1952 as a collection of six LPs. (1997 Edition Expanded).'' HISTORICAL ALBUM: ``Anthology of American Folk Music (1997 Edition Expanded).'' ENGINEERED ALBUM, NONCLASSICAL: ``Hourglass,'' Frank Filipetti. PRODUCER OF THE YEAR, NONCLASSICAL: Babyface. REMIXER OF THE YEAR: Frankie Knuckles. ENGINEERED ALBUM, CLASSICAL: ``Copland: The Music of America (Fanfare for the Common Man Fanfare for the Common Man is one of the most recognizable pieces of 20th Century American classical music. One of composer Aaron Copland's most popular works, the fanfare is a short piece scored for brass and percussion written in 1942 for the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra ; Rodeo, Etc.),'' Michael Bishop and Jack Renner. PRODUCER OF THE YEAR, CLASSICAL: Steven Epstein. CLASSICAL ALBUM: ``Premieres - Cello Concertos (Works Of Danielpour, Kirchner, Rouse),'' Steven Epstein, producer, Philadelphia Orchestra. ORCHESTRAL PERFORMANCE: ``Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique,'' Tristia, Pierre Boulez, conductor, The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus, The Cleveland Orchestra. OPERA RECORDING: ``Wagner: Die Meistersinger Von Nurnberg,'' Sir Georg Solti, conductor. CHORAL PERFORMANCE: ``Adams: Harmonium/Rachmaninoff: The Bells,'' Robert Shaw. INSTRUMENTAL SOLOIST(S) PERFORMANCE WITH ORCHESTRA: ``Premieres - Cello Concertos (Works of Danielpour, Kirchner, Rouse),'' Yo-Yo Ma, cello. INSTRUMENTAL SOLOIST PERFORMANCE WITHOUT ORCHESTRA: ``Bach: Suites For Solo Cello Nos. 1-6,'' Janos Starker, cello. CHAMBER MUSIC PERFORMANCE: ``Beethoven: The String Quartets,'' Emerson String Quartet The Emerson String Quartet is a renowned New York–based string quartet in residence at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. Previously the Quartet was in residence at The Hartt School. . SMALL ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE: ``Hindemith: Kammermusik No. 1 With Finale 1921, Opus 24 No. 1,'' Claudio Abbado, conductor, members of the Berliner Phil. CLASSICAL VOCAL PERFORMANCE: ``An Italian Songbook,'' Cecilia Bartoli. CLASSICAL CONTEMPORARY COMPOSITION: ``Adams: El Dorado,'' John Adams. MUSIC VIDEO, SHORT FORM: ``Got 'Till It's Gone,'' Janet Jackson, Mark Romanek, video director. MUSIC VIDEO, LONG FORM: ``Jagged Little Pill, Live,'' Alanis Morissette, Steve Purcell, video directors. The Associated Press contributed to this report. CAPTION(S): 6 photos, box PHOTO (1 -- color) Bob Dylan, left, and producer Daniel Lanois celebrate their Grammy for the album ``Time Out of Mind.'' Mark Lennihan/Associated Press (2 -- color) Singer Aretha Franklin gestures joyously after filling in for Luciano Pavarotti at the Grammy Awards. Mark Lennihan/Associated Press (3 -- color) Jesse Belle Denver, 8, holds the Grammy her father, the late John Denver, won for Best Musical Album for Children. Associated Press (4 -- color) Shawn Colvin won song and record of the year awards for ``Sonny Came Home.'' (5 -- color) R. Kelly sings ``I believe I Can Fly'' at the awards show. He later won a Grammy for the same song. (6 -- color) Paula Cole reacts to winning a Best New Artist Grammy. Box: The 1998 Grammy Award winners (see text) |
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