AFTER THE SHOW, TIME TO PARTY.Byline: David Bloom David Bloom (May 22, 1963 – April 6, 2003) was an NBC journalist (co-anchor of Weekend Today and reporter) until his sudden death in 2003 at the age of 39. Early life Staff Writer With nearly 100 categories, there will be plenty of winners at tonight's 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. . With nearly 1,000 nominees, there will be plenty of losers, too. For both, the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences The National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, Inc. is known variously as The Recording Academy or NARAS. Established in 1957, The Recording Academy is a U.S. , which sponsors the Grammys, is putting on one big party down the street so nominees can either a) celebrate their victories or b) drown their sorrows. The post-Grammy party, produced by veteran entertainment industry party-giver Mary Micucci of Along Comes Mary Productions, will take over the Biltmore Hotel Biltmore Hotel is the name of a hotel chain created by hotel magnate John McEntee Bowman. The name evokes the Vanderbilt family's Biltmore Estate, whose buildings and gardens within are privately owned historical landmarks and tourist attractions in Asheville, North in downtown Los Angeles Downtown Los Angeles is the central business district of Los Angeles, California, located close to the geographic center of the metropolitan area. The sprawling, multi-centered megacity is such that its downtown core is often considered just another district like Hollywood or . It will feature performances by several nominees, including trad-country stalwarts Asleep at the Wheel with Dwight Yoakam; jazzbos Manhattan Transfer with Marty Stuart; revived '60s rockers Eric Burdon & the New Animals with Spencer Davis and John Mayall; r&b classicists the Bar-Kays; Latin jazzers the Pete Escovedo Orchestra, Poncho Sanchez and Tito Puente; and other jazz, techno, zydeco zydeco (zī`dĭkō'), American musical form originating among the African-American Creoles of Louisiana. Drawing on elements of traditional Cajun music as well as jazz, country and western, and blues, it is characterized by French lyrics, and chamber-music artists. The celebrants will be dining on some of the area's top food, too, with a spread presided over by the Biltmore's executive chef, Roger Pigozzi. They include Southwestern chefs (and radio hosts) Mary Sue Milliken and Susan Feniger of Border Grill and Ciudad; postmodern sushi star Nobu Matsuhisa of Matsuhisa; Takashi ``Fred'' Iwasaki of Wolfgang Puck's Chinois on Main; Euro-eclecticist Hans Rockenwagner of Rockenwagner and Rock; Cuban-Asian experimentalist Xiomara Ardolina of Pasadena's Xiomara; Angelo Auriana of the Italianate heaven Valentino and the chefs of two of Joachim Splichal's sterling restaurant group, Walter Manzke of Patina and Joseph Gillard of Nick & Stef's Steakhouse. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Dwight Yoakam is performing with Asleep at the Wheel during the after- Grammy party at the Biltmore Hotel. |
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