O'Connell Nominated for Grammy
Bill O'Connell, a jazz pianist and composer, artistic director of last summer's Hamptons Jazz Fest, and resident of Montauk, has been nominated for a Grammy Award, the Recording Academy announced last month.
Mr. O'Connell is a nominee in the Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella category for his arrangement of "Chopsticks" on the drummer Richard Baratta's "Music in Film: The Reel Deal" album. "Chopsticks," one of five nominees for the award, is "a quirky arrangement" that "sees it played with a Latin feel, with Paul Rossman's energetic conga beats, and Baratta's explosive drum fills taking off at the coda," according to Jazz Views, an online magazine.
The 64th Grammy Awards will air on Jan. 31.
