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Jazz legend Randy Brecker and the DR Big Band are nominated for four Grammy Awards. The album entitled 'The Jazz Ballad Song Book' is produced by Chris Minh Doky.

The 54th Grammy Awards will be held in Los Angeles, February 12 at the Staples Center. On December 1st CBS revealed the list of nominees which included Randy Brecker with the DR Big Band for a total of four award nominations. 'Best Improvised Jazz Solo', 'Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album', 'Best Instrumental Composition' and 'Best Instrumental Arrangement'.

'We are all very satisfied with this production, and I'm thrilled that it now has received all of 4 nomminations!' says Doky.

This fall Chris Minh Doky has been working on a charity project in Denmark called Coffee Kids Vibe together with famous Danish artists as Kasper Winding, Thomas Blachman and Cæcilie Norby.

The Coffee Kids Vibe project gives you the opportunity to help and improve the quality of life for children and families of coffee farmers. As part of the project an Iphone App has been developed. The Coffee Kids Vibe app will throughout the fall release several digital magazines with music, photos and articles - all for the benefit and support for the children and families of coffee farmers. All profits are donated to the international non-profit organization Coffee Kids and the Mlimani Sumawe Secondary School in Tanzania.
During the fall three Coffee Kids Vibe magazines will be available:

First edition will be available on september 19 with music by Kasper Winding as well as articles and photos.
Second edition will available on October 24 with music by Thomas Blachman as well as articles and photos.
Third edition will be available on November 18 with music by Cæcilie Norby as well as articles and photos.

On July 1st Chris Minh Doky will be performing at Plænen in Tivoli Gardens (Copenhagen), with his electrifying band, The Nomads. This performance marks not only the opening of the Copenhagen Jazz Festival in Tivoli, but also the last show with the Nomads before they will record a brand new album. A concert with Chris Minh Doky always comes from the heart and is always full intense interplay. "Music must sound as if it's happening right now, right here - in front of you" he says. This time is no exception. His band includes some of the best international jazz musicians of today. On guitar, Dean Brown, who with his unique sound and stage performance with the likes of Marcus Miller, Boz Scaggs and the Brecker Brothers has distinguished himself as one of the most funky guitarists today. George Whitty on keyboards shows why he is a Grammy producer and musician with albums such as the many and amazing Michael Brecker releases. The phenomenal drummer, Gene Lake completes this all star band that for sure will energize the historic Tivoli Gardens on this first day of the Copenhagen Jazz Festival 2011. Special guest: Palle Mikkelborg and Szhirley.

The Æ+Y Phone

In collaboration with the renowned technology designer, Yves Behar, the Copenhagen-based company Aesir Copenhagen has created an ultimate luxury phone - the Æ+Y phone. All the original ringtones are composed by Chris Minh Doky specifically for this phone.

Aesir Copenhagen founder Thomas Møller Jensen never doubted for a second that he wanted Doky to compose the ringtones and sounds: "He has this natural, crisp and contemporary sound that I just knew would fit Yve''s design and the Æsir brand".

"I want music to sound like a story, a picture, a feeling, an energy. It must be natural and real in order to connect with people on an emotional level", Doky says, "When I first held the phone in my hands, I felt an obvious organic craftmanship that instantly made me think of real, handcrafted instruments - of concert grand pianos, acoustic guitars, orchestras, flutes and percussion. The elegance of the electronics brought to mind a famous British secret agent, well equipped with the best of the latest. In other words, the phone was full of inspiration for a matching soundtrack."

Cinematic jazz album by Chris Minh Doky, Larry Goldings and Peter Erskine conducted and arranged by Grammy winner Vince Mendoza out now.  Doky’s latest creation, Scenes From a Dream, demonstrates his rare ability to perform with ample portions of creativity and dynamism. Doky sees this album as a milestone that he could not have made earlier. The album moves in a fresh direction and is another testament of Doky’s versatility.

"Scenes From a Dream is a classic jazz trio recording with Vince Mendoza and the Metropole orchestra as an extra dimension," says Chris Minh Doky. With the bass in front as the lead voice, stemming from the Danish tradition, Doky has made an album that is both sensual and artistic at the same time. “It reflects the freedom that I feel I have come to in my musical expression", says Doky.

On Scenes From a Dream, his 11th solo album, Chris Minh Doky finds himself in close collaboration with his long time friends, pianist Larry Goldings and drummer Peter Erskine. Celebrated for Joni Mitchell's Both Sides Now, Björk and Robbie Williams; conductor, arranger and Grammy winner Vince Mendoza and the Metropole Orchestra completes the line up on this acclaimed and cinematic album.