Down Beat Awards
The Jazz Studies Area has received the Down Beat Magazine "Best College Big Band" Award six times!
- Jazz in Clear Water - "Brilliant Corners"
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- 1996 Down Beat Award for "Best College Big Band"
- Jazz in Clear Water - "Hoe Down"
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- 1998 Down Beat Award for "Best College Big Band"
- Jazz in Clear Water - "Things to Come"
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- 2001 Down Beat Award for "Best College Big Band"
- Jazz in Clear Water - "Vernal Fields"
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- 2002 Down Beat Award for "Best College Big Band/Outstanding Performance"
- Jazz in Clear Water - "Yes and No"
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- 2003 Down Beat Award for "Best College Big Band/Outstanding Performance"
- Jazz in Clear Water - "Soul Searching"
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- 2010 Down Beat Award for "Best College Big Band"
- See News Bureau article.
Students winning individual Down Beat awards include:
- Tom Krochock - 2003 Down Beat Award for Best Classical Performance-Trumpet
- Andy Neesley - 2002 Down Beat Award for Best Engineered Studio Recording
- Bill Olson - 2002 Down Beat Award for Best College Classical Soloist-Saxophone/Clarinet
- Scott Pingel - 1997 Down Beat Award for Best Classical Instrumental Soloist-Double Bass
- Jamey Simmons - 2001 Down Beat Award for Best Jazz Composition and 2002 Down Beat Award for Best Jazz Arrangement
- Adrian Suarez - 2001 Down Beat Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Soloist-Percussion
- Andy Frisinger - 2000 Down Beat Award for Best R&B Performance-Saxophone
- Jeff Walk - 2000 Down Beat Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Soloist-Trumpet
Grammy Nominations
Two of the CDs Jazz Ensemble I has recorded have been nominated for a Grammy Award for "Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album."
- "Jazz in Clear Water--Harpoon"
- "Jazz in Clear Water--Things to Come"
