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Berklee Alumni and Faculty Win at the 2024 Grammy Awards Laufey, Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway, Miguel Zen n, and Carla Patullo were among the winners of music's most coveted award.
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Daniel Pesquera
February 5, 2024
Laufey '21
Gemma Warren
Berklee alumni and faculty won gold-plated gramophones at the 66th annual Grammy Awards, held last night on Sunday, February 4, at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles.
For the second consecutive year, Molly Tuttle A.D. '14 and her band Golden Highway won for Best Bluegrass Album with City of Gold. In addition to Tuttle, the band is composed of alumni Bronwyn Keith-Hynes '12, Dominick Leslie '10, and Kyle Tuttle '11. The group took home the same award at the 2023 Grammys for its breakout album Crooked Tree.
Singer-songwriter, composer, and multi-instrumentalist Laufey B.M. '21 won her first Grammy for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album for the critically acclaimed album Bewitched, joined by alumni and album contributors Spencer Stewart B.M. '13, Simon Moullier B.M. '16, Jordan Rose B.M. '12, and Thorleifur Gaukur Davidsson B.M. '19. Pianist and Berklee faculty member Luis Perdomo and saxophonist, composer, and producer Miguel Zen n B.M. '98 took home the Grammy for Best Latin Jazz Album for their work on El Arte Del Bolero Vol. 2. The win is the first for Zen n, who has been nominated for a Grammy 12 times and is currently the Ken Pullig Visiting Scholar at Berklee for the 2023-24 academic year. In her Grammy debut, film composer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Carla Patullo B.M. '01, M.M. '13 won Best New Age, Ambient, or Chant Album for So She Howls, a deeply personal work that chronicles her experience with a life-threatening illness. Gracie Laboy M.M. '18 and Norvin Tu-Wang '16 also received awards for their work on the album.
Watch Carla Patullos acceptance speech after winning the Grammy for Best New Age, Ambient, or Chant Album:
Brian Rajaratnam B.M. '17, won in the Record of the Year category for his work as an engineer and mixer on Miley Cyrus's Flowers, and was also nominated in the Album of the Year category for Cyrus's Endless Summer Vacation. Jonathan Garcia B.M. '19 and Ken Lewis B.M. '91 received Grammys in the Album of the Year category for their work as engineers and mixers on Taylor Swift's Midnights. Two-time Tony Award-winner Charlie Rosen B.M. '12 won a Grammy in the Best Musical Theater Album category for Some Like It Hot, along with Oscar Zambrano B.M. '03, who won for mastering the album.
Neal Smith, an associate professor in Berklee's Percussion Department and the Institute for Jazz and Gender Justice, won his first Grammy in Best Classical Compendium for his contributions to Passion for Bach and Coltrane.
Other alumni who contributed to Grammy-winning projects include Jett Galindo B.M. '12, who served as mastering engineer on X M (Vol. 1) by Gaby Moreno, which won for Best Latin Pop Album; Vago Galindo B.M. '14, Tommy Torres B.M. '93, Rafael Restrepo B.M. '11, and Juan Luis Guerra B.M. '82, 09H, who contributed to Juaness Vida Cotidiana, which won for Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album; Olmo Zucca B.M. '20, who was the producer and writer of the song Water by Tyla, winner of Best African Music Performance; and Erin Bentlage B.M. '14, who won in the category of Best Arrangement Instrumentals and Vocals for In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning by s je and featuring Jacob Collier.
Berklees list of official alumni and faculty Grammy winners is below. This list is subject to change as winners are verified with the Recording Academy.
Record of the Year
Flowers, Miley Cyrus
Brian Rajaratnam B.M. '17, engineer/mixer
Album of the Year
Midnights, Taylor Swift
Jonathan Garcia B.M. '19, assistant engineer
Ken Lewis B.M. '91, engineer/mixer
Best Latin Jazz Album
El Arte Del Bolero Vol. 2, Miguel Zen n & Luis Perdomo
Miguel Zen n B.M. '98
Luis Perdomo (faculty)
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
Bewitched, Laufey
Laufey B.M. '21
Best Musical Theater Album
Some Like It Hot
Charlie Rosen B.M. '12, orchestrator
Oscar Zambrano B.M. '03, mastering engineer
Best Bluegrass Album
City of Gold, Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway
Molly Tuttle A.D. '14
Bronwyn Keith-Hynes '12, fiddle
Dominick Leslie '10, mandolin
Kyle Tuttle '11, banjo
Best Latin Pop Album
X M (Vol. 1), Gaby Moreno
Jett Galindo B.M. '12, mastering engineer
Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album
Vida Cotidiana, Juanes
Vago Galindo B.M. '14, mix engineer
Tommy Torres B.M. '93, composer
Rafael Restrepo B.M. '11, management
Juan Luis Guerra B.M. '82, 09H, composer
Best African Music Performance
Water, Tyla
Olmo Zucca B.M. '20, producer and writer
Best New Age, Ambient, or Chant Album
So She Howls, Carla Patullo
Carla Patullo B.M. 01, M.M. '13
Gracie Laboy M.M. '18, soprano in Tonality
Norvin Tu-Wang '16, engineer
Best Arrangement Instruments and Vocals
In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning, s je featuring Jacob Collier
Erin Bentlage B.M. '14, arranger
Best Classical Compendium
Passion for Bach and Coltrane, Alex Brown, Harlem Quartet, Imani Winds, Edward Perez, Neal Smith, and A.B. Spellman
Neal Smith (faculty), percussion
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