Jorge Calandrelli

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Jorge Calandrelli is an Argentine composer, arranger and conductor known for his work with Barbra Streisand, Celine Dion, Arturo Sandoval, Yo-Yo Ma, Tony Bennett, Elton John, Lady Gaga and John Legend. He has won 6 Grammy Awards and has received 28 nominations. [1] [2] He won the Latin Grammy Award for Producer of the Year and Best Instrumental Album for his work on A Time for Love by Arturo Sandoval in 2010. [3] [2]

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Calandrelli has been nominated twice for an Academy Award for his work on The Color Purple and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon . [4] [5] [6] [7]

Early life and career

Calandrelli's mother was a skilled pianist. Both his father and grandfather were medical doctors and expected him to follow their path. At age 4, Calandrelli started playing the piano by ear and took lessons at age 8.

In his late teens, with both of his parents' support, Calandrelli traveled to Europe to pursue a career in music. He arrived in Los Angeles in 1968 and collaborated with composer and arranger Clare Fischer. Inspired by him, Calandrelli decided to go back to Argentina and continue honing his skills.

He later returned to the United States with recommendation letters from the record labels he had worked with in Argentina. He recorded Russian-American conductor Andre Kostelanetz and a 65-piece orchestra at CBS' studio in New York. [4]

Calandrelli started arranging for different artists, achieving wider recognition in 1981 with first Grammy Award nomination for Best Instrumental Arrangement for his work on "Forget the Woman" by Eddie Daniels. In 1987, he was nominated three times at the 29th Grammy Awards: in the Best Arrangement on an Instrumental category for "Solfeggietto/Metamorphosis" by Eddie Daniels and "The First Letter" from The Color Purple soundtrack and in the Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocals category for Tony Bennett's version of Daniels' "Forget The Woman ". [4] [8]

Calandrelli's work with Bennett includes twelve recorded albums, six Grammy Nominations and two Grammy Awards won. [9] Bennett's 2011 album "Duets II", arranged and conducted by Calandrelli debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, Jazz Albums and Traditional Jazz Albums charts. This same No. 1 debut was achieved by Bennett's 2014 collaborative album with Lady Gaga "Cheek to Cheek", also arranged and orchestrated by Calandrelli. [10]

He has arranged and conducted on eight Barbra Streisand albums, including "A Love Like Ours", "Timeless: Live in Concert", "The Christmas Collection" and "Walls". He is also credited on four Celine Dion albums, including "A New Day Has Come" and "One Heart". His work with cellist Yo-Yo Ma has earned him two Grammy Awards and three nominations. [5] [9]

Calandrelli produced, played the piano, composed, arranged and conducted Plácido Domingo's 2008 album "Amore Infinito", based on lyrics by Pope John Paul II. The album contains duets by Josh Groban, Katherine Jenkins, Andrea Bocelli, Vanessa Williams and Plácido Domingo Jr. [9]

Calandrelli is credited as arranger on the 2022 album "Fifty" by The Manhattan Transfer featuring the WDR Funkhausorchester. [11] The album has been nominated for Best Jazz Vocal Album at the 65th Annual Grammy Awards. [12]

Awards

Golden Score Awards

The American Society of Music Arrangers and Composers (ASMAC) honored Calandrelli with the 2014 Golden Score Award for Arranging. [13] [14]

Academy Awards

Calandrelli has been nominated twice for the Academy Award for his work on The Color Purple, directed by Steven Spielberg, and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, directed by Ang Lee [6] [7] [13] [14]

Latin Grammy Awards

YearTitleArtistCategoryResult
2010 A Time for Love Arturo Sandoval Best Instrumental Album Won
-- Producer of the Year Won
2020 Tango Argentino: Gardel y PiazzollaJorge CalandrelliBest Tango AlbumNominated

[2] [15]

Grammy Awards

YearTitleArtistCategoryResult
1981 Forget the Woman Eddie Daniels Best Instrumental Arrangement Nominated
1987 Solfeggietto/Metamorphosis Eddie Daniels Best Arrangement on an Instrumental Nominated
The First Letter Quincy Jones Best Arrangement on an Instrumental Nominated
Forget the Woman Tony Bennett Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocals Nominated
1988 Any Time, Any Season Sam Most Best Arrangement on an Instrumental Nominated
1991 Body and Soul Tony Bennett Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocals Nominated
1996 Atras Da PortaEttore Stratta Best Instrumental Arrangement Nominated
Manha De CarnavalEttore Stratta Best Instrumental Arrangement Nominated
1997 The Fifth Season Eddie Daniels Best Instrumental Composition Nominated
Summer Eddie Daniels Best Instrumental Arrangement Nominated
1999 Soul of the Tango - The Music of Astor Piazzolla Yo-Yo Ma Best Classical Crossover Album Won
Tango Remembrances Yo-Yo Ma Best Instrumental Composition Nominated
2000 Chelsea Bridge Wynton Marsalis, Tony Bennett Best Instrumental Arrangement Nominated
Day Dream Tony Bennett Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s) Nominated
2001 The Summer Knows/EstateEttore Stratta Best Instrumental Arrangement Nominated
DreamEttore Stratta Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying a Vocalist(s) Nominated
2002 A Love Before Time Coco Lee Best Song Written for a Motion Picture or other Visual Media Nominated
2003 Esta Tarde Vi Llover José Cura Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s) Nominated
2004 Obrigado Brazil Yo-Yo Ma Best Classical Crossover Album Won
Chega De Saudade Yo-Yo Ma Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s) Nominated
Oblivion Regina Carter Best Instrumental Arrangement Nominated
2005 Libertango Yo-Yo Ma Best Instrumental Arrangement Nominated
2006 Time to Smile Tony Bennett Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s) Nominated
2007 For Once in My Life Tony Bennett, Stevie Wonder Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s) Won
2008 Cry Me a River Ella Fitzgerald Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s) Nominated
2012 Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me) Tony Bennett, Queen Latifah Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s) Won
2018 Every Time We Say Goodbye Clint Holmes, Jane Monheit Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals Nominated

[5] [16]

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