Cuban Artists Nominated for 2015 Latin Grammies

HAVANA, Cuba, Sep 23 (acn) Cuban musicians Alain Pérez and Iván "Melón" Lewis , along with the Septeto Santiaguero, were nominated on Wednesday for the 2015 Latin Grammy Awards, convened annually by the Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences of the United States.

This contest, the most important of the Iberian-American sound context, showed in its nominations for this 16th edition some of the island's instrumentalists and composers with great reputation in the international market.
Iván "Melón" Lewis, a pianist, a composer and a jazz musician of exceptional caliber, stood out for his nominations in the categories of Best New Artist and Best Latin Jazz Album, with the piece Ayer y hoy, under the label of Cezanne Productions.
In the category of Best Traditional Tropical Album, he mentioned, among proposals for the award, the discs Tributo a Los Compadres, No quiero llanto and El alma del son – Tributo a Matamoros, by Josè Alberto, El Canario, & the Septeto Santiaguero and Alain Pérez, respectively.
The first of these albums was recorded by the label Los Canarios and the second one by Warner Music Spain S.L. / Peermusic.
Finally, in the sections devoted to audiovisuals, the video clip Ojos color sol, a theme featuring Calle 13 with Silvio Rodríguez, was nominated in Best Short Form Music Video.
Mexican singers Leonel García and Natalia Lafourcade lead with six and five nominations each the nominations for the Grammy Awards of Iberian American music in the United States, followed by Dominican singer Juan Luis Guerra and Spanish musician Alejandro Sanz, who will compete in four categories including Album and Recording of the Year.