GRAMMYs Roundup-Production

This year's nominees for Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical are largely highly regarded veterans of this category.

This year's nominees for Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical are largely highly regarded veterans of this category. The rootsy, versatile T Bone Burnett, who gave acoustic music a huge boost with his GRAMMY Award-winning production of Oh Brother, Where Art Thou? (which earned him a Producer Of The Year GRAMMY in 2001), is nominated for his work on the eclectic and haunting Cold Mountain soundtrack.

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Rob Cavallo, another Producer Of The Year winner (1998), has delivered yet another gem with Green Day (American Idiot). Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis are nominated once again as a team on a slew of great recordings, including Janet Jackson's Damita Jo; India Arie's Eyes Of The Heart; and Usher's Simple Things,Truth Hurts and That's What It's Made For.

Tommy LiPuma, another GRAMMY-winning veteran, brings classic jazz and R&B to the mix with his work on Al Jarreau's Accentuate The Positive and Diana Krall's The Girl In The Other Room. John Shanks covers a broad swatch of American musical culture with his work on records for Sheryl Crow (The First Cut Is The Deepest), Ashlee Simpson (Autobiography), Robbie Robertson (Shine Your Light), Alanis Morissette (So-Called Chaos), Kelly Clarkson (Breakaway), and Hilary Duff (Fly).

For Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical , Mark Linett helped Brian Wilson — one of a few certifiable musical geniuses — bring a Smile back to everyone, literally, when the singer finally updated and released his '60s groundbreaking epic project of the same name. Linett's work with Wilson goes back to the composer's re-emergence in the early '90s. Jay Newland captured the vibe of a new generation of singer/songwriters with his work with Norah Jones and her acclaimed Come Away With Me, which won Album Of The Year in 2002, and this year he adds new dimensions with the singer's Feels Like Home.

The genius of the late Ray Charles is reflected brilliantly in Genius Loves Company, a moving tribute recorded by an equally brilliant troupe of engineers including Robert Fernandez, John Harris, Terry Howard, Pete Karam, Joel Moss, Seth Presant, Al Schmitt and Ed Thacker . (Moss won GRAMMYs in 2002 and 2003). Al Schmitt, a 10-time GRAMMY winner, has two entries in the category this year — he was also recording engineer on Diana Krall's The Girl In The Other Room. GRAMMY-winner Tchad Blake, long regarded as one of the most original and unorthodox purveyors of the engineer's craft, is nominated for his work on Give by the Bad Plus.

Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical recognises the art and importance of remixers in modern music. Remix team Michael Gray & Jon Pearn are nominated for their work on George Michael's Amazing (Full Intention Club Mix). Jacques Lu Cont, remixer for a genre-boggling array of artists, draws a nomination this year for his work on It's My Life (Jacques Lu Cont's Thin White Duke Mix) for No Doubt. Chicago house music legend Felix Da Housecat is nominated twice — once for his remix of Motor Inn (Felix Da Housecat's High Octane Mix) for Iggy Pop With Freedom, Featuring Peaches, and also as an artist: Felix's Watching Cars Go By (Sasha's Remix) garners a GRAMMY nomination for Sasha, the Welsh-born DJ whose remixes have regularly topped electronic charts around the world. The UK team of Simon Ratcliffe and Felix Buxton, collectively known as Basement Jaxx, are nominated for their work on N.E.R.D.'s Charlie Haden She Wants To Move (Basement Jaxx Mix).

Producer Of The Year, Classical offers a host of prestigious nominees. Manfred Eicher, founder of the renowned ECM label whose touch has graced works by composers ranging from JS Bach to Pat Methany, is nominated this year for his production work including Bach: Well-Tempered Clavier Book 1 (Till Fellner) and Machaut: Motets (the Hilliard Ensemble). James Mallinson, who won this GRAMMY in 1979, 1981 and 1991, is nominated for his recordings including Brahms: Sym. No. 2; Double Concerto (Bernard Haitink, Gordan Nikolitch & Tim Hugh) and Britten: Peter Grimes (Sir Colin Davis, A Michaels-Moore, J Watson, G Winslade & C Wyn-Rogers). Robina G Young was selected for her work on productions including American Angels (Anonymous 4), which explores the roots of American sacred music and was developed in Toni Morrison's Atelier program at Princeton, covering songs of redemption and glory from the time of the American Revolution to the present day. Daniel Zalay, also a faculty advisor at the Conservatoire de Paris, Department Son, is nominated for his productions including Monteverdi: L'Orféo (Emmanuelle Haïm, Natalie Dessay & Ian Bostridge) and Purcell: Dido And Aeneas (Emmanuelle Haïm, Susan Graham & Ian Bostridge). David Frost garners a nomination for recordings including jazz legend Dave Brubeck's stellar cross-cultural musical adventure Brubeck: Gates Of Justice (Russell Gloyd & Tom Hall).