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ONEONTA, N.Y. -- Assistant Professor
Jeremy
Wall of the Music
Department at the SUNY College at Oneonta has been nominated for two
2008 Grammy awards as a founding member of the jazz group
Spyro Gyra. The group received its
eighth Grammy nomination for Best Pop Instrumental Album and also received a
nomination for Best Pop Instrumental Performance when the nominations were
announced last week.
Spyro Gyra's latest album "Good to Go-Go" and the song "Simple Pleasures"
from the album received the Grammy nominations. Spyro Gyra, one of the most
successful bands in jazz history, has a platinum record and two gold records
among its many releases.
Jeremy Wall is a pianist, composer, and producer for Spyro Gyra. He
received a Grammy nomination for Best Pop Instrumental Song in 1992 for his
composition "Shakedown." He has recorded extensively as producer,
keyboardist, composer, and arranger in all genres of music, having released
over 70 of his own compositions.
Wall has taught at SUNY-Oneonta since 2002. He holds a master's degree
from SUNY-Purchase and a bachelor's degree from the California Institute of
the Arts. He taught previously at Ramapo College and SUNY-Purchase.
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