Grammy JAZZ 23 Now Available at Select Online Retailers

Thirty of the nation's best high school singers and musicians, representing 29 cities and 12 states from across the United States, who participated in the 2015 GRAMMY Camp® -Jazz Session program. The Release of the album GRAMMY® Jazz 23 celebrates Jazz Appreciation Month.

For the last 23 years the GRAMMY Foundation® has provided top high school singers and musicians with a free trip to the host city of the annual GRAMMY Awards® to perform and record during GRAMMY Week as part of its GRAMMY CampÒ - Jazz Session program.

The all-star performances on GRAMMY Jazz 23 represent just one of the many activities the students were involved in during their stay in Los Angeles in 2015, including performances at a wide range of official GRAMMY Week events. Thanks to the generosity of Capitol Recording Studios, the students were able to record at their legendary location in Hollywood, Calif., from Feb. 5-7. The album is the result of just one day of tracking for the GRAMMY choir, GRAMMY combo and GRAMMY band.

The album was produced by GRAMMY Foundation Executive Education Director David R. Sears, recorded by Steve Genewick, mixed by 20-time GRAMMY winner and engineering legend Al Schmitt, and mastered by multi-GRAMMY winner Bernie Grundman. The GRAMMY Choir and GRAMMY Combo are directed by Dr. Ron McCurdy of the USC Thornton School of Music. The GRAMMY Band is directed by Justin DiCioccio of the Manhattan School of Music.

The GRAMMY Foundation® was established in 1988 to cultivate the understanding, appreciation and advancement of the contribution of recorded music to American culture. The Foundation accomplishes this mission through programs and activities that engage the music industry and cultural community as well as the general public. The Foundation works in partnership year-round with its founder, The Recording Academy, to bring national attention to important issues such as the value and impact of music and arts education and the urgency of preserving our rich cultural heritage. In recognition of the significant role of teachers in shaping their students' musical experiences, the GRAMMY Foundation and The Recording Academy partnered to present their first Music Educator Award™ in 2014. Open to current U.S. music teachers in kindergarten through college, the third annual Music Educator Award will be given out during GRAMMY Week 2016. For more information about our music education programs, please visit www.grammyintheschools.com. For breaking news and exclusive content, please "like" GRAMMY in the Schools on Facebook, follow @GRAMMYFdn on Twitter and join @GRAMMYFdn on Instagram.

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