Adios to Latin Jazz Category Could Mean a Class Action Against the Grammys

By Richard Amada on Jun 30, 2011 | In Music

The Grammy Awards' decision to eliminate several awards categories has at least one group of musicians riled up enough to threaten litigation.  According to the New York Times ArtsBeat Blog, a New York law firm says it's going to file a class action suit against the Grammys on behalf of musicians who play Latin jazz (one of the dropped categories).

Suggestions of racism may be at the heart of the threatened suit's allegations.  According to Latin jazz musician Bobby Sanabria, who's quoted in ArtsBeat, almost three-quarters of the eliminated awards categories are related to ethnic or racially oriented music.

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