Organizers said Wednesday that they hoped tens of music artists and fans of Latin music, jazz, gospel and blues could join the event and attend a concert of replacement.
Some 23 000 people have signed a petition demanding that the Recording Academy restore the ceremony of the Grammy awards for music native American and Hawaiian, and inverse of sections in the categories of Latin Jazz, Gospel, R & B and Blues that have been deleted in the major revision last year.
Paul Simon, Carlos Santana, Bonnie Raitt and Bobby Sanabria are among dozens of artists who spoke against the decision. Musicians say Grammy reductions will affect financial career and reduce the profile of music enjoyed by the minority communities.
Robert Sax spokesman said Wednesday that the event will be held outside the Staples Center in Los Angeles stars like Rihanna, Bruce Springsteen, The Beach Boys and Tony Bennett came to perform at the show of the ceremony of the Grammy Awards Sunday.
The demonstrators will celebrate the step later those price stars Latin Jazz Jam in a discotheque in Los Angeles, with the performers, including twice winning the Grammy Oscar Hernandez, John Santos and Bobby Matos.
"We wish this concert to remind music fans of great music that has been eliminated by the Grammys." To paraphrase what Frank Sinatra said at the first Grammy Awards of 1959, "Remember, the prices are on excellence, popularity." ", artist Jazz Latin said de Matos.
The Recording Academy announced in April that he was being the number of categories of Grammy to 78 of 109 for 2012 Grammy Awards, saying that the cuts were necessary to maintain "the prestige of the prices higher and only recognized peer in music."
Rapper Kanye West has led the field of contenders Grammy with seven nominations, followed by Adele, Bruno March and Foo Fighters.
(Statement by Jill Serjeant, mounting by Christine Kearney)
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