Grammy awards 2017, best large jazz ensemble album. Ted Nash Big Band Presidential Suite: Eight Variations on Freedom is a creative musical take on history from Grammy-nominated composer/saxophonist Ted Nash who transforms key moments from historic speeches - as read by influential figures from the worlds of arts, politics and sports - into an emotionally affecting suite of modern jazz. Featured Guests are Glenn Close reading Aung Sun Suu Kyi, Deepak Chopra reading Jawaharlal Nehru, Joe Lieberman reading John F. Kennedy, David Miliband reading Winston Churchill and special musical guest Wynton Marsalis.