The Nippertown blog reports that Catskill record label Planet Arts were among the locals getting Grammy Award nominations this year. Saratoga-based producer Joel Moss, and Woodstock-area musicians Levon Helm and Steve Earle, and Planet Arts, all got nominations for the music industry's highest honor. "Tom Bellino’s small, not-for-profit jazz label based in Catskill has produced yet another album by the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra that’s earned a Grammy nomination," Nippertown reports. "Bob Brookmeyer was honored with a nomination in the Best Instrumental Arrangement category for “Nasty Dance,” which appears on VJO’s double-CD set, “Forever Lasting: Live in Tokyo.” VJO has previously won two Grammys for albums on the Planet Arts label – “The Way: Music of Slide Hampton” and “Monday Night Live at the Village Vanguard.” " Read the full story in Nippertown.