Alexandre Michel Gérard Desplat (] ; born 23 August 1961) is a French film composer.
 He has won one Academy Award for his soundtrack to the film "The Grand Budapest Hotel", and received seven additional Academy Award nominations, 8 César nominations (winning three), seven BAFTA nominations (winning two), seven Golden Globe Award nominations (winning one), and six Grammy nominations (winning two).
Now Is Early is a 1992 album by Nicolette.
 The song "Waking Up" samples "Velas" by Quincy Jones, from the album "The Dude".
 It was ranked as the 57th best album of the 20th century by German magazine Spex.
Jaycen Joshua is a mix engineer who works at Larrabee Sound Studios in North Hollywood, California.
 Joshua started his mix career in 2006 when he became partners with his mentor Dave Pensado and formed The Penua Project.
 Joshua has won multiple Grammys and mixed many Grammy Award winning records such as "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" by Beyoncé and "Blame It" by Jamie Foxx, as well as over 60 #1 singles and albums.
 Joshua has worked with Mariah Carey, Justin Timberlake, Sean Combs, Jay-Z, Chris Brown, Miley Cyrus, Christina Aguilera, Mary J. Blige, Rihanna, R. Kelly, Celine Dion, J-Lo, T.I., Usher, Michael Jackson, Nicki Minaj, Katy Perry, Snoop Dogg, Justin Bieber, Seal, Nas, Chris Brown and Whitney Houston.
 Joshua is managed by Terry Ross for Innersound Management, LLC.
Peter Kellogg is a Tony-nominated musical theater book writer and lyricist.
 He wrote the lyrics and the book for the 1992 production of the Broadway musical Anna Karenina, for which he received two 1993 Tony Award nominations, one for Best Book of a musical and one for the Best Original Score.
 He also wrote the lyrics and book for the musicals Chasing Nicolette (originally titled Nicolette and Aucassin), Desperate Measures, Lincoln In Love, Stunt Girl (aka Front Page Girl), Money Talks (originally titled Money The Musical), and The Rivals which have been read and produced regionally.
 Kellogg also received The New York Musical Theatre Festival 2006 award for Excellence in Musical Theatre Writing (Book) for Desperate Measures.
The Dude is a 1981 studio album by American musician and producer Quincy Jones.
 The album produced three U.S. Top 40 hits.
 The LP featured the debut of vocalist James Ingram on the singles "Just Once" and "One Hundred Ways," which reached No. 17 and 14, respectively, on the Billboard Hot 100.
 It also contained "Razzamatazz", which reached No. 11 in the UK Singles Chart, one of his few hits there.
 He won the Grammy award for best R&B vocal performance for his work on the album.
 Belgian harmonica player and puccaloist Toots Thielemans also contributed to the album, appearing on the instrumental track "Velas".
 The song was sampled by Jodeci on their 1996 single "Get On Up" which appeared on their third album "The Show, the After Party, the Hotel" as well as producers Shut Up and Dance for the track "Waking Up" which appeared on Nicolette's first album "Now Is Early".
Jeffrey E. Cohen is an American R&B, soul and funk songwriter and record producer who is best known for the collaboration with prolific singer-songwriter, record producer and drummer Narada Michael Walden.
 Together, they wrote for numerous artists like Jermaine Stewart, Patti Austin, Aretha Franklin, Shanice, Stacy Lattisaw, George Benson, Gladys Knight, Angela Bofill, Regina Belle, actor-singer Eddie Murphy and Clarence Clemons.
 As a solo songwriter, he wrote songs for Ryuichi Sakamoto, Herbie Hancock, Rick Astley and Santana.
 He's won a Grammy Award for Best R&B Song along with Narada Michael Walden, for their work "Freeway of Love" by Aretha Franklin.
 Their songs have been sampled by some hip hop/R&B artists, such as Kris Kross ("Live and Die for Hip Hop", which is sampled no. 1 R&B hit "Baby Come to Me" by Regina Belle), Faith Evans ("Live Will Pass You By", which is sampled "Gotta Make It Up to You" by Angela Bofill), Mariah Carey ("Heartbreaker", which is prominently sampled "Attack of the Name Game" by Stacy Lattisaw).
Quincy Delight Jones Jr. (born March 14, 1933), also known as "Q," is an American record producer, actor, conductor, arranger, composer, musician, television producer, film producer, instrumentalist, magazine founder, entertainment company executive, and humanitarian.
 His career spans six decades in the entertainment industry and a record 79 Grammy Award nominations, and 28 Grammys, including a Grammy Legend Award in 1991.
 He is best known for his appearances as himself in "Yakety Yak, Take it Back," "Trash Talk," and "Fantasia 2000."
Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band, or simply The Big Phat Band, is an 18-piece jazz orchestra that combines the big band swing of the 1930s and 1940s with contemporary music such as funk and jazz fusion.
 The band is led by Gordon Goodwin, who arranges, composes, plays piano and saxophone.
 Since its origin, the Big Phat Band has received several Grammy Awards and many Grammy nominations.
Kyle Townsend (born September 21, 1978) is an American record producer, musician and composer.
 He has produced songs for such acclaimed recording artists as 5-time GRAMMY Award winner Celine Dion, 8-time Academy Award nominated songwriter Diane Warren, as well as Mary J Blige, Lady Gaga, Jessie J, and Academy Award winner Jennifer Hudson among others.
 He has produced songs for five feature film releases including the 2012 Academy Award nominee for Best Picture, and he produced and arranged music for the 2015 Academy Awards Ceremony.
 His contributions have earned 2 GRAMMY Award Nominations.
Charles Chalmers is a saxophonist, session musician, backup singer, songwriter and producer.
 He has written several hit songs for many recording artists, and has also arranged & performed on many grammy winning recordings.
 Seven of those recordings are in the Grammy Hall of Fame : Al Green's "Let's Stay together"; Aretha Franklin's "Respect," "Chain of Fools" & "Natural Woman"; Dusty Springfield's "Son of a Preacher Man"; and Wilson Pickett's "Mustang Sally" and "Land of a Thousand Dances."
 He also holds an Album of the Century award for his work on Aretha Franklin's, "I Ain't Never Loved a Man the Way that I Love You."

Question: How many Grammy Award nominations has the musician behind "Velas", which Nicolette sampled for "Waking Up", received?
Answer: 79