If you watched the Grammys on Sunday, you probably don’t know that the Minnesota Orchestra’s artistic director of jazz, Irvin Mayfield, is now a Grammy winner.

You probably don’t know it because the jazz awards were announced earlier during a pre-telecast awards ceremony. Jazz doesn’t get prime-time coverage, though the cameras briefly lit on trumpeter Clark Terry, a Grammy Lifetime Achievement winner, before a largely bleeped-out performance by Eminem, Lil’ Wayne, and Drake.

Trumpeter and composer Mayfield and his New Orleans Jazz Orchestra (NOJO) won in the Best Large Jazz Ensemble category for “Book One,” a collection of original compositions by Mayfield influenced by New Orleans’ evolving jazz culture.

Mayfield was named the Minnesota Orchestra’s first artistic director of jazz in July 2008 and has just been re-upped for the 2010-2011 season, his third.

While the 2008-09 jazz season had a distinct New Orleans flavor that continued into 2009-2010 (performers past and still to come: Rebirth Brass Band, Irma Thomas, Creole clarinetist Evan Christopher, and Los Hombres Calientes), the 2010-11 lineup broadens the musical and geographical scope and spotlights interesting pairings.

• On Friday, Dec. 17, Mayfield and Grammy-winning vocalist Dee Dee Bridgewater will join the Minnesota Orchestra for a program of Yuletide jazz conducted by Sarah Hicks. (Bridgewater was originally scheduled for Friday, July 23, with Christopher; she had a conflict and vocalist Lizz Wright will now perform.)

• On Sunday, Feb. 27, 2011, two jazz legends will take the stage, each with his own ensemble: saxophonist Branford Marsalis and trumpeter Terence Blanchard.

• On Sunday, May 22, 2011, saxophonist Maceo Parker (formerly with James Brown) will threaten to knock a few cubes off of Orchestra Hall’s walls. A second artist is still to be announced. Mayfield will host.

Also announced today: the 2010-11 U.S. Bank Pops Season. Since it features several performances with jazz leanings, we’ll include it here. For most events, Sarah Hicks conducts.

• Sunday, Oct. 17: Engelbert Humperdinck. Born Arnold George Dorsey, he took the stage name of a famous German opera composer, then went on to record 64 gold and 24 platinum albums (150 million sold worldwide). This marks his Orchestra Hall debut. What took him so long?

• Saturday, Oct. 30: Psycho—The Movie with the Minnesota Orchestra. The perfect way to celebrate Halloween. As Hitchcock’s film unspools on an onstage screen, the orchestra performs Bernard Hermann’s score live. A busy night for the violin section. Ree! ree! ree! ree!

• Saturday, Nov. 20: Ann Hampton Callaway Sings Broadway with the Minnesota Orchestra. A gracious lady of serious pipes and swing, Callaway performed at the Dakota in 2009 and everyone adored her. She’ll sing Broadway favorites and jazz standards.

• Saturday, Dec. 18 and Sunday, Dec. 19: Doc Severinsen in Jingle Bell Doc with the Minnesota Orchestra. A holiday tradition. With the Minnesota Choral and the Twin Cities Bronze handbell choir.

• Sunday, Jan. 9, 2011: Debbie Reynolds with the Minnesota Orchestra. America’s sweetheart (and Princess Leia’s mom) performs her hits including “A Very Special Love.”

• Saturday, Feb. 12, 2011: A Big Band Valentine’s Day Celebration with Charles Lazarus and the Minnesota Orchestra. A member of the orchestra’s trumpet section, Lazarus leads a double life as a jazz musician.

• Saturday, March 5 and Sunday, March 6, 2011: Michael Feinstein: The Sinatra Project with the Minnesota Orchestra. Five-time Grammy nominee Feinstein sings new arrangements of classic songs in Sinatra style and pays homage to other greats including Nat “King” Cole.

• Sunday, April 3, 2011: The Peking Acrobats. Acrobats in Orchestra Hall? Why not? No orchestra, unless its members have secret skills like trick cycling or somersaulting.

• Friday, April 8 and Saturday, April 9, 2011: Pink Martini with the Minnesota Orchestra. The crowd-pleasing, genre-crossing 12-piece ensemble makes its debut with the Minnesota Orchestra.

• Friday, April 22, 2011: An Evening with Bobby McFerrin. Last seen at Orchestra Hall in January 2009 with the Cantus vocal ensemble, 10-time Grammy winner McFerrin plays his body as an instrument and turns the audience into his personal choir. His performances are unforgettable. I’ve already marked my calendar for this one.

• Friday, May 6 and Saturday, May 7, 2011: That ’80s Show with the Minnesota Orchestra. Sarah Hicks leads the band in Top 10 hits of the era, from Michael Jackson’s “Billy Jean” to Van Halen’s “Jump!” Wear big hair.

• Friday, June 17, 2011: Grateful Dead Tribute: The American Beauty Project. An eclectic lineup of musicians pays homage to the Dead’s “American Beauty” and “Working Man’s Dead.”

Season tickets for both the jazz and pops series are available beginning Feb. 12, 2010. Single tickets go on sale for the pops series this summer, the jazz series this fall. For more information, call 612-371-5642 or go online.

Pamela Espeland keeps a Twin Cities live jazz calendar, blogs about jazz at Bebopified  and tweets about jazz on Twitter.