GRAMMY NOMINEES & WINNERS – JAZZ 2009
Best Contemporary Jazz Album 2009
Urbanus – Stefon Harris & Blackout – [Concord Jazz]
Sounding Point – Julian Lage – [Emarcy/Decca]
At World’s Edge – Philippe Saisse – [E1 Music]
Big Neighborhood – Mike Stern – [Heads Up International]
75 – Joe Zawinul & The Zawinul Syndicate – [Heads Up International] – WINNER
Best Jazz Vocal Album 2009
No Regrets – Randy Crawford (& Joe Sample) – [PRA Records]
Dedicated To You: Kurt Elling Sings The Music Of Coltrane And Hartman – Kurt Elling – [Concord Jazz] - WINNER
So In Love – Roberta Gambarini – [Groovin' High/Emarcy]
Tide – Luciana Souza – [Verve]
Desire – Tierney Sutton (Band) – [Telarc Jazz]
Best Improvised Jazz Solo 2009
Dancin’ 4 Chicken – Terence Blanchard, soloist – Track from: Watts (Jeff “Tain” Watts) – [Dark Key Music] - WINNER
All Of You – Gerald Clayton, soloist – Track from: Two-Shade – [ArtistShare]
Ms. Garvey, Ms. Garvey – Roy Hargrove, soloist – Track from: Emergence – [Groovin' High/Emarcy]
On Green Dolphin Street – Martial Solal, soloist – Track from: Live At The Village Vanguard – [CamJazz]
Villa Palmeras – Miguel Zenón, soloist – Track from: Esta Plena – [Marsalis Music]
Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group 2009
Quartet Live – Gary Burton, Pat Metheny, Steve Swallow & Antonio Sanchez – [Concord Jazz]
Brother To Brother – Clayton Brothers – [ArtistShare]
Five Peace Band — Live – Chick Corea & John McLaughlin Five Peace Band – [Concord Records] - WINNER
Remembrance – John Patitucci Trio – [Concord Jazz]
The Bright Mississippi – Allen Toussaint – [Nonesuch]
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album 2009
Legendary – Bob Florence Limited Edition – [MAMA Records]
Eternal Interlude – John Hollenbeck Large Ensemble – [Sunnyside]
Fun Time – Sammy Nestico And The SWR Big Band – [Hänssler Classic]
Book One – New Orleans Jazz Orchestra – [World Village] - WINNER
Lab 2009 – University Of North Texas One O’Clock Lab Band – [North Texas Jazz]
Best Latin Jazz Album 2009
Things I Wanted To Do – Chembo Corniel – [Chemboro Records]
Áurea – Geoffrey Keezer – [ArtistShare]
Brazilliance X 4 – Claudio Roditi – [Resonance Records]
Juntos Para Siempre – Bebo Valdés And Chucho Valdés – [Sony Music/Calle 54] - WINNER
Esta Plena – Miguel Zenón – [Marsalis Music]
GRAMMY NOMINEES & WINNERS – JAZZ 2008
Best Contemporary Jazz Album 2008
Randy In Brasil — Randy Brecker [MAMA Records] (Winner)
Floating Point — John McLaughlin [Abstract Logix]
Cannon Re-Loaded: All-Star Celebration Of Cannonball Adderley — (Various Artists) Gregg Field & Tom Scott, producers [Concord Jazz]
Miles From India — (Various Artists) Bob Belden, producer [4Q/Times Square Records]
Lifecycle — Yellowjackets Featuring Mike Stern [Heads Up International]
Best Jazz Vocal Album
Imagina: Songs Of Brasil — Karrin Allyson [Concord Jazz]
Breakfast On The Morning Tram — Stacey Kent [Blue Note]
If Less Is More…Nothing Is Everything — Kate McGarry [Palmetto Records]
Loverly — Cassandra Wilson [Blue Note] (Winner)
Distances — Norma Winstone (Glauco Venier & Klaus Gesing) [ECM]
Best Jazz Instrumental Solo
Be-Bop — Terence Blanchard, soloist — Track from: Live At The 2007 Monterey Jazz Festival (Monterey Jazz Festival 50th Anniversary All-Stars) [Monterey Jazz Festival Records] (Winner)
Seven Steps To Heaven — Till Brönner, soloist — Track from: The Standard (Take 6) [Heads Up International]
Waltz For Debby — Gary Burton & Chick Corea, soloists — Track from: The New Crystal Silence [Concord Records]
Son Of Thirteen — Pat Metheny, soloist — Track from: Day Trip [Nonesuch Records]
Be-Bop — James Moody, soloist — Track from: Live At The 2007 Monterey Jazz Festival (Monterey Jazz Festival 50th Anniversary All-Stars) [Monterey Jazz Festival Records]
Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group
The New Crystal Silence — Chick Corea & Gary Burton [Concord Records] (Winner)
History, Mystery — Bill Frisell [Nonesuch Records]
Brad Mehldau Trio: Live — Brad Mehldau Trio [Nonesuch Records]
Day Trip — Pat Metheny With Christian McBride & Antonio Sanchez [Nonesuch Records]
Standards — Alan Pasqua, Dave Carpenter & Peter Erskine Trio [Fuzzy Music]
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
Appearing Nightly — Carla Bley And Her Remarkable Big Band [WATT]
Act Your Age — Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band [Immergent]
Symphonica — Joe Lovano With WDR Big Band & Rundfunk Orchestra [Blue Note]
Blauklang — Vince Mendoza [Act Music and Vision (AMV)]
Monday Night Live At The Village Vanguard — The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra [Planet Arts Recordings] (Winner)
Best Latin Jazz Album
Afro Bop Alliance — Caribbean Jazz Project [Heads Up International]
The Latin Side Of Wayne Shorter — Conrad Herwig & The Latin Side Band [Half Note Records]
Song For Chico — Arturo O’Farrill & The Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra [Zoho] (Winner)
Nouveau Latino — Nestor Torres [Diamond Light Records]
Marooned/Aislado — Papo Vázquez The Mighty Pirates [Picaro Records]
GRAMMY NOMINEES & WINNERS – JAZZ 2007
BEST CONTEMPORARY JAZZ ALBUM
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of INSTRUMENTAL tracks.)
Party Hats — Will Bernard [Palmetto Records]
Downright Upright — Brian Bromberg [Artistry Music]
Re-imagination — Eldar [Masterworks Jazz]
River: The Joni Letters — Herbie Hancock [Verve] – Winner
He Had A Hat — Jeff Lorber [Blue Note]
BEST JAZZ VOCAL ALBUM
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)
Avant Gershwin — Patti Austin [Rendezvous Entertainment] – Winner
Red Earth – A Malian Journey — Dee Dee Bridgewater [DDB/Emarcy]
Music Maestro Please — Freddy Cole [HighNote Records]
Nightmoves — Kurt Elling [Concord Jazz]
On The Other Side — Tierney Sutton (Band) [Telarc Jazz]
BEST JAZZ INSTRUMENTAL SOLO
(For an instrumental jazz solo performance. Two equal performers on one recording may be eligible as one entry. If the soloist listed appears on a recording billed to another artist, the latter’s name is in parenthesis for identification. Singles or Tracks only.)
Levees — Terence Blanchard, soloist — Track from: A Tale Of God’s Will (A Requiem For Katrina) [Blue Note]
Anagram — Michael Brecker, soloist — Track from: Pilgrimage [Heads Up International] – Winner
Both Sides Now — Herbie Hancock, soloist — Track from: River: The Joni Letters [Verve]
Lullaby — Hank Jones, soloist — Track from: Kids: Live At Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola (Joe Lovano and Hank Jones) [Blue Note]
1000 Kilometers — Paul McCandless, soloist — Track from: 1000 Kilometers (Oregon) [CamJazz]
BEST JAZZ INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM, INDIVIDUAL OR GROUP
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of INSTRUMENTAL tracks.)
Pilgrimage — Michael Brecker [Heads Up International] – Winner
Live At The Village Vanguard — The Bill Charlap Trio [Blue Note]
Kids: Live At Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola — Joe Lovano And Hank Jones [Blue Note]
Line By Line — John Patitucci [Concord Jazz]
Back East — Joshua Redman [Nonesuch Records]
BEST LARGE JAZZ ENSEMBLE ALBUM
(For large jazz ensembles, including big band sounds. Albums must contain 51% or more INSTRUMENTAL tracks.)
A Tale Of God’s Will (A Requiem For Katrina) — Terence Blanchard [Blue Note] – Winner
Eternal Licks & Grooves — The Bob Florence Limited Edition [MAMA Records]
Hommage — The Bill Holman Band [Jazzed Media]
Sky Blue — Maria Schneider Orchestra [ArtistShare]
With Love — Charles Tolliver Big Band [Blue Note]
BEST LATIN JAZZ ALBUM
(Vocal or Instrumental.)
Funk Tango — Paquito D’Rivera Quintet? [Paquito Records] – Winner
The Magician — Sammy Figueroa And His Latin Jazz Explosion [Savant Records]
Borrowed Time — Steve Khan [Tone Center Records]
Refugee — Hector Martignon [Zoho]
Big Band Urban Folktales — Bobby Sanabria Big Band [Jazzheads]
GRAMMY NOMINEES & WINNERS – JAZZ 2006
BEST CONTEMPORARY JAZZ ALBUM
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of INSTRUMENTAL tracks.)
The Hidden Land — Béla Fleck & The Flecktones [Columbia] – Winner
People People Music Music — Groove Collective [Savoy Jazz Worldwide]
Rewind That –Christian Scott [Concord Jazz]
Sexotica –Sex Mob [Thirsty Ear Recordings, Inc.]
Who Let The Cats Out? –Mike Stern [Heads Up]
BEST JAZZ VOCAL ALBUM
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)
Footprints — Karrin Allyson [Concord Jazz]
Easy To Love — Roberta Gambarini [Groovin' High/Kindred Rhythm]
Live At Jazz Standard With Fred Hersch, Nancy King [Maxjazz]
From This Moment On — Diana Krall [Verve]
Turned To Blue — Nancy Wilson [MCG Jazz] – Winner
BEST JAZZ INSTRUMENTAL SOLO
(For an instrumental jazz solo performance. Two equal performers on one recording may be eligible as one entry. If the soloist listed appears on a recording billed to another artist, the latter’s name is in parenthesis for identification. Singles or Tracks only.)
Some Skunk Funk — Michael Brecker, soloist – Winner
Track from: Some Skunk Funk (Randy Brecker w/Michael Brecker) [Telarc Jazz/BHM]
Paq Man — Paquito D’Rivera, soloist
Track from: From The Heart (Hilario Duran And His Latin Jazz Big Band) [Alma Records]
Freedom Jazz Dance — Taylor Eigsti, soloist
Track from: Lucky To Be Me [Concord Jazz]
Hippidy Hop (Drum Solo) — Roy Haynes, soloist
Track from: Whereas [Dreyfus Jazz]
Hope — Branford Marsalis, soloist
Track from: Braggtown [Marsalis Music/Rounder]
BEST JAZZ INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM, INDIVIDUAL OR GROUP
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of INSTRUMENTAL tracks.)
Sound Grammar — Ornette Coleman [Sound Grammar]
The Ultimate Adventure — Chick Corea [Stretch Records] – Winner
Trio Beyond — Saudades Jack DeJohnette, Larry Goldings & John Scofield [ECM]
Beyond The Wall — Kenny Garrett [Nonesuch]
Sonny, Please — Sonny Rollins [Doxy Records]
BEST LARGE JAZZ ENSEMBLE ALBUM
(For large jazz ensembles, including big band sounds. Albums must contain 51% or more INSTRUMENTAL tracks.)
Some Skunk Funk – Winner
Randy Brecker With Michael Brecker, Jim Beard, Will Lee, Peter Erskine, Marcio Doctor & Vince Mendoza conducting The WDR Big Band Köln [Telarc Jazz/BHM]
Spirit Music — Bob Brookmeyer — New Art Orchestra [ArtistShare]
Streams Of Expression — Joe Lovano Ensemble [Blue Note Records]
Live In Tokyo At The Blue Note – Mingus Big Band [Sunnyside/Sue Mingus Music]
Up From The Skies — Music Of Jim McNeely The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra
[Planet Arts Recordings]
BEST LATIN JAZZ ALBUM
(Vocal or Instrumental.)
Codes — Ignacio Berroa [Blue Note Records]
Cubist Music — Edsel Gomez [Zoho]
Simpático — The Brian Lynch/Eddie Palmieri Project [ArtistShare] – Winner
Absolute Quintet — Dafnis Prieto [Zoho]
Viva – Diego Urcola, Edward Simon, Avishai Cohen, Antonio Sanchez & Pernell Saturnino
[CAM Jazz]
DOWNBEAT’S BEST CDs OF 2006
FIVE STAR MASTERPIECES – NEW
Tounami Diabate’s Symmetric Orchestra – Boulevard De L’independence [World Circuit / Nonesuch]
Hank Jones & Frank Wess – Hank And Frank [Linage]
Guy Davis – Skunkmello [Red House]
Ornette Coleman – Sound Grammar [Sound Grammar]
Bunky Green – Another Place [Label Bleu]
Neko Case – The Fox Confessor Brings The Flood [Anti]
FIVE STAR MASTERPIECES – HISTORICAL
Evan Parker – The Topography of the Lungs [PSI]
Jelly Roll Morton – The Complete Library of Congress Recordings [Rounder]
Duke Ellington’s Spacemen – The Cosmic Scene [Mosaic]
Miles Davis – The Legendary Prestige Quintet Sessions [Prestige / Concord]
