GRAMMY NOMINEES & WINNERS

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]