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GRAMMY NOMINEES & WINNERS — JAZZ 2016-17
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Best Improvised Jazz Solo
Countdown, Joey Alexander, soloist, Track from: Countdown, Label: Motema Music
In Movement, Ravi Coltrane, soloist, Track from: In Movement (Jack DeJohnette, Ravi Coltrane & Matthew Garrison), Label: ECM
We See, Fred Hersch, soloist, Track from: Sunday Night At The Vanguard (The Fred Hersch Trio), Label: Palmetto Records
I Concentrate On You, Brad Mehldau, soloist, Track from: Blues And Ballads (Brad Mehldau Trio), Label: Nonesuch
I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry (Winner), John Scofield, soloist, Track from: Country For Old Men Label: Impulse!
Best Jazz Vocal Album
Sound Of Red, René Marie, Label: Motema Music, Upward Spiral
Branford Marsalis Quartet With Special Guest Kurt Elling, Label: Okeh
Take Me To The Alley (Winner), Gregory Porter, Label: Blue Note
Harlem On My Mind, Catherine Russell, Label: Jazz Village
The Sting Variations, The Tierney Sutton Band, Label: BFM Jazz
Best Jazz Instrumental Album
Book Of Intuition, Kenny Barron Trio, Label: Impulse!
Dr. Um, Peter Erskine, Label: Fuzzy Music
Sunday Night At The Vanguard, The Fred Hersch Trio, Label: Palmetto Records
Nearness, Joshua Redman & Brad Mehldau, Label: Nonesuch
Country For Old Men (Winner), John Scofield, Label: Impulse!
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
Real Enemies, Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society, Label: New Amsterdam Records
MONK’estra, Vol. 1, John Beasley, Label: Mack Avenue Records
Kaleidoscope Eyes: Music Of The Beatles, John Daversa, Label: BFM Jazz
All L.A. Band, Bob Mintzer, Label: Fuzzy Music
Presidential Suite: Eight Variations On Freedom (Winner), Ted Nash Big Band, Label: Motema Music
Best Latin Jazz Album
Entre Colegas,Andy González, Label: Truth Revolution Records
Madera Latino: A Latin Jazz Perspective On The Music Of Woody Shaw, Brian Lynch & Various Artists, Label: Hollistic Musicworks
Canto América, Michael Spiro/Wayne Wallace La Orquesta Sinfonietta, Label: Patois Records
30, Trio Da Paz, Label: Zoho
Tribute To Irakere: Live In Marciac (Winner), Chucho Valdés, Label: Jazz Village
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GRAMMY NOMINEES & WINNERS — JAZZ 2015-16
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Best Improvised Jazz Solo
Giant Steps / Joey Alexander, soloist / Track from: My Favorite Things / Label: Motema Music
Cherokee (Winner) / Christian McBride, soloist / Track from: Live At The Village Vanguard (Christian McBride Trio) / Label: Mack Avenue Records
Arbiters Of Evolution / Donny McCaslin, soloist / Track from: The Thompson Fields (Maria Schneider Orchestra) / Label: ArtistShare
Friend Or Foe / Joshua Redman, soloist / Track from: The Bad Plus Joshua Redman (The Bad Plus Joshua Redman) / Label: Nonesuch
Past Present / John Scofield, soloist / Track from: Past Present / Label: Impulse!
Best Jazz Vocal Album
Many A New Day: Karrin Allyson Sings Rodgers & Hammerstein / Karrin Allyson / Label: Motema Music
Find A Heart / Denise Donatelli / Label: Savant Records
Flirting With Disaster / Lorraine Feather / Label: Jazzed Media
Jamison / Jamison Ross / Label: Concord Jazz
For One To Love (Winner) / Cécile McLorin Salvant / Label: Mack Avenue Records
Best Jazz Instrumental Album
My Favorite Things / Joey Alexander / Label: Motema Music
Breathless / Terence Blanchard Featuring The E-Collective / Label: Blue Note Records
Covered: Recorded Live At Capitol Studios / Robert Glasper & The Robert Glasper Trio / Label: Blue Note Records
Beautiful Life / Jimmy Greene / Label: Mack Avenue Records
Past Present (Winner) / John Scofield / Label: Impulse!
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
Lines Of Color / Gil Evans Project / Label: Blue Note/ArtistShare
Köln / Marshall Gilkes & WDR Big Band / Label: Alternate Side Records
Cuba: The Conversation Continues / Arturo O’Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra / Label: Motema Music
The Thompson Fields (Winner) / Maria Schneider Orchestra / Label: ArtistShare
Home Suite Home / Patrick Williams / Label: BFM Jazz
Best Latin Jazz Album
Made In Brazil (Winner) / Eliane Elias / Label: Concord Jazz
Impromptu / The Rodriguez Brothers / Label: Criss Cross Jazz
Suite Caminos / Gonzalo Rubalcaba / Label: 5Passion
Intercambio / Wayne Wallace Latin Jazz Quintet / Label: Patois Records
Identities Are Changeable / Miguel Zenón / Label: Miel Music
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GRAMMY NOMINEES & WINNERS — JAZZ 2014-15
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Best Improvised Jazz Solo
The Eye Of The Hurricane / Kenny Barron, soloist / Track from: Gerry Gibbs Thrasher Dream Trio (Gerry Gibbs Thrasher Dream Trio) /Label: Whaling City Sound
Fingerprints (Winner) / Chick Corea, soloist / Track from: Trilogy (Chick Corea Trio) / Label: Concord Jazz
You & The Night & The Music / Fred Hersch, soloist / Track from: Floating (Fred Hersch Trio) / Label: Palmetto Records
Recorda Me / Joe Lovano, soloist / Track from: The Latin Side Of Joe Henderson (Conrad Herwig Featuring Joe Lovano) / Label: Half Note
Sleeping Giant / Brad Mehldau, soloist / Track from: Mehliana: Taming The Dragon (Brad Mehldau & Mark Guiliana) / Label: Nonesuch
Best Jazz Vocal Album
Map To The Treasure: Reimagining Laura Nyro / (Billy Childs &) Various Artists / Label: Masterworks
I Wanna Be Evil / René Marie / Label: Motema Music
Live In NYC / Gretchen Parlato / Label: Obliqsound
Beautiful Life (Winner) / Dianne Reeves / Label: Concord Records
Paris Sessions / Tierney Sutton / Label: BFM Jazz
Best Jazz Instrumental Album
Landmarks / Brian Blade & The Fellowship Band / Label: Blue Note Records
Trilogy (Winner) / Chick Corea Trio / Label: Concord Jazz
Floating / Fred Hersch Trio / Label: Palmetto Records
Enjoy The View / Bobby Hutcherson, David Sanborn, Joey DeFrancesco Featuring Billy Hart / Label: Blue Note Records
All Rise: A Joyful Elegy For Fats Waller / Jason Moran / Label: Blue Note Records
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
The L.A. Treasures Project / The Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra / Label: Capri Records, Ltd.
Life In The Bubble (Winner) / Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band / Label: Telarc International
Quiet Pride: The Elizabeth Catlett Project / Rufus Reid / Label: Motema Music
Live: I Hear The Sound / Archie Shepp Attica Blues Orchestra / Label: ArchieBall
OverTime: Music Of Bob Brookmeyer / The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra / Label: Planet Arts Recordings
Best Latin Jazz Album
The Latin Side Of Joe Henderson / Conrad Herwig Featuring Joe Lovano / Label: Half Note
The Pedrito Martinez Group / The Pedrito Martinez Group / Label: Motema Music
The Offense Of The Drum (Winner) / Arturo O’Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra / Label: Motema
Second Half / Emilio Solla Y La Inestable De Brooklyn / Label: Emilio Solla Music
New Throned King / Yosvany Terry / Label: 5Passion
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GRAMMY NOMINEES & WINNERS — JAZZ 2013
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Best Improvised Jazz Solo
Don’t Run / Terence Blanchard, soloist / Track from: Magnetic / Label: Blue Note Records
Song For Maura / Paquito D’Rivera, soloist / Track from: Song For Maura (Paquito D’Rivera And Trio Corrente) / Label: Sunnyside Records/Paquito Records
Song Without Words #4: Duet / Fred Hersch, soloist / Track from: Free Flying (Fred Hersch And Julian Lage) / Label: Palmetto Records
Stadium Jazz / Donny McCaslin, soloist / Track from: Casting For Gravity / Label: Greenleaf Music
Orbits (Winner) / Wayne Shorter, soloist / Track from: Without A Net (The Wayne Shorter Quartet) / Label: Blue Note Records
Best Jazz Vocal Album
The World According To Andy Bey / Andy Bey / Label: HighNote Records
Attachments / Lorraine Feather / Label: Jazzed Media
Liquid Spirit (Winner) / Gregory Porter / Label: Blue Note Records
WomanChild / Cécile McLorin Salvant / Label: Mack Avenue Records
After Blue / Tierney Sutton / Label: BFM Jazz
Best Jazz Instrumental Album
Guided Tour / The New Gary Burton Quartet / Label: Mack Avenue Records
Money Jungle: Provocative In Blue (Winner) / Terri Lyne Carrington / Label: Concord Jazz
Life Forum / Gerald Clayton / Label: Concord Jazz
Pushing The World Away / Kenny Garrett / Label: Mack Avenue Records
Out Here / Christian McBride Trio / Label: Mack Avenue Records
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
Brooklyn Babylon / Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society / Label: New Amsterdam Records
Night In Calisia (Winner) / Randy Brecker, Wlodek Pawlik Trio & Kalisz Philharmonic / Label: Summit Records
Wild Beauty / Brussels Jazz Orchestra Featuring Joe Lovano / Label: Half Note
March Sublime / Alan Ferber / Label: Sunnyside Records
Intrada / Dave Slonaker Big Band / Label: Origin Records
Best Latin Jazz Album
La Noche Más Larga / Buika / Label: Warner Music Spain S.L.
Song For Maura (Winner) / Paquito D’Rivera And Trio Corrente / Label: Sunnyside Records/Paquito Records
Yo / Roberto Fonseca / Label: Concord Jazz
Egg_n / Omar Sosa / Label: Otá Records
Latin Jazz-Jazz Latin / Wayne Wallace Latin Jazz Quintet / Label: Patois Records
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GRAMMY NOMINEES & WINNERS — JAZZ 2012
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Best Improvised Jazz Solo
Hot House – Winner / Gary Burton & Chick Corea, soloists / Track from: Hot House / Label: Concord Jazz
Cross Roads / Ravi Coltrane, soloist / Track from: Spirit Fiction / Label: Blue Note
Alice In Wonderland / Chick Corea, soloist / Track from: Further Explorations (Chick Corea, Eddie Gomez & Paul Motian) / Label: Concord Jazz
J. Mac / Kenny Garrett, soloist / Track from: Seeds From The Underground / Label: Mack Avenue Records
Ode / Brad Mehldau, soloist / Track from: Ode (Brad Mehldau Trio) / Label: Nonesuch
Best Jazz Vocal Album
Radio Music Society – Winner / Esperanza Spalding / Label: Heads Up International
Soul Shadows / Denise Donatelli / Label: Savant Records
1619 Broadway: The Brill Building Project / Kurt Elling / Label: Concord Jazz
Live / Al Jarreau (And The Metropole Orkest) / Label: Concord
The Book Of Chet / Luciana Souza / Label: Sunnyside Records
Best Jazz Instrumental Album
Unity Band – Winner / Pat Metheny Unity Band / Label: Nonesuch
Further Explorations / Chick Corea, Eddie Gomez & Paul Motian / Label: Concord Jazz
Hot House / Chick Corea & Gary Burton / Label: Concord Jazz
Seeds From The Underground / Kenny Garrett / Label: Mack Avenue Records
Blue Moon / Ahmad Jamal / Label: Jazz Village
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
Dear Diz (Every Day I Think Of You) – Winner / Arturo Sandoval / Label: Concord Jazz
Centennial: Newly Discovered Works Of Gil Evans / Gil Evans Project / Label: ArtistShare
For The Moment / Bob Mintzer Big Band / Label: MCG Jazz
Best Latin Jazz Album
¡Ritmo! – Winner / The Clare Fischer Latin Jazz Big Band / Label: Clare Fischer Productions/Clavo Records
Flamenco Sketches / Chano Domínguez / Label: Blue Note
Multiverse / Bobby Sanabria Big Band / Label: Jazzheads
Duos III / Luciana Souza / Label: Sunnyside Records
New Cuban Express / Manuel Valera New Cuban Express / Label: Mavo Records
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GRAMMY NOMINEES & WINNERS — JAZZ 2011
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Best Improvised Jazz Solo 2011
All Or Nothing At All – Randy Brecker, soloist – Track from: The Jazz Ballad Song Book (Randy Brecker With DR Big Band) – [Half Note]
You Are My Sunshine – Ron Carter, soloist – Track from: This Is Jazz (Donald Harrison, Ron Carter & Billy Cobham) – [Half Note]
500 Miles High – Chick Corea, soloist – Track from: Forever (Corea, Clarke & White) – [Concord Records] – Winner
Work – Fred Hersch, soloist – Track from: Alone At The Vanguard – [Palmetto Records]
Sonnymoon For Two – Sonny Rollins, soloist – Track from: Road Shows Vol. 2 – [Doxy/Emarcy/Decca]
Best Jazz Vocal Album 2011
‘Round Midnight – Karrin Allyson – [Concord Jazz]
The Mosaic Project – Terri Lyne Carrington & Various Artists – [Concord Jazz] – Winner
The Gate – Kurt Elling – [Concord Jazz]
American Road – Tierney Sutton (Band) – [BFM Jazz]
The Music Of Randy Newman – Roseanna Vitro – [Motéma Music]
Best Jazz Instrumental Album 2011
Bond: The Paris Sessions – Gerald Clayton – [Emarcy/Decca]
Forever – Corea, Clarke & White – [Concord Records] – Winner
Alone At The Vanguard – Fred Hersch – [Palmetto Records]
Bird Songs – Joe Lovano/Us Five – [Blue Note]
Road Shows Vol. 2 – Sonny Rollins – [Doxy/Emarcy/Decca]
Timeline – Yellowjackets – [Mack Avenue Records]
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album 2011
The Jazz Ballad Song Book – Randy Brecker With DR Big Band – [Half Note]
The Good Feeling – Christian McBride Big Band – [Mack Avenue Records] – Winner
40 Acres And A Burro – Arturo O’Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra – [Zoho]
Legacy – Gerald Wilson Orchestra – [Mack Avenue Records]
Alma Adentro: The Puerto Rican Songbook – Miguel Zenón – [Marsalis Music]
Best Instrumental Composition 2011
Falling Men – John Hollenbeck, composer (John Hollenbeck, Daniel Yvinec & Orchestre National de Jazz (ONJ)) – Track from: Shut Up And Dance – [BEE JAZZ / Abeille Musique]
Hunting Wabbits 3 (Get Off My Lawn) – Gordon Goodwin, composer (Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band) – Track from: That’s How We Roll – [Telarc International]
I Talk To The Trees – Randy Brecker, composer (Randy Brecker With DR Big Band) – Track from: The Jazz Ballad Song Book – [Half Note]
Life In Eleven – Béla Fleck & Howard Levy, composers (Béla Fleck & The Flecktones) – Track from: Rocket Science – [eOne Music] – Winner
Timeline – Russell Ferrante, composer (Yellowjackets) – Track from: Timeline – [Mack Avenue Records]
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GRAMMY NOMINEES & WINNERS — JAZZ 2010
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Best Contemporary Jazz Album 2010
The Stanley Clarke Band – The Stanley Clarke Band – [Heads Up International] – Winner
Never Can Say Goodbye – Joey DeFrancesco – [HighNote Records]
Now Is The Time – Jeff Lorber Fusion – [Heads Up International]
To The One – John McLaughlin – [Abstract Logix]
Backatown – Trombone Shorty – [Verve Forecast]
Best Jazz Vocal Album 2010
Eleanora Fagan (1915-1959): To Billie With Love From Dee Dee – Dee Dee Bridgewater – [Emarcy] – Winner
Freddy Cole Sings Mr. B – Freddy Cole – [HighNote Records]
When Lights Are Low – Denise Donatelli – [Savant Records]
Ages – Lorraine Feather – [Jazzed Media]
Water – Gregory Porter – [Motéma Music]
Best Improvised Jazz Solo 2010
Solar – Alan Broadbent, soloist – Track from: Live At Giannelli Square: Volume 1 – [Chilly Bin Records]
A Change Is Gonna Come – Herbie Hancock, soloist – Track from: The Imagine Project – [Hancock Records] – Winner
Body And Soul – Keith Jarrett, soloist – Track from: Jasmine – [ECM]
Lonely Woman – Hank Jones, soloist – Track from: Pleased To Meet You – [Justin Time Records]
Van Gogh – Wynton Marsalis, soloist – Track from: Portrait In Seven Shades (Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra) – [Jazz At Lincoln Center]
Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group 2010
Moody 4B – James Moody – [IPO Recordings] – Winner
Positootly! – John Beasley – [Resonance Records]
The New Song And Dance – Clayton Brothers – [ArtistShare]
Historicity – Vijay Iyer Trio – [ACT Music + Vision]Moody 4B – James Moody – [IPO Recordings]
Providencia – Danilo Perez – [Mack Avenue Records]
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album 2010
Infernal Machines – Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society – [New Amsterdam Records]
Autumn: In Moving Pictures Jazz – Chamber Music Vol. 2 – Billy Childs Ensemble Featuring The Ying String Quartet – [ArtistShare]
Pathways – Dave Holland Octet – [Dare2 Records]
54 – Metropole Orkest, John Scofield & Vince Mendoza – [Emarcy/Universal]
Mingus Big Band Live At Jazz Standard – Mingus Big Band – [Jazz Workshop, Inc./Jazz Standard] – Winner
Best Latin Jazz Album 2010
Tango Grill – Pablo Aslan – [ZOHO]
Second Chance – Hector Martignon – [Zoho]
Psychedelic Blues – Poncho Sanchez – [Concord Picante]
Chucho’s Steps – Chucho Valdés And The Afro-Cuban Messengers – [Four Quarters Entertainment] – Winner
¡Bien Bien! – Wayne Wallace Latin Jazz Quintet – [Patois Records]
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GRAMMY NOMINEES & WINNERS – JAZZ 2009
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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]
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GRAMMY NOMINEES & WINNERS – JAZZ 2008
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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]
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GRAMMY NOMINEES & WINNERS – JAZZ 2007
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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]
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GRAMMY NOMINEES & WINNERS – JAZZ 2006
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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]
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DOWNBEAT’S BEST CDs OF 2006
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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]