The GRAMMYs ceremony (the 65th) will take place on 5 February. Here are the nominees, first in the jazz categories, and then some jazz related names in other categories from a very cursory look-through…
A. JAZZ CATEGORIES
- Best Improvised Jazz Solo
Rounds (Live) – Ambrose Akinmusire
Keep Holding On – Gerald Albright
Falling – Melissa Aldana
Call Of The Drum – Marcus Baylor, soloist
Cherokee/Koko – John Beasley, soloist
Endangered Species – Wayne Shorter & Leo Genovese, soloist
- Best Jazz Vocal Album
The Evening : Live At APPARATUS
The Baylor Project
Linger Awhile
Samara Joy
Fade To Black
Carmen Lundy
Fifty
The Manhattan Transfer With The WDR Funkhausorchester
Ghost Song
Cécile McLorin Salvant
- Best Jazz Instrumental Album
New Standards Vol. 1
Terri Lyne Carrington, Kris Davis, Linda May Han Oh, Nicholas Payton & Matthew Stevens
Live In Italy
Peter Erskine Trio
LongGone
Joshua Redman, Brad Mehldau, Christian McBride, And Brian Blade
Live At The Detroit Jazz Festival
Wayne Shorter, Terri Lyne Carrington, Leo Genovese & esperanza spalding
Parallel Motion
Yellowjackets
- Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
Bird Lives
John Beasley, Magnus Lindgren & SWR Big Band
Remembering Bob Freedman
Ron Carter & The Jazzaar Festival Big Band Directed By Christian Jacob
Generation Gap Jazz Orchestra
Steven Feifke, Bijon Watson, Generation Gap Jazz Orchestra
Center Stage
Steve Gadd, Eddie Gomez, Ronnie Cuber & WDR Big Band Conducted By Michael Abene
Architecture Of Storms
Remy Le Boeuf’s Assembly Of Shadows
- Best Latin Jazz Album
Fandango At The Wall In New York
Arturo O’Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra Featuring The Congra Patria Son Jarocho Collective
Crisálida
Danilo Pérez Featuring The Global Messengers
If You Will
Flora Purim
Rhythm & Soul
Arturo Sandoval
Música De Las Américas
Miguel Zenón
B.. JAZZ NAMES IN OTHER CATEGORIES
- Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
Higher
Michael Bublé
I Dream Of Christmas (Extended)
Norah Jones
Thank You
Diana Ross (with Troy Miller as co-writer and producer)
- Best R&B Album
Black Radio III – Robert Glasper
- Best Americana Album
Things Happen That Way
Dr. John
- Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella
Scrapple From The Apple
John Beasley, arranger (Magnus Lindgren, John Beasley & The SWR Big Band Featuring Martin Aeur)
- Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals
Let It Happen
Louis Cole, arranger (Louis Cole)
Never Gonna Be Alone
Jacob Collier, arranger (Jacob Collier Featuring Lizzy McAlpine & John Mayer)
Optimistic Voices / No Love Dying
Cécile McLorin Salvant, arranger (Cécile McLorin Salvant)
Songbird (Orchestral Version)
Vince Mendoza, arranger (Christine McVie)
2 + 2 = 5 (Arr. Nathan Schram)
Nathan Schram & Becca Stevens, arrangers (Becca Stevens & Attacca Quartet)
- Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
Robert Glasper – Black Radio III
- Best Opera Recording
Terence Blanchard: Fire Shut Up In My Bones
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