Last night. 4 February 2024 at the Crypto.com Arena in downtown Los Angeles, the 2024/ 66th GRAMMY Awards took place. We first list the winners in the jazz categories (A) , and then the jazz winners in other categories (B), and have embedded Joni Mitchell’s performance of “Both Sides Now”.
There is…understandably… no “Mondays with Morgan” column today, and that gives me the opportunity to thank our good friend, Grammy staff writer Morgan Enos, who was working at the ceremony last night, for his diligent writing of the Monday column and for his flawless copy!
For example, he interviewed GRAMMY winner Billy Childs for us last May and the two chatted about the album, and the inspiration of film noir. LINK TO FEATURE
A. WINNERS IN THE JAZZ CATEGORIES
- Best Jazz Performance
WINNER: Tight – Samara Joy
Movement 18′ (Heroes) – Jon Batiste
Basquiat – Lakecia Benjamin
Vulnerable (Live) – Adam Blackstone Featuring The Baylor Project & Russell Ferranté
But Not For Me – Fred Hersch & Esperanza Spalding
- Best Jazz Vocal Album
WINNER: How Love Begins – Nicole Zuraitis (Feature by Morgan Enos)
For Ella 2 – Patti Austin Featuring Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band
Alive At The Village Vanguard – Fred Hersch & Esperanza Spalding
Lean In – Gretchen Parlato & Lionel Loueke – (feature by Morgan Enos)
Mélusine – Cécile McLorin Salvant
- Best Jazz Instrumental Album
WINNER: The Winds of Change – Billy Childs – Feature by Morgan Enos
The Source – Kenny Barron
Phoenix – Lakecia Benjamin
Legacy: The Instrumental Jawn – Adam Blackstone
The Winds Of Change – Billy Childs – Feature by Morgan Enos
Dream Box – Pat Metheny
- Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
WINNER: Basie Swings The Blues – The Count Basie Orchestra Directed By Scotty Barnhart
The Chick Corea Symphony Tribute – Ritmo – ADDA Simfònica, Josep Vicent, Emilio Solla
Dynamic Maximum Tension – Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society – (feature by Morgan Enos)
Olympians – Vince Mendoza & Metropole Orkest
The Charles Mingus Centennial Sessions – Mingus Big Band
Still from video by Lydia Liebman
- Best Latin Jazz Album
WINNER: El Arte Del Bolero Vol. 2 – Miguel Zenón & Luis Perdomo – Album Review – Album feature by Morgan Enos
Quietude – Eliane Elias
My Heart Speaks – Ivan Lins With The Tblisi Symphony Orchestra
Vox Humana – Bobby Sanabria Multiverse Big Band
Cometa – Luciana Souza & Trio Corrente
- Best Alternative Jazz Album ( NEW CATEGORY)
WINNER: The Omnichord Real Book – Meshell Ndegeocello
Love In Exile – Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer, Shahzad Ismaily
Quality Over Opinion – Louis Cole
SuperBlue: The Iridescent Spree – Kurt Elling, Charlie Hunter, SuperBlue
Live At The Piano – Cory Henry
B. JAZZ WINNERS IN OTHER CATEGORIES
Béla Fleck, Zakir Hussain, Edgar Meyer, Featuring Rakesh Chaurasia in 36. Best Contemporary Instrumental Album
Béla Fleck, Edgar Meyer & Zakir Hussain Featuring Rakesh Chaurasia in 61. Best Global Music Performance
John McLaughlin (This Moment) in 63. Best Global Music Album
Erin Bentlage, Jacob Collier, Sara Gazarek, Johnaye Kendrick & Amanda Taylor, in 86. Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals
Terence Blanchard in 88. Best Opera Recording
