We list the jazz winners at the 2025 Grammys (*). First the jazz categories – with all nominees listed, and winners in bold – then other winners with a jazz connection. This is done at speed, and readers are welcome to add any we may have missed…
A. The Jazz Categories
Category 30: Best Jazz Performance
Walk With Me, Lord (SOUND | SPIRIT) – The Baylor Project
Phoenix Reimagined (Live) – Lakecia Benjamin Featuring Randy Brecker, Jeff “Tain” Watts & John Scofield
Juno – Chick Corea & Béla Fleck
WINNER: Twinkle Twinkle Little Me – Samara Joy Featuring Sullivan Fortner
Little Fears – Dan Pugach Big Band Featuring Nicole Zuraitis & Troy Roberts
Category 31: Best Jazz Vocal Album
Journey In Black – Christie Dashiell
Wildflowers Vol. 1 – Kurt Elling & Sullivan Fortner
WINNER: A Joyful Holiday – Samara Joy
Milton + esperanza – Milton Nascimento & esperanza spalding
My Ideal – Catherine Russell & Sean Mason
Category 32: Best Jazz Instrumental Album
Owl Song – Ambrose Akinmusire Featuring Bill Frisell & Herlin Riley
Beyond This Place – Kenny Barron Featuring Kiyoshi Kitagawa, Johnathan Blake, Immanuel Wilkins & Steve Nelson – Album feature from Mondays with Morgan
Phoenix Reimagined (Live) – Lakecia Benjamin – Album feature from Mondays with Morgan
WINNER: Remembrance – Chick Corea & Béla Fleck
Solo Game – Sullivan Fortner
Category 33: Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
Returning To Forever – John Beasley & Frankfurt Radio Big Band
And So It Goes – The Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra
Walk A Mile In My Shoe – Orrin Evans & The Captain Black Big Band
WINNER: Bianca Reimagined: Music For Paws And Persistence – Dan Pugach Big Band
Golden City – Miguel Zenón – album review (*) by Sebastian Scotney
Category 34: Best Latin Jazz Album
Spain Forever Again – Michel Camilo & Tomatito
WINNER: Cubop Lives! – Zaccai Curtis
COLLAB – Hamilton de Holanda & Gonzalo Rubalcaba
Time And Again – Eliane Elias
El Trio: Live in Italy – Horacio ‘El Negro’ Hernández, John Beasley & José Gola
Cuba And Beyond – Chucho Valdés & Royal Quartet
As I Travel – Donald Vega Featuring Lewis Nash, John Patitucci & Luisito Quintero
Category 35: Best Alternative Jazz Album
Night Reign – Arooj Aftab
New Blue Sun – André 3000
Code Derivation – Robert Glasper
Foreverland – Keyon Harrold
WINNER No More Water: The Gospel Of James Baldwin – Meshell Ndegeocello
B. Other Categories
Category 73 – Best Song Written For Visual Media
WINNER – It Never Went Away [From “American Symphony”] — Jon Batiste & Dan Wilson, songwriters (Jon Batiste)
Category 75 Best Music Film
WINNER: “American Symphony” — Jon Batiste
Category 78 Best Album Notes
WINNER: Centennial — Ricky Riccardi, album notes writer (King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band & Various Artists)
Category 79 Best Historical Album
WINNER: Centennial — Meagan Hennessey & Richard Martin, compilation producers; Richard Martin, mastering engineer (King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band And Various Artists)
Category 84 – Best Instrumental Composition
WINNER: “Strands” — Pascal Le Boeuf, composer (Akropolis Reed Quintet, Pascal Le Boeuf & Christian Euman)
Category 85 – Best Arrangement
WINNER: Bridge Over Troubled Water – Jacob Collier, Tori Kelly & John Legend, arrangers – (Jacob Collier Featuring John Legend & Tori Kelly)
Category 86 – Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals
WINNER: “Alma” — Erin Bentlage, Sara Gazarek, Johnaye Kendrick & Amanda Taylor, arrangers (säje Featuring Regina Carter) – WINNER
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