JAZZ

2008 Winners & Nominees

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]

• 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]

• 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]

• 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]

• 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]

• 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]

Field 10 - Jazz
Category 50 - Best Latin Jazz Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)

• Funk Tango
Paquito D'Rivera Quintet?
[Paquito Records]

• 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]

2007 Winners & Nominees

Best Contemporary Jazz Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of INSTRUMENTAL tracks.)

• The Hidden Land
  Béla Fleck & The Flecktones
  [Columbia]
• 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]
  
  

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
  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]
• 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
  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]