Nominees
Best Contemporary Jazz Album
For albums containing 51% or more playing time of INSTRUMENTAL tracks.
Winner
75
Joe Zawinul & The Zawinul Syndicate
[Heads Up International]
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]
Best Jazz Vocal Album
For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.
Winner
Dedicated To You: Kurt Elling Sings The Music Of Coltrane And Hartman
Kurt Elling
[Concord Jazz]
No Regrets
Randy Crawford (& Joe Sample)
[PRA Records]
So In Love
Roberta Gambarini
[Groovin' High/Emarcy]
Tide
Luciana Souza
[Verve]
Desire
Tierney Sutton (Band)
[Telarc Jazz]
Best Improvised Jazz 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.
Winner
Dancin' 4 Chicken
Terence Blanchard, soloist
Track from: Watts (Jeff "Tain" Watts)
[Dark Key Music]
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
For albums containing 51% or more playing time of INSTRUMENTAL tracks.
Winner
Five Peace Band - Live
Chick Corea & John McLaughlin Five Peace Band
[Concord Records]
Quartet Live
Gary Burton, Pat Metheny, Steve Swallow & Antonio Sanchez
[Concord Jazz]
Brother To Brother
Clayton Brothers
[ArtistShare]
Remembrance
John Patitucci Trio
[Concord Jazz]
The Bright Mississippi
Allen Toussaint
[Nonesuch]
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
For large jazz ensembles, including big band sounds. Albums must contain 51% or more INSTRUMENTAL tracks.
Winner
Book One
New Orleans Jazz Orchestra
[World Village]
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]
Lab 2009
University Of North Texas One O'Clock Lab Band
[North Texas Jazz]
Best Latin Jazz Album
Vocal or Instrumental.
Winner
Juntos Para Siempre
Bebo Valdés And Chucho Valdés
[Sony Music/Calle 54]
Things I Wanted To Do
Chembo Corniel
[Chemboro Records]
Áurea
Geoffrey Keezer
[ArtistShare]
Brazilliance X 4
Claudio Roditi
[Resonance Records]
Esta Plena
Miguel Zenón
[Marsalis Music]