Best Contemporary Jazz Album For albums containing 51% or more playing time of INSTRUMENTAL tracks. 1. THE STANLEY CLARKE BAND The Stanley Clarke Band [Heads Up International] 2. NEVER CAN SAY GOODBYE Joey DeFrancesco [HighNote Records] 3. NOW IS THE TIME Jeff Lorber Fusion [Heads Up International] 4. TO THE ONE John McLaughlin [Abstract Logix] 5. BACKATOWN Trombone Shorty | [Verve Forecast]
Best Jazz Vocal Album For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks. 1. ELEANORA FAGAN (1915-1959): TO BILLIE WITH LOVE FROM DEE DEE Dee Dee Bridgewater [Emarcy] 2. FREDDY COLE SINGS MR. B Freddy Cole [HighNote Records] 3. WHEN LIGHTS ARE LOW Denise Donatelli [Savant Records] 4. AGES Lorraine Feather [Jazzed Media] 5. WATER Gregory Porter [Motéma Music]
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 inparenthesis for identification. Singles or Tracks only. 1. SOLAR Alan Broadbent, soloist Track from: Live At Giannelli Square: Volume 1 [Chilly Bin Records] 2. A CHANGE IS GONNA COME Herbie Hancock, soloist Track from: The Imagine Project [Hancock Records] 3. BODY AND SOUL Keith Jarrett, soloist Track from: Jasmine [ECM] 4. LONELY WOMAN Hank Jones, soloist Track from: Pleased To Meet You [Justin Time Records] 5. VAN GOGH Wynton Marsalis, soloist Track from: Portrait In Seven Shades (Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra) [Jazz At Lincoln Center]
Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group For albums containing 51% or more playing time of INSTRUMENTAL tracks. 1. POSITOOTLY! John Beasley [Resonance Records] 2. THE NEW SONG AND DANCE Clayton Brothers [ArtistShare] 3. HISTORICITY Vijay Iyer Trio [ACT Music + Vision] 4. MOODY 4B James Moody [IPO Recordings] 5. PROVIDENCIA Danilo Perez [Mack Avenue Records]
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album For large jazz ensembles, including big band sounds. Albums must contain 51% or more INSTRUMENTAL tracks. 1. INFERNAL MACHINES Darcy James Argue's Secret Society [New Amsterdam Records] 2. AUTUMN: IN MOVING PICTURES JAZZ - CHAMBER MUSIC VOL. 2 Billy Childs Ensemble Featuring The Ying String Quartet [ArtistShare] 3. PATHWAYS Dave Holland Octet [Dare2 Records] 4. 54 Metropole Orkest, John Scofield & Vince Mendoza [Emarcy/Universal] 5. MINGUS BIG BAND LIVE AT JAZZ STANDARD Mingus Big Band [Jazz Workshop, Inc./Jazz Standard]
Best Latin Jazz Album Vocal or Instrumental. 1. TANGO GRILL Pablo Aslan [ZOHO] 2. SECOND CHANCE Hector Martignon [Zoho] 3. PSYCHEDELIC BLUES Poncho Sanchez [Concord Picante] 4. CHUCHO'S STEPS Chucho Valdés And The Afro-Cuban Messengers [Four Quarters Entertainment] 5. ¡BIEN BIEN! Wayne Wallace Latin Jazz Quintet [Patois Records]
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