Jazz Grammy Nominations Jazz and Jazz Related (Sort of)

[Lois Gilbert]

7. Best Pop Instrumental Album
24/7
Gerald Albright & Norman Brown
[Concord Jazz]

Impressions
Chris Botti
[Columbia]

Four Hands & A Heart Volume One
Larry Carlton
[335 Records, Inc.]

Live At The Blue Note Tokyo
Dave Koz
[Just Koz Entertainment]

Rumbadoodle
Arun Shenoy
[Arun Shenoy Music Publishing]

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17. Best R&B Performance

Gonna Be Alright (F.T.B.)
Robert Glasper Experiment Featuring Ledisi
Track from: Black Radio
[Blue Note]

18. Best Traditional R&B Performance

Real Good Hands
Gregory Porter
Track from: Be Good
[Motema Music]

21. Best R&B Album

Black Radio
Robert Glasper Experiment
[Blue Note]

31. Best Improvised Jazz Solo
Cross Roads
Ravi Coltrane, soloist
Track from: Spirit Fiction
[Blue Note]

Hot House
Gary Burton & Chick Corea, soloists
Track from: Hot House
[Concord Jazz]

Alice In Wonderland
Chick Corea, soloist
Track from: Further Explorations (Chick Corea, Eddie Gomez & Paul Motian)
[Concord Jazz]

J. Mac
Kenny Garrett, soloist
Track from: Seeds From The Underground
[Mack Avenue Records]

Ode
Brad Mehldau, soloist
Track from: Ode (Brad Mehldau Trio)
[Nonesuch]

32. Best Jazz Vocal Album
Soul Shadows
Denise Donatelli
[Savant Records]

1619 Broadway: The Brill Building Project
Kurt Elling
[Concord Jazz]

Live
Al Jarreau (And The Metropole Orkest)
[Concord]

The Book Of Chet
Luciana Souza
[Sunnyside Records]

Radio Music Society
Esperanza Spalding
[Heads Up International]

33. Best Jazz Instrumental Album
Further Explorations
Chick Corea, Eddie Gomez & Paul Motian
[Concord Jazz]

Hot House
Chick Corea & Gary Burton
[Concord Jazz]

Seeds From The Underground
Kenny Garrett
[Mack Avenue Records]

Blue Moon
Ahmad Jamal
[Jazz Village]

Unity Band
Pat Metheny Unity Band
[Nonesuch]

34. Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
Centennial: Newly Discovered Works Of Gil Evans
Gil Evans Project
[ArtistShare]

For The Moment
Bob Mintzer Big Band
[MCG Jazz]

Dear Diz (Every Day I Think Of You)
Arturo Sandoval
[Concord Jazz]

35. Best Latin Jazz Album
Flamenco Sketches
Chano Domínguez
[Blue Note]

¡Ritmo!
The Clare Fischer Latin Jazz Big Band
[Clare Fischer Productions/Clavo Records]

Multiverse
Bobby Sanabria Big Band
[Jazzheads]

Duos III
Luciana Souza
[Sunnyside Records]

New Cuban Express
Manuel Valera New Cuban Express
[Mavo Records]


51. Best World Music Album

Folila
Amadou & Mariam
[Because Music / Nonesuch]

On A Gentle Island Breeze
Daniel Ho
[Wind Music Int'l Corp. & Daniel Ho Creations]

Jabulani
Hugh Masekela
[Razor & Tie]

Traveller
Anoushka Shankar
[Deutsche Grammophon/Universal]

The Living Room Sessions Part 1
Ravi Shankar
[East Meets West Music]

59. Best Instrumental Composition

December Dream
Chuck Loeb, composer (Fourplay)
Track from: Esprit De Four
[Heads Up International]

Mozart Goes Dancing
Chick Corea, composer (Chick Corea & Gary Burton)
Track from: Hot House
[Concord Jazz]

Music Of Ansel Adams: America
Chris Brubeck & Dave Brubeck, composers (Temple University Symphony Orchestra)
[BCM&D Records]

Overture, Waltz And Rondo
Bill Cunliffe, composer (Temple University Symphony Orchestra)
[BCM&D Records]

Without A Paddle
Bill Holman, composer (Tall & Small)
Track from: High On You
[Bosco Records]

60. Best Instrumental Arrangement
Afro-Cuban Jazz Suite For Ellington
Michael Philip Mossman, arranger (Bobby Sanabria Big Band)
Track from: Multiverse
[Jazzheads]

How About You
Gil Evans, arranger (Gil Evans Project)
Track from: Centennial - Newly Discovered Works Of Gil Evans
[ArtistShare]

Irrequieto
Bob Mintzer, arranger (Bob Mintzer Big Band)
Track from: For The Moment
[MCG Jazz]

A Night In Tunisia (Actually An Entire Weekend!)
Wally Minko, arranger (Arturo Sandoval)
Track from: Dear Diz (Every Day I Think Of You)
[Concord Jazz]

Salt Peanuts! (Mani Salado)
Gordon Goodwin, arranger (Arturo Sandoval)
Track from: Dear Diz (Every Day I Think Of You)
[Concord Jazz]

61. Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)
City Of Roses
Thara Memory & Esperanza Spalding, arrangers (Esperanza Spalding)
Track from: Radio Music Society
[Heads Up International]

Look To The Rainbow
Gil Evans, arranger (Gil Evans Project and Luciana Souza)
Track from: Centennial - Newly Discovered Works Of Gil Evans
[ArtistShare]

Out There
Shelly Berg, arranger (Lorraine Feather)
Track from: Tales Of The Unusual
[Jazzed Media]

Spain (I Can Recall)
Vince Mendoza, arranger (Al Jarreau And The Metropole Orkest)
Track from: Live
[Concord Records]

Wild Is The Wind
Nan Schwartz, arranger (Whitney Claire Kaufman And Andrew Playfoot)
Track from: The Greatest Film Scores Of Dimitri Tiomkin
[LSO Live]

69. Best Surround Sound Album
Modern Cool
Jim Anderson, surround mix engineer; Darcy Proper, surround mastering engineer;
Michael Friedman, surround producer (Patricia Barber)
[Premonition Records]

81. Best Long Form Music Video

Bring Me Home - Live 2011
Sade
Sophie Muller, video director; Roger Davies, Grant Jue & Sophie Muller, video producers
[Epic]

Radio Music Society
Esperanza Spalding
Pilar Sanz, video director; Esperanza Spalding, video producer
[Heads Up International]

[Valerie]

i am happy about quite a few of the nominations but as some of you may have guessed, i am absolutely thrilled about this one:

18. Best Traditional R&B Performance
Real Good Hands
GREGORY PORTER
Track from: Be Good[Motema Music]

[Squaredancecalling Steve]

7
Ahmad Jamal
Blue Moon
[Jazz Village]

That's one of my picks, too!

[Blue Train]

Hard to tell which is more worthless the Oscars or Grammys. It's like Jazz is really dead.

[Blue Train]

i am happy about quite a few of the nominations but as some of you may have guessed, i am absolutely thrilled about this one:

18. Best Traditional R&B Performance
Real Good Hands
GREGORY PORTER
Track from: Be Good[Motema Music]

I will be honest. I haven never checked him out....but you keep bringing him up that I am going to have check him out.

[Valerie]

I will be honest. I haven never checked him out....but you keep bringing him up that I am going to have check him out.

treat yourself!! try to listen to the entire "Be Good" cd. do not, however, expect anything resembling pure jazz. he has a strong jazz foundation but definitely fused with r&b, soul and gospel. hopefully, you'll let me know what you think. his talent also includes fabulous song-writing skills.