Saturday, December 3, 2011

USA: Grammy Jazz Nominees

Best Improvised Jazz Solo
All Or Nothing At All
Randy Brecker, soloist
Track from: The Jazz Ballad Song Book (Randy Brecker With DR Big Band)
[Half Note]
You Are My Sunshine

Ron Carter, soloist
Track from: This Is Jazz (Donald Harrison, Ron Carter & Billy Cobham)
[Half Note]
500 Miles High

Chick Corea, soloist
Track from: Forever (Corea, Clarke & White)
[Concord Records]
Work

Fred Hersch, soloist
Track from: Alone At The Vanguard
[Palmetto Records]
Sonnymoon For Two

Sonny Rollins, soloist
Track from: Road Shows Vol. 2
[Doxy/Emarcy/Decca]


 Best Jazz Vocal Album
'Round Midnight
Karrin Allyson
[Concord Jazz]
The Mosaic Project

Terri Lyne Carrington & Various Artists
[Concord Jazz]
The Gate

Kurt Elling
[Concord Jazz]
American Road

Tierney Sutton (Band)
[BFM Jazz]
The Music Of Randy Newman

Roseanna Vitro
[Motéma Music]


Best Jazz Instrumental Album
Bond: The Paris Sessions
Gerald Clayton
[Emarcy/Decca]
Forever

Corea, Clarke & White
[Concord Records]
Alone At The Vanguard

Fred Hersch
[Palmetto Records]
Bird Songs

Joe Lovano/Us Five
[Blue Note]
Road Shows Vol. 2

Sonny Rollins
[Doxy/Emarcy/Decca]
Timeline

Yellowjackets
[Mack Avenue Records]


Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
The Jazz Ballad Song Book

Randy Brecker With DR Big Band
[Half Note]
The Good Feeling

Christian McBride Big Band
[Mack Avenue Records]
40 Acres And A Burro

Arturo O'Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra
[Zoho]
Legacy

Gerald Wilson Orchestra
[Mack Avenue Records]
Alma Adentro: The Puerto Rican Songbook

Miguel Zenón
[Marsalis Music]

FULL LIST