Best Contemporary Jazz Album (For albums containing 51% or more playing time of INSTRUMENTAL tracks.)
Randy In Brasil Randy Brecker [MAMA Records]
Floating Point John McLaughlin [Abstract Logix]
Cannon Re-Loaded: All-Star Celebration Of Cannonball Adderley (Various Artists) Gregg Field & Tom Scott, producers [Concord Jazz]
Miles From India (Various Artists) Bob Belden, producer [4Q/Times Square Records]
Lifecycle Yellowjackets Featuring Mike Stern [Heads Up International]
Category 46
Best Jazz Vocal Album (For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)
Imagina: Songs Of Brasil Karrin Allyson [Concord Jazz]
Breakfast On The Morning Tram Stacey Kent [Blue Note]
If Less Is More...Nothing Is Everything Kate McGarry [Palmetto Records]
Loverly Cassandra Wilson [Blue Note]
Distances Norma Winstone (Glauco Venier & Klaus Gesing) [ECM]
Category 47
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.)
Be-Bop Terence Blanchard, soloist Track from: Live At The 2007 Monterey Jazz Festival (Monterey Jazz Festival 50th Anniversary All-Stars) [Monterey Jazz Festival Records]
Seven Steps To Heaven Till Brönner, soloist Track from: The Standard (Take 6) [Heads Up International]
Waltz For Debby Gary Burton & Chick Corea, soloists Track from: The New Crystal Silence [Concord Records]
Son Of Thirteen Pat Metheny, soloist Track from: Day Trip [Nonesuch Records]
Be-Bop James Moody, soloist Track from: Live At The 2007 Monterey Jazz Festival (Monterey Jazz Festival 50th Anniversary All-Stars) [Monterey Jazz Festival Records]
Category 48
Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group (For albums containing 51% or more playing time of INSTRUMENTAL tracks.)
The New Crystal Silence Chick Corea & Gary Burton [Concord Records]
History, Mystery Bill Frisell [Nonesuch Records]
Brad Mehldau Trio: Live Brad Mehldau Trio [Nonesuch Records]
Day Trip Pat Metheny With Christian McBride & Antonio Sanchez [Nonesuch Records]
Standards Alan Pasqua, Dave Carpenter & Peter Erskine Trio [Fuzzy Music]
Category 49
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album (For large jazz ensembles, including big band sounds. Albums must contain 51% or more INSTRUMENTAL tracks.)
Appearing Nightly Carla Bley And Her Remarkable Big Band [WATT]
Act Your Age Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band [Immergent]
Symphonica Joe Lovano With WDR Big Band & Rundfunk Orchestra [Blue Note]
Blauklang Vince Mendoza [Act Music and Vision (AMV)]
Monday Night Live At The Village Vanguard The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra [Planet Arts Recordings]
Category 50
Best Latin Jazz Album (Vocal or Instrumental.)
Afro Bop Alliance Caribbean Jazz Project [Heads Up International]
The Latin Side Of Wayne Shorter Conrad Herwig & The Latin Side Band [Half Note Records]
Song For Chico Arturo O'Farrill & The Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra [Zoho]
Nouveau Latino Nestor Torres [Diamond Light Records]
Marooned/Aislado Papo Vázquez The Mighty Pirates [Picaro Records]
Category 85
Best Instrumental Composition (A Composer's Award for an original composition (not an adaptation) first released during the Eligibility Year. Singles or Tracks only.)
The Adventures Of Mutt (From Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull) John Williams, composer (John Williams) Track from: Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull — Soundtrack [Concord Records]
Alegria Chick Corea, composer (Chick Corea & Gary Burton) Track from: The New Crystal Silence [Concord Records]
Claire's Closet Russell Ferrante, composer (Yellowjackets Featuring Mike Stern) Track from: Lifecycle [Heads Up International]
Danzon De Etiqueta Dave Grusin, composer (Lee Ritenour & Dave Grusin) Track from: Amparo<br /> [Decca]
Hit The Ground Running Gordon Goodwin, composer (Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band) Track from: Act Your Age [Immergent]
Category 86
Best Instrumental Arrangement (An Arranger's Award. (Artist names appear in parentheses.) Singles or Tracks only.)
Define Dancing (From Wall-E) Peter Gabriel & Thomas Newman, arrangers (Thomas Newman) Track from: Wall-E — Soundtrack [Walt Disney Records]
Down In The Valley Frank Macchia, arranger (Frank Macchia Featuring The Prague Orchestra) Track from: Landscapes [Cacophony]
Duke Ellington's Sound Of Love Michael Abene, arranger (Joe Lovano With WDR Big Band & Rundfunk Orchestra) Track from: Symphonica [Blue Note]
St. Louis Blues Bob Brookmeyer, arranger (The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra) Track from: Monday Night Live At The Village Vanguard [Planet Arts Recordings]
Yesterdays Gordon Goodwin, arranger (Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band Featuring Art Tatum) Track from: Act Your Age [Immergent]
Category 87
Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s) (An Arranger's Award. (Artist names appear in parentheses.) Singles or Tracks only.)
Alfie Vince Mendoza, arranger (Traincha & The Metropole Orchestra) Track from: The Look Of Love — Burt Bacharach Songbook [Blue Note]
Grace Cedric Dent, arranger (Take 6) Track from: The Standard [Heads Up International]
Here's That Rainy Day Nan Schwartz, arranger (Natalie Cole) Track from: Still Unforgettable [DMI Records]
Johnny One Note Don Sebesky, arranger (John Pizzarelli) Track from: With A Song In My Heart [Telarc International]
Lazy Afternoon Claus Ogerman, arranger (Danilo Perez) Track from: Across The Crystal Sea [Emarcy]
Category 90
Best Album Notes
Art Of Field Recording Volume I: Fifty Years Of Traditional American Music Documented By Art Rosenbaum Art Rosenbaum, album notes writer (Various Artists) [Dust-To-Digital]
Debate '08: Taft And Bryan Campaign On The Edison Phonograph Patrick Feaster & David Giovannoni, album notes writers (William Jennings Bryan & William Howard Taft) [Archeophone Records]
Kind Of Blue: 50th Anniversary Collector's Edition Francis Davis, album notes writer (Miles Davis) [Columbia/Legacy Recordings]
Rare & Unreleased Recordings From The Golden Reign Of The Queen Of Soul David Ritz & Jerry Wexler, album notes writers (Aretha Franklin) [Rhino/Atlantic]
The Unsung Father Of Country Music: 1925-1934 Henry “Hank" Sapoznik, album notes writer (Ernest V. Stoneman) [5-String Productions]
Category 91
Best Historical Album
Art Of Field Recording Volume I: Fifty Years Of Traditional American Music Documented By Art Rosenbaum Steven Lance Ledbetter & Art Rosenbaum, compilation producers; Michael Graves, mastering engineer (Various Artists) [Dust-To-Digital]
Classic Columbia, OKeh And Vocalion Lester Young With Count Basie (1936-1940) Scott Wenzel, compilation producer; Malcolm Addey, Michael Brooks, Matt Cavaluzzo, Andreas Meyer & Mark Wilder, mastering engineers (Lester Young With Count Basie) [Mosaic Records]
Debate '08: Taft And Bryan Campaign On The Edison Phonograph David Giovannoni, Meagan Hennessey & Richard Martin, compilation producers; Richard Martin, mastering engineer (William Jennings Bryan & William Howard Taft) [Archeophone Records]
Polk Miller & His Old South Quartette Ken Flaherty, Jr., compilation producer; Marcos Sueiro Bal, Ken Flaherty, Jr., Kurt Nauck & Glenn Sage, mastering engineers (Polk Miller & His Old South Quartette) [Tompkins Square]
To Be Free: The Nina Simone Story Richard Seidel, compilation producer; Mark G. Wilder, mastering engineer (Nina Simone) [RCA/Legacy Recordings]
