Category 45 - Best Contemporary Jazz Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of INSTRUMENTAL tracks.)
Keystone
Dave Douglas
[Greenleaf Music]
Soulgrass
Bill Evans
[BHM Productions]
The Way Up
Pat Metheny Group
[Nonesuch]
The Spirit Music Jamia: Dance Of The Infidel
Meshell Ndegeocello
[Shanachie Entertainment Corp.]
Momentum
Joshua Redman Elastic Band
[Nonesuch]
Category 46 - Best Jazz Vocal Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)
J'ai Deux Amours
Dee Dee Bridgewater
[Sovereign Artists]
Blueprint Of A Lady - Sketches Of Billie Holiday
Nnenna Freelon
[Concord Jazz]
Good Night, And Good Luck
Dianne Reeves
[Concord Jazz]
Duos II
Luciana Souza
[Sunnyside]
I'm With The Band Tierney Sutton [Telarc Jazz]
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.)
'Round Midnight
Alan Broadbent, soloist
Track from: 'Round Midnight
[Artistry Music]
Away
Ravi Coltrane, soloist
Track from: In Flux
[Savoy Jazz]
The Source
Herbie Hancock, soloist
Track from: Flow (Terence Blanchard)
[Blue Note Records]
A Love Supreme - Acknowledgement
Branford Marsalis, soloist
Track from: Coltrane's A Love Supreme Live In Amsterdam
[Marsalis Music]
Why Was I Born?
Sonny Rollins, soloist
Track from: Without A Song - The 9/11 Concert
[Milestone]
Category 48 - Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of INSTRUMENTAL tracks.)
Flow
Terence Blanchard
[Blue Note Records]
Lyric
Billy Childs Ensemble
[Lunacy Music/Artistshare]
Live At The House Of Tribes
Wynton Marsalis
[Blue Note Records]
Beyond The Sound Barrier
Wayne Shorter Quartet
[Verve]
What Now?
Kenny Wheeler With Dave Holland, Chris Potter & John Taylor
[CAM Jazz]
Category 49 - Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
(For large jazz ensembles, including big band sounds. Albums must contain 51% or more INSTRUMENTAL tracks.)
Overtime
Dave Holland Big Band
[Sunnyside/Dare2]
A Blessing
John Hollenbeck Large Ensemble
[OmniTone]
Live
The Bill Holman Band
[Jazzed Media]
I Am Three
Mingus Big Band, Orchestra & Dynasty
[Sunnyside/Sue Mingus Music]
Home Of My Heart
The Chris Walden Big Band
[Origin]
Category 50 - Best Latin Jazz Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)
Time Was - Time Is
Ray Barretto
[O Plus Music]
Here And Now - Live In Concert
Caribbean Jazz Project Featuring Dave Samuels
[Concord Picante]
...And Sammy Walked In
Sammy Figueroa And His Latin Jazz Explosion
[Savant Records]
Listen Here!
Eddie Palmieri
[Concord Picante]
Mulatos
Omar Sosa
[Ot Records]
Category 61 - Best Traditional Tropical Latin Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)
Una Noche Inolvidable
Afro-latin Jazz Orchestra With Arturo O'Farrill
[Palmetto Records Inc]
Masters Of Cuban Son
Conjunto Progreso
[Pimienta Records Corp.]
Buena Vista Social Club Presents
Manuel Guajiro" Mirabal
[Nonesuch]
Tradicin
Tropicana All Stars With Israel Kantor
[Regu Records Corp.]
Bebo De Cuba
Bebo Valds
[Calle 54 Records]
Category 84 - Best Instrumental Arrangement
(An Arranger's Award. (Artist names appear in parenthesis.) Singles or Tracks only.)
Cherokee
Chris Walden, arranger (The Chris Walden Big Band)
Track from: Home Of My Heart
[Origin]
Do It Again
Bill Cunliffe, arranger (Bill Cunliffe)
Track from: Imaginacin
[Torii]
The Incredits
Gordon Goodwin, arranger (Various Artists)
Track from: The Incredibles - Soundtrack
[Walt Disney Records]
Lullaby Of The Leaves
John Clayton, arranger (The Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra)
Track from: The Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra, Live At MCG
[MCG Jazz]
Scarborough Faire
Billy Childs, arranger (Billy Childs Ensemble)
Track from: Lyric [Lunacy Music/Artistshare]
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