On a first inspection no Brits apart from John McLaughlin (any more?) but the French do make a few showings: not least veteran pianist Martial Solal , who was out making new fans in his 80’s at Kings Place.
Also up there is John Patitucci’s trio CD Remembrance, which Dylan Howe was ecstatic about here in September.
Outside jazz, out there in the Urban/Alternative Performance category is a nomination for Robert Glasper, whom Peter Horsfall reviewed at the London Jazz Festival.
Scroll down for a copy/paste of the full list, six categories, heads down:
Best Contemporary Jazz Album
•Urbanus
Stefon Harris & Blackout
[Concord Jazz]
•Sounding Point
Julian Lage
[Emarcy/Decca]
•At World’s Edge
Philippe Saisse
[E1 Music]
•Big Neighborhood
Mike Stern
[Heads Up International]
•75
Joe Zawinul & The Zawinul Syndicate
[Heads Up International]
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Best Jazz Vocal Album
•No Regrets
Randy Crawford (& Joe Sample)
[PRA Records]
•Dedicated To You: Kurt Elling Sings The Music Of Coltrane And Hartman
Kurt Elling
[Concord Jazz]
•So In Love
Roberta Gambarini
[Groovin’ High/Emarcy]
•Tide
Luciana Souza
[Verve]
•Desire
Tierney Sutton (Band)
[Telarc Jazz]
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Best Improvised Jazz Solo
•Dancin’ 4 Chicken
Terence Blanchard, soloist
Track from: Watts (Jeff “Tain” Watts)
[Dark Key Music]
•All Of You
Gerald Clayton, soloist
Track from: Two-Shade
[ArtistShare]
•Ms. Garvey, Ms. Garvey
Roy Hargrove, soloist
Track from: Emergence
[Groovin’ High/Emarcy]
•On Green Dolphin Street
Martial Solal, soloist
Track from: Live At The Village Vanguard
[CamJazz]
•Villa Palmeras
Miguel Zenón, soloist
Track from: Esta Plena
[Marsalis Music]
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Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group
•Quartet Live
Gary Burton, Pat Metheny, Steve Swallow & Antonio Sanchez
[Concord Jazz]
•Brother To Brother
Clayton Brothers
[ArtistShare]
•Five Peace Band — Live
Chick Corea & John McLaughlin Five Peace Band
[Concord Records]
•Remembrance
John Patitucci Trio
[Concord Jazz]
•The Bright Mississippi
Allen Toussaint
[Nonesuch]
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Category 48
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
•Legendary
Bob Florence Limited Edition
[MAMA Records]
•Eternal Interlude
John Hollenbeck Large Ensemble
[Sunnyside]
•Fun Time
Sammy Nestico And The SWR Big Band
[Hänssler Classic]
•Book One
New Orleans Jazz Orchestra
[World Village]
•Lab 2009
University Of North Texas One O’Clock Lab Band
[North Texas Jazz]
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Best Latin Jazz Album
•Things I Wanted To Do
Chembo Corniel
[Chemboro Records]
•Áurea
Geoffrey Keezer
[ArtistShare]
•Brazilliance X 4
Claudio Roditi
[Resonance Records]
•Juntos Para Siempre
Bebo Valdés And Chucho Valdés
[Sony Music/Calle 54]
•Esta Plena
Miguel Zenón
[Marsalis Music]
The full list from the original souce is here
Categories: miscellaneous
Sabine Kabongo – the brilliant ex-Zap Mama vocalist on 75 is Belgian
Felix Contreras of NPR's A Blog Supreme has been digging a bit further here
http://www.npr.org/blogs/ablogsupreme/2009/12/the_grammys_and_jazz.html
Randy Crawford, methinks British, although surprised to see her in a Jazz listing?