BEST IMPROVISED JAZZ SOLO
Giant Steps
Soloist: Joey Alexander
Track from: My Favorite Things
Label: Motema Music
Cherokee
Soloist: Christian McBride
Track from: Live At The Village Vanguard (Christian McBride Trio)
Label: Mack Avenue Records
Arbiters of Evolution
Soloist: Donny McCaslin
Track from: The Thompson Fields (Maria Schneider Orchestra)
Label: ArtistShare
Friend or Foe
Soloist: Joshua Redman
Track from: The Bad Plus Joshua Redman (The Bad Plus Joshua Redman)
Label: Nonesuch
Past Present
Soloist: John Scofield
Track from: Past Present
Label: Impulse!
BEST JAZZ VOCAL ALBUM
Many a New Day: Karrin Allyson Sings Rodgers & Hammerstein
Karrin Allyson
Label: Motema Music
Find a Heart
Denise Donatelli
Label: Savant Records
Flirting with Disaster
Lorraine Feather
Label: Jazzed Media
Jamison
Jamison Ross
Label: Concord Jazz
For One to Love
Cécile McLorin Salvant
Label: Mack Avenue Records
BEST JAZZ INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM
My Favorite Things
Joey Alexander
Label: Motema Music
Breathless
Terence Blanchard Featuring The E-Collective
Label: Blue Note Records
Covered: Recorded Live at Capitol Studios
Robert Glasper & The Robert Glasper Trio
Label: Blue Note Records
Beautiful Life
Jimmy Greene
Label: Mack Avenue Records
Past Present
John Scofield
Label: Impulse!
BEST LARGE JAZZ ENSEMBLE ALBUM
Lines of Color
Gil Evans Project
Label: Blue Note/ArtistShare
Köln
Marshall Gilkes & WDR Big Band
Label: Alternate Side Records
Cuba: The Conversation Continues
Arturo O’Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra
Label: Motema Music
The Thompson Fields
Maria Schneider Orchestra
Label: ArtistShare
Home Suite Home
Patrick Williams
Label: BFM Jazz
BEST LATIN JAZZ ALBUM
Made In Brazil
Eliane Elias
Label: Concord Jazz
Impromptu
The Rodriguez Brothers
Label: Criss Cross Jazz
Suite Caminos
Gonzalo Rubalcaba
Label: 5Passion
Intercambio
Wayne Wallace Latin Jazz Quintet
Label: Patois Records
Identities Are Changeable
Miguel Zenón
Label: Miel Music
BEST ARRANGEMENT, INSTRUMENTS AND VOCALS
Maria Schneider Orchestra
Album: Blackstar – David Bowie
Track: Sue (Or in a Season Crime)
BEST CONTEMPORARY INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM
Guitar in the Space Age!
Bill Frisell
Label: OKeh Records
The Gospel According to Jazz, Chapter IV
Kirk Whalum
Label: Rendezvous Records
Categories: miscellaneous
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