44th Annual GRAMMY Nominees Announced

Best Contemporary Jazz Album

Cab 2—Dennis Chambers, Tony MacAlpine, Brian Auger & Bunny Brunel (Tone Center)
Soul Insider—Bill Evans (ESC)
Ethnomusicology, Vol. 2—Russell Gunn (Justin Time)
M²—Marcus Miller (Telarc)
Voices—Mike Stern (Division One/Atlantic)

Best Jazz Vocal Album

The Mose Chronicles - Live In London, Volume 1—Mose Allison (Blue Note)
Ballads — Remembering John Coltrane—Karrin Allyson (Concord)
Flirting With Twilight—Kurt Elling (Blue Note)
You're My Thrill—Shirley Horn (Verve)
The Calling—Dianne Reeves (Blue Note)

Best Jazz Instrumental Solo

“Fragile” Kenny Barron & Regina Carter, soloists
Track from: Freefall (Verve)

“Lost In A Fog” Terence Blanchard, soloist
Track from: Let’s Get Lost (Sony Classical)

“Chan’s Song” Michael Brecker, soloist
Track from: Nearness Of You - The Ballad Book (Verve)

“Move” Gary Burton, soloist
Track from: For Hamp, Red, Bags, And Cal (Concord)

“All Blues” Pat Martino, soloist
Track from: Live At Yoshi’s (Blue Note)

Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group

Kindred—Stefon Harris & Jacky Terrasson (Blue Note)
Birds Of A Feather — A Tribute To Charlie Parker—Roy Haynes With Dave Holland, Roy Hargrove, Dave Kikoski & Kenny Garrett (Dreyfus)
Not For Nothin’—Dave Holland Quintet (ECM)
Live At Yoshi’s—Pat Martino (Blue Note)
This Is What I Do—Sonny Rollins (Milestone)

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album

Impulsive!—Eliane Elias, Bob Brookmeyer & The Danish Radio Jazz Orchestra (Stunt)
Rob McConnell Tentet—Rob McConnell Tentet (Justin Time)
Group Therapy—Jim McNeely Tentet (OmniTone)
Homage To Count Basie—Bob Mintzer Big Band (Digital Music Products)
Dear Louis—Nicholas Payton (Verve)

Best Latin Jazz Album

Nocturne—Charlie Haden (Verve)
Vol.3: New Congo Square—Los Hombres Calientes (Basin Street)
Supernova—Gonzalo Rubalcaba Trio (Blue Note)
Travesía—David Sánchez (Columbia)
Calle 54—Various Artists (Blue Note)

Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)

“Easy Living” Kurt Elling & Laurence Hobgood, arrangers (Kurt Elling)
Track from: Flirting With Twilight (Blue Note)

“Fascinating Rhythm” Billy Childs, arranger (Dianne Reeves)
Track from: The Calling: Celebrating Sarah Vaughan (Blue Note)

“Love Letters” Claus Ogerman, arranger (Diana Krall)
Track from: The Look Of Love (Verve)

“You’re My Thrill” Johnny Mandel, arranger (Shirley Horn)
Track from: You’re My Thrill (Verve)

Best Historical Album

Lady Day: The Complete Billie Holiday On Columbia 1933-1944—Billie Holiday (Columbia/Legacy Recordings)
Charlie Parker: The Complete Savoy And Dial Studio Recordings 1944-1948—Charlie Parker (Savoy/Atlantic)

Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical

Ballads - Remembering John Coltrane—Josiah Gluck, engineer (Karrin Allyson) (Concord)
The Look Of Love—Al Schmitt, engineer (Diana Krall) (Verve)

Best Boxed Recording Package

Charlie Parker: The Complete Savoy And Dial
Studio Recordings 1944-1948 (Savoy/Atlantic)
Lady Day: The Complete Billie Holiday On
Columbia 1933-1944 (Columbia/Legacy)

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album

Stars And The Moon: Live At The Donmar—Betty Buckley (Concord)
Sentimental Journey — The Girl Singer And Her New Big Band—Rosemary Clooney (Concord)
Songs I Heard—Harry Connick, Jr. (Columbia/Sony)
Romance On Film, Romance On Broadway—Michael Feinstein (Concord)
Keely Sings Sinatra—Keely Smith(Concord)

Best Pop Instrumental Album

AArt—Acoustic Alchemy (Higher Octave Music)
No Substitutions - Live In Osaka—Larry Carlton & Steve Lukather (Favored Nations)
A Smooth Jazz Christmas—Dave Koz And Friends (Capitol)
Voice—Neal Schon (Higher Octave Music)
Unconditional—Kirk Whalum (Warner Bros.)