And the winners of the 59th Annual Grammy Awards are...
JAZZ
Best Contemporary Instrumental Album:
Culcha Vulcha
Snarky Puppy (Ground Up Music)
Human Nature — Herb Alpert (Herb Alpert Presents)
When You Wish Upon A Star — Bill Frisell (Okeh Records)
Way Back Home: Live From Rochester, NY— Steve Gadd (BFM Jazz)
Unspoken — Chuck Loeb (Shanachie Entertainment)
Best Improvised Jazz Solo:
“I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry”
John Scofield
“Countdown” — Joey Alexander
“In Movement” — Ravi Coltrane
“We See” — Fred Hersch
“I Concentrate On You” — Brad Mehldau
Best Jazz Vocal Album:
Take Me To The Alley
Gregory Porter
Sound Of Red — René Marie
Upward Spiral — Branford Marsalis Quartet With Special Guest Kurt Elling
Harlem On My Mind — Catherine Russell
The Sting Variations — The Tierney Sutton Band
Best Jazz Instrumental Album:
Country For Old Men
John Scofield
Book Of Intuition — Kenny Barron Trio
Dr. Um — Peter Erskine
Sunday Night At The Vanguard — The Fred Hersch Trio
Nearness — Joshua Redman & Brad Mehldau
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album:
Presidential Suite: Eight Variations On Freedom
Ted Nash Big Band
Real Enemies — Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society
Presents Monk’estra, Vol. 1 — John Beasley
Kaleidoscope Eyes: Music Of The Beatles — John Daversa
All L.A. Band — Bob Mintzer
Best Latin Jazz Album
Tribute To Irakere: Live In Marciac
Chucho Valdes
Entre Colegas — Andy Gonzalez
Madera Latino: A Latin Jazz Perspective On The Music Of Woody Shaw — Brian Lynch & Various Artists
Canto América — Michael Spiro/Wayne Wallace La Orquesta Sinfonietta
30 — Trio Da Paz
MUSIC FOR VISUAL MEDIA
Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media:
“Miles Ahead”
(Miles Davis & Various Artists)
“Amy” — (Various Artists)
“Straight Outta Compton” — (Various Artists)
“Suicide Squad” (Collector’s Edition) — (Various Artists)
“Vinyl: The Essentials Season 1” — (Various Artists)
JAZZ
Best Contemporary Instrumental Album:
Culcha Vulcha Snarky Puppy (Ground Up Music)
Human Nature — Herb Alpert (Herb Alpert Presents)
When You Wish Upon A Star — Bill Frisell (Okeh Records)
Way Back Home: Live From Rochester, NY— Steve Gadd (BFM Jazz)
Unspoken — Chuck Loeb (Shanachie Entertainment)
Best Improvised Jazz Solo:
“I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry” John Scofield
“Countdown” — Joey Alexander
“In Movement” — Ravi Coltrane
“We See” — Fred Hersch
“I Concentrate On You” — Brad Mehldau
Best Jazz Vocal Album:
Take Me To The Alley Gregory Porter
Sound Of Red — René Marie
Upward Spiral — Branford Marsalis Quartet With Special Guest Kurt Elling
Harlem On My Mind — Catherine Russell
The Sting Variations — The Tierney Sutton Band
Best Jazz Instrumental Album:
Country For Old Men John Scofield
Book Of Intuition — Kenny Barron Trio
Dr. Um — Peter Erskine
Sunday Night At The Vanguard — The Fred Hersch Trio
Nearness — Joshua Redman & Brad Mehldau
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album:
Presidential Suite: Eight Variations On Freedom Ted Nash Big Band
Real Enemies — Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society
Presents Monk’estra, Vol. 1 — John Beasley
Kaleidoscope Eyes: Music Of The Beatles — John Daversa
All L.A. Band — Bob Mintzer
Best Latin Jazz Album
Tribute To Irakere: Live In Marciac Chucho Valdes
Entre Colegas — Andy Gonzalez
Madera Latino: A Latin Jazz Perspective On The Music Of Woody Shaw — Brian Lynch & Various Artists
Canto América — Michael Spiro/Wayne Wallace La Orquesta Sinfonietta
30 — Trio Da Paz
MUSIC FOR VISUAL MEDIA
Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media:
“Miles Ahead” (Miles Davis & Various Artists)
“Amy” — (Various Artists)
“Straight Outta Compton” — (Various Artists)
“Suicide Squad” (Collector’s Edition) — (Various Artists)
“Vinyl: The Essentials Season 1” — (Various Artists)
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