Grammy Winners 2017 - Jazz List

Source: All About Jazz
February 13, 2017
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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)

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