Best Instrumental Composition
(A Composers Award for an original composition (not an adaptation) first released during the Eligibility Year. Singles or Tracks only.)
* Borat In Syracuse
Paquito D'Rivera, composer (Paquito D'Rivera Quintet)
Track from: Jazz-Clazz
[Timba Records]
* Counting To Infinity
Tim Davies, composer (Tim Davies Big Band)
Track from: Dialmentia
[Origin Records]
* Fluffy
Bob Florence, composer (Bob Florence Limited Edition)
Track from: Legendary
[MAMA Records]
* Ice-Nine
Steve Wiest, composer (University Of North Texas One OClock Lab Band)
Track from: Lab 2009
[North Texas Jazz]
* Married Life (From Up)
Michael Giacchino, composer (Michael Giacchino)
Track from: Up Soundtrack
[Walt Disney Records]
Other Jazz Grammy nominations:
Best Contemporary Jazz Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of INSTRUMENTAL tracks.)
* Urbanus
Stefon Harris & Blackout
[Concord Jazz]
* Sounding Point
Julian Lage
[Emarcy/Decca]
* At Worlds Edge
Philippe Saisse
[E1 Music]
* Big Neighborhood
Mike Stern
[Heads Up International]
* 75
Joe Zawinul & The Zawinul Syndicate
[Heads Up International]
Best Jazz Vocal Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)
* 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]
Best Improvised Jazz Solo
(For an instrumental jazz solo performance. Two equal performers on one recording may be eligible as one entry. If the soloist listed appears on a recording billed to another artist, the latters name is in parenthesis for identification. Singles or Tracks only.)
* 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 Zenn, soloist
Track from: Esta Plena
[Marsalis Music]
Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of INSTRUMENTAL tracks.)
* 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]
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
(For large jazz ensembles, including big band sounds. Albums must contain 51% or more INSTRUMENTAL tracks.)
* Legendary
Bob Florence Limited Edition
[MAMA Records]
* Eternal Interlude
John Hollenbeck Large Ensemble
[Sunnyside]
* Fun Time
Sammy Nestico And The SWR Big Band
[Hnssler Classic]
* Book One
New Orleans Jazz Orchestra
[World Village]
* Lab 2009
University Of North Texas One OClock Lab Band
[North Texas Jazz]
Best Latin Jazz Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)
* Things I Wanted To Do
Chembo Corniel
[Chemboro Records]
* urea
Geoffrey Keezer
[ArtistShare]
* Brazilliance X 4
Claudio Roditi
[Resonance Records]
* Juntos Para Siempre
Bebo Valds And Chucho Valds
[Sony Music/Calle 54]
* Esta Plena
Miguel Zenn
[Marsalis Music]
Best Instrumental Arrangement
(An Arrangers Award. (Artist names appear in parentheses.) Singles or Tracks only.)
* Emmanuel
Jeremy Lubbock, arranger (Chris Botti & Lucia Micarelli)
Track from: In Boston
[Columbia]
* Hope
Vince Mendoza, arranger (Jim Beard With Vince Mendoza & The Metropole Orchestra)
Track from: Revolutions
[Sunny Side Records]
* Slings And Arrows
Vince Mendoza, arranger (Chuck Owen & The Jazz Surge)
Track from: The Comets Tail: Performing The Compositions Of Michael Brecker
[MAMA Records]
* Up With End Credits (From Up)
Michael Giacchino, arranger (Michael Giacchino)
Track from: Up Soundtrack
[Walt Disney Records]
* West Side Story Medley
Bill Cunliffe, arranger (Resonance Big Band)
Track from: Resonance Big Band Plays Tribute To Oscar Peterson
[Resonance Records]
Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)
(An Arrangers Award. (Artist names appear in parentheses.) Singles or Tracks only.)
* A Change Is Gonna Come
David Foster & Jerry Hey, arrangers (Seal)
Track from: Soul
[143/Warner Bros.]
* Dedicated To You
Laurence Hobgood, arranger (Kurt Elling)
Track from: Dedicated To You: Kurt Elling Sings The Music Of Coltrane And Hartman
[Concord Jazz]
* In The Still Of The Night
Thomas Zink, arranger (Anne Walsh)
Track from: Pretty World
[AtoZink Music]
* My One And Only Thrill
Vince Mendoza, arranger (Melody Gardot)
Track from: My One And Only Thrill
[Verve]
* Quiet Nights
Claus Ogerman, arranger (Diana Krall)
Track from: Quiet Nights
[Verve]