51st Annual Grammy Awards Nominations Lists
(Lista dos Indicados ao Grammy 2009)
Here's the list of jazz-related albums and artists that were nominated tonight for the 2009 Grammy Awards
For recordings released during the Eligibility Year (October 1, 2007 through September 30, 2008)
Gilberto Gil (on the "Best Contemporary World Music Album" category) is the only Brazilian artist nominated. Jazz greats such as perennial winner Pat Metheny, Bob Brookmeyer, Carla Bley, Joe Lovano, the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, Bob James' Fourplay quartet, Alan Pasqua, the late Dave Carpenter, singers Cassandra Wilson and Norma Winstone, and my dear friends Randy Brecker, Johh McLaughlin, Claus Ogerman, Don Sebesky and Chick Corea are on the list.
The results will be announced on Febraury 08, 2009, from Staples Center (Los Angeles) during the Grammy Telecast on the CBS Television Network.
And the Nominees are:
Category 45
Best Contemporary Jazz Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of INSTRUMENTAL tracks.)
Randy In Brasil
Randy Brecker [MAMA Records]
Floating Point
John McLaughlin [Abstract Logix]
Cannon Re-Loaded: All-Star Celebration Of Cannonball Adderley
(Various Artists)
Gregg Field & Tom Scott, producers [Concord Jazz]
Miles From India
(Various Artists)
Bob Belden, producer [4Q/Times Square Records]
Lifecycle
Yellowjackets Featuring Mike Stern [Heads Up International]
Category 46
Best Jazz Vocal Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)
Imagina: Songs Of Brasil
Karrin Allyson [Concord Jazz]
Breakfast On The Morning Tram
Stacey Kent [Blue Note]
If Less Is More...Nothing Is Everything
Kate McGarry [Palmetto Records]
Loverly
Cassandra Wilson [Blue Note]
Distances
Norma Winstone (with Glauco Venier & Klaus Gesing) [ECM]
Category 47
Best Jazz Instrumental 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 latter's name is in parenthesis for identification. Singles or Tracks only.)
Be-Bop
Terence Blanchard, soloist
Track from: Live At The 2007 Monterey Jazz Festival (Monterey Jazz Festival 50th Anniversary All-Stars) [MJF]
Seven Steps To Heaven
Till Brönner, soloist
Track from: The Standard (Take 6) [Heads Up International]
Waltz For Debby
Gary Burton & Chick Corea, soloists
Track from: The New Crystal Silence [Concord Records]
Son Of Thirteen
Pat Metheny, soloist
Track from: Day Trip [Nonesuch Records]
Be-Bop
James Moody, soloist
Track from: Live At The 2007 Monterey Jazz Festival (Monterey Jazz Festival 50th Anniversary All-Stars) [MJF]
Category 48
Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of INSTRUMENTAL tracks.)
The New Crystal Silence
Chick Corea & Gary Burton [Concord Records]
History, Mystery
Bill Frisell [Nonesuch Records]
Brad Mehldau Trio: Live
Brad Mehldau Trio [Nonesuch Records]
Day Trip
Pat Metheny With Christian McBride & Antonio Sanchez [Nonesuch Records]
Standards
Alan Pasqua, Dave Carpenter & Peter Erskine Trio [Fuzzy Music]
Category 49
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
(For large jazz ensembles, including big band sounds. Albums must contain 51% or more INSTRUMENTAL tracks.)
Appearing Nightly
Carla Bley And Her Remarkable Big Band [WATT]
Act Your Age
Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band [Immergent]
Symphonica
Joe Lovano With WDR Big Band & Rundfunk Orchestra [Blue Note]
Blauklang
Vince Mendoza [Act Music and Vision (AMV)]
Monday Night Live At The Village Vanguard
The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra [Planet Arts Recordings]
Category 50
Best Latin Jazz Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)
Afro Bop Alliance
Caribbean Jazz Project [Heads Up International]
The Latin Side Of Wayne Shorter
Conrad Herwig & The Latin Side Band [Half Note Records]
Song For Chico
Arturo O'Farrill & The Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra [Zoho]
Nouveau Latino
Nestor Torres [Diamond Light Records]
Marooned/Aislado
Papo Vázquez The Mighty Pirates [Picaro Records]
Category 85
Best Instrumental Composition
(A Composer's Award for an original composition (not an adaptation) first released during the Eligibility Year. Singles or Tracks only.)
The Adventures Of Mutt (From Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull)
John Williams, composer (John Williams)
Track from: Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull — Soundtrack [Concord Records]
Alegria
Chick Corea, composer (Chick Corea & Gary Burton)
Track from: The New Crystal Silence [Concord Records]
Claire's Closet
Russell Ferrante, composer (Yellowjackets Featuring Mike Stern)
Track from: Lifecycle [Heads Up International]
Danzón De Etiqueta
Dave Grusin, composer (Lee Ritenour & Dave Grusin)
Track from: Amparo [Decca]
Hit The Ground Running
Gordon Goodwin, composer (Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band)
Track from: Act Your Age [Immergent]
Category 86
Best Instrumental Arrangement
(An Arranger's Award. (Artist names appear in parentheses.) Singles or Tracks only.)
Define Dancing (From Wall-E)
Peter Gabriel & Thomas Newman, arrangers (Thomas Newman)
Track from: Wall-E — Soundtrack [Walt Disney Records]
Down In The Valley
Frank Macchia, arranger (Frank Macchia Featuring The Prague Orchestra)
Track from: Landscapes [Cacophony]
Duke Ellington's Sound Of Love
Michael Abene, arranger (Joe Lovano With WDR Big Band & Rundfunk Orchestra)
Track from: Symphonica [Blue Note]
St. Louis Blues
Bob Brookmeyer, arranger (The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra)
Track from: Monday Night Live At The Village Vanguard [Planet Arts Recordings]
Yesterdays
Gordon Goodwin, arranger (Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band Featuring Art Tatum)
Track from: Act Your Age [Immergent]
Category 87
Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)
(An Arranger's Award. (Artist names appear in parentheses.) Singles or Tracks only.)
Alfie
Vince Mendoza, arranger (Traincha & The Metropole Orchestra)
Track from: The Look Of Love — Burt Bacharach Songbook [Blue Note]
Grace
Cedric Dent, arranger (Take 6)
Track from: The Standard [Heads Up International]
Here's That Rainy Day
Nan Schwartz, arranger (Natalie Cole)
Track from: Still Unforgettable [DMI Records]
Johnny One Note
Don Sebesky, arranger (John Pizzarelli)
Track from: With A Song In My Heart [Telarc International]
Lazy Afternoon
Claus Ogerman, arranger (Danilo Perez; vocalist: Cassandra Wilson)
Track from: Across The Crystal Sea [Emarcy]
Category 75
Best Contemporary World Music Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)
Shake Away
Lila Downs [Manhattan Records/Blue Note]
Banda Larga Cordel
Gilberto Gil [Warner Music Latina]
Global Drum Project
Mickey Hart, Zakir Hussain, Sikiru Adepoju & Giovanni Hidalgo [Shout! Factory]
Rokku Mi Rokka (Give And Take)
Youssou N'Dour [Nonesuch Records]
Live At The Nelson Mandela Theater
Soweto Gospel Choir [Shanachie Entertainment]
Category 44
Best New Age Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)
Meditations
William Ackerman [Compass Productions]
Pathfinder
Will Clipman [Canyon Records]
Peace Time
Jack DeJohnette [Golden Beams/Kindred Rhythm]
Ambrosia
Peter Kater [Point Of Light Records]
The Scent Of Light
Ottmar Liebert & Luna Negra [SSRI]
Category 14
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)
Still Unforgettable
Natalie Cole [DMI Records]
The Sinatra Project
Michael Feinstein [Concord Music Group]
Noël
Josh Groban [143/Reprise]
In The Swing Of Christmas
Barry Manilow [Hallmark/Arista]
Rufus Does Judy At Carnegie Hall
Rufus Wainwright [Geffen]
Category 10
Best Pop Instrumental Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of INSTRUMENTAL tracks.)
Sax For Stax
Gerald Albright [Peak Records]
Greatest Hits Rerecorded Volume One
Larry Carlton [335 Records]
Jingle All The Way
Béla Fleck & The Flecktones [Rounder]
The Spice Of Life
Earl Klugh [Koch Records]
A Night Before Christmas
Spyro Gyra [Heads Up International]
Category 9
Best Pop Instrumental Performance
(For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances, without vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)
Love Appetite
Steve Cropper & Felix Cavaliere
Track from: Nudge It Up A Notch [Stax]
I Dreamed There Was No War
Eagles
Track from: Long Road Out Of Eden [Eagles Recording Company II]
Fortune Teller
Fourplay
Track from: Energy [Heads Up International]
Steppin' Out
Stanley Jordan
Track from: State Of Nature [Mack Avenue Records]
Blast!
Marcus Miller
Track from: Marcus [Concord Jazz]
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