Sunday, February 10, 2008

Jazz and jazz-related Grammy winners 2008

The winners are on bold

Field 10 — Jazz
Category 45

Best Contemporary Jazz Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of INSTRUMENTAL tracks.)

Party Hats
Will Bernard
[Palmetto Records]

Downright Upright
Brian Bromberg
[Artistry Music]

Re-imagination
Eldar
[Masterworks Jazz]


River: The Joni Letters *
Herbie Hancock
[Verve]


He Had A Hat
Jeff Lorber
[Blue Note]



Category 46
Best Jazz Vocal Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)

Avant Gershwin*
Patti Austin
[Rendezvous Entertainment]


Red Earth - A Malian Journey
Dee Dee Bridgewater
[DDB/Emarcy]

Music Maestro Please
Freddy Cole
[HighNote Records]

Nightmoves
Kurt Elling
[Concord Jazz]

On The Other Side
Tierney Sutton (Band)
[Telarc Jazz]

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.)

Levees
Terence Blanchard, soloist
Track from: A Tale Of God's Will (A Requiem For Katrina)
[Blue Note]


Anagram
Michael Brecker, soloist*
Track from: Pilgrimage
[Heads Up International]


Both Sides Now
Herbie Hancock, soloist
Track from: River: The Joni Letters
[Verve]

Lullaby
Hank Jones, soloist
Track from: Kids: Live At Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola (Joe Lovano and Hank Jones)
[Blue Note]

1000 Kilometers
Paul McCandless, soloist
Track from: 1000 Kilometers (Oregon)
[CamJazz]

Category 48
Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group

(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of INSTRUMENTAL tracks.)

Pilgrimage*
Michael Brecker
[Heads Up International]


Live At The Village Vanguard
The Bill Charlap Trio
[Blue Note]

Kids: Live At Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola
Joe Lovano And Hank Jones
[Blue Note]

Line By Line
John Patitucci
[Concord Jazz]

Back East
Joshua Redman
[Nonesuch Records]


Category 49
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album

(For large jazz ensembles, including big band sounds. Albums must contain 51% or more INSTRUMENTAL tracks.)

A Tale Of God's Will (A Requiem For Katrina)*
Terence Blanchard
[Blue Note]


Eternal Licks & Grooves
The Bob Florence Limited Edition
[MAMA Records]

Hommage
The Bill Holman Band
[Jazzed Media]

Sky Blue
Maria Schneider Orchestra
[ArtistShare]

With Love
Charles Tolliver Big Band
[Blue Note]

Category 50
Best Latin Jazz Album

(Vocal or Instrumental.)

Funk Tango*
Paquito D'Rivera Quintet?
[Paquito Records]


The Magician
Sammy Figueroa And His Latin Jazz Explosion
[Savant Records]

Borrowed Time (TIEMPO PRESTADO)
Steve Khan
[Tone Center Records]

Refugee
Hector Martignon
[Zoho]

Big Band Urban Folktales
Bobby Sanabria Big Band
[Jazzheads]

Category 44
Best New Age Album

(Vocal or Instrumental.)

Faces Of The Sun
Peter Kater
[Silver Wave Records]

Sacred Journey Of Ku -Kai, Volume 3
Kitaro
[Domo Records, Inc]

One Guitar
Ottmar Liebert
[Spiral Subwave Records]

Southwest
Eric Tingstad
[Cheshire Records]

Crestone*
Paul Winter Consort
[Living Music]


Field 16 — World Music
Category 74
Best Traditional World Music Album

(Vocal or Instrumental.)

When The Soul Is Settled: Music Of Iraq
Rahim Al Haj With Souhail Kaspar
[Smithsonian Folkways Recordings]

From Mali To America
Cheick Hamala Diabate & Bob Carlin
[5-String Productions]

Live At Couleur Café
Konono Nº1
[Crammed Discs/Rykodisc]


African Spirit*
Soweto Gospel Choir
[Shanachie Entertainment]


Singing For Life: Songs Of Hope, Healing, And HIV/AIDS In Uganda
Various Artists
Gregory Barz, producer
[Smithsonian Folkways Recordings]


Category 75
Best Contemporary World Music Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)

Céu
Céu
[Six Degrees Records/Urban Jungle Records/Starbucks Entertainment]

Gil Luminoso
Gilberto Gil
[DRG Brazil]

Momento
Bebel Gilberto
[Ziriguiboom/Crammed Discs/Six Degrees]

Djin Djin*
Angelique Kidjo
[Razor & Tie Direct/Starbucks Entertainment]

An Ancient Muse
Loreena McKennitt
[Verve Records/Universal Music Group]



Category 86
Best Instrumental Arrangement
(An Arranger's Award. (Artist names appear in parentheses.) Singles or Tracks only.)

Ash Wednesday
Harry Connick, Jr., arranger (Harry Connick, Jr.)
Track from: Chanson Du Vieux Carré
[Marsalis Music/Rounder]

Besame Mucho
Steve Wiest, arranger (Maynard Ferguson)
Track from: The One And Only Maynard Ferguson
[Maynard Ferguson Trust]

Black Is The Color Of My True Love's Hair
Frank Macchia, arranger (Frank Macchia & The Prague Orchestra)
Track from: Emotions
[Cacophony]

In A Silent Way*
Vince Mendoza, arranger (Joe Zawinul)
Track from: Brown Street
[Heads Up International]


Yo Tannenbaum (From Bah, Humduck! A Looney Tunes Christmas)
Gordon Goodwin, arranger (Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band)
Track from: Bah, Humduck! A Looney Tunes Christmas - Soundtrack
[Immergent]



Category 87
Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)
(An Arranger's Award. (Artist names appear in parentheses.) Singles or Tracks only.)

Cry Me A River
Jorge Calandrelli, arranger (Ella Fitzgerald & Jorge Calandrelli)
Track from: Love Letters From Ella
[Concord Jazz/Starbucks Entertainment]


I'm Gonna Live Till I Die*
John Clayton, arranger (Queen Latifah)
Track from: Trav'lin' Light
[Verve]


In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning
Jay Ashby, Darmon Meader & Kim Nazarian, arrangers (New York Voices)
Track from: A Day Like This
[MCG Jazz]

Overture/Gershwin Medley
Michael Abene, arranger (Patti Austin)
Track from: Avant Gershwin
[Rendezvous Entertainment]

Smile
Pete McGuinness, arranger (The Pete McGuinness Jazz Orchestra)
Track from: First Flight
[Summit Records]


Category 2
Album Of The Year
(Award to the Artist(s) and to the Album Producer(s), Recording Engineer(s)/Mixer(s) & Mastering Engineer(s), if other than the artist.)

Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace
Foo Fighters
Gil Norton, producer; Adrian Bushby & Rich Costey, engineers/mixers; Brian Gardner, mastering engineer
[Roswell/RCA Records]

These Days
Vince Gill
John Anderson, Guy Clark, Rodney Crowell, Diana Krall & The Del McCoury Band, featured artists; Vince Gill, John Hobbs & Justin Niebank, producers; Neal Cappellino & Justin Niebank, engineers/mixers; Adam Ayan, mastering engineer
[MCA Nashville]


River: The Joni Letters*
Herbie Hancock
Leonard Cohen, Norah Jones, Joni Mitchell, Corinne Bailey Rae, Luciana Souza & Tina Turner, featured artists; Herbie Hancock & Larry Klein, producers; Helik Hadar, engineer/mixer; Bernie Grundman, mastering engineer
[Verve]


Graduation
Kanye West
Dwele, Lil Wayne, Mos Def & T-Pain, featured artists; Warryn "Baby Dubb" Campbell, Mike Dean, Eric Hudson, Brian "Allday" Miller, Nottz, Patrick "Plain Pat" Reynolds, Gee Roberson, Toomp & Kanye West, producers; Craig Bauer, Bruce Buechner, Andrew Dawson, Mike Dean, Anthony Kilhoffer, Greg Koller, Manny Marroquin, Nottz Raw, Tony Rey, Seiji Sekine, Paul Sheehy & D. Sloan, engineers/mixers; Vlado Meller, mastering engineer
[Roc-A-Fella Records]


Back To Black
Amy Winehouse
Mark Ronson & Salaam Remi, producers; Tom Elmhirst, Vaughan Merrick, Dom Morley, Gary Noble, Derek Pacuk, Matt Paul, Mark Ronson, Gabriel Roth & Franklin Socorro, engineers/mixers; Stuart Hawkes, mastering engineer
[Universal Republic Records]


Category 108
Best Classical Crossover Album
(Award to the Artist(s) and/or to the Conductor.)

The Jazz Album - Watch What Happens
Thomas Quasthoff
[Deutsche Grammophon]

A Love Supreme: The Legacy Of John Coltrane*
Turtle Island Quartet
[Telarc]


Spirit Of The Season
Craig Jessop & Mack Wilberg, conductors (Mormon Tabernacle Choir; Orchestra At Temple Square)
[Mormon Tabernacle Choir]

Whirled Chamber Music
Quartet San Francisco
[Violinjazz Recordings]

Wolfgang's Big Night Out
Brian Setzer (The Brian Setzer Orchestra)
[Surfdog Records]

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