2013 Jazz Grammy Nominees
Okay Jazz Family here are the 2013 Grammy Nominees in the Jazz categories:
Best Improvised Jazz Solo
Cross Roads
Ravi Coltrane, soloist
Track from: Spirit Fiction
[Blue Note]
Hot House
Gary Burton & Chick Corea, soloists
Track from: Hot House
[Concord Jazz]
Alice In Wonderland
Chick Corea, soloist
Track from: Further Explorations (Chick Corea, Eddie Gomez & Paul Motian)
[Concord Jazz]
J. Mac
Kenny Garrett, soloist
Track from: Seeds From The Underground
[Mack Avenue Records]
Ode
Brad Mehldau, soloist
Track from: Ode (Brad Mehldau Trio)
[Nonesuch]
Best Jazz Vocal Album
Soul Shadows
Denise Donatelli
[Savant Records]
1619 Broadway: The Brill Building Project
Kurt Elling
[Concord Jazz]
Live
Al Jarreau (And The Metropole Orkest)
[Concord]
The Book Of Chet
Luciana Souza
[Sunnyside Records]
Radio Music Society
Esperanza Spalding
[Heads Up International
Best Jazz Instrumental Album
Further Explorations
Chick Corea, Eddie Gomez & Paul Motian
[Concord Jazz]
Hot House
Chick Corea & Gary Burton
[Concord Jazz]
Seeds From The Underground
Kenny Garrett
[Mack Avenue Records]
Blue Moon
Ahmad Jamal
[Jazz Village]
Unity Band
Pat Metheny Unity Band
[Nonesuch]
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
Centennial: Newly Discovered Works Of Gil Evans
Gil Evans Project
[ArtistShare]
For The Moment
Bob Mintzer Big Band
[MCG Jazz]
Dear Diz (Every Day I Think Of You)
Arturo Sandoval
[Concord Jazz]
Best Latin Jazz Album
Flamenco Sketches
Chano Domínguez
[Blue Note]
¡Ritmo!
The Clare Fischer Latin Jazz Big Band
[Clare Fischer Productions/Clavo Records]
Multiverse
Bobby Sanabria Big Band
[Jazzheads]
Duos III
Luciana Souza
[Sunnyside Records]
New Cuban Express
Manuel Valera New Cuban Express
[Mavo Records]
And in addition to those listed above:
- Robert Glasper’s genre busting album Black Radio (Blue Note) received two nominations in the R & B categories – R & B Album of the Year and “Best R & B Performance (It’s Gonna Be Alright (F.T.B.) – featuring Ledisi
- Gregory Porter was nominated for Best Traditional R & B performance for “Real Good Hands” from his Be Good album (Motema)
Congratulations to all who were nominated. More info and opinions on the nominees later. By the way, it’s good to see the Latin Jazz award back where it belongs.
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