2009 Grammy Award Nominations - Jazz

[Bud]

Names with Diana connections include Terence Blanchard, Christian McBride, and Peter Erskine:
http://www.grammy.com/grammy_awards/51s ... st.aspx#10

Field 10 — Jazz

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 (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)
[Monterey Jazz Festival Records]

* 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)
[Monterey Jazz Festival Records]

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]

[Samuel]

Oh thanks for posting this Bud. I really was wondering about Grammy these days.