Smooth Jazz Chart - Weekly Top 20 - February 25, 2019 #jazz

TW - LW - Artist - Album - (Label)
1 - 3 - Jazz Funk Soul - "Life And Times" - (Shanachie Entertainment)
2 - 1 - Paul Brown - "Uptown Blues" - (Woodward Avenue)
3 - 2 - Vincent Ingala - "Personal Touch" - (Shanachie Entertainment)
4 - 5 - Nick Colionne - "Just Being Me" - (Trippin 'N' Rhythm)
5 - 6 - Byron Miller - "Psychobass 2" - (Byron Lee Miller Studios)
6 - 14 - Brian Bromberg - "Thicker Than Water" - (Mack Avenue Records)
7 - 4 - Paul Hardcastle - "Hardcastle VIII" - (Trippin 'N' Rhythem)
8 - 19 - Keiko Matsui - "Echo" - (Shanachie Entertainment)
9 - 13 - John Novello - "Good To Go" - (529 Music)
10 - 7 - Boney James - "Honestly" - (Concord Music Group)
11 - 16 - Gerald Albright - "30" - (Bright)
12 - 17 - Norman Brown - "The Highest Act of Love" - (Shanachie Entertainment)
13 - 8 - Eric Darius - "Breakin' Thru - (SagiDarius Music)
14 - 9 - Lindsey Webster - "Love Inside" - (Shanachie Entertainment)
15 - 23 - Darren Rahn - "Moxified" - (Side 2 Music)
16 - 10 - Adam Hawley - "Double Vision" - (Kalimba)
17 - 18 - Chris Standring - "Sunlight" - (Ultimate Vibe)
18 - 11 - The JT Project - "Backyard Brew" - (JT Project Records)
19 - 20 - Will Donato - "Infinite Soul" - (Innervision Records)
20 - 12 - Jazmin Ghent - "The Story Of Jaz" - (Jazmin Ghent Music)

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Bassist Allen Carman and a masterful collective team to define their own brand of music they call “Carmanology” #jazz

Grammy-winning guitar legend Nile Rodgers ignites “State of Mine,” the explosive new single from The Allen Carman Project’s debut album dropping April 5.

It started out as just a few friends having fun making music together but grew into a recording project that to date has placed three singles on the Billboard chart with a fourth, “State of Mine,” certain to follow suit, in part due to the distinctive rhythmic riffing of Grammy-winning guitar legend Nile Rodgers. Bassist Allen Carman shelved his music aspirations twenty years ago only to rekindle them after reconnecting with percussionist Gumbi Ortiz and keyboardist Philippe Saisse a couple years ago. Joined by drummer Luis Alicea, the quartet became The Allen Carman Project, a band scrapbooking contemporary jazz, R&B, Latin, Afro Cuban, funk and fusion with a bolt of added star power from prominent soloists: Rodgers, saxophonist Andy Snitzer, trumpeter Rick Braun and guitarist Marc Antoine. In the process, the “Carmanology” album, produced by Ortiz and Saisse and featuring eight original songs, introduces the sound of an exciting and creative collaborative that will drop their debut disc April 5 on the ACP Music label. 

     

When Ortiz convinced Carman to work on some new tracks with him and Saisse, expectations were modest. Saisse penned the premiere single “Groove Salad,” a nourishing blend of contemporary jazz tossed with generous servings of Snitzer’s zesty sax. The title track dropped next, defining the outfit’s sound palette as an inventive mix of future meets familiar on a cut that portrays a vividly-realized fantasy where kinetic go-go beats and horn-powered funk coexist with vibrant jazz piano and sax theatrics. On the third single, Snitzer rampages through “Hearsay,” stirring a maelstrom amidst taunting bass, cascading rhythms and exuberant harmonies. Fourth up, Braun’s muted trumpet lends atmospheric elements to “Morning After” while Snitzer’s bellowing saxophone testifies in emphatic support of Carman’s elastic basslines and Saisse’s rapturous keyboard vocalizations. Other highlights on the “Carmanology” collection include the breezy Latin-jazz oeuvre “Carisma” on which Antoine’s nylon guitar leads the exotic exploration; a sprawling aural adventure through “El Fanfaron” boosted by Carman’s boundless bass, Ortiz’s exhilarating percussion attack and the combustive horns of Don Harris and Bill Harris; and just when you think you’ve got the band’s sonic trajectory figured out, they augment “Bodega” with Evan Garr’s mind-blowing electric violin.  

“When Gumbi and I started talking about making a record, I was super excited. My only expectation was to make a great record with great musicians. This album has far exceeded those expectations. It has always been a dream of mine to make a record with top-quality musicians and good songs. I put that dream on hold many moons ago when I joined the ‘civilian’ world and became a lawyer. However, I always felt like a musician first and a lawyer second. I never gave up on my passion to play,” said Carman, a South Jersey native who first met Ortiz in the mid-80s on the Tampa music scene when they played in local bands.

Ortiz, Saisse and Alicea established their chemistry years ago while backing guitar great Al Di Meola. Garr was also part of that band. Before deciding to go to law school, Carman toured extensively, performing with an array of artists. He’s looking forward to touring with The Allen Carman Project during a spring trek in support of the record release.

“I can’t wait to get out on the road with these fabulous musicians and play for live audiences. It will be magical.”  

“Carmanology” contains the following songs:

“Groove Salad”

“Hearsay”

“Carisma”

“State of Mine”

“Morning After”

“Carmanology”

“El Fanfaron”

“Bodega”

“River”

For more information, please visit https://theallencarmanproject.com.

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Jazz guitarist Reza Khan finds “Home” while traveling abroad #jazz

The single, “Drop of Faith” featuring Nils, will pave the arrival of his fifth album,

“Next Train Home,” arriving April 5.

Severely dehydrated from the oppressive heat during his travels from Mali to Uganda, Reza Khan was hospitalized after collapsing in a United Nations office. To avoid the lengthy hospitalization prescribed by doctors, he convinced them that he would recover faster if he was ensconced in a hotel room instead. During that five-day stay, he broke out his portable guitar and wrote the title track for his fifth album, “Next Train Home,” which drops April 5.  

The New York City-based, Bangladesh-born Khan serves as program manager for the UN, contributing to peace and conflict operations throughout Europe, Africa and the Middle East. During the six-week trek abroad, he wrote the twelve songs for the album, recording the conceptual ideas on his laptop using a folding guitar and a simple keyboard that he travels with in his backpack. After experimenting with rock, pop, world music and soul-jazz over the course of his first four albums, Khan believes that composing the music for “Next Train Home” took him in a creative direction that led to his self-discovery as an artist in search of a “home.”  

“The title ‘Next Train Home’ represents a destination where I feel totally comfortable and at ease surrounded by familiar sounds, emotions and conviction as an artist. The ‘Home’ is testament of a destination as an artist looking for a signature in recognition, style and branding. After a long soul-searching exercise moving from genre to genre, I feel like I am finally settled as a writer, composer and stylist. Artistic direction found, the destination is identified thus I am ready to take the next train home,” said Khan, who produced the record.

Khan’s musical home is a richly-cultured composite of straight-ahead and contemporary jazz, global beats and rhythms, and a strong Brazilian jazz inflection. When he was deemed healthy enough to return home to New York, Khan enhanced the tracks with a full complement of noted contemporary jazz kingpins: guitarist Nils, saxophonists Jeff Kashiwa and Andy Snitzer, keyboardist Philippe Saisse, pianist Matt King, bassist Mark Egan, horn man David Mann (sax and flute) and percussionist Gumbi Ortiz. Mauricio Zottarelli and Graham Hawthorne shared the drum throne equitably.

“Next Train Home” is a multi-format collection that will be serviced to both jazz and smooth/contemporary jazz outlets for airplay. Khan co-produced the first single, “Drop of Faith” with Nils. It’s an inspirational offering showcasing Khan’s nimble nylon guitar gymnastics on the verses while Nils’s celestial electric guitar illumines the invigorating chorus.

“It’s a song about the courage I used to embark upon this new artistic journey with a smile on my face and sunshine in my eyes. I know I had to trust my instinct and follow my heart,” added Khan, who will celebrate the album release with a May 9 concert date at the City Winery NYC. 

Khan was reared in a musical household where the foundation of his musical palette was Indian classical music. Initially a percussionist (tabla), he then studied sitar and sarod before being exposed to - and subsequently falling in love with - pop-rock music (Peter Frampton, Eagles, Grand Funk and America). That’s when he switched to guitar, embracing the recordings of Pat Metheny and other contemporary jazz guitar greats. After forming a band called Yours Truly in Bangladesh where they sold more than 500,000 albums, Khan shelved his musical muse in favor of his fledgling path in international relations. In time, he found a way to indulge both passions, dropping his first solo disc, “Painted Diaries,” in 2008. Subsequent releases followed – “A Simple Plan” (2011), “The Dreamwalker” (2013) and “Wind Dance” (2016) – and a few years ago, Khan returned to the stage. Playing shows for sold-out crowds at venerable New York City venues and at a variety of festivals, his eclectic resume of gigs boasts playing in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Las Vegas, San Diego, Dubai and Kuwait. Khan has cultivated a devout East Coast fanbase that he aims to spread west with the arrival of “Next Train Home.”               

“Next Train Home” contains the following songs:

“Drop of Faith” featuring Nils

“Gathering” featuring Jeff Kashiwa and Philippe Saisse

“Clear Skies”

“It’s About Time” featuring Jeff Kashiwa and Matt King

“Beyond the Trees” featuring Andy Snitzer

“Zero Tolerance” featuring Philippe Saisse and David Mann

“Club 368” featuring David Mann

“Plutonik” featuring Philippe Saisse

“The Way”

“Cloud Nine” featuring Andy Snitzer

“Under the Moon” featuring David Mann

“Next Train Home” featuring Mark Egan and Matt King  

For more information, please visit http://www.rezakhanmusic.com.

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Smooth Jazz Chart - Weekly Top 20 - February 18, 2019 #jazz

TW - LW - Artist - Album - (Label)
1 - 4 - Paul Brown - "Uptown Blues" - (Woodward Avenue)
2 - 3 - Vincent Ingala - "Personal Touch" - (Shanachie Entertainment)
3 - 1 - Jazz Funk Soul - "Life And Times" - (Shanachie Entertainment)
4 - 2 - Paul Hardcastle - "Hardcastle VIII" - (Trippin 'N' Rhythem)
5 - 5 - Nick Colionne - "Just Being Me" - (Trippin 'N' Rhythm)
6 - 6 - Byron Miller - "Psychobass 2" - (Byron Lee Miller Studios)
7 - 15 - Boney James - "Honestly" - (Concord Music Group)
8 - 7 - Eric Darius - "Breakin' Thru - (SagiDarius Music)
9 - 8 - Lindsey Webster - "Love Inside" - (Shanachie Entertainment)
10 - 10 - Adam Hawley - "Double Vision" - (Kalimba)
11 - 22 - The JT Project - "Backyard Brew" - (JT Project Records)
12 - 18 - Jazmin Ghent - "The Story Of Jaz" - (Jazmin Ghent Music)
13 - 9 - John Novello - "Good To Go" - (529 Music)
14 - 16 - Brian Bromberg - "Thicker Than Water" - (Mack Avenue Records)
15 - 11 - Peabo Bryson - "Stand For Love" - (Perspective)
16 - 12 - Gerald Albright - "30" - (Bright)
17 - 20 - Norman Brown - "The Highest Act of Love" - (Shanachie Entertainment)
18 - 19 - Chris Standring - "Sunlight" - (Ultimate Vibe)
19 - 21 - Keiko Matsui - "Echo" - (Shanachie Entertainment)
20 - 23 - Will Donato - "Infinite Soul" - (Innervision Records)

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Brian Culbertson’s “Colors” comes alive #jazz

The electric entertainer captured his hit-filled Colors of Love Tour in Las Vegas for his first live concert video that dropped Valentine’s Day as a stunning Blu-ray and double CD.

Fans have been asking multi-instrumentalist hitmaker Brian Culbertson for years, “When are you going to put out a concert video?” As the dynamic performer rolled out his elaborate Colors of Love Tour on a 77-show, 14-week journey last year, he knew he had to capture the magic. Filmed during his stop in the neon city, “Colors of Love Tour – Live in Las Vegas” was released by BCM Entertainment on Valentine’s Day as a Blu-ray disc and two-disc CD through Culbertson’s site (www.BrianCulbertson.com). Amazon also has the CD set available now and will soon list the Blu-ray. Digital fans can obtain the audio version now from all major digital retail outlets.

  

“I’ve been aspiring to finally film a concert and for this tour, I knew we had an impressive-looking show and a great-sounding band. It’s the most visual show I’ve ever created in terms of the lighting, video elements and wardrobe. It’s stunning. Once the tour started, I knew we had to film it somehow,” said Culbertson about his first live concert video.

The 2018 spring/summer trek was mounted in support of the “Colors of Love” album, a romantic release that dropped last Valentine’s Day and was inspired by Culbertson’s 20^th wedding anniversary. In addition to showcasing the bouquet of love songs from the intimate collection, Culbertson constructed a generous three-act set list comprised of more than two hours of music culled from his extensive catalogue of Billboard No. 1 hits and fan favorites. With the first and third acts centered on the amorous material from “Colors of Love” along with similarly-themed library cuts, the second act is a high-energy, get-down-tonight funk set. Culbertson holds down the keyboards, grand piano, trombone and vocals, sharing the stage and spotlight with his five-piece band – Marqueal Jordan (saxophone, vocals and percussion), Eddie Miller (keyboards, organ and vocals), Tyrone Chase (guitar), Joewaun Scott (bass) and Chris Miskel (drums). They are joined by special guest vocalist Noel Gourdin along with comedic bits from Sinbad that separate each act. 

Three video screens adorned the stage projecting Sinbad’s comedy sketches, a fun cartoon sequence that accompanies the performance of “Mile Sauce,” and photos of Culbertson’s wife, Michelle, and Culbertson’s collaborators, Maurice White (Earth, Wind & Fire) and Bootsy Collins. Helmed by award-winning television producer-director Scott Sternberg in his first full-length concert video, the production utilized ten cameras to film the concert that took place at the Aliante Casino last May. The two-and-a-half-hour performance was lensed in its entirety with the video offering 26 songs plus bonus features, including “BC Medley” from 2016’s Funk! Tour Live, an in-studio performance of “Through the Years,” a solo piano performance of “All My Heart” shot live at SiriusXM, the “Mile Sauce” cartoon, and a commentary track from Culbertson and Miskel.

“The ‘Colors of Love’ album is personal and intimate, so we set out to create a show and video that tells a more personal story. The videos and photos on stage, like the pictures of my wife who inspired the music I wrote, is part of that. Scott (Sternberg) and his crew used unique camera angles so that it feels like you’re on stage with the band when you watch the video. It’s much more up close and personal than most concert videos,” said Culbertson.

Although Culbertson knew early on that he wanted to film the production, what he didn’t know initially was the how and where. After financial backing arrived upon sharing his creative vision for the project, he looked at the itinerary and circled the two-night stand in Las Vegas.

“I earmarked the Vegas dates because I knew the venue has great in-house lighting that would look amazing on camera. We recorded the audio from both nights to have as a backup, but the film crew shot only the one show, so we had to nail it in one take,” said Culbertson.

The video opens with Culbertson walking the Vegas strip filmed overhead by a drone. “I wanted viewers to feel like they are in Las Vegas. It was important for the opening to establish that feeling and location,” said Culbertson. “After we shot the concert, I put on my silver-sequined jacket and we drove the strip at midnight to shoot additional footage for the opener. I can’t wait for people to see the video. It’s really exciting energy.”

To view the trailer for “Colors of Love Tour – Live in Las Vegas,” click https://bit.ly/2OFW1Kp.        

The songs included on the Blu-ray and CD are:

ACT 1

“Love Transcended”

“It’s On Tonight”

“Another Love”

“I Want You”

“Wear It Out”

“You’re My Music” featuring Noel Gourdin

“I Could Get Used To This”

“All About You”

“Hookin’ Up”

“Somethin’ Bout Love”

“Through The Years”

“Colors of Love”

Sinbad – “Kinda Pimpish”

ACT 2

“Feelin’ It”

“Funkin’ Like My Father”

“Always Remember”

“Been Around The World”

“Damn, I’m Hungry”

“Mile Sauce”

“Got To Give It Up”

“Hollywood Swinging”

“Play That Funky Music”

Sinbad – “I’m Black Dangit, 100%”

ACT 3

“Secret Garden”

“Michelle’s Theme”

“On My Mind”

“Colors of Love Reprise”

“Our Love” 

          

For more information, please visit http://www.brianculbertson.com.

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Smooth Jazz Chart - Weekly Top 20 - February 11, 2019 #jazz

TW - LW - Artist - Album - (Label)
1 - 11 - Jazz Funk Soul - "Life And Times" - (Shanachie Entertainment)
2 - 2 - Paul Hardcastle - "Hardcastle VIII" - (Trippin 'N' Rhythem)
3 - 1 - Vincent Ingala - "Personal Touch" - (Shanachie Entertainment)
4 - 20 - Paul Brown - "Uptown Blues" - (Woodward Avenue)
5 - 7 - Nick Colionne - "Just Being Me" - (Trippin 'N' Rhythm)
6 - 9 - Byron Miller - "Psychobass 2" - (Byron Lee Miller Studios)
7 - 14 - Eric Darius - "Breakin' Thru - (SagiDarius Music)
8 - 4 - Lindsey Webster - "Love Inside" - (Shanachie Entertainment)
9 - 12 - John Novello - "Good To Go" - (529 Music)
10 - 19 - Adam Hawley - "Double Vision" - (Kalimba)
11 - 8 - Peabo Bryson - "Stand For Love" - (Perspective)
12 - 6 - Gerald Albright - "30" - (Bright)
13 - 5 - Michael Lington - "Silver Lining" - (Copenhagen)
14 - 13 - Darren Rahn - "Moxified" - (Side 2 Music)
15 - 3 - Boney James - "Honestly" - (Concord Music Group)
16 - 18 - Brian Bromberg - "Thicker Than Water" - (Mack Avenue Records)
17 - 10 - Bob James - "Espresso" - (Evosound)
18 - 16 - Jazmin Ghent - "The Story Of Jaz" - (Jazmin Ghent Music)
19 - 32 - Chris Standring - "Sunlight" - (Ultimate Vibe)
20 - 58 - Norman Brown - "The Highest Act of Love" - (Shanachie Entertainment)

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61st Annual Grammy Award Winners

Album of the Year
Invasion of Privacy, Cardi B
By the Way, I Forgive You, Brandi Carlile
Scorpion, Drake
H.E.R., H.E.R.
Beerbongs & Bentleys, Post Malone
Dirty Computer, Janelle Monáe
Golden Hour, Kacey Musgraves
Black Panther: The Album, Music From and Inspirted by,
(Various Artists)

Record of the Year
I Like It, Cardi B, Bad Bunny and J Balvin
The Joke, Brandi Carlile
This Is America, Childish Gambino
God’s Plan, Drake
Shallow, Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper
All The Stars, Kendrick Lamar and SZA
Rockstar, Post Malone Featuring 21 Savage
The Middle, Zedd, Maren Morris and Grey

Song of The Year
All the Stars, Kendrick Lamar and SZA
Boo’d Up, Ella Mai
God’s Plan, Drake
In My Blood, Shawn Mendes
The Joke, Brandi Carlile
The Middle, Zedd, Maren Morris & Grey
Shallow, Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper
This Is America, Childish Gambino

Best New Artist
Chloe X Halle
Luke Combs
Greta Van Fleet
H.E.R.
Dua Lipa
Margo Price
Bebe Rexha
Jorja Smith

Best Pop Solo Performance
Colors, Beck
Havana (Live), Camila Cabello
God Is a Woman Ariana Grande
Joanne (Where Do You Think You’re Goin’?) Lady Gaga
Better Now, Post Malone

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
Fall in Line, Christina Aguilera Featuring Demi Lovato
Don’t Go Breaking My Heart, Backstreet Boys
‘S Wonderful, Tony Bennett and Diana Krall
Shallow, Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper
Girls Like You Maroon 5 Featuring Cardi B
Say Something, Justin Timberlake Featuring Chris Stapleton
The Middle, Zedd, Maren Morris and Grey

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
Love Is Here to Stay, Tony Bennett and Diana Krall
My Way, Willie Nelson
Nat “King” Cole and Me, Gregory Porter
Standards (Deluxe), Seal
The Music…The Mem’ries…The Magic!, Barbra Streisand

Best Pop Vocal Album
Camila, Camila Cabello
Meaning of Life, Kelly Clarkson
Sweetener, Ariana Grande
Shawn Mendes, Shawn Mendes
Beautiful Trauma, P!nk
Reputation, Taylor Swift

Best Dance Recording
Northern Soul, Above & Beyond Featuring Richard Bedford
Ultimatum, Disclosure (Featuring Fatoumata Diawara)
Losing It, Fisher
Electricity, Silk City and Dua Lipa Featuring Diplo and Mark Ronson
Ghost Voices, Virtual Self

Best Dance/Electronic Album
Singularity, Jon Hopkins
Woman Worldwide, Justice
Treehouse, Sofi Tukker
Oil of Every Pearl’s Un-Insides, Sophie
LUNE ROUGE, Lune Rouge, TokiMonsta

Best Contemporary Instrumental Album
The Emancipation Procrastination, Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah
Steve Gadd Band, Steve Gadd Band
Modern Lore, Julian Lage
Laid Black, Marcus Miller
Protocol 4, Simon Phillips

Best Rock Performance
Four Out of Five, Arctic Monkeys
When Bad Does Good, Chris Cornell
Made An American, The Fever 333
Highway Tune, Greta Van Fleet
Uncomfortable, Halestorm

Best Metal Performance
Condemned to the Gallows, Between The Buried And Me
Honeycomb, Deafheaven
Electric Messiah, High On Fire
Betrayer, Trivium
On My Teeth, Underoath

Best Rock Song
Black Smoke Rising, Greta Van Fleet
Jumpsuit, Twenty One Pilots
Mantra, Bring Me The Horizon
Masseduction, St. Vincent
Rats, Tom Dalgety and A Ghoul Writer, songwriters (Ghost)

Best Rock Album
Rainier Fog, Alice In Chains
M A N I A, Fall Out Boy
Prequelle, Ghost
From the Fires, Greta Van Fleet
Pacific Daydream, Weezer

Best Alternative Music Album
Tranquility Base Hotel + Casino, Arctic Monkeys
Colors, Beck
Utopia, Utopia, Björk
American Utropia, David Byrne
Masseduction, St. Vincent

Best R&B Performance
Long As I Live, Toni Braxton
Summer, The Carters
Y O Y, Lalah Hathaway
Best Part, H.E.R. Featuring Daniel Caesar
First Began, PJ Morton

Best Traditional R&B Performance
Bet Ain’t Worth the Hand, Leon Bridges
Don’t Fall Apart on Me Tonight, Bettye LaVette
Honest, Major
How Deep Is Your Love, PJ Morton Featuring Yebba
Made for Love, Charlie Wilson Featuring Lalah Hathaway

Best R&B Song
Boo’d Up, Ella Mai
Come Through and Chill, Miguel Featuring J. Cole and Salaam Remi
Feels Like Summer, Childish Gambino
Focus, H.E.R.
Long As I Live, Toni Braxton

Best Urban Contemporary Album
Everything Is Love, The Carters
The Kids Are Alright, Chloe x Halle
Chris Dave and the Drumhedz, Chris Dave And The Drumhedz
War & Leisure, Miguel
Ventriloquism, Meshell Ndegeocello

Best R&B Album
Sex & Cigarettes, Toni Braxton
Good Thing, Leon Bridges
Honestly, Lalah Hathaway
H.E.R., H.E.R.
Gumbo Unplugged (Live), PJ Morton

Best Rap Performance
Be Careful, Cardi B
Nice for What, Drake
King’s Dead, Kendrick Lamar, Jay Rock, Future and James Blake Bubblin, Anderson .Paak
SICKO MODE, Travis Scott, Drake, (Big Hawk) and Swae Lee

Best Rap/Sung Performance
Like I Do, Christina Aguilera Featuring Goldlink
Pretty Little Fears, 6lack Featuring J. Cole
This Is America, Childish Gambino
All the Stars, Kendrick Lamar and SZA
Rockstar, Post Malone Featuring 21 Savage

Best Rap Song
God’s Plan, Drake
King’s Dead, Kendrick Lamar, Jay Rock, Future & James Blake
Lucky You, Eminem Featuring Joyner Lucas
SICKO MODE, Travis Scott, Drake, (Big Hawk) and Swae Lee
Win, Jay Rock

Best Rap Album
Invasion of Privacy, Cardi B
Swimming, Mac Miller
Victory Lap, Nipsey Hussle
Daytona, Pusha T
Astroworld, Travis Scott

Best Country Solo Performance
Wouldn’t It Be Great?, Loretta Lynn
Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters, Maren Morris
Butterflies, Kacey Musgraves
Millionaire, Chris Stapleton
Parallel Line, Keith Urban

Best Country Duo/Group Performance
Shoot Me Straight, Brothers Osborne
Tequila, Dan + Shay
When Someone Stops Loving You, Little Big Town
Dear Hate, Maren Morris Featuring Vince Gill
Meant to Be, Bebe Rexha and Florida Georgia Line

Best Country Song
Break Up in the End, Cole Swindell
Dear Hate, Maren Morris Featuring Vince Gill
I Lived It, Blake Shelton
Space Cowboy, Kacey Musgraves 
Tequila, Dan + Shay
WHEN SOMEONE STOPS LOVING YOU, Little Big Town

Best Country Album
Unapologetically, Kelsea Ballerini
Port Saint Joe, Brothers Osborne
Girl Going Nowhere, Ashley McBryde
Golden Hour, Kacey Musgraves
From a Room, Volume 2, Chris Stapleton

Best New Age Album
Hiraeth, Lisa Gerrard and David Kuckhermann
Beloved, Snatam Kaur
Opium Moon, Opium Moon
Molecules of Motion, Steve Roach
Moku Maluhia — Peaceful Island, Jim Kimo West

Best Improvised Jazz Solo
Some of That Sunshine
Don’t Fence Me In 
We See
De-Dah
Cadenas

Best Jazz Vocal Album
My Mood Is You, Freddy Cole
The Questions, Kurt Elling
The Subject Tonight Is Love, Kate McGarry, Keith Ganz, Gary Versace
If You Really Want, Raul Midón With The Metropole Orkest Conducted By Vince Mendoza
The Window Cécile McLorin Salvant

Best Jazz Instrumental Album
Diamond Cut, Tia Fuller
Live in Europe, Fred Hersch Trio
Seymour Reads the Constitution!, Brad Mehldau Trio
Still Dreaming, Joshua Redman, Ron Miles, Scott Colley and Brian Blade
Emanon, The Wayne Shorter Quartet

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
All About That Basie, The Count Basie Orchestra Directed By Scotty Barnhart
American Dreamers: Voices of Hope, Music of Freedom, John Daversa Big Band Featuring DACA Artists
Presence, Orrin Evans And The Captain Black Big Band
All Can Work, John Hollenbeck Large Ensemble
Barefoot Dances and Other Visions, Jim McNeely & The Frankfurt Radio Big Band

Best Latin Jazz Album
Heart of Brazil, Eddie Daniels
Back to the Sunset, Dafnis Prieto Big Band
West Side Story Reimagined, Bobby Sanabria Multiverse Big Band
Cinque, Elio Villafranca
Yo Soy La Tradución, Miguel Zenón Featuring Spektral Quartet

Best Gospel Performance/Song|
You Will Win, Jekalyn Carr; Allen Carr & Jekalyn Carr, songwriters
Won’t He Do It, Koryn Hawthorne
Never Alone, Tori Kelly Featuring Kirk Franklin; Kirk Franklin & Victoria Kelly, songwriters
Cycles, Jonathan McReynolds Featuring DOE; Jonathan McReynolds & Will Reagan, songwriters
A Great Work, Brian Courtney Wilson; Aaron W. Lindsey, Alvin Richardson & Brian Courtney Wilson, songwriters

Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song
Reckless Love, Cory Asbury; Cory Asbury, Caleb Culver & Ran Jackson, songwriters
You Say, Lauren Daigle; Lauren Daigle, Jason Ingram & Paul Mabury, songwriters
Joy., for King & Country; Ben Glover, Matt Hales, Stephen Blake Kanicka, Seth Mosley, Joel Smallbone, Luke Smallbone & Tedd Tjornhom, songwriters
Grace Got You, MercyMe Featuring John Reuben; David Garcia, Ben Glover, MercyMe, Solomon Olds & John Reuben, songwriters
Known, Tauren Wells; Ethan Hulse, Jordan Sapp & Tauren Wells, songwriters

Best Gospel Album
One Nation Under God, Jekalyn Carr
Hiding Place, Tori Kelly
Make Room, Jonathan McReynolds
The Other Side, The Walls Group
A Great Work, Brian Courtney Wilson

Best Contemporary Christian Music Album
Look Up Child, Lauren Daigle
Hallelujah Here Below, Elevation Worship
Living With a Fire, Jesus Culture
Surrounded, Michael W. Smith
Survivor: Live From Harding Prison, Zach Williams

Best Roots Gospel Album
Unexpected, Jason Crabb
Clear Skies, Ernie Haase & Signature Sound
Favorites: Revisited by Request, The Isaacs
Still Standing, The Martins
Love Love Love, Gordon Mote

Best Latin Pop Album
Prometo, Pablo Alboran
Sincera, Claudia Brant
MUSAS (UN HOMENAJE AL FOLCLORE LATINOAMERICANO EN Manos de los Macorinos), Vol. 2, Natalia Lafourcade
2:00 AM, Raquel Sofía
Vives, Carlos Vives

Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album
Claroscura, Aterciopelados
COASTCITY, COASTCITY
Encanto Tropical, Monsieur Periné
Gourmet, Orishas
Aztlán, Zoé

Best Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano)
Primero Soy Mexicana, Angela Aguilar
Mitad y Mitad, Calibre 50
Totalemente Juan Gabriel Vol. II, Aida Cuevas
Cruzando Borders, Los Texmaniacs
Leyendas de Mi Pueblo, Mariachi Sol De Mexico De Jose Hernandez
¡México Por Siempre!, Luis Miguel

Best Tropical Latin Album
Pa’ Mi Gente, Charlie Aponte
Legado, Formell Y Los Van Van
Orquesta Akokán, Orquesta Akokán
Ponle Actitud, Felipe Peláez
Anniversary, Spanish Harlem Orchestra

Best American Roots Performance
Kick Rocks, Sean Ardoin
Saint James Infirmary Blues, Jon Batiste
The Joke, Brandi Carlile
All on My Mind, Anderson East
Last Man Standing, Willie Nelson

Best American Roots Song
All the Trouble, Lee Ann Womack
Build A Bridge, Mavis Staples
The Joke, Brandi Carlile
Knockin’ on Your Screen Door, John Prine
Summer’s End, John Prine

Best Americana Album
By the Way, I Forgive You, Brandi Carlile
Things have Changed, Bettye LaVette
The Tree of Forgiveness, John Prine
The Lonely, The Lonesome & The Gone, Lee Ann Womack
One Drop of Truth, The Wood Brothers

Best Bluegrass Album
Portraits in Fiddles, Mike Barnett
Sister Sadie II, Sister Sadie
Rivers and Roads, Special Consensus
The Travelin’ McCourys, The Travelin’ McCourys
North of Despair, Wood & Wire

Best Traditional Blues Album
Something Smells Funky ‘Round Here, Elvin Bishop’s Big Fun Trio
Benton Country Relic, Cedric Burnside
The Blues Is Alive and Well, Buddy Guy
No Mercy in This Land, Ben Harper And Charlie Musselwhite
Don’t You Feel My Leg (The Naughty Bawdy Blues of Blue Lu Barker), Maria Muldaur

Best Contemporary Blues Album
Please Don’t Be Dead, Fantastic Negrito
Here in Babylon, Teresa James And The Rhythm Tramps
Cry No More, Danielle Nicole
Out of the Blues, Boz Scaggs
Victor Wainwright and the Train, Victor Wainwright And The Train

Best Folk Album
Whistle Down the Wind, Joan Baez
Black Cowboys, Dom Flemons
Rifles & Rosary Beads, Mary Gauthier
Weed Garden, Iron & Wine
All Ashore, Punch Brothers

Best Regional Roots Music Album
Kreole Rock and Soul, Sean Ardoin
Spyboy, Cha Wa
Aloha From Na Hoa, Na Hoa
No’Ane’i, Kalani Pe’a
Mewasinsational — Cree Round Dance Songs, Young Spirit

Best Reggae Album
Aa the World Turns, Black Uhuru
Reggae Forever, Etana
Rebellion Rises, Ziggy Marley
A Matter of Time, Protoje
44/876, Sting & Shaggy

Best World Music Album
Deran, Bombino
Fenfo, Fatoumata Diawara
Black Times, Seun Kuti & Egypt 80
Freedom, Soweto Gospel Choir
The Lost Songs of World War II, Yiddish Glory

Best Children’s Album
All the Sounds, Lucy Kalantari & The Jazz Cats
Building Blocks, Tim Kubart
Falu’s Bazaar, Falu
Giants of Science, The Pop Ups
The Nation of Imagine, Frank & Deane

Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Storytelling)
Accessory to War (Neil deGrasse Tyson & Avis Lang), Courtney B. Vance
Calypso, David Sedaris
Creative Quest, Questlove
Faith — A Journey for All, Jimmy Carter
The Last Black Unicorn, Tiffany Haddish

Best Comedy Album
Annihilation, Patton Oswalt
Equanimity & the Bird Revelation, Dave Chappelle
Noble Ape, Jim Gaffigan
Standup for Drummers, Fred Armisen
Tamborine, Chris Rock

Best Musical Theater Album
The Band’s Visit 
Carousel
Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert
My Fair Lady
Once on This Island

Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media
Call Me by Your Name
Deadpool 2
The Greatest Showman
Lady Bird
Stranger Things

Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media
Black Panther, Ludwig Göransson, composer
Blade Runner 2049, Benjamin Wallfisch & Hans Zimmer, composers
Coco, Michael Giacchino, composer
The Shape of Water, Alexandre Desplat, composer
Star Wars: The Last Jedi, John Williams, composer

Best Song Written For Visual Media
All the Stars, Kendrick Lamar & SZA
Mystery of Love, Sufjan Stevens
Remember Me, Miguel Featuring Natalia Lafourcade
Shallow, Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper
This is Me, Keala Settle & The Greatest Showman Ensemble

Best Instrumental Composition
Blut und Boden (Blood and Soil), Terence Blanchard
Chrysalis, Kittel & Co.
Infinity War, Alan Silvestri
Mine Mission, John Powell & John Williams
The Shape of Water, Alexandre Desplat

Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella
Batman Theme (TV), Randy Waldman Featuring Wynton Marsalis
Change the World, Take 6
Madrid Finale, John Powell
The Shape of Water, Alexandre Desplat
Stars and Stripes Forever, John Daversa Big Band Featuring DACA Artists

Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals
It Was a Very Good Year, Willie Nelson
Jolene, Dan Pugach
Mona Lisa, Gregory Porter
Niña, Magos Herrera & Brooklyn Rider
Spiderman Theme, Randy Waldman Featuring Take 6 & Chris Potter

Best Recording Package
Be the Cowboy, Mitski
Love Yourself: TEAR, BTS
Masseducation, St. Vincent
The Offering, The Chairman
Well Kept Thing, Foxhole

Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package
Appetite for Destruction (Locked n’ Loaded Box), Guns N’ Roses
I’ll Be Your Girl, The Decemberists
Pacific Northwest ‘73-‘74: The Complete Recordings, Grateful Dead
Squeeze Box: The Complete Works of “Weird Al” Yankovic, “Weird Al” Yankovic
Too Many Bad Habits, Johnny Nicholas

Best Album Notes
Alpine Dreaming: The Helvetia Records Story, 1920-1924, James P. Leary, album notes writer (Various Artists)
4 Banjo Songs, 1891-1897: Foundational Recordings of America’s Iconic Instrument, Richard Martin & Ted Olson, album notes writers (Charles A. Asbury)
The 1960 Time Sessions, Ben Ratliff, album notes writer (Sonny Clark Trio)
The Product of Our Souls: The Sound and Sway of James Reese Europe’s Society Orchestra, David Gilbert, album notes writer (Various Artists)
Trouble No More: The Bootleg Series Vol. 13 / 1979-1981 (Deluxe Edition), Amanda Petrusich, album notes writer (Bob Dylan)
Voices of Mississippi: Artists and Musicians Documented by William Ferris, David Evans, album notes writer (Various Artists)

Best Historical Album
Any Other Way, Jackie Shane
At the Louisiana Hayride Tonight…, Various Artists
Battleground Korea: Songs and Sounds of America’s Forgotten War, Various Artists
A Rhapsody in Blue — The Extraordinary Life of Oscar Levant, Oscar Levant
Voices of Mississippi: Artists and Musicians Documented by William Ferris, Various Artists

Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
All the Things That I Did and All the Things That I Didn’t Do,
Ryan Freeland & Kenneth Pattengale, engineers; Kim Rosen, mastering engineer (The Milk Carton Kids)
Colors, Julian Burg, Serban Ghenea, David “Elevator” Greenbaum, John Hanes, Beck Hansen, Greg Kurstin, Florian Lagatta, Cole M.G.N., Alex Pasco, Jesse Shatkin, Darrell Thorp & Cassidy Turbin, engineers; Chris Bellman, Tom Coyne, Emily Lazar & Randy Merrill, mastering engineers (Beck)
Earthtones,Robbie Lackritz, engineer; Philip Shaw Bova, mastering engineer (Bahamas)
Head Over Heels,Nathaniel Alford, Jason Evigan, Chris Galland, Tom Gardner, Patrick “P-Thugg” Gemayel, Serban Ghenea, John Hanes, Tony Hoffer, Derek Keota, Ian Kirkpatrick, David Macklovitch, Amber Mark, Manny Marroquin, Vaughn Oliver, Chris “TEK” O’Ryan, Morgan Taylor Reid & Gian Stone, engineers; Chris Gehringer & Michelle Mancini, mastering engineers (Chromeo)
Voicenotes,Manny Marroquin & Charlie Puth, engineers; Dave Kutch, mastering engineer (Charlie Puth)

Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical
Boi-1da
Larry Klein
Linda Perry
Kanye West
Pharrell Williams

Best Remixed Recording
Audio (Cid Remix), CID, remixer (LSD)
How Long (EDX’S Dubai Skyline Remix), Maurizio Colella & Christian Hirt, remixers (Charlie Puth)
Only Road (Cosmic Gate Remix), Olaf Diekmann & Claus Terhoeven, remixers (Gabriel & Dresden Featuring Sub Teal)
Stargazing (Kaskade Remix), Kaskade, remixer (Kygo Featuring Justin Jesso)
Walking Away (Mura Masa Remix), Alex Crossan, remixer (Haim)

Best Immersive Audio Album
Eye in the Sky — 35th Anniversary Edition, Alan Parsons, surround mix engineer; Dave Donnelly, PJ Olsson & Alan Parsons, surround mastering engineers; Alan Parsons, surround producer (The Alan Parsons Project)
Folketoner, Morten Lindberg, surround mix engineer; Morten Lindberg, surround mastering engineer; Morten Lindberg, surround producer (Anne Karin Sundal-Ask & Det Norske Jentekor)
Seven Words From the Cross, Daniel Shores, surround mix engineer; Daniel Shores, surround mastering engineer; Dan Merceruio, surround producer (Matthew Guard & Skylark)
Sommerro, Ujamaa & The Iceburg, Morten Lindberg, surround mix engineer; Morten Lindberg, surround mastering engineer; Morten Lindberg, surround producer (Ingar Heine Bergby, Trondheim Symphony Orchestra & Choir)
Symbol, Prashant Mistry & Ronald Prent, surround mix engineers; Darcy Proper, surround mastering engineer; Prashant Mistry & Ronald Prent, surround producers (Engine-Earz Experiment)

Best Engineered Album, Classical
Bates: The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs, Mark Donahue & Dirk Sobotka, engineers; Mark Donahue, mastering engineer (Michael Christie, Garrett Sorenson, Wei Wu, Sasha Cooke, Edward Parks, Jessica E. Jones & Santa Fe Opera Orchestra)
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3; Strauss: Horn Concerto No. 1, Mark Donahue, engineer; Mark Donahue, mastering engineer (Manfred Honeck & Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra)
John Williams at the Movies, Keith O. Johnson & Sean Royce Martin, engineers; Keith O. Johnson, mastering engineer (Jerry Junkin & Dallas Winds)
Liquid Melancholy — Clarinet Music of James M. Stephenson, Bill Maylone & Mary Mazurek, engineers; Bill Maylone, mastering engineer (John Bruce Yeh)
Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 11, Shawn Murphy & Nick Squire, engineers; Tim Martyn, mastering engineer (Andris Nelsons & Boston Symphony Orchestra)
Visions and Variations, Tom Caulfield, engineer; Jesse Lewis, mastering engineer (A Far Cry)

Producer Of The Year, Classical
Blanton Alspaugh
David Frost
Elizabeth Ostrow
Judith Sherman
Dirk Sobotka

Best Orchestral Performance
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3; Strauss: Horn Concerto No. 1, Manfred Honeck, conductor (Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra)
Nielsen: Symphony No.3 & Symphony No. 4, Thomas Dausgaard, conductor (Seattle Symphony)
Tuggles, Stucky & Harbison: Orchestral Works, David Alan Miller, conductor (National Orchestral Institute Philharmonic)
Schumann: Symphonies Nos 1-4, Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor (San Francisco Symphony)
Shostokovich: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 11, Andris Nelsons, conductor (Boston Symphony Orchestra)

Best Opera Recording
Adams: Doctor Atomic, John Adams, conductor; Aubrey Allicock, Julia Bullock, Gerald Finley & Brindley Sherratt; Friedemann Engelbrecht, producer (BBC Symphony Orchestra; BBC Singers)
Bates: The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs, Michael Christie, conductor; Sasha Cooke, Jessica E. Jones, Edward Parks, Garrett Sorenson & Wei Wu; Elizabeth Ostrow, producer (The Santa Fe Opera Orchestra)
Lully: Alceste, Christophe Rousset, conductor; Edwin Crossley-Mercer, Emiliano Gonzalez Toro & Judith Van Wanroij; Maximilien Ciup, producer (Les Talens Lyriques; Choeur De Chambre De Namur)
Strauss, R.: Der Rosenkavalier, Sebastian Weigle, conductor; Renée Fleming, Elīna Garanča, Günther Groissböck & Erin Morley; David Frost, producer (Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Metropolitan Opera Chorus)
Verdi: Rigoletto, Constantine Orbelian, conductor; Francesco Demuro, Dmitri Hvorostovsky & Nadine Sierra; Vilius Keras & Aleksandra Keriene, producers (Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra; Men Of The Kaunas State Choir)

Best Choral Performance
Chesnokov: Teach Me Thy Statues, Vladimir Gorbik, conductor (Mikhail Davydov & Vladimir Krasov; PaTRAM Institute Male Choir)
Kastalsky: Memory Eternal, Steven Fox, conductor (The Clarion Choir)
McLoskey: Zealot Canticles, Donald Nally, conductor (Doris Hall-Gulati, Rebecca Harris, Arlen Hlusko, Lorenzo Raval & Mandy Wolman; The Crossing)
Rachmaninov: The bells, Mariss Jansons, conductor; Peter Dijkstra, chorus master (Oleg Dolgov, Alexey Markov & Tatiana Pavlovskaya; Symphonieorchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks; Chor Des Bayerischen Rundfunks)
Seven Words From the Cross, Matthew Guard, conductor (Skylark)

Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
ANDERSON, LAURIE: LANDFALL, Laurie Anderson & Kronos Quartet
Beethoven, Shostakovich & Bach, The Danish String Quartet
Blueprinting, Aizuri Quartet
Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring, Concerto for Two Pianos, Leif Ove Andsnes & Marc-André Hamelin
Visions and Variations, A Far Cry

Best Classical Instrumental Solo
Bartók: Piano Concerto No. 2, Yuja Wang; Simon Rattle, conductor (Berliner Philharmoniker)
Biber: The Mystery Sonatas, Christina Day Martinson; Martin Pearlman, conductor (Boston Baroque)
Bruch: Scottish Fantasy, Op. 46; Violin Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 26, Joshua Bell (The Academy Of St. Martin In The Fields)
Glass: Three Pieces in the Shape of a Square, Craig Morris
Kernis: Violin Concerto, James Ehnes; Ludovic Morlot, conductor (Seattle Symphony)

Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
ARC, Anthony Roth Costanzo; Jonathan Cohen, conductor (Les Violons Du Roy)
The Handel Album, Philippe Jaroussky; Artaserse, ensemble
Mirages, Sabine Devieilhe; François-Xavier Roth, conductor (Alexandre Tharaud; Marianne Crebassa & Jodie Devos; Les Siècles)
Schubert: Winterreise, Randall Scarlata; Gilbert Kalish, accompanist
Songs of Orpheus — Monteverde, Caccini, D’India & Landi, Karim Sulayman; Jeannette Sorrell, conductor; Apollo’s Fire, ensembles

Best Classical Compendium
Fuchs: Piano Concerto ‘Spiritualist’; Poems of Life; Glacier; Rush, JoAnn Falletta, conductor; Tim Handley, producer
Gold, The King’s Singers; Nigel Short, producer
The John Adams Edition, Simon Rattle, conductor; Christoph Franke, producer
John Williams at the Movies, Jerry Junkin, conductor; Donald J. McKinney, producer
Vaughan Williams: Piano Concerto; Oboe Concerto
Serenade to Music; Flos Campi, Peter Oundjian, conductor; Blanton Alspaugh, producer

Best Contemporary Classical Composition
Bates: The R(evolution) of Steven Jobs, Mason Bates, composer; Mark Campbell, librettist (Michael Christie, Garrett Sorenson, Wei Wu, Sasha Cooke, Edward Parks, Jessica E. Jones & Santa Fe Opera Orchestra)
Du Yun: Air Glow, Du Yun, composer (International Contemporary Ensemble)
Heggie: Great Scott, Jake Heggie, composer; Terrence McNally, librettist (Patrick Summers, Manuel Palazzo, Mark Hancock, Michael Mayes, Rodell Rosel, Kevin Burdette, Anthony Roth Costanzo, Nathan Gunn, Frederica von Stade, Ailyn Pérez, Joyce DiDonato, Dallas Opera Chorus & Orchestra)
Kernis: Violin Concerto, Aaron Jay Kernis, composer (James Ehnes, Ludovic Morlot & Seattle Symphony)
Mazzoli: Verspers for Violin, Missy Mazzoli, composer (Olivia De Prato)

Best Music Video
APES***, The Carters
This Is America, Childish Gambino
I’m Not Racist Joyner Lucas
PYNK, Janelle Monáe
Mumbo Jumbo, Tierra Whack

Best Music Film
Life in 12 Bars, Eric Clapton
Whitney, (Whitney Houston)
Quincy, Quincy Jones
Itzhak, Itzhak Perlman
The King, (Elvis Presley)

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