Jazz Nominees - 52nd Annual Grammy Awards

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

* Urbanus Stefon Harris & Blackout [Concord Jazz]
* Sounding Point Julian Lage [Emarcy/Decca]
* At World's Edge Philippe Saisse [E1 Music]
* Big Neighborhood Mike Stern [Heads Up International]
* 75 Joe Zawinul & The Zawinul Syndicate [Heads Up International]


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

* No Regrets Randy Crawford (& Joe Sample) [PRA Records]
* Dedicated To You: Kurt Elling Sings The Music Of Coltrane And Hartman Kurt Elling [Concord Jazz]
* So In Love Roberta Gambarini [Groovin' High/Emarcy]
* Tide Luciana Souza [Verve]
* Desire Tierney Sutton (Band) [Telarc Jazz]



Best Improvised Jazz 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.)

* Dancin' 4 Chicken Terence Blanchard, soloist Track from: Watts (Jeff Tain" Watts) [Dark Key Music]
* All Of You Gerald Clayton, soloist Track from: Two-Shade [ArtistShare]
* Ms. Garvey, Ms. Garvey Roy Hargrove, soloist Track from: Emergence [Groovin' High/Emarcy]
* On Green Dolphin Street Martial Solal, soloist Track from: Live At The Village Vanguard [CamJazz]
* Villa Palmeras Miguel Zenón, soloist Track from: Esta Plena [Marsalis Music]


Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of INSTRUMENTAL tracks.)

* Quartet Live Gary Burton, Pat Metheny, Steve Swallow & Antonio Sanchez [Concord Jazz]
* Brother To Brother Clayton Brothers [ArtistShare]
* Five Peace Band — Live Chick Corea & John McLaughlin Five Peace Band [Concord Records]
* Remembrance John Patitucci Trio [Concord Jazz]
* The Bright Mississippi Allen Toussaint [Nonesuch]


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

* Legendary Bob Florence Limited Edition [MAMA Records]
* Eternal Interlude John Hollenbeck Large Ensemble [Sunnyside]
* Fun Time Sammy Nestico And The SWR Big Band [Hänssler Classic]
* Book One New Orleans Jazz Orchestra [World Village]
* Lab 2009 University Of North Texas One O'Clock Lab Band [North Texas Jazz]


Best Latin Jazz Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)

* Things I Wanted To Do Chembo Corniel [Chemboro Records]
* Áurea Geoffrey Keezer [ArtistShare]
* Brazilliance X 4 Claudio Roditi [Resonance Records]
* Juntos Para Siempre Bebo Valdés And Chucho Valdés [Sony Music/Calle 54]
* Esta Plena Miguel Zenón [Marsalis Music]



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