Concord Music Group Lands 26 Grammy Nominations #jazz

Concord Music Group artists nabbed a stunning 26 Grammy nominations. Congratulations to all the nominees. Check out the complete list.

Best Pop Instrumental Album:
24/7
Gerald Albright & Norman Brown
[Concord Jazz]

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album:
A Holiday Carole
Carole King
[Hear Music]

Kisses on the Bottom
Paul McCartney
[Hear Music]

Best Country Duo/Group Performance:
"On the Outskirts of Town"
The Time Jumpers
Track from: The Time Jumpers
[Rounder]

Best Country Album:
The Time Jumpers
[Rounder]

Best Improvised Jazz Solo:
"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]

Best Jazz Vocal Album:
1619 Broadway: The Brill Building Project
Kurt Elling
[Concord Jazz]

Live
Al Jarreau (And the Metropole Orkest)
[Concord]

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]

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album:
Dear Diz (Every Day I Think of You)
Arturo Sandoval
[Concord Jazz]

Best Bluegrass Album:
The Gospel Side Of
Dailey & Vincent
[Rounder]

Nobody Knows You
Steep Canyon Rangers
[Rounder]

Best Blues Album:
33 1/3
Shemekia Copeland
[Telarc International]

Best Instrumental Composition:
"December Dream"
Chuck Loeb, composer (Fourplay)
Track from: Esprit De Four
[Heads Up International]

"Mozart Goes Dancing"
Chick Corea, composer (Chick Corea & Gary Burton)
Track from: Hot House
[Concord Jazz]

Best Instrumental Arrangement:
"A Night In Tunisia (Actually An Entire Weekend!)"
Wally Minko, arranger (Arturo Sandoval)
Track from: Dear Diz (Every Day I Think Of You)
[Concord Jazz]

"Salt Peanuts! (Mani Salado)"
Gordon Goodwin, arranger (Arturo Sandoval)
Track from: Dear Diz (Every Day I Think Of You)
[Concord Jazz]

Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s):
"City of Roses"
Thara Memory & Esperanza Spalding, arrangers (Esperanza Spalding)
Track from: Radio Music Society
[Heads Up International]

"Spain (I Can Recall)"
Vince Mendoza, arranger (Al Jarreau and the Metropole Orkest)
Track from: Live
[Concord Records]

Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package:
Ram - Paul McCartney Archive Collection (Deluxe Edition)
Simon Earith & James Musgrave, art directors (Paul and Linda McCartney)
[Hear Music]

Best Album Notes:
Singular Genius: The Complete ABC Singles
Billy Vera, album notes writer (Ray Charles)
[Concord]

Best Historical Album:
Ram - Paul McCartney Archive Collection (Deluxe Edition)
Paul McCartney, compilation producer; Simon Gibson, Guy Massey & Steve Rooke, mastering engineers (Paul and Linda McCartney)
[MPL/Hear Music/Concord]

Best Long Form Music Video:
Radio Music Society
Esperanza Spalding, Pilar Sanz, video director; Esperanza Spalding, video producer [Heads Up International]

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