Grammy Nominees & Winners - Jazz 2007
BEST CONTEMPORARY JAZZ ALBUM
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of INSTRUMENTAL tracks.)
Party Hats -- Will Bernard [Palmetto Records]
Downright Upright -- Brian Bromberg [Artistry Music]
Re-imagination -- Eldar [Masterworks Jazz]
River: The Joni Letters -- Herbie Hancock [Verve] - Winner
He Had A Hat -- Jeff Lorber [Blue Note]
BEST JAZZ VOCAL ALBUM
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)
Avant Gershwin -- Patti Austin [Rendezvous Entertainment] - Winner
Red Earth - A Malian Journey -- Dee Dee Bridgewater [DDB/Emarcy]
Music Maestro Please -- Freddy Cole [HighNote Records]
Nightmoves -- Kurt Elling [Concord Jazz]
On The Other Side -- Tierney Sutton (Band) [Telarc Jazz]
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.)
Levees -- Terence Blanchard, soloist -- Track from: A Tale Of God's Will (A Requiem For Katrina) [Blue Note]
Anagram -- Michael Brecker, soloist -- Track from: Pilgrimage [Heads Up International] - Winner
Both Sides Now -- Herbie Hancock, soloist -- Track from: River: The Joni Letters [Verve]
Lullaby -- Hank Jones, soloist -- Track from: Kids: Live At Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola (Joe Lovano and Hank Jones) [Blue Note]
1000 Kilometers -- Paul McCandless, soloist -- Track from: 1000 Kilometers (Oregon) [CamJazz]
BEST JAZZ INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM, INDIVIDUAL OR GROUP
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of INSTRUMENTAL tracks.)
Pilgrimage -- Michael Brecker [Heads Up International] - Winner
Live At The Village Vanguard -- The Bill Charlap Trio [Blue Note]
Kids: Live At Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola -- Joe Lovano And Hank Jones [Blue Note]
Line By Line -- John Patitucci [Concord Jazz]
Back East -- Joshua Redman [Nonesuch Records]
BEST LARGE JAZZ ENSEMBLE ALBUM
(For large jazz ensembles, including big band sounds. Albums must contain 51% or more INSTRUMENTAL tracks.)
A Tale Of God's Will (A Requiem For Katrina) -- Terence Blanchard [Blue Note] - Winner
Eternal Licks & Grooves -- The Bob Florence Limited Edition [MAMA Records]
Hommage -- The Bill Holman Band [Jazzed Media]
Sky Blue -- Maria Schneider Orchestra [ArtistShare]
With Love -- Charles Tolliver Big Band [Blue Note]
BEST LATIN JAZZ ALBUM
(Vocal or Instrumental.)
Funk Tango -- Paquito D'Rivera Quintet? [Paquito Records] - Winner
The Magician -- Sammy Figueroa And His Latin Jazz Explosion [Savant Records]
Borrowed Time -- Steve Khan [Tone Center Records]
Refugee -- Hector Martignon [Zoho]
Big Band Urban Folktales -- Bobby Sanabria Big Band [Jazzheads]
Grammy Nominees & Winners - jazz 2006
BEST CONTEMPORARY JAZZ ALBUM
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of INSTRUMENTAL tracks.)
The Hidden Land -- Béla Fleck & The Flecktones [Columbia] - Winner
People People Music Music -- Groove Collective [Savoy Jazz Worldwide]
Rewind That --Christian Scott [Concord Jazz]
Sexotica --Sex Mob [Thirsty Ear Recordings, Inc.]
Who Let The Cats Out? --Mike Stern [Heads Up]
BEST JAZZ VOCAL ALBUM
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)
Footprints -- Karrin Allyson [Concord Jazz]
Easy To Love -- Roberta Gambarini [Groovin' High/Kindred Rhythm]
Live At Jazz Standard With Fred Hersch, Nancy King [Maxjazz]
From This Moment On -- Diana Krall [Verve]
Turned To Blue -- Nancy Wilson [MCG Jazz] - Winner
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.)
Some Skunk Funk -- Michael Brecker, soloist - Winner
Track from: Some Skunk Funk (Randy Brecker w/Michael Brecker) [Telarc Jazz/BHM]
Paq Man -- Paquito D'Rivera, soloist
Track from: From The Heart (Hilario Duran And His Latin Jazz Big Band) [Alma Records]
Freedom Jazz Dance -- Taylor Eigsti, soloist
Track from: Lucky To Be Me [Concord Jazz]
Hippidy Hop (Drum Solo) -- Roy Haynes, soloist
Track from: Whereas [Dreyfus Jazz]
Hope -- Branford Marsalis, soloist
Track from: Braggtown [Marsalis Music/Rounder]
BEST JAZZ INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM, INDIVIDUAL OR GROUP
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of INSTRUMENTAL tracks.)
Sound Grammar -- Ornette Coleman [Sound Grammar]
The Ultimate Adventure -- Chick Corea [Stretch Records] - Winner
Trio Beyond — Saudades Jack DeJohnette, Larry Goldings & John Scofield [ECM]
Beyond The Wall -- Kenny Garrett [Nonesuch]
Sonny, Please -- Sonny Rollins [Doxy Records]
BEST LARGE JAZZ ENSEMBLE ALBUM
(For large jazz ensembles, including big band sounds. Albums must contain 51% or more INSTRUMENTAL tracks.)
Some Skunk Funk - Winner
Randy Brecker With Michael Brecker, Jim Beard, Will Lee, Peter Erskine, Marcio Doctor & Vince Mendoza conducting The WDR Big Band Köln [Telarc Jazz/BHM]
Spirit Music -- Bob Brookmeyer — New Art Orchestra [ArtistShare]
Streams Of Expression -- Joe Lovano Ensemble [Blue Note Records]
Live In Tokyo At The Blue Note - Mingus Big Band [Sunnyside/Sue Mingus Music]
Up From The Skies — Music Of Jim McNeely The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra
[Planet Arts Recordings]
BEST LATIN JAZZ ALBUM
(Vocal or Instrumental.)
Codes -- Ignacio Berroa [Blue Note Records]
Cubist Music -- Edsel Gomez [Zoho]
Simpático -- The Brian Lynch/Eddie Palmieri Project [ArtistShare] - Winner
Absolute Quintet -- Dafnis Prieto [Zoho]
Viva - Diego Urcola, Edward Simon, Avishai Cohen, Antonio Sanchez & Pernell Saturnino
[CAM Jazz]
Downbeat’s Best CDs of 2006
FIVE STAR MASTERPIECES – NEW
Tounami Diabate’s Symmetric Orchestra – Boulevard De L’independence [World Circuit / Nonesuch]
Hank Jones & Frank Wess – Hank And Frank [Linage]
Guy Davis – Skunkmello [Red House]
Ornette Coleman – Sound Grammar [Sound Grammar]
Bunky Green – Another Place [Label Bleu]
Neko Case – The Fox Confessor Brings The Flood [Anti]
FIVE STAR MASTERPIECES – HISTORICAL
Evan Parker – The Topography of the Lungs [PSI]
Jelly Roll Morton – The Complete Library of Congress Recordings [Rounder]
Duke Ellington’s Spacemen – The Cosmic Scene [Mosaic]
Miles Davis – The Legendary Prestige Quintet Sessions [Prestige / Concord]