Best Improvised Jazz Solo Nominees:
Elsewhere (Melissa Aldana)
Tomorrow Is The Question (Julian Lage)
The Windup (Branford Marsalis)
Sightseeing (Christian McBride)
Winner
SOZINHO (Randy Brecker)
Best Jazz Vocal Album Nominees:
Thirsty Ghost (Sara Gazarek)
Love & Liberation (Jazzmeia Horn)
Alone Together (Catherine Russell)
Screenplay (Tierney Sutton Band)
Winner
12 LITTLE SPELLS (Esperanza Spalding)
Best Jazz Instrumental Album Nominees:
In The Key Of The Universe (Joey DeFrancesco)
The Secret Between The Shadow And The Soul (Branford Marsalis Quartet)
Christian McBride’s New Jawn (Christian McBride’s New Jawn)
Come What May (Joshua Redman Quartet)
Winner
FINDING GABRIEL (Brad Mehldau)
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album Nominees:
Triple Helix (Anat Cohen Tentet)
Dancer In Nowhere (Miho Hazama)
Hiding Out (Mike Holober & The Gotham Jazz Orchestra)
One Day Wonder (Terraza Big Band)
Winner
THE OMNI-AMERICAN BOOK CLUB (Brian Lynch Big Band)
Best Latin Jazz Album Nominees:
Sorte!: Music By John Finbury (Thalma de Freitas With Vitor Gonçalves, John Patitucci, Chico Pinheiro, Rogerio Boccato & Duduka Da Fonseca)
Una Noche Con Rubén Blades (Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra With Wynton Marsalis Featuring Rubén Blades)
Carib (David Sánchez)
Sonero: The Music Of Ismael Rivera (Miguel Zenón)
Winner
ANTIDOTE (Chick Corea & The Spanish Heart Band)
Best Traditional Blues Album Nominees:
Goshen (Donald Lawrence Presents The Tri -City Singers)
Tunnel Vision (Gene Moore)
Settle Here (William Murphy)
Something’s Happening! A Christmas Album (CeCe Winans)
Winner
LONG LIVE LOVE (Kirk Franklin)
