And the winners are!
Best Contemporary Jazz Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of INSTRUMENTAL tracks.)
* Randy In Brasil
Randy Brecker
[MAMA Records]
* Floating Point
John McLaughlin
[Abstract Logix]
* Cannon Re-Loaded: All-Star Celebration Of Cannonball Adderley
(Various Artists)
Gregg Field & Tom Scott, producers
[Concord Jazz]
* Miles From India
(Various Artists)
Bob Belden, producer
[4Q/Times Square Records]
* Lifecycle
Yellowjackets Featuring Mike Stern
[Heads Up International]
Best Jazz Vocal Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)
* Imagina: Songs Of Brasil
Karrin Allyson
[Concord Jazz]
* Breakfast On The Morning Tram
Stacey Kent
[Blue Note]
* If Less Is More...Nothing Is Everything
Kate McGarry
[Palmetto Records]
* Loverly
Cassandra Wilson
[Blue Note]
* Distances
Norma Winstone (Glauco Venier & Klaus Gesing)
[ECM]
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.)
* Be-Bop
Terence Blanchard, soloist
Track from: Live At The 2007 Monterey Jazz Festival (Monterey Jazz Festival 50th Anniversary All-Stars)
[Monterey Jazz Festival Records]
* Seven Steps To Heaven
Till Brönner, soloist
Track from: The Standard (Take 6)
[Heads Up International]
* Waltz For Debby
Gary Burton & Chick Corea, soloists
Track from: The New Crystal Silence
[Concord Records]
* Son Of Thirteen
Pat Metheny, soloist
Track from: Day Trip
[Nonesuch Records]
* Be-Bop
James Moody, soloist
Track from: Live At The 2007 Monterey Jazz Festival (Monterey Jazz Festival 50th Anniversary All-Stars)
[Monterey Jazz Festival Records]
Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of INSTRUMENTAL tracks.)
* The New Crystal Silence
Chick Corea & Gary Burton
[Concord Records]
* History, Mystery
Bill Frisell
[Nonesuch Records]
* Brad Mehldau Trio: Live
Brad Mehldau Trio
[Nonesuch Records]
* Day Trip
Pat Metheny With Christian McBride & Antonio Sanchez
[Nonesuch Records]
* Standards
Alan Pasqua, Dave Carpenter & Peter Erskine Trio
[Fuzzy Music]
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
(For large jazz ensembles, including big band sounds. Albums must contain 51% or more INSTRUMENTAL tracks.)
* Appearing Nightly
Carla Bley And Her Remarkable Big Band
[WATT]
* Act Your Age
Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band
[Immergent]
* Symphonica
Joe Lovano With WDR Big Band & Rundfunk Orchestra
[Blue Note]
* Blauklang
Vince Mendoza
[Act Music and Vision (AMV)]
* Monday Night Live At The Village Vanguard
The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra
[Planet Arts Recordings]
Best Latin Jazz Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)
* Afro Bop Alliance
Caribbean Jazz Project
[Heads Up International]
* The Latin Side Of Wayne Shorter
Conrad Herwig & The Latin Side Band
[Half Note Records]
* Song For Chico
Arturo O'Farrill & The Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra
[Zoho]
* Nouveau Latino
Nestor Torres
[Diamond Light Records]
* Marooned/Aislado
Papo Vázquez The Mighty Pirates
[Picaro Records]
