Esperanza Spalding získala minulý rok cenu Grammy ako najnovší objav roka. Spalding je mladá, úžasne nadaná 26 ročná kontrabasistka. K tomu je v jednej osobe umelec, kapelník, spevák a hviezda show, aj keď nie vždy v tomto poradí.
Tento rok sa podobné prekvapenie neudialo, keď že v nomináciach za jazz boli osobnosti, ktoré sú v jazze dávno doma - Chick Corea, Ron Carter, Sonny Rollins a ďalší.
Tento rok boli ocenení títo umelci:
30. Best Improvised Jazz Solo
Winner
500 Miles High
Chick Corea, soloist
Track from: Forever (Corea, Clarke & White)
[Concord Records]
All Or Nothing At All
Randy Brecker, soloist
Track from: The Jazz Ballad Song Book (Randy Brecker With DR Big Band)
[Half Note]
You Are My Sunshine
Ron Carter, soloist
Track from: This Is Jazz (Donald Harrison, Ron Carter & Billy Cobham)
[Half Note]
Work
Fred Hersch, soloist
Track from: Alone At The Vanguard
[Palmetto Records]
Sonnymoon For Two
Sonny Rollins, soloist
Track from: Road Shows Vol. 2
[Doxy/Emarcy/Decca]
31. Best Jazz Vocal Album
Winner
The Mosaic Project
Terri Lyne Carrington & Various Artists
[Concord Jazz]
'Round Midnight
Karrin Allyson
[Concord Jazz]
The Gate
Kurt Elling
[Concord Jazz]
American Road
Tierney Sutton (Band)
[BFM Jazz]
The Music Of Randy Newman
Roseanna Vitro
[Motéma Music]
32. Best Jazz Instrumental Album
Winner
Forever
Corea, Clarke & White
[Concord Records]
Bond: The Paris Sessions
Gerald Clayton
[Emarcy/Decca]
Alone At The Vanguard
Fred Hersch
[Palmetto Records]
Bird Songs
Joe Lovano/Us Five
[Blue Note]
Road Shows Vol. 2
Sonny Rollins
[Doxy/Emarcy/Decca]
Timeline
Yellowjackets
[Mack Avenue Records]
33. Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
Winner
The Good Feeling
Christian McBride Big Band
[Mack Avenue Records]
The Jazz Ballad Song Book
Randy Brecker With DR Big Band
[Half Note]
40 Acres And A Burro
Arturo O'Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra
[Zoho]
Legacy
Gerald Wilson Orchestra
[Mack Avenue Records]
Alma Adentro: The Puerto Rican Songbook
Miguel Zenón
[Marsalis Music]
