Grammy 2017 – Nominacje jazzowe

John Scofield, Brad Mehldau, Ravi Coltrane, Gregory Porter wśród nominowanych artystów

Amerykańska Akademia ogłosiła nominacje do nagród Grammy 2017, które zostaną wręczone 12 lutego podczas uroczystej 59. gali w Los Angeles. Nominacje na polu jazzu zostały wyodrębnione w pięciu kategoriach:

Best Improvised Jazz Solo
Joey Alexander – CountdownTrack from “Countdown” (Motema Music)
Ravi Coltrane –  In Movement
Track from: “In Movement” (Jack DeJohnette, Ravi Coltrane & Matthew Garrison)(ECM)
Fred Hersch – We SeeTrack from: “Sunday Night At The Vanguard” (The Fred Hersch Trio)(Palmetto Records)
Brad Mehldau – I Concentrate On YouTrack from: “Blues And Ballads” (Brad Mehldau Trio) (Nonesuch)
John Scofield – I’m So Lonesome I Could CryTrack from: “Country For Old Men” (Impulse!)

Best Jazz Vocal Album
René Marie “Sound Of Red” (Motema Music)
Branford Marsalis Quartet With Special Guest Kurt Elling “Upward Spiral” (Okeh)
Gregory Porter “Take Me To The Alley” (Blue Note)
Catherine Russell “Harlem On My Mind” (Jazz Village)
The Tierney Sutton Band “The Sting Variations” (BFM Jazz)

Best Jazz Instrumental Album
Kenny Barron Trio “Book Of Intuition”(Impulse!)
Peter Erskine “Dr. Um (Fuzzy Music)
The Fred Hersch Trio “Sunday Night At The Vanguard” (Palmetto Records)
The Fred Hersch Trio “Nearness” (Nonesuch)
John Scofield Country “For Old Men” (Impulse!)

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society “Real Enemies (New Amsterdam Records)
John Beasley “Presents Monk’estra, Vol. 1” (Mack Avenue Records)
John Daversa ”Kaleidoscope Eyes: Music Of The Beatles” (BFM Jazz)
Bob Mintzer “All L.A. Band” (Fuzzy Music)
Ted Nash Big Band “Presidential Suite: Eight Variations On Freedom” (Motema
Music)

Best Latin Jazz Album
Andy González “Entre Colegas (Truth Revolution Records)
Brian Lynch & Various Artists “Madera Latino: A Latin Jazz Perspective On
The Music Of Woody Shaw” (Hollistic Musicworks)
Michael Spiro/Wayne Wallace La Orquesta Sinfonietta “Canto América” (Patois Records)
Trio Da Paz “30”(Zoho)
Chucho Valdes  “Tribute To Irakere: Live In Marciac (Jazz Village)

Artyści jazzowi zostali również nominowani w kliku innych, ogólnych kategoriach, jak Best Instrumental Composition, Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella; Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals.

Album “Miles Ahead” – Miles Davis & Various Artists (Columbia/Legacy) otrzymał nominację w kategorii Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for Visual Media.