Grammy Awards, les nominations jazz 2008
- 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]