51st Grammy Award Nominees
Jazz Categories

Best Contemporary Jazz Album

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

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

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

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

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

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]