Best Improvised Jazz 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.)

• Can’t Remember Why
      Sara Caswell, soloist
      Track from: Whispers On The Wind (Chuck Owen And The Jazz Surge)

• Dance Of Shiva
      Billy Childs, soloist
      Track from: Rebirth

• Whisper Not
      Fred Hersch, soloist
      Track from: Open Book

• Miles Beyond
      John McLaughlin, soloist
      Track from: Live @ Ronnie Scott’s (John McLaughlin & The 4th Dimension)

• Ilimba
      Chris Potter, soloist
      Track from: The Dreamer Is The Dream

Best Jazz Vocal Album

(For albums containing at least 51% playing time of new vocal jazz recordings.)

• The Journey
      The Baylor Project

• A Social Call
      Jazzmeia Horn

• Bad Ass And Blind
      Raul Midón

• Porter Plays Porter
      Randy Porter Trio With Nancy King

• Dreams And Daggers
      Cécile McLorin Salvant

Best Jazz Instrumental Album

(For albums containing at least 51% playing time of new instrumental jazz recordings.)

• Uptown, Downtown
      Bill Charlap Trio

• Rebirth
      Billy Childs

• Project Freedom
      Joey DeFrancesco & The People

• Open Book
      Fred Hersch

• The Dreamer Is The Dream
      Chris Potter

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album

(For albums containing at least 51% playing time of new ensemble jazz recordings.)

• MONK’estra Vol. 2
      John Beasley

• Jigsaw
      Alan Ferber Big Band

• Bringin’ It
      Christian McBride Big Band

• Homecoming
      Vince Mendoza & WDR Big Band Cologne

• Whispers On The Wind
      Chuck Owen And The Jazz Surge

Best Latin Jazz Album

(For vocal or instrumental albums containing at least 51% playing time of newly recorded material. The intent of this category is to recognize recordings that represent the blending of jazz with Latin, Iberian-American, Brazilian, and Argentinian tango music.)

• Hybrido – From Rio To Wayne Shorter
      Antonio Adolfo

• Oddara
      Jane Bunnett & Maqueque

• Outra Coisa – The Music Of Moacir Santos
      Anat Cohen & Marcello Gonçalves

• Típico
      Miguel Zenón

• Jazz Tango
      Pablo Ziegler Trio