Congratulations to all the great jazz musicians who received Grammy nominations for the upcoming 2024 awards. Many of the nominees are mainstays on Jazz88. Here is a complete list of the jazz category nominations as well as a handful of categories outside of jazz that featured artists we are supportive of on Jazz88 (we have added bold to the artists and releases you can regularly here on Jazz88):
Best Jazz Performance
Adam Blackstone Featuring The Baylor Project & Russell Ferranté – Vulnerable (Live)
Fred Hersch & Esperanza Spalding – But Not for Me
Jon Batiste – Movement 18’ (Heroes)
Lakecia Benjamin – Basquiat
Samara Joy – Tight
Best Jazz Vocal Album
Cécile McLorin Salvant – Mélusine
Fred Hersch & Esperanza Spalding – Alive at the Village Vanguard
Gretchen Parlato & Lionel Loueke – Lean In
Nicole Zuraitis – How Love Begins
Patti Austin Featuring Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band – For Ella 2
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
ADDA Simfònica, Josep Vicent, Emilio Solla – The Chick Corea Symphony Tribute – Ritmo
The Count Basie Orchestra Directed by Scotty Barnhart – Basie Swings the Blues
Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society – Dynamic Maximum Tension
Mingus Big Band – The Charles Mingus Centennial Sessions
Vince Mendoza & Metropole Orkest – Olympians
Best Jazz Instrumental Album
Adam Blackstone – Legacy: The Instrumental Jawn
Billy Childs – The Winds of Change
Kenny Barron – The Source
Lakecia Benjamin – Phoenix
Pat Metheny – Dream Box
Best Latin Jazz Album
Bobby Sanabria Multiverse Big Band – Vox Humana
Eliane Elias – Quietude
Ivan Lins With the Tblisi Symphony Orchestra – My Heart Speaks
Luciana Souza & Trio Corrente – Cometa
Miguel Zenón & Luis Perdomo – El Arte del Bolero Vol. 2
Best Alternative Jazz Album
Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer, Shahzad Ismaily – Love in Exile
Cory Henry – Live at the Piano
Kurt Elling, Charlie Hunter, SuperBlue – SuperBlue: The Iridescent Spree
Louis Cole – Quality Over Opinion
Meshell Ndegeocello – The Omnichord Real Book
Best Contemporary Blues Album
Bettye LaVette – LaVette!
Christone “Kingfish” Ingram – Live in London
Larkin Poe – Blood Harmony
Ruthie Foster – Healing Time
Samantha Fish and Jesse Dayton – Death Wish Blues
Best R&B Album
Babyface – Girls Night Out
Coco Jones – What I Didn’t Tell You (Deluxe)
Emily King – Special Occasion
Summer Walker – Clear 2: Soft Life EP
Victoria Monét – Jaguar II
Best Album Notes
Howdy Glenn – I Can Almost See Houston
Iftin Band – Mogadishu’s Finest: The Al Uruba Sessions
John Coltrane – Evenings at the Village Gate: John Coltrane With Eric Dolphy (Live)
Various Artists – Playing for the Man at the Door: Field Recordings from the Collection of Mack McCormick, 1958–1971
Various Artists – Written in Their Soul: The Stax Songwriter Demos
Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals
Cécile McLorin Salvant – Fenestra
Maria Mendes Featuring John Beasley & Metropole Orkest – Com Que Voz (Live)
Patti Austin Featuring Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band – April in Paris
Säje Featuring Jacob Collier – In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning
Samara Joy – Lush Life
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