The winners of the 51st annual Grammy Awards were announced last night. The jazz-related category winners are as follows:
Best Contemporary Jazz Album
Randy In Brasil
Randy Brecker
[MAMA Records]
Best Jazz Vocal Album
Loverly
Cassandra Wilson
[Blue Note]
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]
Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group
The New Crystal Silence
Chick Corea & Gary Burton
[Concord Records]
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
Monday Night Live At The Village Vanguard
The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra
[Planet Arts Recordings]
Best Latin Jazz Album
Song For Chico
Arturo O’Farrill & The Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra
[Zoho]
Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)
Here’s That Rainy Day
Nan Schwartz, arranger (Natalie Cole)
Track from: Still Unforgettable
[DMI Records]
Best Album Notes
Kind Of Blue: 50th Anniversary Collector’s Edition
Francis Davis, album notes writer (Miles Davis)
[Columbia/Legacy Recordings]
In addition, pianist Hank Jones was given a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Grammys.
Pictured is Cassandra Wilson.
