As usual, hip-hop and rock acts got most of the attention and supplied most of the action at last night’s Grammy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles. Believe it or not-and you probably won’t if you caught any part of CBS’s Grammy telecast-Grammy does still recognize jazz. Here’s a list of winners in the jazz categories. If you’re interested in knowing who won in other categories, visit the Grammy Web site.
Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group
Alegría
Wayne Shorter (pictured)
(Verve Records)
Best Jazz Instrumental Solo
Matrix
Chick Corea, soloist
Track from: Rendezvous In New York
(Stretch Records)
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
Wide Angles
Michael Brecker Quindectet
(Verve Records)
Best Latin Jazz Album
Live At The Blue Note
Michel Camilo With Charles Flores & Horacio “El Negro” Hernandez
(Telarc)
Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package
The Complete Jack Johnson Sessions
Julian Alexander, Howard Fritzson & Seth Rothstein, art directors (Miles Davis)
(Columbia/Legacy Recordings)
Best Contemporary Jazz Album
34th N Lex
Randy Brecker
(ESC Records)
Best Jazz Vocal Album
A Little Moonlight
Dianne Reeves
(Blue Note Records)
Best New Age Album
One Quiet Night
Pat Metheny
(Warner Bros. Records)
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