The winners are currently being announced at the 58th Annual Grammy Awards. Below are the winners announced thus far in jazz-related categories (in bold), with the runners-up listed directly below the winner in each category.
Check back throughout the evening as other winners are announced.
Congratulations to all winners from the staff of JazzTimes!
BEST IMPROVISED JAZZ SOLO
WINNER:
Cherokee
Christian McBride, soloist
Track from: Live At The Village Vanguard (Christian McBride Trio)
Label: Mack Avenue Records
Giant Steps
Joey Alexander, soloist
Track from: My Favorite Things
Label: Motema Music
Arbiters Of Evolution
Donny McCaslin, soloist
Track from: The Thompson Fields (Maria Schneider Orchestra)
Label: ArtistShare
Friend Or Foe
Joshua Redman, soloist
Track from: The Bad Plus Joshua Redman (The Bad Plus Joshua Redman)
Label: Nonesuch
Past Present
John Scofield, soloist
Track from: Past Present
Label: Impulse!
BEST JAZZ VOCAL ALBUM
WINNER:
For One To Love
Cécile McLorin Salvant
Label: Mack Avenue Records
Many A New Day: Karrin Allyson Sings Rodgers & Hammerstein
Karrin Allyson
Label: Motema Music
Find A Heart
Denise Donatelli
Label: Savant Records
Flirting With Disaster
Lorraine Feather
Label: Jazzed Media
Jamison
Jamison Ross
Label: Concord Jazz
BEST JAZZ INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM
WINNER:
Past Present
John Scofield
Label: Impulse!
My Favorite Things
Joey Alexander
Label: Motema Music
Breathless
Terence Blanchard Featuring The E-Collective
Label: Blue Note Records
Covered: Recorded Live At Capitol Studios
Robert Glasper & The Robert Glasper Trio
Label: Blue Note Records
Beautiful Life
Jimmy Greene
Label: Mack Avenue Records
BEST LARGE JAZZ ENSEMBLE ALBUM
WINNER:
The Thompson Fields
Maria Schneider Orchestra
Label: ArtistShare
Lines Of Color
Gil Evans Project
Label: Blue Note/ArtistShare
Köln
Marshall Gilkes & WDR Big Band
Label: Alternate Side Records
Cuba: The Conversation Continues
Arturo O’Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra
Label: Motema Music
Home Suite Home
Patrick Williams
Label: BFM Jazz
BEST LATIN JAZZ ALBUM
WINNER:
Made In Brazil
Eliane Elias
Label: Concord Jazz
Impromptu
The Rodriguez Brothers
Label: Criss Cross Jazz
Suite Caminos
Gonzalo Rubalcaba
Label: 5Passion
Intercambio
Wayne Wallace Latin Jazz Quintet
Label: Patois Records
Identities Are Changeable
Miguel Zenón
Label: Miel Music
BEST CONTEMPORARY INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM
WINNER:
Sylva
Snarky Puppy & Metropole Orkest
Label: Impulse!
Guitar In The Space Age!
Bill Frisell
Label: Okeh
Love Language
Wouter Kellerman
Label: Listen 2 Entertainment Group
Afrodeezia
Marcus Miller
Label: Blue Note Records
The Gospel According To Jazz, Chapter IV
Kirk Whalum
Label: Mack Avenue Records
BEST INSTRUMENTAL COMPOSITION
WINNER:
The Afro Latin Jazz Suite
Arturo O’Farrill, composer (Arturo O’Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra Featuring Rudresh Mahanthappa)
Track from: Cuba: The Conversation Continues
Label: Motema Music
Civil War
Bob Mintzer, composer (Bob Mintzer Big Band)
Track from: Get Up!
Label: MCG Jazz
Confetti Man
David Balakrishnan, composer (Turtle Island Quartet)
Track from: Confetti Man
Label: Azica Records
Neil
Rich DeRosa, composer (University Of North Texas One O’Clock Lab Band)
Track from: Lab 2015
Label: North Texas Jazz
Vesper
Marshall Gilkes, composer (Marshall Gilkes & WDR Big Band)
Track from: Köln
Label: Alternate Side Records
BEST ARRANGEMENT, INSTRUMENTS AND VOCALS
WINNER:
Sue (Or In A Season Of Crime)
Maria Schneider, arranger (David Bowie)
Track from: Nothing Has Changed
Label: Legacy/Columbia
Be My Muse
Shelly Berg, arranger (Lorraine Feather)
Label: Jazzed Media
52nd & Broadway
Patrick Williams, arranger (Patrick Williams Featuring Patti Austin)
Track from: Home Suite Home
Label: BFM Jazz
Garota De Ipanema
Otmaro Ruiz, arranger (Catina DeLuna Featuring Otmaro Ruiz)
Track from: Catina Deluna Lado B Brazilian Project Featuring Otmaro Ruiz
Label: Catina DeLuna
When I Come Home
Jimmy Greene, arranger (Jimmy Greene With Javier Colon)
Track from: Beautiful Life
Label: Mack Avenue Records
BEST SCORE SOUNDTRACK FOR VISUAL MEDIA
WINNER:
Birdman
Antonio Sanchez, composer
Label: Milan Records
The Imitation Game
Alexandre Desplat, composer
Label: Sony Classical
Interstellar
Hans Zimmer, composer
Label: WaterTower Music
The Theory Of Everything
Jóhann Jóhannsson, composer
Label: Back Lot Music
Whiplash
Justin Hurwitz, composer
Label: Varèse Sarabande
BEST TRADITIONAL POP VOCAL ALBUM
WINNER:
The Silver Lining: The Songs Of Jerome Kern
Tony Bennett & Bill Charlap
Label: RPM Records/Columbia Records
Shadows In The Night
Bob Dylan
Label: Columbia
Stages
Josh Groban
Label: Reprise
No One Ever Tells You
Seth MacFarlane
Label: Republic
My Dream Duets
Barry Manilow (& Various Artists)
Label: Verve Music Group
