Grammy Award Nominations Announced

Fred Hersch, John Scofield, John Daversa among multiple award nominees in jazz categories

By JazzTimes

The nominations for the Grammy Awards were announced today. The Awards ceremony and show will be held on Sunday, February 12, 2017 in Los Angeles.

Below are nominees in the jazz and jazz-related categories. For a complete list of nominations, go to grammy.com

Best Contemporary Instrumental Album

Human Nature 
Herb Alpert 
(Herb Alpert Presents)

When You Wish Upon A Star 
Bill Frisell 
(Okeh Records)

Way Back Home: Live From Rochester, NY 
Steve Gadd Band 
(BFM Jazz)

Unspoken 
Chuck Loeb 
(Shanachie Entertainment)

Culcha Vulcha 
Snarky Puppy 
(Ground Up Music)

Best Improvised Jazz Solo

“Countdown” 
Joey Alexander, soloist 
Track from: Countdown (Motema Music)

“In Movement” 
Ravi Coltrane, soloist 
Track from: In Movement (Jack DeJohnette, Ravi Coltrane & Matthew Garrison) (ECM)

“We See” 
Fred Hersch, soloist 
Track from: Sunday Night At The Vanguard (The Fred Hersch Trio) (Palmetto Records)

“I Concentrate On You” 
Brad Mehldau, soloist 
Track from: Blues And Ballads (Brad Mehldau Trio) (Nonesuch)

“I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry” 
John Scofield, soloist 
Track from: Country For Old Men (Impulse!)

Best Jazz Vocal Album

Sound Of Red 
René Marie 
(Motema Music)

Upward Spiral 
Branford Marsalis Quartet With Special Guest Kurt Elling 
(Okeh)

Take Me To The Alley 
Gregory Porter 
(Blue Note)

Harlem On My Mind 
Catherine Russell 
(Jazz Village)

The Sting Variations 
The Tierney Sutton Band 
(BFM Jazz)

Best Jazz Instrumental Album

Book Of Intuition 
Kenny Barron Trio 
(Impulse!)

Dr. Um 
Peter Erskine 
(Fuzzy Music)

Sunday Night At The Vanguard 
The Fred Hersch Trio 
(Palmetto Records)

Nearness 
Joshua Redman & Brad Mehldau 
(Nonesuch)

Country For Old Men 
John Scofield 
(Impulse!)

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album

Real Enemies 
Darcy James Argue's Secret Society 
(New Amsterdam Records)

Presents Monk'estra, Vol. 1 
John Beasley 
(Mack Avenue Records)

Kaleidoscope Eyes: Music Of The Beatles 
John Daversa 
(BFM Jazz)

All L.A. Band 
Bob Mintzer 
(Fuzzy Music)

Presidential Suite: Eight Variations On Freedom 
Ted Nash Big Band 
(Motema Music)

Best Latin Jazz Album

Entre Colegas 
Andy González 
(Truth Revolution Records)

Madera Latino: A Latin Jazz Perspective On The Music Of Woody Shaw 
Brian Lynch & Various Artists 
(Hollistic Musicworks)

Canto América 
Michael Spiro/Wayne Wallace La Orquesta Sinfonietta 
(Patois Records)

30 
Trio Da Paz 
(Zoho)

Tribute To Irakere: Live In Marciac 
Chucho Valdés 
(Jazz Village)

Best Instrumental Composition

“Bridge Of Spies (End Title)” 
Thomas Newman, composer (Thomas Newman) 
Track from: Bridge Of Spies (Hollywood Records)

“The Expensive Train Set (An Epic Sarahnade For Double Big Band)” 
Tim Davies, composer (Tim Davies Big Band) 
Track from: The Expensive Trainset (Origin Records)

“Flow” 
Alan Ferber, composer (Alan Ferber Nonet) 
Track from: Roots & Transitions (Sunnyside Communications, Inc.)

“L'Ultima Diligenza Di Red Rock - Versione Integrale” 
Ennio Morricone, composer (Ennio Morricone) 
Track from: Quentin Tarantino's The Hateful Eight (Decca Records)

“Spoken At Midnight” 
Ted Nash, composer (Ted Nash Big Band) 
Track from: Presidential Suite: Eight Variations On Freedom (Motema Music)

Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella

“Ask Me Now” 
John Beasley, arranger (John Beasley) 
Track from: Presents Monk'estra, Vol. 1 (Mack Avenue Records)

“Good ‘Swing’ Wenceslas” 
Sammy Nestico, arranger (The Count Basie Orchestra) 
Track from: A Very Swingin' Basie Christmas! (Concord Jazz)

“Linus & Lucy 
Christian Jacob, arranger (The Phil Norman Tentet) 
Track from: Then & Now: Classic Sounds & Variations Of 12 Jazz Legends (Mama Records)

“Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds” 
John Daversa, arranger (John Daversa) 
Track from: Kaleidoscope Eyes: Music Of The Beatles (BFM Jazz)

“We Three Kings” 
Ted Nash, arranger (Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra With Wynton Marsalis) 
Track from: Big Band Holidays (Blue Engine Records)

“You And I” 
Jacob Collier, arranger (Jacob Collier) 
Track from: In My Room (Membran)

Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals

“Do You Hear What I Hear?” 
Gordon Goodwin, arranger (Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band Featuring Take 6) 
Track from: A Big Phat Christmas - Wrap This! (Music Of Content)

“Do You Want To Know A Secret” 
John Daversa, arranger (John Daversa Featuring Renee Olstead) 
Track from: Kaleidoscope Eyes: Music Of The Beatles (BFM Jazz)

“Flintstones” 
Jacob Collier, arranger (Jacob Collier) 
Track from: In My Room (Membran)

“I'm A Fool To Want You” 
Alan Broadbent, arranger (Kristin Chenoweth) 
Track from: The Art Of Elegance (Concord Records)

“Somewhere (Dirty Blvd)” (Extended Version) 
Billy Childs & Larry Klein, arrangers (Lang Lang Featuring Lisa Fischer & Jeffrey Wright) 
Track from: New York Rhapsody (Sony Classical)

In addition, Miles Ahead (Miles Davis & Various Artists) on Columbia/Legacy was nominated in the category of Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for Visual Media.