Grammy Awards 2021 nominations announced

The 63rd GRAMMY Awards nominees were announced overnight in Los Angeles by legendary producer and drummer Harvey Mason Jr.

Leading the jazz and R&B categories is UK Multi-instrumentalist Jacob Collier with three nominations including album of the year for Djesse Vol.3. Jacob has also been awarded several Jazz FM Awards in the past, including being nominated for 'The Digital Award' in this year's Jazz FM Awards with OANDA.

Other nominees this year include Norah Jones and Mavis Staples for their recent duet, Gregory Porter for All Rise, Kamasi Washington for Becoming and Harry Connick Jr. for his celebration of Cole Porter.

Trumpeter Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah has picked up two nominations including best improvised jazz solo, while Kurt Elling and Carmen Lundy are in the jazz vocalist category.

GRAMMY Awards 2021 - nomination list

See our abridged nomination list, featuring some of our favourite artists and who to keep an eye on.

Album Of The Year

DJESSE VOL.3 - Jacob Collier

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album

BLUE UMBRELLA - (Burt Bacharach &) Daniel Tashian

TRUE LOVE: A CELEBRATION OF COLE PORTER - Harry Connick, Jr.

Best Contemporary Instrumental Album

AXIOM - Christian Scott Atunde Adjuah

CHRONOLOGY OF A DREAM: LIVE AT THE VILLAGE VANGUARD - Jon Batiste

TAKE THE STAIRS - Black Violin

AMERICANA - Grégoire Maret, Romain Collin & Bill Frisell

LIVE AT THE ROYAL ALBERT HALL - Snarky Puppy

Best Rock Album

KIWANUKA - Michael Kiwanuka

Best R&B Performance

'ALL I NEED' - Jacob Collier Featuring Mahalia & Ty Dolla $ign

Best Traditional R&B Performance

'SIT ON DOWN' - The Baylor Project Featuring Jean Baylor & Marcus Baylor

'ANYTHING FOR YOU' - Ledisi

'DISTANCE' - Yebba

Best R&B Song

'BETTER THAN I IMAGINE' - Robert Glasper, Meshell Ndegeocello & Gabriella Wilson, songwriters (Robert Glasper Featuring H.E.R. & Meshell Ndegeocello)

Best Progressive R&B Album

FREE NATIONALS - Free Nationals

F*** YO FEELINGS - Robert Glasper

IT IS WHAT IT IS - Thundercat

Best R&B Album

ALL RISE - Gregory Porter

Best New Age Album

MEDITATIONS - Cory Wong & Jon Batiste

Best Improvised Jazz Solo

'GUINEVERE' - Christian Scott Atunde Adjuah, soloist. Track from: Axiom

'PACHAMAMA' - Regina Carter, soloist Track from: Ona (Thana Alexa)

'TOMORROW IS THE QUESTION' - Julian Lage, soloist

'CELIA' - Gerald Clayton, soloist

'ALL BLUES' - Chick Corea, soloist. Track from: Trilogy 2 (Chick Corea, Christian McBride & Brian Blade)

'MOE HONK' - Joshua Redman, soloist. Track from: RoundAgain (Redman Mehldau McBride Blade)

Best Jazz Vocal Album

ONA - Thana Alexa

SECRETS ARE THE BEST STORIES - Kurt Elling Featuring Danilo Pérez

MODERN ANCESTORS - Carmen Lundy

HOLY ROOM: LIVE AT ALTE OPER - Somi With Frankfurt Radio Big Band

WHAT'S THE HURRY - Kenny Washington

Best Jazz Instrumental Album

ON THE TENDER SPOT OF EVERY CALLOUSED MOMENT - Ambrose Akinmusire

WAITING GAME - Terri Lyne Carrington And Social Science

HAPPENING: LIVE AT THE VILLAGE VANGUARD - Gerald Clayton

TRILOGY 2 - Chick Corea, Christian McBride & Brian Blade

ROUNDAGAIN - Redman Mehldau McBride Blade

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album

DIALOGUES ON RACE - Gregg August

MONK'ESTRA PLAYS JOHN BEASLEY - John Beasley

THE INTANGIBLE BETWEEN - Orrin Evans And The Captain Black Big Band

SONGS YOU LIKE A LOT - John Hollenbeck With Theo Bleckmann, Kate McGarry, Gary Versace And The Frankfurt Radio Big Band

DATA LORDS - Maria Schneider Orchestra

Best Latin Jazz Album

TRADICIONES - Afro-Peruvian Jazz Orchestra

FOUR QUESTIONS - Arturo O'Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra

CITY OF DREAMS - Chico Pinheiro

VIENTO Y TIEMPO - LIVE AT BLUE NOTE TOKYO - Gonzalo Rubalcaba & Aymée Nuviola

TRANE'S DELIGHT - Poncho Sanchez

Best American Roots Performance

'I'LL BE GONE' - Norah Jones & Mavis Staples

Best Traditional Blues Album

ALL MY DUES ARE PAID - Frank Bey

YOU MAKE ME FEEL - Don Bryant

THAT'S WHAT I HEARD - Robert Cray Band

CYPRESS GROVE - Jimmy "Duck" Holmes

RAWER THAN RAW - Bobby Rush

Best Contemporary Blues Album

HAVE YOU LOST YOUR MIND YET? - Fantastic Negrito

LIVE AT THE PARAMOUNT - Ruthie Foster Big Band

THE JUICE - G. Love

BLACKBIRDS - Bettye LaVette

UP AND ROLLING - North Mississippi Allstars

Best Global Music Album

AGORA - Bebel Gilberto

LOVE LETTERS - Anoushka Shankar

Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media

BECOMING - Kamasi Washington, composer

Best Instrumental Composition

'BABY JACK' - Arturo O'Farrill, composer (Arturo O'Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra)

'BE WATER II' - Christian Sands, composer (Christian Sands)

'SPUTNIK' - Maria Schneider, composer (Maria Schneider)

Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella

'DONNA LEE' - John Beasley, arranger (John Beasley)

Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals

'ASAS FECHADAS' - John Beasley & Maria Mendes, arrangers (Maria Mendes Featuring John Beasley & Orkest Metropole)

'FROM THIS PLACE' - Alan Broadbent & Pat Metheny, arrangers (Pat Metheny Featuring Meshell Ndegeocello)

'HE WON'T HOLD YOU' - Jacob Collier, arranger (Jacob Collier Featuring Rapsody)

'SLOW BURN' - Talia Billig, Nic Hard & Becca Stevens, arrangers (Becca Stevens Featuring Jacob Collier, Mark Lettieri, Justin Stanton, Jordan Perlson, Nic Hard, Keita Ogawa, Marcelo Woloski & Nate Werth)

from https://planetradio.co.uk