Today (Nov. 23) is a great day to be Jon Batiste. The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS) has just nominated the 35-year-old Louisiana native for a whopping 11 Grammy Awards across a range of categories, including jazz. Eight of those nominations—Record of the Year, Album of the Year, Best Traditional R&B Performance, Best R&B Album, Best American Roots Performance, Best American Roots Song, Best Contemporary Classical Composition, and Best Music Video—recognize his 2021 album  https://jazztimes.com/reviews/albums/jon-batiste-we-are-verve/" rel="nofollow - Soul.

Also doing well in the nominations department are Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga, whose 2021 album Love for Sale is officially the 95-year-old Bennett’s  https://jazztimes.com/features/profiles/danny-bennett-tony-bennett/" rel="nofollow - last studio recording . Love for Sale garnered three nominations—Album of the Year, Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album, and Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical—while the album track “I Get a Kick Out of You” picked up three more (Record of the Year, Best Pop Duo/Group Performance, and Best Music Video).

The late Chick Corea has long been a favorite at the Grammys, with 25 wins. Now he’s been nominated for four more awards: Best Improvised Jazz Solo (for “Humpty Dumpty [Set 2]” from the 2021 album  https://jazztimes.com/reviews/albums/chick-corea-akoustic-band-live-concord-jazz/" rel="nofollow - Plays, plus a share of the Best Latin Jazz Album award for Eliane Elias’ Mirror Mirror, which credits Corea and Chucho Valdés as featured guests.

Other jazz artists with multiple nominations include  https://jazztimes.com/features/interviews/terence-blanchard-writing-operas-honoring-wayne-shorter-and-more/" rel="nofollow - Terence Blanchard  (Best Jazz Instrumental Album for Absence, his 2021 recording with the E-Collective and the Turtle Island Quartet, and Best Improvised Jazz Solo for his performance on that album’s title track), Robert Glasper (Best Traditional R&B Performance for Leon Bridges’ “Born Again” and Best Progressive R&B Album for Dessert, his latest Dinner Party collaboration with Kamasi Washington, Terrace Martin, and 9th Wonder), and Arturo O’Farrill (Best Latin Jazz Album for Virtual Birdland and Best Instrumental Composition for the title track of Dreaming in Lions). Noteworthy jazz artists nominated in non-jazz or jazz-adjacent categories include Ledisi (Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album for  https://jazztimes.com/reviews/albums/ledisi-ledisi-sings-nina-listen-back/" rel="nofollow - Ledisi Sings Nina ) and Norah Jones (same category for …’Til We Meet Again), while Brandee Younger (“Beautiful Is Black”), Vince Mendoza (“Concerto for Orchestra: Finale”), and the late Lyle Mays ( https://jazztimes.com/reviews/albums/lyle-mays-eberhard-lylemays-com/" rel="nofollow - Heart Full of Rhythm: The Big Band Years of Louis Armstrong  https://jazztimes.com/features/profiles/louis-armstrong-the-return-of-the-king/" rel="nofollow - was excerpted in The Complete Louis Armstrong Columbia and RCA Victor Studio Sessions 1946-1966. 

A complete list of nominations in the jazz categories and the closely related Best Contemporary Instrumental category is below.

Best Improvised Jazz Solo

• “Sackodougou”
  Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah, soloist
  From The Hands of Time (Weedie Braimah)
   
• “Kick Those Feet”
  Kenny Barron, soloist
  From Songs From My Father (Gerry Gibbs Thrasher Dream Trios)
   
• “Bigger Than Us”
  Jon Batiste, soloist
  From: Soul (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) 
   
• “Absence”
  Terence Blanchard, soloist
  From Absence
   
• “Humpty Dumpty (Set 2)”
  Chick Corea, soloist
  From Akoustic Band LIVE

Best Jazz Vocal Album

• https://jazztimes.com/reviews/albums/the-baylor-project-generations-be-a-light/" rel="nofollow - The Baylor Project
   
• https://jazztimes.com/reviews/albums/kurt-elling-superblue-edition/" rel="nofollow - Kurt Elling & Charlie Hunter
   
• Time Traveler
  https://jazztimes.com/features/lists/nnenna-freelon-before-after/" rel="nofollow - Nnenna Freelon
   
• https://jazztimes.com/reviews/albums/gretchen-parlato-flor-edition/" rel="nofollow - Gretchen Parlato
   
• https://jazztimes.com/reviews/albums/esperanza-spalding-songwrights-apothecary-lab-concord-jazz/" rel="nofollow - Esperanza Spalding

Best Jazz Instrumental Album

• Jazz Selections: Music from and Inspired by Soul
  Jon Batiste
   
• Absence
  Terence Blanchard Featuring the E-Collective and the Turtle Island Quartet
   
• Skyline
  Ron Carter, Jack DeJohnette & Gonzalo Rubalcaba
   
• Akoustic Band LIVE
  Chick Corea, John Patitucci & Dave Weckl
   
• https://jazztimes.com/reviews/albums/pat-metheny-side-eye-nyc-v1-iv-modern/" rel="nofollow - Pat Metheny

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album

• Live at Birdland!
  The Count Basie Orchestra Directed by Scotty Barnhart
   
• https://jazztimes.com/reviews/albums/jazzmeia-horn-and-her-noble-force-dear-love-empress-legacy/" rel="nofollow - Jazzmeia Horn and Her Noble Force
   
• https://jazztimes.com/reviews/albums/christian-mcbride-big-band-for-jimmy-wes-and-oliver-mack-avenue/" rel="nofollow - For Jimmy, Wes and Oliver
  Christian McBride Big Band
   
• Swirling
  https://jazztimes.com/features/profiles/the-sun-ra-arkestra-is-swirling-through-space/" rel="nofollow - Sun Ra Arkestra
   
• https://jazztimes.com/reviews/albums/yellowjackets-jackets-xl-mack-avenue/" rel="nofollow - Yellowjackets + WDR Big Band

Best Latin Jazz Album

• Mirror Mirror
  Eliane Elias with Chick Corea and Chucho Valdés
   
• The South Bronx Story
  Carlos Henriquez
   
• Virtual Birdland
  Arturo O’Farrill & the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra
   
• https://jazztimes.com/reviews/albums/dafnis-prieto-sextet-transparency-dafnison/" rel="nofollow - Dafnis Prieto Sextet
   
• El Arte Del Bolero
  Miguel Zenón & Luis Perdomo

Best Contemporary Instrumental Album

• Double Dealin’
  Randy Brecker & Eric Marienthal
   
• The Garden
  Rachel Eckroth
   
• Tree Falls
  Taylor Eigsti
   
• At Blue Note Tokyo
  Steve Gadd Band
   
• Deep: The Baritone Sessions, Vol. 2
  Mark Lettieri

Go  https://www.grammy.com/grammys/news/2022-grammys-complete-winners-nominees-nominations-list" rel="nofollow - here  to see the complete list of 2022 Grammy nominees.

The 64th Grammy Awards show will air Monday, Jan. 31, on CBS, and stream live and on-demand on Paramount+ from 8–11:30 p.m. ET / 5–8:30 p.m. PT. Awards not presented during the show will be given out prior to the telecast at the Grammy Awards Premiere Ceremony, streamed live on  https://www.grammy.com/" rel="nofollow - grammy.com  and  https://www.youtube.com/user/TheGRAMMYs" rel="nofollow - the Recording Academy’s YouTube channel . 

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