
The 63rd Grammy Award NOMINEES! CONGRATS!!!!!
The National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences (N.A.R.A.S., AKA The Grammy People) announced the NOMINEES for GRAMMY AWARDS for 2021! Here is a list of JAZZ Artists who have just received nominations for the 63rd Grammy Awards in various jazz categories including the MOdern JAzz (MOJA) world, from the more traditional jazz world and other categories. We congratulate all the nominees in every category and they prove that jazz in its modern form is alive and well and crossing over into almost every area of music from world music to classical to R& B to pop.
2021 GRAMMYs: JAZZ Nominees
31. Best Improvised Jazz Solo
For an instrumental jazz solo performance. Two equal performers on one recording may be eligible as one entry. If the soloist listed appears on a recording billed to another artist, the latter’s name is in parenthesis for identification. Singles or Tracks only.
- GUINEVERE
Christian Scott Atunde Adjuah, soloist
Track from: Axiom - PACHAMAMA
Regina Carter, soloist
Track from: Ona (Thana Alexa) - 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)
32. Best Jazz Vocal Album
For albums containing at least 51% playing time of new vocal jazz recordings.
- 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
33. Best Jazz Instrumental Album
For albums containing at least 51% playing time of new instrumental jazz recordings.
- 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
34. Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
For albums containing at least 51% playing time of new ensemble jazz recordings.
- 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
35. Best Latin Jazz Album
For vocal or instrumental albums containing at least 51% playing time of newly recorded material. The intent of this category is to recognize recordings that represent the blending of jazz with Latin, Iberian-American, Brazilian, and Argentinian tango music.
- 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
Global Music
54. Best Global Music Album
For albums containing at least 51% playing time of new vocal or instrumental Global Music recordings.
- FU CHRONICLES
Antibalas - TWICE AS TALL
Burna Boy - AGORA
Bebel Gilberto - LOVE LETTERS
Anoushka Shankar - AMADJAR
Tinariwen
Award to Composer(s) for an original score created specifically for, or as a companion to, a current legitimate motion picture, television show or series, video games or other visual media.
- AD ASTRA
Max Richter, composer - BECOMING
Kamasi Washington, composer - JOKER
Hildur Guðnadóttir, composer - 1917
Thomas Newman, composer - STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER
John Williams, composer
Composing/Arranging
62. Best Instrumental Composition
A Composer’s Award for an original composition (not an adaptation) first released during the Eligibility Year. Singles or Tracks only.
- BABY JACK
Arturo O’Farrill, composer (Arturo O’Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra) - BE WATER II
Christian Sands, composer (Christian Sands) - PLUMFIELD
Alexandre Desplat, composer (Alexandre Desplat) - SPUTNIK
Maria Schneider, composer (Maria Schneider) - STRATA
Remy Le Boeuf, composer (Remy Le Boeuf’s Assembly Of Shadows Featuring Anna Webber & Eric Miller)
63. Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella
An Arranger’s Award. (Artist names appear in parentheses.) Singles or Tracks only.
- BATHROOM DANCE
Hildur Guðnadóttir, arranger (Hildur Guðnadóttir) - DONNA LEE
John Beasley, arranger (John Beasley) - HONEYMOONERS
Remy Le Boeuf, arranger (Remy Le Boeuf’s Assembly Of Shadows) - LIFT EVERY VOICE AND SING
Alvin Chea & Jarrett Johnson, arrangers (Jarrett Johnson Featuring Alvin Chea) - URANUS: THE MAGICIAN
Jeremy Levy, arranger (Jeremy Levy Jazz Orchestra)
64. Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals
An Arranger’s Award. (Artist names appear in parentheses.) Singles or Tracks only.
- ASAS FECHADAS
John Beasley & Maria Mendes, arrangers (Maria Mendes Featuring John Beasley & Orkest Metropole) - DESERT SONG
Erin Bentlage, Sara Gazarek, Johnaye Kendrick & Amanda Taylor, arrangers (Säje) - 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)