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)