Here is the list of 2009 Grammy winners in all the Jazz categories. I’m always more than excited to see my favorite female vocalist, Cassandra Wilson win. “Loverly” is by far, a great record!
I can’t say, unfortunately, that any of the other records hit my radar last year. But I’ll be seeking them out.
Contemporary Jazz Album: Randy in Brasil - Randy Brecker
Jazz Vocal Album: Loverly - Cassandra Wilson
Jazz Instrumental Solo: BE-BOP - Terence Blanchard,
Jazz Instrumental Album Individual or Group: The New Crystal Silence - Chick Corea and Gary Burton
Large Jazz Ensemble Album: Monday Night Live at the Village Vanguard - The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra
Latin Jazz Album: Song for Chico - Arturo O'Farrill and The Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra
Jazz Pianist Allen Toussaint received 2009 Lifetime Achievement Honor. Toussaint composed hits including “Southern Nights,” “All These Things,” “Java,” “Whipped Cream,” “Mother-In-Law,” and “Working in a Coal Mine”. His collaborators are a diverse cross-section of music’s finest, including Elvis Costello, Paul Simon, the Band, Boz Scaggs, Patti LaBelle, and Bonnie Raitt. Mr. Toussaint joined the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998.
Also, Hank Jones, the 90-year-old jazz pianist and composer who was awarded Congress' National Medal of Arts earlier this year.
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