Okay…So it’s obvious that I’ve been NOT blogging for a couple of months. Sometimes life gets in the way. But I always have to give shine to the nominees and winners of Jazz Grammys. I feel like this is still one of maybe 4 categories that is actually based on the performance and not the populous.
I’d like to especially shout out the homie, Roy Hargrove, for his 3rd Grammy nomination for his solo performance from his large ensemble offering, EMERGENCE and his work on the tune “Ms. Garvey, Ms. Garvey”. He won Best Latin Jazz Album for ROY HARGROVE'S CRISOL: HABANA. His second nomination came in the form of Best R&B Performance for the remake of “I’ll Stay” from his RH FACTOR offering, HARD GROOVE.
Congrats to Terrance Blanchard for yet another Grammy. He must be using for paper weights at this point.
If you grew up playing in High School Jazz Ensemble’s in Texas and you wanted to continue that through college, then you most likely wanted to be part of the UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS ONE O'CLOCK LAB BAND. At least I would have. Congrats on the nomination for LAB 2009!!!
Best Contemporary Jazz Instrumental Album
• Urbanus - Stefon Harris & Blackout
• Sounding Point - Julian Lage
• At World's Edge - Philippe Saisse
• Big Neighborhood - Mike Stern
• 75 - Joe Zawinul & The Zawinul Syndicate
Best Jazz Vocal Album
• No Regrets - Randy Crawford (& Joe Sample)
• Dedicated To You: Kurt Elling Sings The Music Of Coltrane And Hartman - Kurt Elling
• So In Love - Roberta Gambarini
• Tide - Luciana Souza
• Desire - Tierney Sutton (Band)
Best Jazz Instrumental Solo Performance
• "Dancin' 4 Chicken" - Terence Blanchard soloist
• "All Of You" - Gerald Clayton soloist
• "Ms. Garvey, Ms. Garvey" - Roy Hargrove soloist
• "On Green Dolphin Street" - Martial Solal soloist
• "Villa Palmeras" - Miguel Zenón soloist
Best Jazz Instrumental Album
• Quartet Live - Gary Burton, Pat Metheny,Steve Swallow & Antonio Sanchez
• Brother To Brother - The Clayton Brothers
• Five Peace Band — Live - Chick Corea & John McLaughlin Five Peace Band
• Rememberance - John Patitucci Trio
• The Bright Mississippi - Allen Toussaint
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
• Legendary - Bob Florence Limited Edition
• Eternal Interlude - John Hollenbeck Large Ensemble
• Fun Time - Sammy Nestico And The SWR Big Band
• Book One - New Orleans Jazz Orchestra
• Lab 2009 - University of North Texas One O'Clock Lab Band
Best Latin Jazz Album
• Things I Wanted To Do - Chembo Corniel
• Áurea - Geoffrey Keezer
• Brazilliance X 4 - Claudio Roditi
• Juntos Para Siempre - Bebo Valdés And Chucho Valdés
• Esta Plena - Miguel Zenón
*Winners in bold
