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Last night saw the presentation at Madison Square Garden in New York of the The 60th annual Grammy Awards. It was the first time since 2003 that the ceremony was held outside Los Angeles (where the Staples Center had been the home of the Grammy’s since 2004). The ceremony recognizes the best recordings, compositions and artists of the eligibility year, which ran from October 1, 2016 to September 30, 2017. The nominations were announced on November 28, 2017.
The winners in the Jazz category include John McLaughlin for Best Improvised Jazz Solo. Cécile McLorin Salvant won in the category Best Jazz Vocal Album for her album Dreams and Daggers. Best Jazz Instrumental Album went to Billy Childs for the album Rebirth and Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album was awarded to the Christian McBride Big Band for their album Bringin’ It.
Best Latin Jazz Album went to the Pablo Ziegler Trio for Jazz Tango while in the American Roots Music category, Best Traditional Blues Album went to the Rolling Stones for Blue & Lonesome and Best Contemporary Blues Album was awarded to TajMo by Taj Mahal and Keb’ Mo’.
Below is a list of the nominated Albums and the winners in the Jazz & Blues genre’s:
Jazz Catagory
Best Improvised Jazz Solo:
“Can’t Remember Why” — Sara Caswell, soloist
“Dance Of Shiva” — Billy Childs, soloist
“Whisper Not” — Fred Hersch, soloist
“Miles Beyond” — John McLaughlin, soloist — WINNER
“Ilimba” — Chris Potter, soloist
Best Jazz Vocal Album:
The Journey — The Baylor Project
A Social Call — Jazzmeia Horn
Bad Ass and Blind — Raul Midón
Porter Plays Porter — Randy Porter Trio With Nancy King
Dreams and Daggers — Cécile McLorin Salvant — WINNER
Best Jazz Instrumental Album:
Uptown, Downtown — Bill Charlap Trio
Rebirth — Billy Childs — WINNER
Project Freedom –Joey DeFrancesco & The People
Open Book — Fred Hersch
The Dreamer Is the Dream — Chris Potter
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album:
MONK’estra Vol. 2 — John Beasley
Jigsaw — Alan Ferber Big Band
Bringin’ It — Christian McBride Big Band — WINNER
Homecoming — Vince Mendoza & WDR Big Band Cologne
Whispers on the Wind — Chuck Owen And The Jazz Surge
Best Latin Jazz Album:
Hybrido – From Rio To Wayne Shorter — Antonio Adolfo
Oddara — Jane Bunnett & Maqueque
Outra Coisa – The Music Of Moacir Santos — Anat Cohen & Marcello Gonçalves
Típico — Miguel Zenón
Jazz Tango — Pablo Ziegler Trio — WINNER
American Roots Music
Best Traditional Blues Album:
Migration Blues — Eric Bibb
Elvin Bishop’s Big Fun Trio — Elvin Bishop’s Big Fun Trio
Roll And Tumble — R.L. Boyce
Sonny & Brownie’s Last Train — Guy Davis & Fabrizio Poggi
Blue & Lonesome — The Rolling Stones — WINNER
Best Contemporary Blues Album:
Robert Cray & Hi Rhythm — Robert Cray & Hi Rhythm
Recorded Live In Lafayette — Sonny Landreth
TajMo — Taj Mahal and Keb’ Mo’ — WINNER
Got Soul — Robert Randolph & The Family Band
Live From The Fox Oakland — Tedeschi Trucks Band
For a full list of winners in all categories visit the Billboard website.
Last modified: July 15, 2018
