BEST IMPROVISED JAZZ SOLO
Orbits
Wayne Shorter, soloist
BEST JAZZ VOCAL ALBUM
Liquid Spirit, Gregory Porter
(Blue Note Records)
BEST JAZZ INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM
Money Jungle: Provocative In Blue, Terri Lyne Carrington
(Concord Jazz)
BEST LARGE JAZZ ENSEMBLE ALBUM
Night In Calisia, Randy Brecker, Włodek Pawlik Trio & Kalisz Philharmonic
(Summit Records)
BEST LATIN JAZZ ALBUM
Song For Maura, Paquito D’Rivera And Trio Corrente
(Sunnyside Records/Paquito Records)
BEST INSTRUMENTAL ARRANGEMENT
On Green Dolphin Street
Gordon Goodwin, arranger
BEST INSTRUMENTAL ARRANGEMENT ACCOMPANYING VOCALIST(S)
Gil Goldstein, arranger (Bobby McFerrin & Esperanza Spalding)
BEST INSTRUMENTAL COMPOSITION
Pensamientos For Solo Alto Saxophone And Chamber Orchestra
Clare Fischer, composer (The Clare Fischer Orchestra)