Best Improvised Jazz Solo
Fingerprints
Chick Corea, soloist
Track from: Trilogy (Chick Corea Trio)
Label: Concord Jazz
Best Jazz Vocal Album
Beautiful Life
Dianne Reeves
Label: Concord Records
Best Jazz Instrumental Album
Trilogy
Chick Corea Trio
Label: Concord Jazz
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
Life In The Bubble
Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band
Label: Telarc International
Best Latin Jazz Album
The Offense Of The Drum
Arturo O’Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra
Label: Motema
Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals
New York Tendaberry
Billy Childs, arranger (Billy Childs Featuring Renée Fleming & Yo-Yo Ma)
Track from: Map To The Treasure: Reimagining Laura Nyro
Label: Masterworks
Best Instrumental Composition
The Book Thief
John Williams, composer (John Williams)
Track from: The Book Thief Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Label: Sony Classical, Fox Music; Publisher: Fox Film Music Corp.
Best Contemporary Instrumental Album
Bass & Mandolin
Chris Thile & Edgar Meyer
Label: Nonesuch