2018 Grammy Nominees Announced

29/11/2017
2018 Grammy Nominees Announced

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Hearty congratulations go out to those who were honored with Grammy Award nominations today. In the Jazz categories, the nominees are: 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 • "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 Best Jazz Instrumental Album • Uptown, Downtown - Bill Charlap Trio • Rebirth - Billy Childs • 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 • 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   Jazz-related nominations in other categories included nods for Julian Lage & Chris Eldridge, Jeff Lorber Fusion and Antonio Sanchez in Best Contemporary Instrumental Album; Chuck Owen, John Beasley, Nate Smith and Chris Walden in Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella; and Jorge Calandrelli, Joel McNeely, and the team of Shelly Berg, Gregg Field, Gordon Goodwin & Clint Holmes in Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals. Jim Anderson, Darcy Proper and Jane Ira Bloom grabbed a nomination for Surround Sound Album for Early Americans, and Anat Cohen picked up a second nomination for World Music for "Rosa Dos Ventos" from her collaboration with Trio Brasileiro,