Jazz: The Grammy List (partial) for Jazz and Blues

Here are the nominations in jazz, blues, and other related categories:

Best Jazz Vocal Album: The Journey, The Baylor Project; A Social Call, Jazzmeia Horn; Bas Ass and Blind, Raul Midón; 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; Whisper 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.

Best Improvised Jazz Solo: “Cant Remember Why,” Sara Caswell (violin), from Whisper On the Wind (Chuck Owen and the Jazz Surge); “Dance of Shiva,” Billy Childs (piano), from Rebirth; “Whisper Not,” by Fred Hersch (piano), from Open Book; “Miles Beyond,” by John McLaughlin (guitar), from Live @ Ronnie Scott’s (John McLaughlin & the 4th Dimension); “Ilimba,” Chris Potter (saxophone), from The Dreamer is the Dream.

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 & Loathsome, The Rolling Stones.

Best Contemporary Blues Album: Robert Cray & Hi Rhythm, Rober Cray & Hi Rhythm; Recorded Live in Lafayette, Sonny Landreth; TajMo, Taj Mahal & Keb’ Mo’; Got Soul, Robert Randolph & the Family Band; Live from the Fox Oakland, Tedeschi Trucks Band.

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album: Nobody But Me (Deluxe Version), Michael Bublé; Triplicate, Bob Dylan; In Full Swing, Seth McFarlane; Wonderland, Sarah McLachlan;Tony Bennett Celebrates 90, Various Artists.

Best Contemporary Instrumental Album: What If, The Jerry Douglas Band; Spirit, Alex Han (produced by Marcus Miller); Mount Royal, Julian Lage & Chris Eldridge; Prototype, Jeff Lorber Fusion; Bad Hombre, Antonio Sanchez.