Best Contemporary Jazz Album Nominees

1. Deep Into It by Larry Carlson
2. Speaking of Now by the Pat Metheny Group
3. Uberjam by the John Scolfield Band
4. Mint Jam by the Yellowjackets
5. Faces and Places by Joe Zawinul


Best Jazz Vocal Album Nominees

1. For Ella by Patti Austin
2. Ask A Woman Who Knows by Natalie Cole
3. Etta Jones Sings Lady Day
4. Live in Paris by Diana Krall
5. Brazilian Duos by Luciana Souza


Best Jazz Instrumental Solo

1. Naima by Michael Brecker
2. Chelsea Bridge by Pete Christlieb
3. Sunset and the Mockingbird by Tommy Flanagan
4. My Ship by Herbie Hancock
5. Proof by Pat Metheny


Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group

1. Triangulo by Michael Camilo
2. The Infinite by Dave Douglas
3. Directions in Music by Herbie Hancock, Michael Brecker and Roy Hargrove
4. Footprints Live! by Wayne Shorter
5. Plays John Coltrane--Live at the Village Vanguard by McCoy Tyner

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album

1. Jazz Matinee by Slide Hampton and SWR Band
2. What Goes Around by Dave Holland Big Band
3. Tonight At Noon.. Three Of Four Shades of Love by the Mingus Big Band
4. This Is The Moment by Sammy Nestico
5. Can I Persuade You? by the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra

Best Latin Jazz Album

1. Alma De Santiago by Jane Bunnett
2. The Gathering by the Caribbean Jazz Project
3. Samba Jazz Fantasia by Duduka Da Fonseca
4. S.F. Bay by John Santos and the Mcachete Ensemble
5. Sentir by Omar Sosa