THE JAZZ CATEGORY GRAMMY AWARD NOMINATIONS

Best Pop Instrumental Performance
Love Appetite
Steve Cropper & Felix Cavaliere
Track from: Nudge It Up A Notch
[Stax]

I Dreamed There Was No War
Eagles
Track from: Long Road Out Of Eden
[Eagles Recording Company II]

Fortune Teller
Fourplay
Track from: Energy
[Heads Up International]

Steppin' Out
Stanley Jordan
Track from: State Of Nature
[Mack Avenue Records]

Blast!
Marcus Miller
Track from: Marcus
[Concord Jazz]

Best Pop Instrumental Album
Sax For Stax
Gerald Albright
[Peak Records]

Greatest Hits Rerecorded Volume One
Larry Carlton
[335 Records]

Jingle All The Way
Béla Fleck & The Flecktones
[Rounder]

The Spice Of Life
Earl Klugh
[Koch Records]

A Night Before Christmas
Spyro Gyra
[Heads Up International]

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
Still Unforgettable
Natalie Cole
[DMI Records]

The Sinatra Project
Michael Feinstein
[Concord Music Group]

Noël
Josh Groban
[143/Reprise]

In The Swing Of Christmas
Barry Manilow
[Hallmark/Arista]

Rufus Does Judy At Carnegie Hall
Rufus Wainwright
[Geffen]

Best Contemporary Jazz Album
Randy In Brasil
Randy Brecker
[MAMA Records]

Floating Point
John McLaughlin
[Abstract Logix]

Cannon Re-Loaded: All-Star Celebration Of Cannonball Adderley
Various Artists)
Gregg Field & Tom Scott, producers
[Concord Jazz]

Miles From India
(Various Artists)
Bob Belden, producer
[4Q/Times Square Records]

Lifecycle
Yellowjackets Featuring Mike Stern
[Heads Up International]

Best Jazz Vocal Album
Imagina: Songs Of Brasil
Karrin Allyson
[Concord Jazz]

Breakfast On The Morning Tram
Stacey Kent
[Blue Note]

If Less Is More...Nothing Is Everything
Kate McGarry
[Palmetto Records]

Loverly
Cassandra Wilson
[Blue Note]

Distances
Norma Winstone (Glauco Venier & Klaus Gesing)
[ECM]

Best Jazz Instrumental Solo
Be-Bop
Terence Blanchard, soloist
Track from: Live At The 2007 Monterey Jazz Festival
(Monterey Jazz Festival 50th Anniversary All-Stars)
[Monterey Jazz Festival Records]

Seven Steps To Heaven
Till Brönner, soloist
Track from: The Standard (Take 6)
[Heads Up International]

Waltz For Debby
Gary Burton & Chick Corea, soloists
Track from: The New Crystal Silence
[Concord Records]

Son Of Thirteen
Pat Metheny, soloist
Track from: Day Trip
[Nonesuch Records]

Be-Bop
James Moody, soloist
Track from: Live At The 2007 Monterey Jazz Festival
(Monterey Jazz Festival 50th Anniversary All-Stars)
[Monterey Jazz Festival Records]

Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group
The New Crystal Silence
Chick Corea & Gary Burton
[Concord Records]

History, Mystery
Bill Frisell
[Nonesuch Records]

Brad Mehldau Trio: Live
Brad Mehldau Trio
[Nonesuch Records]

Day Trip
Pat Metheny With Christian McBride & Antonio Sanchez
[Nonesuch Records]

Standards
Alan Pasqua, Dave Carpenter & Peter Erskine Trio
[Fuzzy Music]

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
Appearing Nightly
Carla Bley And Her Remarkable Big Band
[WATT]

Act Your Age
Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band
[Immergent]

Symphonica
Joe Lovano With WDR Big Band & Rundfunk Orchestra
[Blue Note]

Blauklang
Vince Mendoza
[Act Music and Vision (AMV)]

Monday Night Live At The Village Vanguard
The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra
[Planet Arts Recordings]

Best Latin Jazz Album
Afro Bop A
AllianceCaribbean Jazz Project
[Heads Up International]

The Latin Side Of Wayne Shorter
Conrad Herwig & The Latin Side Band
[Half Note Records]

Song For Chico
Arturo O'Farrill & The Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra
[Zoho]

Nouveau Latino
Nestor Torres
[Diamond Light Records]

Marooned/Aislado
Papo Vázquez The Mighty Pirates
[Picaro Records]