Here they are, both winners and nominees-with another jazz-related award for critic Dan Morgenstern listed at the bottom. Also, no surprise, as it was announced in advance, but trumpeter Clark Terry picked up a Lifetime Achievement Award, and the composing/arranging category yielded two more jazz-related wins as well:
Best Contemporary Jazz Album:
Winner
75
Joe Zawinul and The Zawinul Syndicate
[Heads Up International]
Other nominees:
Urbanus
Stefon Harris and Blackout
[Concord Jazz]
Sounding Point
Julian Lage
[Emarcy/Decca]
At World's Edge
Philippe Saisse
[E1 Music]
Big Neighborhood
Mike Stern
[Heads Up International]
Best Jazz Vocal Album:
Winner
Dedicated To You: Kurt Elling Sings The Music Of Coltrane And Hartman
Kurt Elling
[Concord Jazz]
Other nominees:
No Regrets
Randy Crawford (and Joe Sample)
[PRA Records]
So In Love
Roberta Gambarini
[Groovin' High/Emarcy]
Tide
Luciana Souza
[Verve]
Desire
Tierney Sutton (Band)
[Telarc Jazz]
Best Improvised Jazz Solo:
Winner
Dancin' 4 Chicken
Terence Blanchard, soloist
Track from: Watts (Jeff "Tain" Watts)
[Dark Key Music]
Other nominees:
All Of You
Gerald Clayton, soloist
Track from: Two-Shade
[ArtistShare]
Ms. Garvey, Ms. Garvey
Roy Hargrove, soloist
Track from: Emergence
[Groovin' High/Emarcy]
On Green Dolphin Street
Martial Solal, soloist
Track from: Live At The Village Vanguard
[CamJazz]
Villa Palmeras
Miguel Zenón, soloist
Track from: Esta Plena
[Marsalis Music]
Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual Or Group:
Winner
Five Peace Band - Live
Chick Corea and John McLaughlin Five Peace Band
[Concord Records]
Other nominees:
Quartet Live
Gary Burton, Pat Metheny, Steve Swallow and Antonio Sanchez
[Concord Jazz]
Brother To Brother
Clayton Brothers
[ArtistShare]
Remembrance
John Patitucci Trio
[Concord Jazz]
The Bright Mississippi
Allen Toussaint
[Nonesuch]
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album:
Winner
Book One
New Orleans Jazz Orchestra
[World Village]
Other nominees:
Legendary
Bob Florence Limited Edition
[MAMA Records]
Eternal Interlude
John Hollenbeck Large Ensemble
[Sunnyside]
Fun Time
Sammy Nestico And The SWR Big Band
[Hänssler Classic]
Lab 2009
University Of North Texas One O'Clock Lab Band
[North Texas Jazz]
Best Latin Jazz Album:
Winner
Juntos Para Siempre
Bebo Valdés And Chucho Valdés
[Sony Music/Calle 54]
Other nominees:
Things I Wanted To Do
Chembo Corniel
[Chemboro Records]
Áurea
Geoffrey Keezer
[ArtistShare]
Brazilliance X 4
Claudio Roditi
[Resonance Records]
Esta Plena
Miguel Zenón
[Marsalis Music]
Also winning a much-deserved award for "Best Album Notes"-jazz critic and eminence Dan Morgenstern, for the superlative liners he contributed to Mosaic's Louis Armstrong box-set.
