 Dianne Reeves The 48th Grammy Awards on February 8th announced winners in the jazz
field, including Wayne Shorter's "Beyond the Sound Barier" for Best
Jazz Intrumental Album, Dianne Reeves "Good Night, And Good Luck" as
Best Jazz Vocal Album, Pat Metheny Group "This Way Up" as Best
Contemporary Jazz Album, and Eddie Palmier's "Listen Here!" as Best
Latin Jazz Album, Dave Holland Big Band's "Overtime" won Best Large
Jazz Ensemble Album.For Best Jazz Instrumental Solo the acadamy
selected "Why Was I Born?" Sonny Rollins, soloist fro m"Without A Song
- The 9/11 Concert" on Milestone record.
Jazz artists won awards outside of the Jazz field as well. Les Paul
received grammys in both Pop and Rock fields for sseperate performances
from American Made, World Played".
The complete jazz winners details follow:
Category 45 - Best Contemporary Jazz Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of INSTRUMENTAL tracks.)
- The Way Up
- Pat Metheny Group
- [Nonesuch]
Category 46 - Best Jazz Vocal Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)
- Good Night, And Good Luck.
- Dianne Reeves
- [Concord Jazz]
Category 47 - Best Jazz Instrumental Solo
(For an instrumental jazz solo performance. Two equal performers on one
recording may be eligible as one entry. If the soloist listed appears
on a recording billed to another artist, the latter's name is in
parenthesis for identification. Singles or Tracks only.)
- Why Was I Born?
- Sonny Rollins, soloist
- Track from: Without A Song - The 9/11 Concert
- [Milestone]
Category 48 - Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of INSTRUMENTAL tracks.
- Beyond The Sound Barrier
- Wayne Shorter Quartet
- [Verve]
Category 49 - Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
(For large jazz ensembles, including big band sounds. Albums must
contain 51% or more INSTRUMENTAL tracks.)
- Overtime
- Dave Holland Big Band
- [Sunnyside/Dare2]
Category 50 - Best Latin Jazz Album
- Listen Here!
- Eddie Palmier
- [Concord Picante]
FIELD OF ROCK
 Les Paul
Category 19 - Best Rock Instrumental Performance
(For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances, without vocals.
Includes Rock, Hard Rock and Metal. Singles or Tracks only.)
- 69 Freedom Special
- Les Paul & Friends
- Track from: American Made World Played
- [Capitol Records]
FIELD OF TRADITIONAL POP
Category 14 - Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)
- The Art Of Romance
- Tony Bennett
- [RPM Records/Columbia Records]
FIELD OF POP
Category 9 - Best Pop Instrumental Performance
(Vocal or Instrumental.)
- Caravan
- Les Paul
- Track from: American Made, World Played
- [Capitol Records]
FIELD OF ALBUM NOTES
Category 88 - Best Album Notes
- The Complete Library Of Congress Recordings By Alan Lomax
- John Szwed, album notes writer (Jelly Roll Morton)
- [Rounder Records]
FIELD HISTORICAL
Category 89 - Best Historical Album
- The Complete Library Of Congress Recordings By Alan Lomax
- Jeffrey Greenberg & Anna Lomax Wood, compilation producers;
Adam Ayan & Steve Rosenthal, mastering engineers (Jelly Roll Morton)
- [Rounder Records]
FIELD LATIN
Category 61 - Best Traditional Tropical Latin Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)
Bebo De Cuba
Bebo Valdés
[Calle 54 Records]
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