GRAMMY WATCH – New Age and Jazz Music Categories: My Picks and Predictions

Here are my picks and predictions in the New Age and Jazz music categories for The 58^th Annual Grammy Awards.

Best New Age Album
• Grace
      Paul Avgerinos
      [Round Sky Music]

• Bhakti Without Borders
      Madi Das
      [Kuli Mela]

• Voyager
      Catherine Duc
      [MG Music Ltd]

• Love
      Peter Kater
      [Mysterium Music]

• Asia Beauty
      Ron Korb
      [Humbledragon]

My Pick and Prediction: LOVE

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Best Improvised Jazz Solo
• Giant Steps
      Joey Alexander, soloist
      Track from: My Favorite Things
      [Motema Music]

• Cherokee
      Christian McBride, soloist
      Track from: Live At The Village Vanguard (Christian McBride Trio)
      [Mack Avenue Records]

• Arbiters Of Evolution
      Donny McCaslin, soloist
      Track from: The Thompson Fields (Maria Schneider Orchestra)
      [ArtistShare]

• Friend Or Foe
      Joshua Redman, soloist
      Track from: The Bad Plus Joshua Redman (The Bad Plus Joshua Redman)
      [Nonesuch]

• Past Present
      John Scofield, soloist
      Track from: Past Present
      [Impulse!]

My Pick and Prediction: FRIEND OR FOE

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Best Jazz Vocal Album
• Many A New Day: Karrin Allyson Sings Rodgers & Hammerstein
      Karrin Allyson
      [Motema Music]

• Find A Heart
      Denise Donatelli
      [Savant Records]

• Flirting With Disaster
      Lorraine Feather
      [Jazzed Media]

• Jamison
      Jamison Ross
      [Concord Jazz]

• For One To Love
      Cécile McLorin Salvant
      [Mack Avenue Records]

My Pick: MANY A NEW DAY: KARRIN ALLYSON SINGS RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN

My Prediction: FOR ONE TO LOVE

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Best Jazz Instrumental Album
• My Favorite Things
      Joey Alexander
      [Motema Music]

• Breathless
      Terence Blanchard Featuring The E-Collective
      [Blue Note Records]

• Covered: Recorded Live At Capitol Studios
      Robert Glasper & The Robert Glasper Trio
      [Blue Note Records]

• Beautiful Life
      Jimmy Greene
      [Mack Avenue Records]

• Past Present
      John Scofield
      [Impulse!]

My Pick and Prediction: BREATHLESS

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Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
• Lines Of Color
      Gil Evans Project
      [Blue Note/ArtistShare]

• Köln
      Marshall Gilkes & WDR Big Band
      [Alternate Side Records]

• Cuba: The Conversation Continues
      Arturo O'Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra
      [Motema Music]

• The Thompson Fields
      Maria Schneider Orchestra
      [ArtistShare]

• Home Suite Home
      Patrick Williams
      [BFM Jazz]

My Pick: THE THOMPSON FIELDS

My Prediction: CUBA: THE CONVERSATION CONTINUES

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Best Latin Jazz Album
• Made In Brazil
      Eliane Elias
      [Concord Jazz]

• Impromptu
      The Rodriguez Brothers
      [Criss Cross Jazz]

• Suite Caminos
      Gonzalo Rubalcaba
      [5Passion]

• Intercambio
      Wayne Wallace Latin Jazz Quintet
      [Patois Records]

• Identities Are Changeable
      Miguel Zenón
      [Miel Music]

My Pick & Prediction: MADE IN BRAZIL

THE 58^TH ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS will be telecast live on CBS, Monday February 15, 2016 at 8PM/EST – PM/PST.  For everything GRAMMY, including a Full List of this year’s Nominees visit their website at http://www.grammy.com/

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