Grammy Awards for Jazz

As promised, here is the list of Grammy Award winners in the Jazz categories. As just about everyone knows, Herbie Hancock also won Album of the Year.

Jazz Grammy Winners 2008


Category 45
Best Contemporary Jazz Album

* River: The Joni Letters
Herbie Hancock
[Verve]


Category 46
Best Jazz Vocal Album

* Avant Gershwin
Patti Austin
[Rendezvous Entertainment]


Category 47
Best Jazz Instrumental Solo

* Anagram
Michael Brecker, soloist
Track from: Pilgrimage
[Heads Up International]


Category 48
Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group

* Pilgrimage
Michael Brecker
[Heads Up International]


Category 49
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album

* A Tale Of God's Will (A Requiem For Katrina)
Terence Blanchard
[Blue Note]


Category 50
Best Latin Jazz Album

* Funk Tango
Paquito D'Rivera Quintet
[Paquito Records]