Best Contemporary Jazz Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of INSTRUMENTAL tracks.)

• 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
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)

• 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
(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.)

• 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
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of INSTRUMENTAL tracks.)

• 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
(For large jazz ensembles, including big band sounds. Albums must contain 51% or more INSTRUMENTAL tracks.)

• 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]