Objavljene Gremi nominacije za najbolje muzičare u 2012. godini

Improvizovani džez solo:

• Ravi Coltrane – Cross Roads (sa albuma “Spirit Fiction”, Blue Note)
• Gary Burton & Chick Corea – Hot House  (“Hot House”, Concord Jazz)
• Chick Corea – Alice In Wonderland  (“Further Explorations”, Concord Jazz)
• Kenny Garrett – J. Mac (“Seeds From The Underground”, Mack Avenue Records)
• Brad Mehldau – Ode (“Ode”, Nonesuch)

Vokalni džez album:

• Denise Donatelli – Soul Shadows (Savant Records
• Kurt Elling – 1619 Broadway: The Brill Building Project (Concord Jazz)
• Al Jarreau (And The Metropole Orkest) – Live (Concord)
• Luciana Souza – The Book Of Chet (Sunnyside Records)
• Esperanza Spalding – Radio Music Society (Heads Up International)

Instrumentalni džez album:

• Chick Corea, Eddie Gomez & Paul Motian – Further Explorations (Concord Jazz)
• Chick Corea & Gary Burton – Hot House (Concord Jazz)
• Kenny Garrett – Seeds From The Underground (Mack Avenue Records)
• Ahmad Jamal – Blue Moon  (Jazz Village)
• Pat Metheny Unity Band – Unity Band  (Nonesuch)

Big-bend album:

• Gil Evans Project – Centennial: Newly Discovered Works Of Gil Evans (ArtistShare)
• Bob Mintzer Big Band – For The Moment (MCG Jazz)
• Arturo Sandoval – Dear Diz (Every Day I Think Of You) (Concord Jazz)

Latino-džez album

• Chano Domínguez – Flamenco Sketches (Blue Note)
• The Clare Fischer Latin Jazz Big Band – ¡Ritmo! (Clare Fischer Productions/Clavo Records)
• Bobby Sanabria Big Band – Multiverse (Jazzheads)
• Luciana Souza – Duos III (Sunnyside Records)
• Manuel Valera New Cuban Express – New Cuban Express  (Mavo Records)

Najbolji instrumentalni aranžman:

• Michael Philip Mossman, aranžer (Bobby Sanabria Big Band) – Afro-Cuban Jazz Suite For Ellington, sa albuma “Multiverse” (Jazzheads)
• Gil Evans, aranžer (Gil Evans Project) – How About You, sa albuma “Centennial – Newly Discovered Works Of Gil Evans” (ArtistShare)
• Bob Mintzer, aranžer (Bob Mintzer Big Band) – Irrequieto, sa albuma “For The Moment” (MCG Jazz)
• Wally Minko, aranžer (Arturo Sandoval) – A Night In Tunisia (Actually An Entire Weekend!), sa albuma “Dear Diz (Every Day I Think Of You)” (Concord Jazz)
• Gordon Goodwin, aranžer (Arturo Sandoval) – Salt Peanuts! (Mani Salado), sa albuma “Dear Diz (Every Day I Think Of You)” (Concord Jazz)

Najbolji instrumentalni aranžman sa vokalima

• Thara Memory & Esperanza Spalding, aranžeri (Esperanza Spalding) – City Of Roses, sa albuma “Radio Music Society” (Heads Up International)
• Gil Evans, aranžer (Gil Evans Project and Luciana Souza) – Look To The Rainbow, sa albuma “Centennial – Newly Discovered Works Of Gil Evans” (ArtistShare)
• Shelly Berg, aranžer (Lorraine Feather) – Out There, sa albuma “Tales Of The Unusual” (Jazzed Media)
• Vince Mendoza, aranžer (Al Jarreau And The Metropole Orkest) – Spain (I Can Recall), sa albuma “Live” (Concord Records)
• Nan Schwartz, aranžer (Whitney Claire Kaufman And Andrew Playfoot) – Wild Is The Wind, sa albuma “The Greatest Film Scores Of Dimitri Tiomkin” (LSO Live)

Među džez muzičarima u ostalim kategorijama, našli su se:

• Chris Botti (u konkurenciji za najbolji instrumentalni pop album – “Impressions”)
• Robert Glasper (najbolje R&B izvođenje – “Gonna be allright” feat. Ledisi, sa albuma “Black Radio”; najbolji R&B album)
• Gregory Porter (najbolje tradicionalno R&B izvođenje – “Real Good Hands” sa albuma “Be good”)
• Chick Corea (najbolja instrumentalna kompozicija – “Mozart Goes Dancing” sa albuma “Hot House”)
• Chris Brubeck & Dave Brubeck (najbolja instrumentalna kompozicija – “Music of Ansel Adams: America
• Esperanza Spalding  (najbolji dugometražni muzički video – Radio Music Society)

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