The nominations for the 2023 Grammy awards have just been announced and amongst the jazz-related nominees in multiple categories are Samara Joy, Cécile McLorin Salvant, Wayne Shorter, John Beasley, Miguel Zenón, the Baylors, and Danilo Pérez. Remarkably, the 22-year-old vocalist Joy and the duo DOMi & JD Beck were both nominated in the pop music-dominated category of Best New Artist, probably the first jazz nominees there since Esperanza Spalding in 2011, when she inexplicably ended up winning the award over Justin Bieber, Mumford & Sons, Florence + The Machine and Drake. The 2023 Grammy Awards Ceremony will be held on Feb. 5 in Los Angeles.
The nominees in the jazz and blues categories are listed below:
Best Contemporary Instrumental Album
- Between Dreaming And Joy
Jeff Coffin - Not Tight
DOMi & JD Beck - Blooz
Grant Geissman - Jacob's Ladder
Brad Mehldau - Empire Central
Snarky Puppy
Best Improvised Jazz Solo
- “Rounds (Live)”
Ambrose Akinmusire, soloist - “Keep Holding On”
Gerald Albright, soloist - “Falling”
Melissa Aldana, soloist - “Call Of The Drum”
Marcus Baylor, soloist - “Cherokee/Koko”
John Beasley, soloist - “Endangered Species”
Wayne Shorter & Leo Genovese, soloist
Best Jazz Vocal Album
- The Evening : Live At APPARATUS
The Baylor Project - Linger Awhile
Samara Joy - Fade To Black
Carmen Lundy - Fifty
The Manhattan Transfer With The WDR Funkhausorchester - Ghost Song
Cécile McLorin Salvant
Best Jazz Instrumental Album
- New Standards Vol. 1
Terri Lyne Carrington, Kris Davis, Linda May Han Oh, Nicholas Payton & Matthew Stevens - Live In Italy
Peter Erskine Trio - LongGone
Joshua Redman, Brad Mehldau, Christian McBride, And Brian Blade - Live At The Detroit Jazz Festival
Wayne Shorter, Terri Lyne Carrington, Leo Genovese & esperanza spalding - Parallel Motion
Yellowjackets
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
- Bird Lives
John Beasley, Magnus Lindgren & SWR Big Band - Remembering Bob Freedman
Ron Carter & The Jazzaar Festival Big Band Directed By Christian Jacob - Generation Gap Jazz Orchestra
Steven Feifke, Bijon Watson, Generation Gap Jazz Orchestra - Center Stage
Steve Gadd, Eddie Gomez, Ronnie Cuber & WDR Big Band Conducted By Michael Abene - Architecture Of Storms
Remy Le Boeuf's Assembly Of Shadows
Best Latin Jazz Album
- Fandango At The Wall In New YorkArturo O'Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra Featuring The Congra Patria Son Jarocho Collective
- Crisálida
Danilo Pérez Featuring The Global Messengers - If You Will
Flora Purim - Rhythm & Soul
Arturo Sandoval - Música De Las Américas
Miguel Zenón
Best Traditional Blues Album
- Heavy Load Blues
Gov't Mule - The Blues Don’t Lie
Buddy Guy - Get On Board
Taj Mahal & Ry Cooder - The Sun Is Shining Down
John Mayall - Mississippi Son
Charlie Musselwhite
Best Contemporary Blues Album
- Done Come Too Far
Shemekia Copeland - Crown
Eric Gales - Bloodline Maintenance
Ben Harper - Set Sail
North Mississippi Allstars - Brother Johnny
Edgar Winter
Best Instrumental Composition
- “African Tales”
Paquito D'Rivera, composer (Tasha Warren & Dave Eggar) - “El País Invisible”
Miguel Zenón, composer (Miguel Zenón, José Antonio Zayas Cabán, Ryan Smith & Casey Rafn) - “Fronteras (Borders) Suite: Al-Musafir Blues”
Danilo Pérez, composer (Danilo Pérez Featuring The Global Messengers) - “Refuge”
Geoffrey Keezer, composer (Geoffrey Keezer) - “Snapshots”
Pascal Le Boeuf, composer (Tasha Warren & Dave Eggar)
Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella
- “As Days Go By (An Arrangement Of The Family Matters Theme Song)”
Armand Hutton, arranger (Armand Hutton Featuring Terrell Hunt & Just 6) - “How Deep Is Your Love”
Matt Cusson, arranger (Kings Return) - “Main Titles (Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness)”
Danny Elfman, arranger (Danny Elfman) - “Minnesota, WI”
Remy Le Boeuf, arranger (Remy Le Boeuf) - “Scrapple From The Apple”
John Beasley, arranger (Magnus Lindgren, John Beasley & The SWR Big Band Featuring Martin Aeur)
Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals
- “Let It Happen”
Louis Cole, arranger (Louis Cole) - “Never Gonna Be Alone”
Jacob Collier, arranger (Jacob Collier Featuring Lizzy McAlpine & John Mayer) - “Optimistic Voices / No Love Dying”
Cécile McLorin Salvant, arranger (Cécile McLorin Salvant) - “Songbird (Orchestral Version)”
Vince Mendoza, arranger (Christine McVie) - “2 + 2 = 5 (Arr. Nathan Schram)”
Nathan Schram & Becca Stevens, arrangers (Becca Stevens & Attacca Quartet)
