A Jazz Record: The Grammy Album of the Year for 2007 (updated with all winners in the Jazz category)

updated on February 26, 2008 

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Herbie Hancock’s ‘River: The Joni Letters‘ wins the Record of the Year at the February 10th Grammys held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. 

This is a remarkable achievement for the Jazz genre, the first time in forty years since Jazz was so acknowledged, for which all of us J-Fans ought to be rightfully proud and elated.

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The complete list of Grammy nominations and winners in the Jazz, Blues and Beyond categories will be published here incrementally.  They represent ”…recordings released during the Eligibility Year October 1, 2006 through September 30, 2007,” in the words of The Recording Academy. 

Album Of The Year
(Award to the Artist(s) and to the Album Producer(s), Recording Engineer(s)/Mixer(s) & Mastering Engineer(s), if other than the artist.)

River: The Joni Letters
Herbie Hancock
Leonard Cohen, Norah Jones, Joni Mitchell, Corinne Bailey Rae, Luciana Souza & Tina Turner, featured artists; Herbie Hancock & Larry Klein, producers; Helik Hadar, engineer/mixer; Bernie Grundman, mastering engineer

[Verve]

·  Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace
Foo Fighters
Gil Norton, producer; Adrian Bushby & Rich Costey, engineers/mixers; Brian Gardner, mastering engineer
[Roswell/RCA Records]

·  These Days
Vince Gill
John Anderson, Guy Clark, Rodney Crowell, Diana Krall & The Del McCoury Band, featured artists; Vince Gill, John Hobbs & Justin Niebank, producers; Neal Cappellino & Justin Niebank, engineers/mixers; Adam Ayan, mastering engineer
[MCA Nashville]

·  Graduation
Kanye West
Dwele, Lil Wayne, Mos Def & T-Pain, featured artists; Warryn “Baby Dubb” Campbell, Mike Dean, Eric Hudson, Brian “Allday” Miller, Nottz, Patrick “Plain Pat” Reynolds, Gee Roberson, Toomp & Kanye West, producers; Craig Bauer, Bruce Buechner, Andrew Dawson, Mike Dean, Anthony Kilhoffer, Greg Koller, Manny Marroquin, Nottz Raw, Tony Rey, Seiji Sekine, Paul Sheehy & D. Sloan, engineers/mixers; Vlado Meller, mastering engineer
[Roc-A-Fella Records]

·  Back To Black
Amy Winehouse
Mark Ronson & Salaam Remi, producers; Tom Elmhirst, Vaughan Merrick, Dom Morley, Gary Noble, Derek Pacuk, Matt Paul, Mark Ronson, Gabriel Roth & Franklin Socorro, engineers/mixers; Stuart Hawkes, mastering engineer
[Universal Republic Records]

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Best Contemporary Jazz Album

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

River: The Joni Letters
Herbie Hancock
[Verve]

Party Hats
Will Bernard
[Palmetto Records]

Downright Upright
Brian Bromberg
[Artistry Music]

Re-imagination
Eldar
[Masterworks Jazz]

He Had A Hat
Jeff Lorber
[Blue Note]

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Best Jazz Vocal Album

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

 

• Avant Gershwin
  Patti Austin
  [Rendezvous Entertainment]
  
  

• Red Earth – A Malian Journey
  Dee Dee Bridgewater
  [DDB/Emarcy]
  

• Music Maestro Please
  Freddy Cole
  [HighNote Records]
  

• Nightmoves
  Kurt Elling
  [Concord Jazz]
  

• On The Other Side
  Tierney Sutton (Band)
  [Telarc Jazz]

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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.)

 

• Levees
  Terence Blanchard, soloist
  Track from: A Tale Of God’s Will (A Requiem For Katrina)
  [Blue Note]

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

• Both Sides Now
  Herbie Hancock, soloist
  Track from: River: The Joni Letters
  [Verve]
  

• Lullaby
  Hank Jones, soloist
  Track from: Kids: Live At Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola (Joe Lovano and Hank Jones)
  [Blue Note]
  

• 1000 Kilometers
  Paul McCandless, soloist
  Track from: 1000 Kilometers (Oregon)
  [CamJazz]

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Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group
 

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

• Pilgrimage
  Michael Brecker
  [Heads Up International]
  

• Live At The Village Vanguard
  The Bill Charlap Trio
  [Blue Note]
  

• Kids: Live At Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola
  Joe Lovano And Hank Jones
  [Blue Note]
  

• Line By Line
  John Patitucci
  [Concord Jazz]
  

• Back East
  Joshua Redman
  [Nonesuch Records]
  

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Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
 

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

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

• Eternal Licks & Grooves
  The Bob Florence Limited Edition
  [MAMA Records]
  

• Hommage
  The Bill Holman Band
  [Jazzed Media]
  

• Sky Blue
  Maria Schneider Orchestra
  [ArtistShare]
  

• With Love
  Charles Tolliver Big Band
  [Blue Note]