The nominations are in for both the Grammy Awards and the Blues Music Awards. The Grammys have five jazz categories and one blues category. Here are the nominees.
Best Jazz Instrumental Album
Gary Burton—Guided Tour
Terri Lynne Carrington—Money Jungle
Gerald Clayton—Life Forum
Kenny Garrett—Pushing the World Away
Christian McBride—Out Here
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
Darcy James Argue's Secret Society—Brooklyn Babylon
Randy Brecker, Wlodek Pawlik Trio and Kalisz Philharmonic—Night in Calisia
Brussels Jazz Orchestra with Joe Lovano—Wild Beauty
Alan Ferber—March Sublime
Dave Slonaker Big Band—Intrada
Best Latin Jazz Album
Buika—La Noche Mas Larga
Paquito d'Rivera and Trio Corrente—Song For Maura
Roberto Fonseca—Yo
Omar Sosa—Eggun
Wayne Wallace Latin Jazz Quintet—Latin Jazz—Jazz Latin
Best Jazz Vocal Album
Andy Bey—The World According to Andy Bey
Lorraine Feather—Attachments
Gregory Porter—Liquid Spirit
Cecile McLorin Salvant—Woman Child
Tierney Sutton—After Blue
Best Improvised Jazz Solo
Terence Blanchard—“Don't Run,” from Magnetic
Paquito D'Rivera—“Song For Maura,” from Song For Maura
Fred Hersch—“Song Without Words #4: Duet,” from Free Flying
Donny McCaslin—“Stadium Jazz,” from Casting For Gravity
Wayne Shorter—“Orbits,” from Without a Net
Best Blues Album
Billy Boy Arnold, James Harmar, Mark Hummel, Charlie Musselwhite, Sugar Ray Norcia—Remembering Little Walter
James Cotton—Cotton Mouth Man
Ben Harper, with Charlie Musselwhite—Get Up
Beth Hart and Joe Bonamassa—Seesaw
Bobby Rush—Down in Louisiana
In addition, several folks you might consider jazz and blues artists have been nominated in other categories. For example, Mavis Staples and Allen Toussaint have albums nominated in the Americana category—a category that is vague to the point of silliness. Both Gary Clark, Jr. and Gregory Porter have songs nominated in the category of Best Traditional R&B Performance. And for those who have been following Maria Schneider's adventure in classical music, Winter Morning Walks, she is nominated for Best Contemporary Classical Composition, her vocalist Dawn Upshaw is nominated for Best Classical Vocal Solo, and the album is also nominated for Best Engineered Album, Classical.
I continue to be amazed at how insulated the Grammy nominations are from jazz criticism, especially in the Best Jazz Instrumental Album category, which accounts for the large majority of releases. The Grammy Awards will be presented on January 26.
Blues Music Awards
Here are the nominees.
Entertainer of the Year
Rick Estrin
Buddy Guy
John Nemeth
Bobby Rush
Kim Wilson
Album of the Year
Billy Boy Arnold, James Harmar, Mark Hummel, Charlie Musselwhite, Sugar Ray Norcia—Remembering Little Walter
Lurrie Bell—Blues in My Soul
James Cotton—Cotton Mouth Man
Buddy Guy—Rhythm and Blues
Ben Harper, with Charlie Musselwhite—Get Up
Song of the Year
Lurrie Bell—“Blues in My Soul”
James Cotton, Tom Hambridge, Richard Fleming—“He Was There”
James Goode—“That's When the Blues Begins”
Doug MacLeod—“The Entitled Few”
Johnny Sansone—“The Night the Pie Factory Burned Down”
Acoustic Album
Rory Block—Avalon
Guy Davis, with Fabrizio Poggi—Juba Dance
The Hound Kings—Unleashed
Harrison Kennedy—Soulscape
Doug MacLeod—There's a Time
Acoustic Artist
Rory Block
Guy Davis
Harrison Kennedy
Little G Weevil
Doug MacLeod
Contemporary Blues Album
Buddy Guy—Rhythm and Blues
Ben Harper, with Charlie Musselwhite—Get Up
Cyril Neville—Magic Honey
Brandon Santini—This Time Another Year
Trampled Under Foot—Badlands
Contemporary Blues Female Artist
Beth Hart
Candye Kane
Bettye LaVette
Ana Popovic
Susan Tedeschi
Contemporary Blues Male Artist
Gary Clark, Jr.
Buddy Guy
Johnny Sansone
Otis Taylor
Kim Wilson
Rock Blues Album
Toronzo Cannon—John the Conquer Root
The Rides—Can't Get Enough
The Tedeschi-Truck Band—Made Up Mind
Walter Trout—Luther's Blues
Mike Zito—Gone to Texas
Soul Blues Album
Frank Bey and Anthony Paule—Soul For Your Blues
Otis Clay—Truth Is
Dave Keller—Soul Changes
Johnny Rawls—Remembering O. V.
Bobby Rush—Down in Louisiana
Soul Blues Female Artist
Barbara Carr
Denise LaSalle
Dorothy Moore
Sista Monica
Irma Thomas
Soul Blues Male Artist
Frank Bey
Otis Clay
John Nemeth
Johnny Rawls
Bobby Rush
Traditional Blues Album
Billy Boy Arnold, James Harmar, Mark Hummel, Charlie Musselwhite, Sugar Ray Norcia—Remembering Little Walter
Barrelhouse Chuck and Kim Wilson—Driftin' From Town to Town
Lurrie Bell—Blues in My Soul
The Cash Box Kings—Black Toppin'
James Cotton—Cotton Mouth Man
Traditional Blues Female Artist
Diunna Greenleaf
Trudy Lynn
Teeny Tucker
Lavelle White
Zora Young
Traditional Blues Male Artist
Billy Boy Arnold
Lurrie Bell
James Cotton
Anson Funderburgh
John Primer
Best New Artist Debut
Adrianna Marie—Double Crossing Blues
Gracie Curran—Proof of Love
Paul Gabriel—What's the Chance?
Shawn Holt and the Teardrops—Daddy Told Me
Valerie June—Pushin' Against a Stone
Clay Swafford—Rooster
Historical Album
Freddie King—The Complete King/Federal Singles
Roosevelt Sykes—The Original Honeydripper
Various Artists—Death Might Be Your Santa Claus
Various Artists—The Jewel/Paula Blues Story
Various Artists—The Sun Blues Box
DVD
Joe Bonamassa—An Acoustic Evening at the Vienna Opera House
Murali Coryell—Live
Floyd Dixon—Time Brings About a Change
The Healers—Live at Knucklehead's
The Royal Southern Brotherhood—Songs From the Road
Band
Rick Estrin and the Night Cats
Li'l Ed and the Blues Imperials
The Mannish Boys
The Tedeschi-Trucks Band
Trampled Under Foot
Bass
Patrick Rynn
Danielle Schnebelen
Bob Stroger
Bill Stuve
Larry Taylor
Drums
Jimi Bott
Tony Braunagel
Cedric Burnside
Tom Hambridge
Kenny Smith
Guitar
Kid Andersen
Lurrie Bell
Gary Clark, Jr.
Ronnie Earl
Anson Funderburgh
Harmonica
James Cotton
Rick Estrin
Charlie Musselwhite
Brandon Santini
Kim Wilson
Horn
Jimmy Carpenter
Sax Gordon
Terry Hanck
Big James Montgomery
Eddie Shaw
Piano
Marcia Ball
Barrelhouse Chuck
Mike Finnigan
Dave Keyes
Victor Wainwright
I'm amazed that Otis Taylor's My World is Gone did not receive any nominations. There seems to be a direct line running from Chicago through Memphis to New Orleans that accounts for the majority of the Blues Foundation awards. Outsiders have a more difficult time of it.
The nominees have a long time to think positively. The Blues Music Awards will not be presented until May 8.
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