45. Contemporary Jazz Album: "Deep Into It," Larry Carlton; "Speaking of Now," Pat Metheny Group; "Uberjam," The John Scofield Band; "Mint Jam," Yellowjackets; "Faces & Places," Joe Zawinul.

46. Jazz Vocal Album: "For Ella," Patti Austin; "Ask a Woman Who Knows," Natalie Cole; "Etta Jones Sings Lady Day," Etta Jones; "Live in Paris," Diana Krall; "Brazilian Duos," Luciana Souza.

47. Jazz Instrumental Solo: "Naima," Michael Brecker; "Chelsea Bridge," Pete Christlieb; "Sunset & The Mockingbird," Tommy Flanagan; "My Ship," Herbie Hancock; "Proof," Pat Metheny.

48. Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group: "Triangulo," Michel Camilo; "The Infinite," Dave Douglas; "Directions in Music," Herbie Hancock, Michael Brecker and Roy Hargrove; "Footprints Live!" Wayne Shorter; "Plays John Coltrane - Live at the Village Vanguard," McCoy Tyner.

49. Large Jazz Ensemble Album: "Jazz Matinee," Slide Hampton and SWR Big Band; "What Goes Around," Dave Holland Big Band; "Tonight at Noon ... Three or Four Shades of Love," Mingus Big Band; "This Is the Moment," Sammy Nestico; "Can I Persuade You?" The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra

50. Latin Jazz Album: "Alma De Santiago," Jane Bunnett; "The Gathering," Caribbean Jazz Project; "Samba Jazz Fantasia," Duduka Da Fonseca," "S.F. Bay," John Santos and The Machete Ensemble; "Sentir," Omar Sosa.

Others To Watch

64. Traditional Blues Album: "Burnside on Burnside," R.L. Burnside; "35th Anniversary Jam of the James Cotton Blues Band," James Cotton Blues Band; "Down in the Alley," Alvin Youngblood Hart; "A Christmas Celebration of Hope," B.B. King; "Preachin' the Blues: The Music of Mississippi Fred McDowell," Various Artists.

65. Contemporary Blues Album: "Don't Give up on Me," Solomon Burke; "Burnin' Down the House," Etta James and The Roots Band; "Room to Breathe," Delbert McClinton; "One Night in America," Charlie Musselwhite; "51 Phantom," North Mississippi Allstars.

80. Instrumental Composition: "Hedwig's Theme," John Williams, composer (John Williams), from "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone"; "Inspiration," Kenny Werner, composer (Toots Thielemans and Kenny Werner), from "Toots Thielemans and Kenny Werner"; "The Ride of the Doors," Randy Newman, composer (Randy Newman), from "Monsters, Inc."; "Signs - Main Titles," James Newton Howard, composer (James Newton Howard); from "Signs"; "Six Feet Under Title Theme," Thomas Newman, composer (Thomas Newman), from "Six Feet Under."

81. Instrumental Arrangement: "Angel Eyes," Bill Cunliffe, arranger (Alan Kaplan), from "Lonely Town"; "Kiji Takes A Ride," Sammy Nestico, arranger (Sammy Nestico), from "This Is the Moment"; "Plaza Oscura," Carlos Franzetti, arranger (Carlos Franzetti and Allison Brewster Franzetti), from "Poeta De Arrabal"; "Six Feet Under Title Theme," Thomas Newman, arranger (Thomas Newman), from "Six Feet Under"; "You've Changed," David Balakrishnan, arranger (Turtle Island String Quartet featuring Paquito D'Rivera), from "Danzon."

82. Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s): "Esta Tarde Vi Llover," Jorge Calandrelli, arranger (JosDe Cura), from "Boleros"; "I'm Glad There Is You," Alan Broadbent, arranger (Natalie Cole), from "Ask a Woman Who Knows"; "Mean Old Man," Dave Grusin, arranger (James Taylor), from "October Road"; "Since You've Asked," Vince Mendoza, arranger (Jane Monheit), from "In the Sun"; "A Thousand Miles," Vanessa Carlton and Ron Fair, arrangers (Vanessa Carlton), from "Be Not Nobody."

85. Album Notes: "Artie Shaw: Self Portrait," Artie Shaw, album notes writer (Artie Shaw); "The Golden Road (1965-1973)," Dennis McNally, album notes writer (Grateful Dead); "Screamin' and Hollerin' The Blues: The Worlds of Charley Patton," David Evans, album notes writer (Charley Patton); "Sinatra in Hollywood (1940-1964)," Will Friedwald, album notes writer (Frank Sinatra); "A State of Wonder: The Complete Goldberg Variations 1955 & 1981," Tim Page, album notes writer (Glenn Gould).

86. Historical Album: "Artie Shaw: Self Portrait," Artie Shaw; "The Complete Okeh And Brunswick Bix Beiderbecke, Frank Trumbauer And Jack Teagarden Sessions (1924-36)," Bix Beiderbecke, Frank Trumbauer and Jack Teagarden; "Dylan Thomas: The Caedmon Collection," Dylan Thomas; "The Genius of the Electric Guitar," Charlie Christian; "Screamin' and Hollerin' The Blues: The Worlds of Charley Patton," Charley Patton.
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