Objavljene Gremi nominacije za najbolje muzičare u 2011. godini

Najbolji improvizovani džez solo:

• Randy Brecker: All Or Nothing At All (Numera s albuma: The Jazz Ballad Song Book – Randy Brecker With DR Big Band/Half Note)
• Ron Carter: You Are My Sunshine (This Is Jazz – Donald Harrison, Ron Carter & Billy Cobham/Half Note)
• Chick Corea: 500 Miles High (Forever – Corea, Clarke & White/Concord Records)
• Fred Hersch: Work (Alone At The Vanguard/Pallmeto Records)
• Sonny Rollins: Sonnymoon For Two (Road Shows Vol. 2/Doxy/Emarcy/Decca)

Najbolji vokalni džez album:

• Karrin Allyson – ‘Round Midnight [Concord Jazz]
• Terri Lyne Carrington & Various Artists – The Mosaic Project [Concord Jazz]
• Kurt Elling – The Gate [Concord Jazz]
• Tierney Sutton – American Road [BFM Jazz]
• Roseanna Vitro – The Music Of Randy Newman [Motéma Music]

Najbolji instrumentalni džez album:

• Gerald Clayton – Bond: The Paris Sessions [Emarcy/Decca]
• Corea, Clarke & White – Forever [Concord Records]
• Fred Hersch – Alone At The Vanguard [Palmetto Records]
• Joe Lovano/Us Five – Bird Songs [Blue Note]
• Sonny Rollins – Road Shows Vol. 2 [Doxy/Emarcy/Decca]
• Yellowjackets – Timeline [Mack Avenue Records]

Najbolji album velikog ansambla:

• Randy Brecker With DR Big Band – The Jazz Ballad Song Book [Half Note]
• Christian McBride Big Band – The Good Feeling [Mack Avenue Records]
• Arturo O’Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra – 40 Acres And A Burro [Zoho]
• Gerald Wilson Orchestra – Legacy [Mack Avenue Records]
• Miguel Zenón- Alma Adentro: The Puerto Rican Songbook [Marsalis Music]

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