# 2024 Grammy Award Jazz & Blues nominations announced: Video, Photo

- Link: https://jazzblues.eu/2023/11/14/2024-grammy-award-jazz-blues-nominations-announced-video-photo/
- Published: 2023-11-14T00:02:18+01:00
- Author: https://JazzBlues.EU

**The nominations for the 2024 Grammy Awards have been announced and among the jazz
or jazz-related artists to garner multiple nominations was Jonathan Batiste, with
four, including in the high profile categories of Album of the Year and Record of
the Year. **

Other nominees in multiple jazz or jazz-related categories included Esperanza Spalding,
Fred Hersch, Lakecia Benjamin and Gordon Goodwin. Bobby Sanabria, host of _The Latin
Jazz Cruise_, received a nomination for his _Vox Humana_ album in the Best Latin
Jazz Album category.

Among the three new categories added for 2024 was the Best Alternative Jazz Album
and the nominees in that category comprised an eclectic group of artists: Arooj 
Aftab, Vijay Iyer, Shahzad Ismaily; Louis Cole; Kurt Elling, Charlie Hunter & SuperBlue;
Cory Henry; and Meshell Ndegeocello.

Noted author Ashley Kahn was nominated for the liner notes to the album, _Evenings
At The Village Gate: John Coltrane With Eric Dolphy (Live)._

The 2024 Grammy Awards Ceremony will take place Sunday, Feb. 4, at Crypto.com Arena
in Los Angeles.

Here is the list of nominations in the jazz and blues related categories:

**Best Jazz Performance**
 _For new vocal or instrumental solo, duo/group or collaborative
jazz recordings._

“Movement 18′ (Heroes)”
 Jon Batiste

“Basquiat”
 Lakecia Benjamin

“Vulnerable (Live)”
 Adam Blackstone Featuring The Baylor Project & Russell Ferranté

“But Not For Me”
 Fred Hersch & Esperanza Spalding

“Tight”
 Samara Joy

**Best Jazz Vocal Album**
 _For albums containing greater than 75% playing time 
of new vocal jazz recordings._

_For Ella 2_
 Patti Austin Featuring Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band

_Alive At The Village Vanguard_
 Fred Hersch & Esperanza Spalding

_Lean In_
 Gretchen Parlato & Lionel Loueke

_Mélusine_
 Cécile McLorin Salvant

_How Love Begins_
 Nicole Zuraitis

**Best Jazz Instrumental Album**
 _For albums containing greater than 75% playing
time of new instrumental jazz recordings._

_The Source_
 Kenny Barron

_Phoenix_
 Lakecia Benjamin

_Legacy: The Instrumental Jawn_
 Adam Blackstone

_The Winds Of Change_
 Billy Childs

_Dream Box_
 Pat Metheny

**Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album**
 _For albums containing greater than 75% playing
time of new ensemble jazz recordings._

_The Chick Corea Symphony Tribute – Ritmo_
 ADDA Simfònica, Josep Vicent, Emilio
Solla

_Dynamic Maximum Tension_
 Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society

_Basie Swings The Blues_
 The Count Basie Orchestra Directed By Scotty Barnhart

_Olympians_
 Vince Mendoza & Metropole Orkest

_The Charles Mingus Centennial Sessions_
 Mingus Big Band

**Best Latin Jazz Album**
 _For vocal or instrumental albums containing greater 
than 75% playing time of newly recorded material. The intent of this category is
to recognize recordings that represent the blending of jazz with Latin, Iberian-
American, Brazilian, and Argentinian tango music._

_Quietude_
 Eliane Elias

_My Heart Speaks_
 Ivan Lins With The Tblisi Symphony Orchestra

_Vox Humana_
 Bobby Sanabria Multiverse Big Band

_Cometa_
 Luciana Souza & Trio Corrente

_El Arte Del Bolero Vol. 2_
 Miguel Zenón & Luis Perdomo

**Best Alternative Jazz Album**
 _For vocal or instrumental albums containing greater
than 75% playing time of new Alternative jazz recordings._

_Love In Exile_
 Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer, Shahzad Ismaily

_Quality Over Opinion_
 Louis Cole

_SuperBlue: The Iridescent Spree_
 Kurt Elling, Charlie Hunter, SuperBlue

_Live At The Piano_
 Cory Henry

_The Omnichord Real Book_
 Meshell Ndegeocello

**Best Contemporary Instrumental Album**
 _For albums containing greater than 75%
playing time of new contemporary instrumental recordings._

_As We Speak_
 Béla Fleck, Zakir Hussain, Edgar Meyer, Featuring Rakesh Chaurasia

_On Becoming_
 House Of Waters

_Jazz Hands_
 Bob James

_The Layers_
 Julian Lage

_All One_
 Ben Wendel

**Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals**
 _An Arranger’s Award. (Artist names
appear in parentheses.) Singles or Tracks only._

“April In Paris”
 Gordon Goodwin, arranger (Patti Austin Featuring Gordon Goodwin’s
Big Phat Band)

“Com Que Voz (Live)”
 John Beasley & Maria Mendes, arrangers (Maria Mendes Featuring
John Beasley & Metropole Orkest)

“Fenestra”
 Godwin Louis, arranger (Cécile McLorin Salvant)

“In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning”
 Erin Bentlage, Jacob Collier, Sara Gazarek,
Johnaye Kendrick & Amanda Taylor, arrangers (säje Featuring Jacob Collier)

“Lush Life”
 Kendric McCallister, arranger (Samara Joy)

**Best Traditional Blues Album**
 _For albums containing greater than 75% playing
time of new vocal or instrumental traditional blues recordings._

_Ridin’_
 Eric Bibb

_The Soul Side Of Sipp_
 Mr. Sipp

_Life Don’t Miss Nobody_
 Tracy Nelson

_Teardrops For Magic Slim Live At Rosa’s Lounge_
 John Primer

_All My Love For You_
 Bobby Rush

**Best Contemporary Blues Album**
 _For albums containing greater than 75% playing
time of new vocal or instrumental contemporary blues recordings._

_Death Wish Blues_
 Samantha Fish And Jesse Dayton

_Healing Time_
 Ruthie Foster

_Live In London_
 Christone “Kingfish” Ingram

_Blood Harmony_
 Larkin Poe

_LaVette!_
 Bettye LaVette

You can see the complete list of nominations at [grammy.com](https://www.grammy.com/news/2024-grammys-nominations-full-winners-nominees-list)

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