The 63rd GRAMMY® Awards announced the 2021 winners in the Jazz categories. The winners were announced prior to the televised event scheduled for Sunday, March 14th in a virtual live-streamed Premiere Ceremony.
Nominations were announced in November 2020 and winners were revealed today.
Here are the winners in each of the Jazz and Instrumental categories followed by songs/videos:
1 – From the field of nominations in the Best Improvised Solo category, the winner is:
ALL BLUES – WINNER
Chick Corea, soloist
Track from: Trilogy 2 (Chick Corea, Christian McBride & Brian Blade)
2 – In the category of Best Jazz Vocal Album, the winner is:
SECRETS ARE THE BEST STORIES – WINNER
Kurt Elling Featuring Danilo Pérez
3 – For Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album, the winner is:
DATA LORDS – WINNER
Maria Schneider Orchestra
4 – For Best Instrumental Jazz Album, the winner is:
TRILOGY 2 – WINNER
Chick Corea, Christian McBride & Brian Blade
5 – The Best Latin Jazz Album category was won by:
FOUR QUESTIONS – WINNER
Arturo O’Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra
6 – For Best Instrumental Composition, the winner is:
SPUTNIK – WINNER
Maria Schneider, composer (Maria Schneider)
7 – For Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella, the winner is:
DONNA LEE – WINNER
John Beasley, arranger (John Beasley)
8 – For Best Contemporary Instrumental Album, the winner is:
LIVE AT THE ROYAL ALBERT HALL – WINNER
Snarky Puppy
9 – For Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals, the winner is:
HE WON’T HOLD YOU – WINNER
Jacob Collier, arranger (Jacob Collier Featuring Rapsody)
