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Category – Best Jazz Performance for new vocal or instrumental solo, duo/group or collaborative jazz recordings.

• Noble Rise by Lakecia Benjamin Featuring Immanuel Wilkins & Mark Whitfield
• Windows – Live by Chick Corea, Christian McBride & Brian Blade
• Peace Of Mind / Dreams Come True by Samara Joy
• Four by Michael Mayo
• All Stars Lead To You – Live by Nicole Zuraitis, Dan Pugach, Tom Scott, Idan Morim, Keyon Harrold, Rachel Eckroth & Sam Weber

Category – Best Jazz Instrumental Album for albums containing greater than 75% playing time of new instrumental jazz recordings.

• Trilogy 3 — Live by Chick Corea, Christian McBride & Brian Blade
• Southern Nights by Sullivan Fortner Featuring Peter Washington & Marcus Gilmore
• Belonging by Branford Marsalis Quartet
• Spirit Fall by John Patitucci Featuring Chris Potter & Brian Blade
• Fasten Up by Yellowjackets

Category – Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album for albums containing greater than 75% playing time of new large ensemble jazz recordings.

• Orchestrator Emulator by The 8-Bit Big Band
• Without Further Ado, Vol 1 by Christian McBride Big Band
• Lumen by Danilo Pérez & Bohuslän Big Band
• Basie Rocks by Deborah Silver & The Count Basie Orchestra
• Lights on a Satellite by Sun Ra Arkestra
• Some Days Are Better: The Lost Scores by Kenny Wheeler Legacy Featuring The Royal Academy of Music Jazz Orchestra & Frost Jazz Orchestra

Category – 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.

• La Fleur de Cayenne by Paquito D’Rivera & Madrid-New York Connection Band
• The Original Influencers by Dizzy, Chano & Chico Arturo O’Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra featuring Pedrito Martinez, Daymé Arocena, Jon Faddis, Donald Harrison & Melvis Santa
• Mundoagua – Celebrating Carla Bley by Arturo O’Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra
• A Tribute to Benny Moré and Nat King Cole by Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Yainer Horta & Joey Calveiro
• Vanguardia Subterránea: Live at The Village Vanguard by Miguel Zenón Quartet

Category – Best Alternative Jazz Album for vocal or instrumental albums containing greater than 75% playing time of new Alternative jazz recordings.

• honey from a winter stone by Ambrose Akinmusire
• Keys To The City Volume One by Robert Glasper
• Ride into the Sun by Brad Mehldau
• LIVE-ACTION by Nate Smith
• Blues Blood by Immanuel Wilkins