44. Best Contemporary Jazz Album

• The Stanley Clarke Band
The Stanley Clarke Band
[Heads Up International]

• Never Can Say Goodbye
Joey DeFrancesco
[HighNote Records]

• Now Is The Time
Jeff Lorber Fusion
[Heads Up International]

• To The One
John McLaughlin
[Abstract Logix]

• Backatown
Trombone Shorty
[Verve Forecast]

45. Best Jazz Vocal Album

• Eleanora Fagan (1915-1959): To Billie With Love From Dee Dee
Dee Dee Bridgewater
[Emarcy]

• Freddy Cole Sings Mr. B
Freddy Cole
[HighNote Records]

• When Lights Are Low
Denise Donatelli
[Savant Records]

• Ages
Lorraine Feather
[Jazzed Media]

• Water
Gregory Porter
[Motéma Music]

46. Best Improvised Jazz Solo

• Solar
Alan Broadbent
Track from: Live At Giannelli Square: Volume 1
[Chilly Bin Records]

• A Change Is Gonna Come
Herbie Hancock
Track from: The Imagine Project
[Hancock Records]

• Body And Soul
Keith Jarrett
Track from: Jasmine
[ECM]

• Lonely Woman
Hank Jones
Track from: Pleased To Meet You
[Justin Time Records]

• Van Gogh
Wynton Marsalis
Track from: Portrait In Seven Shades (Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra)
[Jazz At Lincoln Center]

47. Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group

• Positootly!
John Beasley
[Resonance Records]

• The New Song And Dance
Clayton Brothers
[ArtistShare]

• Historicity
Vijay Iyer Trio
[ACT Music + Vision]

• Moody 4B
James Moody
[IPO Recordings]

• Providencia
Danilo Perez
[Mack Avenue Records]

48. Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album

• Infernal Machines
Darcy James Argue's Secret Society
[New Amsterdam Records]

• Autumn: In Moving Pictures Jazz - Chamber Music Vol. 2
Billy Childs Ensemble Featuring The Ying String Quartet
[ArtistShare]

• Pathways
Dave Holland Octet
[Dare2 Records]

• 54
Metropole Orkest, John Scofield & Vince Mendoza
[Emarcy/Universal]

• Mingus Big Band Live At Jazz Standard
Mingus Big Band
[Jazz Workshop, Inc./Jazz Standard]

49. Best Latin Jazz Album

• Tango Grill
Pablo Aslan
[Zoho]

• Second Chance
Hector Martignon
[Zoho]

• Psychedelic Blues
Poncho Sanchez
[Concord Picante]

• Chucho's Steps
Chucho Valdés And The Afro-Cuban Messengers
[Four Quarters Entertainment]

• ¡Bien Bien!
Wayne Wallace Latin Jazz Quintet
[Patois Records]