Acara penghargaan musik tahunan terakbar Grammy Award, akan digelar untuk ke-54 kalinya tahun depan, tertanggal 12 Februari 2012. Ada lima kategori yang mencakup jazz, simak daftar lengkapnya di bawah ini:
30. Best Improvised Jazz Solo
“All or Nothing at All”
Randy Brecker, solis
Dari album The Jazz Ballad Song Book (Randy Brecker dan DR Big Band)
(Half Note)
“You are My Sunshine”
Ron Carter, solis
Dari album This Is Jazz (Donald Harrison, Ron Carter & Billy Cobham)
(Half Note)
“500 Miles High”
Chick Corea, solis
Dari album Forever (Corea, Clarke & White)
(Concord)
“Work”
Fred Hersch, solis
Dari album Alone At The Vanguard
(Palmetto)
“Sonnymoon For Two”
Sonny Rollins, solis
Dari album Road Shows Vol. 2
(Doxy/Emarcy/Decca)
31. Best Jazz Vocal Album
‘Round Midnight
Karrin Allyson
(Concord Jazz)
The Mosaic Project
Terri Lyne Carrington & Various Artists
(Concord Jazz)
The Gate
Kurt Elling
(Concord Jazz)
American Road
Tierney Sutton (Band)
(BFM Jazz)
The Music of Randy Newman
Roseanna Vitro
(Motéma Music]
32. Best Jazz Instrumental Album
Bond: The Paris Sessions
Gerald Clayton
(Emarcy/Decca)
Forever
Corea, Clarke & White
(Concord)
Alone At The Vanguard
Fred Hersch
(Palmetto)
Bird Songs
Joe Lovano/Us Five
(Blue Note)
Road Shows Vol. 2
Sonny Rollins
(Doxy/Emarcy/Decca)
Timeline
Yellowjackets
(Mack Avenue)
33. Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
The Jazz Ballad Song Book
Randy Brecker with DR Big Band
(Half Note)
The Good Feeling
Christian McBride Big Band
(Mack Avenue)
40 Acres And a Burro
Arturo O’Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra
(Zoho)
Legacy
Gerald Wilson Orchestra
(Mack Avenue)
Alma Adentro: The Puerto Rican Songbook
Miguel Zenón
(Marsalis Music)
57. Best Instrumental Composition
“Falling Men”
John Hollenbeck, komposer (John Hollenbeck, Daniel Yvinec & Orchestre National de Jazz (ONJ)
Dari album Shut Up And Dance
(BEE JAZZ / Abeille Musique)
“Hunting Wabbits 3 (Get Off My Lawn)”
Gordon Goodwin, komposer (Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band)
Dari album That’s How We Roll
(Telarc)
“I Talk To the Trees”
Randy Brecker, komposer (Randy Brecker With DR Big Band)
Dari album The Jazz Ballad Song Book
(Half Note)
“Life in Eleven”
Béla Fleck & Howard Levy, komposer (Béla Fleck & The Flecktones)
Dari album Rocket Science
(eOne Music)
“Timeline”
Russell Ferrante, komposer (Yellowjackets)
Dari album Timeline
(Mack Avenue)
