Best Improvised Jazz Solo
“Hot House”
Gary Burton & Chick Corea, soloists
Track from: Hot House [Concord Jazz]
Best Jazz Vocal Album
Radio Music Society
Esperanza Spalding [Heads Up International]
Best Jazz Instrumental Album
Unity Band
Pat Metheny Unity Band [Nonesuch]
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
Dear Diz (Every Day I Think of You)
Arturo Sandoval [Concord Jazz]
<font color="#FF0000">Best Latin Jazz Album
¡Ritmo!
The Clare Fischer Latin Jazz Big Band [Clare Fischer Productions/Clavo Records]
Best Pop Instrumental Album
Impressions
Chris Botti [Columbia]
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
Kisses on the Bottom
Paul McCartney [Hear Music]
Best Instrumental Composition
“Mozart Goes Dancing”
Chick Corea, composer (Chick Corea & Gary Burton)
Track from: Hot House [Concord Jazz]
Best Instrumental Arrangement
“How About You”
Gil Evans, arranger (Gil Evans Project)
Track from: Centennial - Newly Discovered Works Of Gil Evans [ArtistShare]
Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)
“City of Roses”
Thara Memory & Esperanza Spalding, arrangers (Esperanza Spalding)
Track from: Radio Music Society [Heads Up International]