Jelaskan Ages – Lorraine Feather dari Penghargaan Grammy ke-53

Best Improvised Jazz Solo"A Change Is Gonna Come" – Herbie Hancock "Solar" – Alan Broadbent

"Body and Soul" – Keith Jarrett

"Lonely Woman" – Hank Jones

"Van Gogh" – Wynton Marsalis

Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or GroupMoody 4B – James Moody Positootly! – John Beasley

The New Song and Dance – Clayton Brothers

Historicity – Vijay Iyer Trio

Best Large Jazz Ensemble AlbumMingus Big Band Live at Jazz Standard – Mingus Big Band Infernal Machines – Darcy James Argue's Secret Society

Autumn: In Moving Pictures Jazz – Chamber Music Vol. 2 – Billy Childs Ensemble featuring the Ying String Quartet

Pathways – Dave Holland Octet

54 – Metropole Orkest, John Scofield & Vince Mendoza

Best Latin Jazz AlbumChucho's Steps – Chucho Valdés and the Afro-Cuban Messengers Tango Grill – Pablo Aslan

Second Chance – Hector Martignon

Psychedelic Blues – Poncho Sanchez

¡Bien Bien! – Wayne Wallace Latin Jazz Quintet