Grammy Awards 2023: Nominees Announced

The list of nominees for the Grammy Awards 2023 has been revealed

Author: Alastair SteelPublished 16th Nov 2022
Last updated 17th Nov 2022

The nominations are out for the 65th GRAMMY awards, with the winners being revealed in early 2023.

As ever, the Recording Academy set out to recognise all genres and skills in music including nods for jazz, soul and blues stars like Robert Glasper who picks up two nominations for Black Radio III, alongside The Baylor project and young singer Samara Joy. They’re up against Carmen Lundy, Cecile McLorin Salvant and The Manhattan Transfer for best jazz vocal album, while Dr. John and Keb’ Mo’ are nominated in the Americana category.

Cory Henry, Terrace Martin, Moonchild and Tank And The Bangas are all up for best progressive R&B album while Britain’s own Jacob Collier being recognised for his arranging skills.

Grammy 2023 Nominations - Jazz FM Abridged Nomination List

4. Best New Artist

DOMi & JD Beck

Samara Joy

7. Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album

I Dream Of Christmas (Extended) - Norah Jones

11. Best Contemporary Instrumental Album

Between Dreaming And Joy - Jeff Coffin

Not Tight - DOMi & JD Beck

Blooz - Grant Geissman

Jacob's Ladder - Brad Mehldau

Empire Central - Snarky Puppy

21. Best Progressive R&B Album

Operation Funk - Cory Henry

Gemini Rights - Steve Lacy

Drones - Terrace Martin

Starfruit - Moonchild

Red Balloon - Tank And The Bangas

22. Best R&B Album

Black Radio III - Robert Glasper

Candydrip - Lucky Daye

Watch The Sun - PJ Morton

32. Best Improvised Jazz Solo

Rounds (Live) - Ambrose Akinmusire, soloist

Keep Holding On - Gerald Albright, soloist

Falling - Melissa Aldana, soloist

Call Of The Drum - Marcus Baylor, soloist

Cherokee/Koko - John Beasley, soloist

Endangered Species - Wayne Shorter & Leo Genovese, soloist

33. Best Jazz Vocal Album

The Evening : Live At APPARATUS - The Baylor Project

Linger Awhile - Samara Joy

Fade To Black - Carmen Lundy

Fifty - The Manhattan Transfer With The WDR Funkhausorchester

Ghost Song - Cécile McLorin Salvant

34. Best Jazz Instrumental Album

New Standards Vol. 1 - Terri Lyne Carrington, Kris Davis, Linda May Han Oh, Nicholas Payton & Matthew Stevens

Live In Italy - Peter Erskine Trio

LongGone - Joshua Redman, Brad Mehldau, Christian McBride, And Brian Blade

Live At The Detroit Jazz Festival - Wayne Shorter, Terri Lyne Carrington, Leo Genovese & esperanza spalding

Parallel Motion - Yellowjackets

35. Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album

Bird Lives - John Beasley, Magnus Lindgren & SWR Big Band

Remembering Bob Freedman - Ron Carter & The Jazzaar Festival Big Band Directed By Christian Jacob

Generation Gap Jazz Orchestra - Steven Feifke, Bijon Watson, Generation Gap Jazz Orchestra

Center Stage - Steve Gadd, Eddie Gomez, Ronnie Cuber & WDR Big Band Conducted By Michael Abene

Architecture Of Storms - Remy Le Boeuf's Assembly Of Shadows

36. Best Latin Jazz Album

Fandango At The Wall In New York - Arturo O'Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra Featuring The Congra Patria Son Jarocho Collective

Crisálida - Danilo Pérez Featuring The Global Messengers

If You Will - Flora Purim

Rhythm & Soul - Arturo Sandoval

Música De Las Américas - Miguel Zenón

47. Best American Roots Performance

Oh Betty - Fantastic Negrito

Stompin' Ground - Aaron Neville With The Dirty Dozen Brass Band

50. Best Americana Album

Things Happen That Way - Dr. John

Good To Be... - Keb' Mo'

52. Best Traditional Blues Album

Heavy Load Blues - Gov't Mule

The Blues Don’t Lie - Buddy Guy

Get On Board - Taj Mahal & Ry Cooder

The Sun Is Shining Down - John Mayall

Mississippi Son - Charlie Musselwhite

53. Best Contemporary Blues Album

Done Come Too Far - Shemekia Copeland

Crown - Eric Gales

Bloodline Maintenance - Ben Harper

Set Sail - North Mississippi Allstars

Brother Johnny - Edgar Winter

58. Best Global Music Album

Queen Of Sheba - Angélique Kidjo & Ibrahim Maalouf

Between Us... (Live) - Anoushka Shankar, Metropole Orkest & Jules Buckley Featuring Manu Delago

70. Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals

Let It Happen - Louis Cole, arranger (Louis Cole)

Never Gonna Be Alone - Jacob Collier, arranger (Jacob Collier Featuring Lizzy McAlpine & John Mayer)

Optimistic Voices / No Love Dying - Cécile McLorin Salvant, arranger (Cécile McLorin Salvant)

Songbird (Orchestral Version) - Vince Mendoza, arranger (Christine McVie)

2 + 2 = 5 (Arr. Nathan Schram) - Nathan Schram & Becca Stevens, arrangers (Becca Stevens & Attacca Quartet)

76. Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical

Black Radio III

83. Best Opera Recording

Blanchard: Fire Shut Up In My Bones

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor; Angel Blue, Will Liverman, Latonia Moore & Walter Russell III; David Frost, producer (The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus)

When are the Grammy Awards going to be announced?

The 65th Grammy Awards will be revealed on 5 February 2023 at 1700 (Pacific Time).

For those in the UK, this will take place from 0100 (UTC) on 6 February 2023.

Grammy Awards 2023 - Full List of Nominees

You can find the full list of nominations at the Grammy Awards 2023 here.

Grammy Awards 2022 - Winners

You can see the list of 2022 winners here.

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