Grammy Awards 2023: Nominees Announced
The list of nominees for the Grammy Awards 2023 has been revealed
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.