[Best Improvised Jazz Solo]

 

ALL OR NOTHING AT ALL – Randy Brecker, soloist

YOU ARE MY SUNSHINE – Ron Carter, soloist

500 MILES HIGH – Chick Corea, soloist

WORK – Fred Hersch, soloist

SONNYMOON FOR TWO – Sonny Rollins, soloist

 

[Best Jazz Vocal Album]

 

[¡®ROUND MIDNIGHT] – Karrin Allyson

[THE MOSAIC PROJECT] – Terri Lyne Carrington & Various Artists

[THE GATE] – Kurt Elling

[AMERICAN ROAD[ – Tierney Sutton (Band)

[THE MUSIC OF RANDY NEWMAN] – Roseanna Vitro

 

[Best Jazz Instrumental Album]

 

BOND: THE PARIS SESSIONS – Gerald Clayton

FOREVER – Corea, Clarke & White

ALONE AT THE VANGUARD – Fred Hersch

BIRD SONGS – Joe Lovano/Us Five

ROAD SHOWS VOL. 2 – Sonny Rollins

TIMELINE – Yellowjackets

 

[Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album]

 

[THE JAZZ BALLAD SONG BOOK] – Randy Brecker With DR Big Band

[THE GOOD FEELING] – Christian McBride Big Band

[40 ACRES AND A BURRO] – Arturo O¡¯Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra

[LEGACY] – Gerald Wilson Orchestra

[ALMA ADENTRO: THE PUERTO RICAN SONGBOOK] – Miguel Zenon

[Best Latin Pop, Rock, Or Urban Album]

 

[ENTREN LOS QUE QUIERAN] – Calle 13

[ENTRE LA CIUDAD Y EL MAR] – Gustavo Galindo

[NUESTRA] – La Vida Boheme

[NOT SO COMMERCIAL] – Los Amigos Invisibles

[DRAMA Y LUZ] – Mana

 

[Best Regional Mexican Or Tejano Album]

 

[BICENTENARIO] – Pepe Aguilar

[ORALE] – Mariachi Divas De Cindy Shea

[AMOR A LA MUSICA[ -Mariachi Los Arrieros Del Valle

[ERES UN FARSANTE] – Paquita La Del Barrio

[HUEVOS RANCHEROS] – Joan Sebastian

 

[Best Banda Or Norteno Album]

 

[ESTARE MEJOR] – El Guero Y Su Banda Centenario

[INTOCABLE 2011] – Intocable

[LOS TIGRES DEL NORTE AND FRIENDS] – Los Tigres Del Norte

[EL ARBOL] – Los Tucanes De Tijuana

[NO VENGO A VER SI PUEDO¡¦ SI POR QUE PUEDO VENGO] – Michael Salgado

 

[Best Tropical Latin Album]

 

[HOMENAJE A LOS RUMBEROS] – Edwin Bonilla

[THE LAST MAMBO] – Cachao

[MONGORAMA] – Jose Rizo¡¯s Mongorama

 

[Best Reggae Album]

 

[HARLEM-KINGSTON EXPRESS LIVE!] – Monty Alexander

[REGGAE KNIGHTS] – Israel Vibration

[REVELATION PT 1: THE ROOT OF LIFE] – Stephen Marley

[WILD AND FREE] – Ziggy Marley

[SUMMER IN KINGSTON ]– Shaggy

 

[Best World Music Album]

 

[AFROCUBISM] – AfroCubism

[AFRICA FOR AFRICA ]– Femi Kuti

[SONGS FROM A ZULU FARM] – Ladysmith Black Mambazo

[TASSILI] – Tinariwen

[Best Children¡¯s Album]

 

[ALL ABOUT BULLIES¡¦ BIG AND SMALL – (Various Artists)] James Cravero, Gloria Domina, Kevin Mackie, Steve Pullara & Patrick Robinson, producers

[ARE WE THERE YET?] – The Papa Hugs Band

[FITNESS ROCK & ROLL] – Miss Amy

[GULFALIVE] – The Banana Plant

[I LOVE: TOM T. HALL¡¯S SONGS OF FOX HOLLOW ]– (Various Artists) Eric Brace & Peter Cooper, producers

 

[Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Story Telling)]

 

[BOSSYPANTS] – Tina Fey

[FAB FAN MEMORIES ]– THE BEATLES BOND – (Various Artists) Nathan Burbank, Bryan Cumming, Dennis Scott & David Toledo, producers

[HAMLET (WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE)] – Dan Donohue & Various Artists – Oregon Shakespeare Festival

[IF YOU ASK ME (AND OF COURSE YOU WON¡¯T)] – Betty White

[THE MARK OF ZORRO] – Val Kilmer & Cast

 

[Best Comedy Album]

 

[ALPOCALYPSE] – ¡°Weird Al¡± Yankovic

[FINEST HOUR] – Patton Oswalt

[HILARIOUS] – Louis C.K.

[KATHY GRIFFIN: 50 & NOT PREGNANT] – Kathy Griffin

[TURTLENECK & CHAIN] – The Lonely Island

 

[Best Musical Theater Album]

 

ANYTHING GOES – Sutton Foster & Joel Grey, principal soloists; Rob Fisher, James Lowe & Joel Moss, producers (Cole Porter, composer/lyricist) (New Broadway Cast Recording)

THE BOOK OF MORMON – Josh Gad & Andrew Rannells, principal soloists; Anne Garefino, Robert Lopez, Stephen Oremus, Trey Parker, Scott Rudin & Matt Stone, producers; Robert Lopez, Trey Parker & Matt Stone, composers/lyricists (Original Broadway Cast)

HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING – John Larroquette & Daniel Radcliffe, principal soloists; Robert Sher, producer (Frank Loesser, composer/lyricist) (The 2011 Broadway Cast Recording)

-Producer of the Year – Paul Epworth

-Best Short Form Music Video - Rolling In The Deep – Adele – Sam Brown, video director; Hannah Chandler, video producer

 

-Best Long Form Music Video - Foo Fighters: Back And Forth – Foo Fighters – James Moll, video director; James Moll & Nigel Sinclair, video producers

 

-Best Recording Package - Scenes From The Suburbs Caroline Robert, art director (Arcade Fire)

 

-Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package – The Promise: The Darkness On The Edge Of Town StoryDave Bett & Michelle Holme, art directors (Bruce Springsteen)

 

-Best Album Notes – Pop, Rock, R&B & Country nominations- Hear Me Howling!: Blues, Ballads & Beyond As Recorded By The San Francisco Bay By Chris Strachwitz In The 1960s – Adam Machado, album notes writer (Various Artists)

 

-Best Historical Album – Band On The Run (Paul McCartney Archive Collection – Deluxe Edition)

 

-Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical - Paper Airplane -Neal Cappellino & Mike Shipley, engineers; Brad Blackwood, mastering engineer (Alison Krauss & Union Station)

 

-Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical - Cinema (Skrillex Remix)- Sonny Moore, remixer (Benny Benassi) – Track from: Electroman

 

-Best Surround Sound Album - Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs (Super Deluxe Edition) – Elliot Scheiner, surround mix engineer; Bob Ludwig, surround mastering engineer; Bill Levenson & Elliot Scheiner, surround producers (Derek & The Dominos)

 

-Best Instrumental Arrangement -Rhapsody In Blue -Gordon Goodwin, arranger (Gordon Goodwin¡¯s Big Phat Band)Track from: That¡¯s How We Roll

 

-Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s) - Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me) – Jorge Calandrelli, arranger (Tony Bennett & Queen Latifah) – Track from: Duets II

 

-Best Engineered Album, Classical - Aldridge: Elmer Gantry – Byeong-Joon Hwang & John Newton, engineers; Jesse Lewis, mastering engineer (William Boggs, Keith Phares, Patricia Risley, Vale Rideout, Frank Kelley, Heather Buck, Florentine Opera Chorus & Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra)

 

-Producer Of The Year, Classical - Judith Sherman

 

-Best Orchestral Performance – Brahms: Symphony No. 4 – Gustavo Dudamel, conductor (Los Angeles Philharmonic)

 

-Best Opera Recording -Adams: Doctor Atomic Alan Gilbert, conductor; Meredith Arwady, Sasha Cooke, Richard Paul Fink, Gerald Finley, Thomas Glenn & Eric Owens; Jay David Saks, producer

 

-Best Choral Performance - Light & Gold – Eric Whitacre, conductor (Christopher Glynn & Hila Plitmann; The King¡¯s Singers, Laudibus, Pavao Quartet & The Eric Whitacre Singers)

 

-Best Small Ensemble Performance - Mackey: Lonely Motel – Music From Slide – Rinde Eckert & Steven Mackey; Eighth Blackbird

 

-Best Classical Instrumental Solo - Schwantner: Concerto For Percussion & Orchestra

– Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor; Christopher Lamb (Nashville Symphony) Track from: Schwantner: Chasing Light¡¦

 

-Best Classical Vocal Solo - Diva Divo – Joyce DiDonato (Kazushi Ono; Orchestre De L¡¯Opera National De Lyon; Choeur De L¡¯Opera National De Lyon)

 

-Best Contemporary Classical Composition - Aldridge, Robert: Elmer Gantry – Robert Aldridge & Herschel Garfein