2023 GRAMMY Award Winners

2023 GRAMMY Award nominees, with the winners in bold.

Samara Joy was named the Best New Artist at the 65^th Annual, 2023 GRAMMY Awards, claiming victory in a crowded field of 10 rising acts.

Joy defeated a field that included Omar Apollo, Wet Leg, Molly Tuttle, Latto, Anitta, Måneskin, DOMi & JD Beck, Tobe Nwigwe, and Muni Long.

Best Improvised Jazz Solo

• Ambrose Akinmusire – Rounds (Live)
• Gerald Albright – Keep Holding On
• John Beasley – Cherokee/Koko
• Marcus Baylor – Call of the Drum
• Melissa Aldana – Falling
• Wayne Shorter & Leo Genovese – Endangered Species

Best Jazz Vocal Album

• The Baylor Project – The Evening: Live at Apparatus
• Carmen Lundy – Fade to Black
• Cécile McLorin Salvant – Ghost Song
• The Manhattan Transfer & The WDR Funkhausorchester – Fifty
• Samara Joy – Linger Awhile

Best Jazz Instrumental Album

• Joshua Redman, Brad Mehldau, Christian McBride & Brian Blade – LongGone
• Peter Erskine Trio – Live in Italy
• Terri Lyne Carrington, Kris Davis, Linda May Han Oh, Nicholas Payton & Matthew Stevens – New Standards, Vol. 1
• Wayne Shorter, Terri Lyne Carrington, Leo Genovese & Esperanza Spalding – Live at the Detroit Jazz Festival
• Yellowjackets – Parallel Motion

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album

• John Beasley, Magnus Lindgren & SWR Big Band – Bird Lives
• Remy Le Boeuf’s Assembly of Shadows – Architecture of Storms
• Ron Carter & The Jazzaar Festival Big Band (directed by Christian Jacob) – Remembering Bob Freedman
• Steve Gadd, Eddie Gomez, Ronnie Cuber & WDR Big Band (conducted by Michael Abene) – Center Stage
• Steven Feifke, Bijon Watson & Generation Gap Jazz Orchestra – Generation Gap Jazz Orchestra

Best Latin Jazz Album

• Arturo O’Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra feat. the Congra Patria Son Jarocho Collective – Fandango at the Wall in New York
• Arturo Sandoval – Rhythm & Soul
• Danilo Pérez feat. the Global Messengers – Crisálida
• Flora Purim – If You Will
• Miguel Zenón – Música de las Américas

Best Contemporary Instrumental Album

• Brad Mehldau – Jacob’s Ladder
• Domi & JD Beck – Not Tight
• Grant Geissman – Blooz
• Jeff Coffin – Between Dreaming and Joy
• Snarky Puppy – Empire Central

Best Instrumental Composition

• Danilo Pérez feat. the Global Messengers – Fronteras (Borders) Suite: Al-Musafir Blues
• Geoffrey Keezer – Refuge
• Miguel Zenón, José Antonio Zayas Cabán, Ryan Smith & Casey Rafn – El País Invisible
• Tasha Warren & Dave Eggar – African Tales
• Tasha Warren & Dave Eggar – Snapshots

Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella

• Armand Hutton feat. Terrell Hunt & Just 6 – As Days Go By (An Arrangement of the Family Matters Theme Song)
• Danny Elfman – Main Titles
• Kings Return – How Deep Is Your Love
• Magnus Lindgren, John Beasley & The SWR Big Band feat. Martin Auer – Scrapple From the Apple
• Remy Le Boeuf – Minnesota, WI

Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals

• Becca Stevens & Attacca Quartet – 2 + 2 = 5 (Arr. Nathan Schram)
• Cécile McLorin Salvant – Optimistic Voices / No Love Dying
• Christine McVie – Songbird (Orchestral Version)
• Jacob Collier feat. Lizzy McAlpine & John Mayer – Never Gonna Be Alone
• Louis Cole – Let It Happen