ACT Music + Vision with Three Nominations for Bird Lives by Magnus Lindgren, John Beasley and the SWR Big Band:

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
for Bird Lives

Best Improvised Jazz Solo
for John Beasley on “Cherokee / Koko”

Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella
for John Beasley on “Scrapple From The Apple”

Cellar Live with One Nomination for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album:

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

Leopard Records with one Nomination for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album:

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