It's the first time since Herbie Hancock won with River that a jazz artist pianist Jon Batiste has won album of the year at the Grammys winning for his soul/R&B/jazz crossover album We Are. He also won in the American roots performance, roots song, music video and score soundtrack (for Soul) categories. Among other jazz winners Esperanza Spalding won in the vocals category for Songwrights Apothecary Lab while Ron Carter, Jack DeJohnette and Gonzalo Rubalcaba won in the instrumental category for Skyline. The late Chick Corea won in the instrumental solo category for 'Humpty Dumpty', the Christian McBride Big Band in the best large jazz ensemble category For Jimmy, Wes and Oliver, the late Lyle Mays for 'Eberhard' in best instrumental composition, Vince Mendoza for best arrangement for 'To The Edge of Longing', Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga in the traditional pop category for Love For Sale and Eliane Elias won for best latin jazz album with Mirror Mirror.
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