Best Historical Album
Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (20th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition)
Best Improvised Jazz Solo
Wayne Shorter & Leo Genovese - Endangered Species
Best Jazz Vocal Album
Samara Joy - Linger Awhile
Best Jazz Instrumental Album
Terri Lyne Carrington, Kris Davis, Linda May Han Oh, Nicholas Payton & Matthew Stevens - New Standards, Vol. 1
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
Steven Feifke, Bijon Watson & Generation Gap Jazz Orchestra - Generation Gap Jazz Orchestra
Best Latin Jazz Album
Arturo O'Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra Featuring The Congra Patria Son Jarocho Collective - Fandango at the Wall in New York
Best Reggae Album
Kabaka Pyramid - The Kalling
Best Global Music Performance
Wouter Kellerman, Zakes Bantwini & Nomcebo Zikode - Bayethe
Best Global Music Album
Masa Takumi - Sakura
Best American Roots Performance
Aaron Neville & The Dirty Dozen Brass Band - Stompin' Ground