FOR YOUR GRAMMY® CONSIDERATION
Charlie Hunter & Ella Feingold
Different Strokes for Different Folks (2025)
Best Alternative Jazz Record
Different Strokes for Different Folks is an inventive, intimate conversation between Charlie Hunter and Ella Feingold, full of harmonic sophistication and expressive nuance. Shirley Chisholm exemplifies the emotional depth and virtuosity that define outstanding jazz performance.
Charlie Hunter & Ella Feingold
Shirley Chisholm (2025)
Best Jazz Performance
Different Strokes for Different Folks is a masterwork of minimal funk: there are no solos, and melodies arise from rhythm itself. It’s an album that draws attention to the finer details of rhythm guitar, and to the communication between rhythmic elements that are often relegated to background duty. Most importantly, it’s an album that will make you feel something.
— Nick Millevoi, Premier Guitar
Maritzaida
Sentimientos En Vivo (2025)
Best Tropical Album
Maritzaida’s Sentimientos En Vivo celebrates Puerto Rico’s rich musical legacy. Recorded entirely live around a single microphone, the album captures the spirit and intimacy of bolero and Puerto Rico’s música bohemia, featuring her warm vocals, AJ Weibe’s guitar, and Zach Brown’s cello.