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Best Alternative Jazz Album

Dec 1st, 2025

Best Alternative Jazz Album

Best Alternative Jazz Album

Nominees for The GRAMMY Awards

2026

Previous Winner

No More Water: The Gospel Of James Baldwin (Meshell Ndegeocello)

Field

Jazz + Traditional Pop + Contemporary Instrumental + Musical Theater

Criteria

Albums with >75% playing time of new alternative jazz recordings.

Albums with >75% playing time of new alternative jazz recordings.

The nominees for The GRAMMYs Best Alternative Jazz Album 2026 are honey from a winter stone (Ambrose Akinmusire), Keys To The City Volume One (Robert Glasper), Ride into the Sun (Brad Mehldau), LIVE-ACTION (Nate Smith), Blues Blood (Immanuel Wilkins).

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GRAMMY Winner 2026

Aug 29, 2025

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