Category 40

Best Country Instrumental Performance
(For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances, without vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)

Lil' Jack Slade
Dixie Chicks
Track from: Home
[Open Wide/Monument/Columbia Records]



Category 41

Best Country Song
(A Songwriter(s) Award. For Song Eligibility Guidelines see Category #3. (Artist names appear in parenthesis.) Singles or Tracks only.)

Where Were You (When The World Stopped Turning)
Alan Jackson, songwriter (Alan Jackson)
Track from: Drive
[Arista Nashville; Publishers: EMI April Music, Tri-Angels Music]



Category 42

Best Country Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)

Home
Dixie Chicks
[Open Wide/Monument/Columbia Records]



Category 43

Best Bluegrass Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)

Lost In The Lonesome Pines
Jim Lauderdale, Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys
[Dualtone]



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Field 9 — New Age

Category 44

Best New Age Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)

Acoustic Garden
Eric Tingstad & Nancy Rumbel
[Narada Productions Inc.]



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Field 10 — Jazz

Category 45

Best Contemporary Jazz Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of INSTRUMENTAL tracks.)

Speaking Of Now
Pat Metheny Group
[Warner Bros. Records]



Category 46

Best Jazz Vocal Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)

Live In Paris
Diana Krall
[Verve Records]



Category 47

Best Jazz Instrumental Solo
(For an instrumental jazz solo performance. Two equal performers on one recording may be eligible as one entry. If the soloist listed appears on a recording billed to another artist, the latter's name is in parenthesis for identification. Singles or Tracks only.)

My Ship
Herbie Hancock, soloist
Track from: Directions In Music (Herbie Hancock, Michael Brecker & Roy Hargrove)
[Verve Music Group]



Category 48

Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of INSTRUMENTAL tracks.)

Directions In Music
Herbie Hancock, Michael Brecker & Roy Hargrove
[Verve Music Group]



Category 49

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
(For large jazz ensembles, including big band sounds. Albums must contain 51% or more INSTRUMENTAL tracks.)

What Goes Around
Dave Holland Big Band
[ECM]



Category 50

Best Latin Jazz Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)

The Gathering
Caribbean Jazz Project
[Concord Picante]



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Field 11 — Gospel

Category 51

Best Rock Gospel Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)

Come Together
Third Day
[Essential Records]



Category 52

Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)

The Eleventh Hour
Jars Of Clay
[Essential Records]



Category 53

Best Southern, Country, or Bluegrass Gospel Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)

We Called Him Mr. Gospel Music: The James Blackwood
Tribute Album
The Jordanaires, Larry Ford And The Light Crust Doughboys
[Art Greenhaw Records]



Category 54

Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)

Higher Ground
The Blind Boys Of Alabama
[Real World]



Category 55

Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)

Sidebars
Eartha
[AFRT Music]



Category 56

Best Gospel Choir Or Chorus Album
(For choirs or choruses only, with or without lead vocalist(s).)

Be Glad
Carol Cymbala, choir director; The Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir
[M2.0 Communications]



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Field 12 — Latin

Category 57

Best Latin Pop Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)

Caraluna
Bacilos
[Warner Music]



Category 58

Best Latin Rock/Alternative Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)

Revolución De Amor
Maná
[Warner Music]



Category 59

Best Traditional Tropical Latin Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)

El Arte Del Sabor
Bebo Valdés Trio With Israel López "Cachao" & Carlos "Patato" Valdés
[Blue Note Records]
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