Best Jazz Vocal Album: Alone Together — Catherine Russell
Best Regional Roots Music Album: Good Time — Ranky Tanky
Best Instrumental Composition: “Begin Again” — Fred Hersch
Best Traditional Blues Album: Spectacular Class — Jontavious Willis
Best Traditional Blues Album: Sitting On Top Of The Blues — Bobby Rush
Best Jazz Instrumental Album: In The Key Of The Universe — Joey DeFrancesco
Best Folk Album: Rearrange My Heart — Che Apalache (produced by Béla Fleck)