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Jazzmeia Horn, Billy Childs, Christian McBride and more up for 'Grammy Awards'

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(L-R) FRED HERSCH, CHRISTIAN MCBRIDE, CÉCILE MCLORIN SALVANT, JANE BUNNETT, JAZZMEIA HORN"

And the nominees are...

Congratulations goes out to a number of our favorite jazz artists who are up for Grammy Awards tomorrow night. The coveted list includes Jazzmeia Horne, Christian McBride, Fred Hersch, Billy Childs, Raúl Midón and many more. 

Check out a few of the jazz categories below and click hereto learn more about this year's nominees. The 60th Annual Grammy Awards will air live on Sunday night beginning at 7:30 p.m. on CBS and is hosted by James Corden.

— Best jazz vocal album: "The Journey," The Baylor Project; "A Social Call," Jazzmeia Horn; "Bad Ass And Blind," Raul Midon; "Porter Plays Porter," Randy Porter Trio With Nancy King; "Dreams And Daggers," Cecile McLorin Salvant.

— Best jazz instrumental album: "Uptown, Downtown," Bill Charlap Trio; "Rebirth," Billy Childs; "Project Freedom," Joey DeFrancesco & The People; "Open Book," Fred Hersch; "The Dreamer Is The Dream," Chris Potter.

Peep Jazzmeia Horn's performance "Live at Dizzy's" below:

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