Grammy Award for Best Album Notes

The Grammy Award for Best Album Notes has been presented since 1964. From 1973 to 1976, a separate award was presented for Best Album Notes – Classical. Those awards are listed under those years below. The award recognizes albums with excellent liner notes.[1] It is presented to the liner notes author or authors, not to the artists or performers on the winning work, except if the artist is also the liner notes author.[2]

Grammy Award for Best Album Notes
Awarded for	Quality album liner notes
Country	United States
Presented by	National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
First awarded	1964
Currently held by	Steve Greenberg, Stax '68: A Memphis Story (Craft Recordings/Stax/Concord) (2020)
Website	grammy.com

Years reflect the year in which the Grammy Awards were presented, for works released in the previous year.

2020s

Year	Winner	Work	Nominations	Ref.
2021	TBD	TBD	Tim Brooks for At the Minstrel Show: Minstrel Routines from the Studio, 1894-1926, performed by Various Artists (Archeophone) Scott B. Bomar for The Bakersfield Sound: Country Music Capital of the West, 1940-1974, performed by Various Artists (Bear Family) Bob Mehr for Dead Man's Pop, performed by The Replacements (Warner) Colin Hancock for The Missing Link: How Gus Haenschen Got Us from Joplin to Jazz and Shaped the Music Business, performed by Various Artists (Archeophone) David Sager for "Out of a Clear Blue Sky", performed by Nat Brusiloff (Rivermont)
2020	Steve Greenberg	Stax '68: A Memphis Story, performed by various artists (Craft Recordings/Stax/Concord)	Judy Cantor-Navas for The Complete Cuba Jam Sessions, performed by various artists (Craft Recordings) Robert Marovich for The Gospel According to Malaco, performed by various artists (Malaco) Brendan Greaves for Pedal Steal + Four Corners, performed by Terry Allen & the Panhandle Mystery Band (Paradise of Bachelors) Jeff Place for Pete Seeger: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection, performed by Pete Seeger (Smithsonian Folkways)	[3]

2010s

Year	Winner	Work	Nominations	Ref.
2019	David Evans	Voices of Mississippi: Artists and Musicians Documented by William Ferris, performed by various artists (Dust-to-Digital)	James P. Leary for Alpine Dreaming: The Helvetia Records Story, 1920–1924, performed by various artists (Archeophone) Richard Martin & Ted Olson for 4 Banjo Songs, 1891–1897: Foundational Recordings of America's Iconic Instrument, performed by Charles A. Asbury (Archeophone) Ben Ratliff for The 1960 Time Sessions, performed by Sonny Clark Trio (Tompkins Square) David Gilbert for The Product of Our Souls: The Sound and Sway of James Reese Europe's Society Orchestra, performed by various artists (Archeophone) Amanda Petrusich for Trouble No More: The Bootleg Series Vol. 13 / 1979–1981 (Deluxe Edition), performed by Bob Dylan (Columbia/Legacy)	[4]
2018	Lynell George	Live at the Whisky A Go Go: The Complete Recordings, performed by Otis Redding (Stax)	Wayne Bledsoe & Bradley Reeves for Arthur Q. Smith: The Trouble With the Truth, performed by various artists (Bear Family) Ted Olson for Big Bend Killing: The Appalachian Ballad Tradition, performed by various artists (Great Smoky Mountains Association) Bryan S. Wright for The Complete Piano Works of Scott Joplin, performed by Richard Dowling (Rivermont) David Giovannoni for Edouard-Léon Scott de Martinville, Inventor of Sound Recording: A Bicentennial Tribute, performed by various artists (Archeophone) Michael Corcoran for Washington Phillips and His Manzarene Dreams, performed by Washington Phillips (Dust-to-Digital)	[5]
2017	Ken Bloom & Richard Carlin	Sissle and Blake Sing Shuffle Along, performed by Eubie Blake & Noble Sissle (Harbinger/Musical Theater Project)	Mikal Gilmore for The Complete Monument & Columbia Albums Collection, performed by Kris Kristofferson (Legacy) Ted Olson & Tony Russell for The Knoxville Sessions, 1929–1930: Knox County Stomp, performed by various artists (Bear Family) Rob Sevier & Ken Shipley for Ork Records: New York, New York, performed by various artists (Numero) Richard Martin for Waxing the Gospel: Mass Evangelism and the Phonograph, 1890–1900, performed by various artists (Archeophone)	[6][7]
2016	Joni Mitchell	Love Has Many Faces: A Quartet, A Ballet, Waiting To Be Danced, performed by Joni Mitchell (Rhino)	James P. Leary for Folksongs of Another America: Field Recordings from the Upper Midwest, 1937–1946, performed by various artists (Dust-to-Digital/University of Wisconsin Press) Jeff Place for Lead Belly: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection, performed by Lead Belly (Smithsonian Folkways) Ted Olson for Portrait of an American Singer, performed by Tennessee Ernie Ford (Bear Family) Ryan Barna for Songs of the Night: Dance Recordings, 1916–1925, performed by Joseph C. Smith's Orchestra (Archeophone)	[8]
2015	Ashley Kahn	Offering: Live at Temple University, performed by John Coltrane (Resonance/Impulse)	David Sager for Happy: The 1920 Rainbo Orchestra Sides, performed by Isham Jones Rainbo Orchestra (Archeophone) Alec Palao for I'm Just Like You: Sly's Stone Flower 1969–70, performed by various artists (Light In The Attic) Scott B. Bomar for The Other Side of Bakersfield: 1950s & 60s Boppers and Rockers from 'Nashville West', performed by various artists (Bear Family) Jon Kirby for Purple Snow: Forecasting the Minneapolis Sound, performed by various artists (Numero) Scott Blackwood for The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume One (1917–27), performed by various artists (Third Man/Revenant)	[9]
2014	Neil Tesser	Afro Blue Impressions (Remastered and Expanded), performed by John Coltrane (Pablo/Concord)	Ben Young for Call it Art 1964–1965, performed by the New York Art Quartet (Triple Point) Alec Palao for Electric Music for the Mind and Body, performed by Country Joe & the Fish (Ace/Vanguard) Jonathan Cott for Stravinsky: Le Sacre du Printemps, performed by Leonard Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic (Sony Classical) Sean Wilentz for 360 Sound: The Columbia Records Story, performed by various artists (Columbia) Nathan Salsburg for Work Hard, Play Hard, Pray Hard: Hard Time, Good Time & End Time Music 1923–1936, performed by various artists (Tompkins Square)	[10]
2013	Billy Vera	Singular Genius: The Complete ABC Singles, performed by Ray Charles (Concord)	Stephen Wade for Banjo Diary: Lessons From Tradition, performed by Stephen Wade (Smithsonian Folkways) Hans Olof Gottfridsson for First Recordings: 50th Anniversary Edition, performed by The Beatles and Tony Sheridan (Time Life) Holly George-Warren for The Pearl Sessions, performed by Janis Joplin (Sony Legacy) Fernando Gonzalez for Piazzolla in Brooklyn, performed by the Pablo Aslan Quintet (Soundbrush)	[11]
2012	Adam Machado	Hear Me Howling!: Blues, Ballads & Beyond as Recorded by the San Francisco Bay by Chris Strachwitz in the 1960s, performed by various artists (Arhoolie)	Neil Diamond for The Bang Years 1966-1968, performed by Neil Diamond (Columbia) Ted Olson and Tony Russell for The Bristol Sessions 1927–1928: The Big Bang of Country Music, performed by various artists (Bear Family) Ken Shipley for Complete Mythology, performed by Syl Johnson (Numero) Alec Palao for The Music City Story: Street Corner Doo Wop, Raw R&B and Soulful Sounds From Berkeley, California 1950–75, performed by various artists (Ace)	[12]
2011	Robert Gordon	Keep an Eye on the Sky, performed by Big Star (Rhino)	Gage Averill for Alan Lomax in Haiti: Recordings for the Library of Congress, 1936–1937, performed by various artists (Harte) Ashley Kahn for Side Steps, performed by John Coltrane (Prestige) Doug Seroff for There Breathes a Hope: The Legacy of John Work II and His Fisk Jubilee Quartet, 1909–1916, performed by Fisk University Jubilee Quartet (Archeophone) Will Sheff for True Love Cast Out All Evil, performed by Roky Erickson with Okkervil River (Anti-)	[13]
2010	Dan Morgenstern	The Complete Louis Armstrong Decca Sessions (1935–1946), performed by Louis Armstrong (Mosaic)	Mark Berresford for Dance-O-Mania: Harry Yerkes and the Dawn of the Jazz Age, 1919–1923, performed by The Happy Six (Rivermont) Douglas Brinkley and Johnny Depp for Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson—Music from the Film, performed by various artists (Legacy) Ed Cray and Bill Nowlin for My Dusty Road, performed by Woody Guthrie (Rounder) Lloyd Ecker and Susan Ecker for Origins of the Red Hot Mama, 1910–1922, performed by Sophie Tucker (Archeophone)	[14]

2000s

Year	Winner	Work	Nominations	Ref.
2009	Francis Davis	Kind of Blue: 50th Anniversary Collector's Edition, performed by Miles Davis (Columbia/Legacy)	Art Rosenbaum for Art of Field Recording Volume I: Fifty Years of Traditional American Music Documented by Art Rosenbaum, performed by various artists (Dust-to-Digital) Patrick Feaster and David Giovannoni for Debate '08: Taft and Bryan Campaign on the Edison Phonograph, performed by William Jennings Bryan and William Howard Taft (Archeophone) David Ritz and Jerry Wexler for Rare & Unreleased Recordings from the Golden Reign of the Queen of Soul, performed by Aretha Franklin (Rhino/Atlantic) Henry "Hank" Sapoznik for The Unsung Father of Country Music: 1925–1934, performed by Ernest V. Stoneman (5-String)	[15]
2008	Bruce Nemerov	John Work III: Recording Black Culture, performed by various artists (Spring Fed)	Patrick Feaster and David Giovannoni for Actionable Offenses: Indecent Phonograph Recordings from the 1890s, performed by various artists (Archeophone) Loren Schoenberg for Classic Chu Berry Columbia and Victor Sessions, performed by Chu Berry (Mosaic) David Sager for Off the Record: The Complete 1923 Jazz Band Recordings, performed by King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band (Off The Record) Ricky Jay for Ricky Jay Plays Poker, performed by various artists (Octone/Legacy)	[16]
2007	Dan Morgenstern	If You Got To Ask, You Ain't Got It!, performed by Fats Waller (Bluebird/Legacy)	Marshall Wyatt for Good for What Ails You: Music of the Medicine Shows, 1926–1937, performed by various artists (Old Hat) Tim Brooks for Lost Sounds: Blacks and the Birth of the Recording Industry 1891–1922, performed by various artists (Archeophone) David Ritz and Ben Edmonds for Pirate Radio, performed by The Pretenders (Rhino/Warner/Sire) David Fricke for There Is a Season, performed by The Byrds (Columbia/Legacy)	[17]
2006	Alan Lomax and John Szwed	The Complete Library of Congress Recordings, performed by Jelly Roll Morton (Rounder)	Adam White for Heaven Must Have Sent You: The Holland/Dozier/Holland Story, performed by various artists (Hip-O) Patrick Carr for The Legend, performed by Johnny Cash (Columbia/Legacy) David Ritz for Pure Genius: The Complete Atlantic Recordings (1952–1959) performed by Ray Charles (Atlantic/Rhino/Warner) Henry "Hank" Sapoznik for You Ain't Talkin' to Me: Charlie Poole and the Roots of Country Music, performed by Charlie Poole and various artists (Columbia/Legacy)	[18]
2005	Loren Schoenberg	The Complete Columbia Recordings of Woody Herman and His Orchestra & Woodchoppers (1945–1947), performed by Woody Herman and His Orchestra (Mosaic)	Sean Wilentz for The Bootleg Series Vol. 6: Bob Dylan Live 1964, Concert at Philharmonic Hall, performed by Bob Dylan (Columbia/Legacy) Barry Alfonso for Carry It On, performed by Peter, Paul and Mary (Rhino) Paul Krassner for Let the Buyer Beware, performed by Lenny Bruce (Shout! Factory) Chris Morris for No Thanks! The 70's Punk Rebellion, performed by various artists (Rhino)	[19]
2004	Tom Piazza	Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: A Musical Journey, performed by various artists (Hip-O)	Loren Schoenberg for Count Basie and His Orchestra—America's #1 Band! The Columbia Years, performed by Count Basie and His Orchestra (Columbia/Legacy) Ashley Kahn for Four Women: The Nina Simone Philips Recordings, performed by Nina Simone (Verve) Will Friedwald for Peggy Lee—The Singles Collection, performed by Peggy Lee (Capitol/EMI) Daniel Wolff for Sam Cooke with The Soul Stirrers—The Complete Specialty Records Recordings, performed by Sam Cooke with The Soul Stirrers (Specialty)	[20]
2003	David Evans	Screamin' and Hollerin' the Blues: The Worlds of Charley Patton, performed by Charlie Patton (Revenant)	Artie Shaw for Artie Shaw: Self Portrait, performed by Artie Shaw (Bluebird/RCA) Dennis McNally for The Golden Road (1965–1973), performed by the Grateful Dead (Rhino) Will Friedwald for Frank Sinatra in Hollywood 1940–1964, performed by Frank Sinatra (Reprise/Warner) Tim Page for A State of Wonder: The Complete Goldberg Variations 1955 & 1981, performed by Glenn Gould (Sony Classical)	[21]
2002	Walter Mosley	...And It's Deep Too! The Complete Warner Bros. Recordings (1968–1992), performed by Richard Pryor (Warner Archives/Rhino) Elijah Wald for Arhoolie Records 40th Anniversary Collection: 1960–2000 The Journey of Chris Strachwitz, performed by various artists (Arhoolie)	Mari Evans for The Long Road Back To Freedom: An Anthology of Black Music, performed by various artists (Buddha) Gerald Early for Rhapsodies in Black: Music and Words from the Harlem Renaissance, performed by various artists (Rhino) Rob Bowman for The Stax Story, performed by various artists (Stax)	[22]
2001	Bob Blumenthal	The Complete Columbia Recordings 1955–1961, performed by Miles Davis and John Coltrane (Columbia/Legacy)	Jeff Place for The Best of Broadside 1962–1988: Anthems of the American Underground from the Pages of Broadside Magazine, performed by various artists (Smithsonian Folkways) John Chilton for The Complete Lester Young Studio Sessions on Verve, performed by Lester Young (Verve) Bud Scoppa for Hotcakes & Outtakes: 30 Years of Little Feat, performed by Little Feat (Rhino) Dr. Demento for The Remains of Tom Lehrer, performed by Tom Lehrer (Rhino) Gerald Early for Yes I Can! The Sammy Davis Jr. Story, performed by Sammy Davis, Jr. (Warner Archives/Rhino)	[23]
2000	Bob Blumenthal	The Classic Quartet: The Complete Impulse! Recordings, performed by John Coltrane (Impulse)	Rick Bragg for Live at The Grand Ole Opry, performed by Hank Williams (Mercury Nashville) Rob Bowman for The Last Soul Company, performed by various artists (Malaco) Daniel Cooper for The Complete Country & Western Recordings (1959–1986), performed by Ray Charles (Rhino) Marc Kirkeby for Sony Music 100 Years: Soundtrack for a Century, performed by various artists (Sony)	[24]

1990s

Year	Winner	Work	Nominations	Ref.
1999	Bob Belden, Todd Coolman, and Michael Cuscuna	Miles Davis Quintet 1965–1968, performed by the Miles Davis Quintet	Joel Dorn, Tom Dowd, Andrew Homzy, Patrick Milligan, Sue Mingus, Tina Marisa Rocchio, and Stefano Zenni for Passions of a Man: The Complete Atlantic Recordings 1956–1961, performed by Charles Mingus Daniel Cooper & Colin Escott for The Complete Hank Williams, performed by Hank Williams Bill Ivey, Bill C. Malone, Claudia Perry, John W. Rumble, and Ron Wynn for From Where I Stand: The Black Experience in Country Music, performed by various artists Sedgwick Clark, Barbara Haws, Kurt Masur, Alan Rich, Robert Sherman, and Steven Smolian for The Historic Broadcasts 1923 to 1987, performed by the New York Philharmonic	[25]
1998	John Fahey, Luis Kemnitzer, Jon Pankake, Chuck Pirtle, Jeff Place, Neil V. Rosenberg, Luc Sante, Peter Stampfel, and Eric Von Schmidt	Anthology of American Folk Music, performed by various artists	Robert Gordon for Anthology, performed by Al Green Ben Edmonds, Mark Kemp, Meegan Lee Ochs, and Michael Ventura for Farewells & Fantasies, performed by Phil Ochs Dave Alvin, James Austin, Bill Dahl, Ahmet Ertegun, David Ritz, Billy Vera, and Jerry Wexler for Ray Charles Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection, performed by Ray Charles Ian Whitcomb for Titanic: Music As Heard on the Fateful Voyage, performed by various artists	[26]
1997	George Avakian, Bob Belden, Bill Kirchner, and Phil Schaap	Miles Davis & Gil Evans: The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings, performed by Miles Davis and Gil Evans	Will Friedwald, Dave Kapp, and Mel Tormé for The Mel Tormé Collection: 1944 – 1985, performed by Mel Tormé Lawrence Hoffman for Mean Old World: The Blues from 1940 to 1994, performed by various artists Will Friedwald for The Complete Capitol Singles Collection, performed by Frank Sinatra Chris Albertson for The Complete Recordings, Vol. 5, performed by Bessie Smith	[27]
1996	Rob Bowman	The Complete Stax/Volt Soul Singles, Vol. 3: 1972–1975, performed by various artists	Geoffrey Mark Fidelman and James Gavin for Ella: The Legendary Decca Recordings, performed by Ella Fitzgerald John Fricke for 25th Anniversary: Retrospective, performed by Judy Garland Dan Morgenstern for I'll Be Seeing You: A Tribute to Carmen McRae, performed by Carmen McRae Dan Morgenstern for Let's Do It: Best of the Verve Years, performed by Louis Armstrong	[28]
1995	Dan Morgenstern and Loren Schoenberg	Louis Armstrong: Portrait of the Artists as a Young Man, 1923–1934, performed by Louis Armstrong	Yves Beauvais, Don Cherry, Ornette Coleman, and Robert Palmer for Beauty Is A Rare Thing: The Complete Atlantic Recordings, performed by Ornette Coleman Francis Pandras, Celia Powell, Peter Pullman, Sonny Rollins, and Horace Silver for The Complete Bud Powell on Verve, performed by Bud Powell Carol Cooper, Steven Greenberg, and Jaime Wolf for Otis! The Definitive, performed by Otis Redding Peter Guralnick for Sam Cooke's SAR Records Story 1959–1965, performed by various artists	[29]
1994	Buck Clayton, Phil Schaap, and Joel E. Siegel	The Complete Billie Holiday on Verve 1945–1959, performed by Billie Holiday	Colin Escott for King of the Blues, performed by B. B. King Orrin Keepnews and Jim Ferguson for The Complete Riverside Recordings, performed by Wes Montgomery Peter Guralnick for From Nashville to Memphis: The Essential 60s Masters, performed by Elvis Presley Alan Lomax and Robert Palmer for Songs of the South: A Musical Journey from the Georgia Sea Islands to the Mississippi Delta Recorded in the Field by Alan Lomax, performed by various artists	[30]
1993	Dave Marsh, Jerry Wexler, David Ritz, Thulani Davis, Ahmet Ertegun, Tom Down, and Arif Mardin	Queen of Soul: The Atlantic Recordings, performed by Aretha Franklin	Will Friedwald and Dick Katz for The Complete Capitol Recordings of the Nat King Cole Trio, performed by the Nat King Cole Trio Peter Guralnick for The King of Rock 'n' Roll: The Complete 50s Masters, performed by Elvis Presley Pete Welding and Lawrence Cohn for Roots n' Blues the Retrospective (1925–1950), performed by various artists Robert Kimball and Richard Sudhalter for You're the Top: Cole Porter in the 1930s, performed by various artists	[31]
1992	James Brown, Cliff White, Harry Weinger, Nelson George, and Alan M. Leeds	Star Time, performed by James Brown	John Bauldie for The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991, performed by Bob Dylan Rob Bowman for The Complete Stax/Volt Singles 1959–1968, performed by various artists Colin Escott for The Original Singles Collection . . . Plus, performed by Hank Williams Robert Palmer for The Birth of Soul, performed by Ray Charles	[32]
1991	Dan Morgenstern	Brownie: The Complete Emarcy Recordings of Clifford Brown, performed by Clifford Brown	Mary Katherine Aldin and Robert Palmer for Muddy Waters: The Chess Box, performed by Muddy Waters Gary Giddons for Art Pepper: The Complete Galaxy Recordings, performed by Art Pepper Robert Palmer for Bo Diddley: The Chess Box, performed by Bo Diddley David Perry for The Jack Kerouac Collection, performed by Jack Kerouac	[33]
1990	Phil Schaap	Bird: The Complete Charlie Parker on Verve, performed by Charlie Parker	Dwight Blocker Bowers for American Musical Theatre: Shows, Songs and Stars, performed by various artists Gene Lees for The Complete Fantasy Recordings performed by Bill Evans Howard Wright Marshall, Amy E. Skillman, and Charles Walden for Now That's a Good Tune, performed by Masters of Traditional Missouri Fiddling Martin Williams, Dick Katz & Francis Davis for Jazz Piano 1898–1964, performed by various artists	[34]

1980s

Year	Winner	Work	Nominations	Ref.
1989	Anthony DeCurtis	Crossroads performed by Eric Clapton	John Edward Hasse for The Classic Hoagy Carmichael, performed by Hoagy Carmichael Mike Kreuger for Show Boat, performed by Frederica von Stade, Jerry Hadley, Teresa Stratas, Nancy Culp & Lillian Gish with John McGlinn conducting the London Sinfonietta Dan Morgenstern for The Complete Commodore Jazz Recordings, Volume 1, performed by various artists Vaughn Webb for Virginia Tradition: Southwest Virginia Blues, performed by various artists	[35]
1988	Orrin Keepnews	The Complete 1957 Riverside Recordings, performed by Thelonious Monk	Peter Guralnick for The Complete Sun Sessions, performed by Elvis Presley Nolan Porterfield for Jimmie Rodgers on Record: America's Blue Yodeler, performed by Jimmie Rodgers Mark Tucker for Singers and Soloists of the Swing Bands, performed by various artists Charles K. Wolfe for The Bristol Sessions, performed by various artists	[36]
1987	Gary Giddins, Wilfrid Sheed, Jonathan Schwartz, Murray Kempton, Andrew Sarris, Stephen Holden, and Frank Conroy	The Voice: The Columbia Years 1943–1952, performed by Frank Sinatra	Cameron Crowe for Biograph, performed by Bob Dylan Richard Freed & Peter Eliot Stone for Virtuosi (Smithsonian Productions), performed by various artists David Hall, John Stratton, Tom Owen, Robert Tuggle, and David Hamilton for The Mapleson Cylinders, performed by the Metropolitan Opera Lenny Kaye for Elektrock: The Sixties, performed by various artists	[37]
1986	Peter Guralnick	Live at the Harlem Square Club, 1963, performed by Sam Cooke	Lenny Kaye for Bleecker and McDougal: The Folk Scene of the 1960s, performed by various artists Lenny Kaye for Crossroads: White Blues in the 1960s, performed by various artists James R. Morris, J.R. Taylor, and Dwight Blocker Bowers for American Popular Song, performed by various artists Neil Tesser for The Girl from Ipanema: The Bossa Nova Years, performed by Stan Getz	[38]
1985	Gunther Schuller and Martin Williams	Big Band Jazz, performed by various artists	Glenn Hinson for Virginia Traditions Work Songs, performed by various artists Grover Sales for Amadeus (original soundtrack album), performed by Neville Marriner conducting the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields James Sundquist for An Anthology of Sacred Carols for Classical Guitar, performed by James Sundquist Z Factor and Lorene Lortie for A Golden Celebration, performed by Elvis Presley	[39]
1984	Orrin Keepnews	The "Interplay" Sessions, performed by Bill Evans	Lester Bangs for The Fugs Greatest Hits, Volume 1, performed by The Fugs Peter Guralnick for The Okeh Sessions, performed by Big Maybelle Richard B. Hadlock for Giants of Jazz: Joe Sullivan, performed by Joe Sullivan John McDonough for Seven Come Eleven, performed by Benny Goodman	[40]
1983	John Chilton and Richard Sudhalter	Giants of Jazz: Bunny Berigan, performed by Bunny Berigan	Gary Giddins for Duke Ellington 1941, performed by Duke Ellington & His Orchestra Thornton Hagert for An Experiment in Modern Music: Paul Whiteman at Aeolian Hall, performed by Paul Whiteman William Ivey for The Greatest Country Music Recordings of All Time, performed by various artists William Ivey and Bob Pinson for 60 Years of Country Music, performed by various artists Robert Palmer for Young Blood, performed by The Coasters	[41]
1982	Dan Morgenstern	Erroll Garner: Master of the Keyboard, performed by Erroll Garner	C.P. Crumpacker for The Mario Lanza Collection, performed by Mario Lanza John McDonough for Giants of Jazz: Pee Wee Russell, performed by Pee Wee Russell David Thompson and Philip W. Payne for Giants of Jazz: Fats Waller, performed by Fats Waller Dick Wellstood, Willa Rouder, and Frank Kappler for Giants of Jazz: James P. Johnson, performed by James P. Johnson	[42]
1981	David McClintock	Trilogy: Past Present Future, performed by Frank Sinatra	David Evans and Bruce Bastin for Atlanta Blues: 1933, performed by Blind Willie McTell, Curley Weaver and Buddy Moss Lauren Lortie for Elvis Aron Presley, performed by Elvis Presley John McDonough and Richard M. Sudhalter for Giants of Jazz: Lester Young, performed by Lester Young Dan Morgenstern for Chicago Concert 1956, performed by Louis Armstrong	[43]
1980	Bob Porter & James Patrick	Charlie Parker: The Complete Savoy Sessions, performed by Charlie Parker	Melvin Maddocks for Giants of Jazz: Billie Holiday, performed by Billie Holiday Dan Morgenstern and Stanley Dance for Giants of Jazz: Duke Ellington, performed by Duke Ellington Dick Schory for The Magical Music of Walt Disney by various artists Richard M. Sudhalter for Hoagy Carmichael: A Legendary Performer and Composer, performed by Hoagy Carmichael	[44]

1970s

Year	Winner	Work	Nominations	Ref.
1979	Michael Brooks	A Bing Crosby Collection, Volumes 1 and 2, performed by Bing Crosby	Irving Kolodin and William Bender for Beethoven: Symphonies (9), performed by Herbert von Karajan conducting the Berlin Philharmonic Leonard Feather for Ellington at Carnegie Hall – 1943, performed by Duke Ellington Alan Lomax for Georgia Sea Island Songs, performed by various artists Dan Morgenstern for The Individualism of Pee Wee Russell, performed by Pee Wee Russell Phil David Baker and R.D. Darell for Works of Carpenter/Gilbert/Adolph Weiss/Powell, performed by the Los Angeles Philharmonic	[45]
1978	George T. Simon	Bing Crosby: A Legendary Performer, performed by Bing Crosby	Chris Albertson for Stormy Blues, performed by Billie Holiday Michael Brooks for The Lester Young Story, Volume 1, performed by Lester Young George T. Simon for Guy Lombardo: A Legendary Performer, performed by Guy Lombardo Patrick Snyder for Flight Log, performed by Jefferson Airplane	[46]
1977	Dan Morgenstern	The Changing Face of Harlem: Savoy Sessions, performed by various artists	George R. Marek for Beethoven: The Five Piano Concertos, performed by Daniel Barenboim conducting the London Philharmonic Orchestra with a solo by Arthur Rubinstein Douglas B. Green for The Blue Sky Boys, performed by The Blue Sky Boys Francis Robinson for Caruso: A Legendary Performer, performed by Enrico Caruso Mort Goode for The Complete Tommy Dorsey, Volume 1 – 1935, performed by Tommy Dorsey	[47]
1976 (Classical)	Gunther Schuller	Footlifters: A Century of American Marches, performed by Gunther Schuller conducting the All-Star Band	Rudi Blesh for Joplin: The Complete Works, performed by Dick Hyman Laszlo Eosze for Kodály: Orchestral Works, performed by Antal Doráti conducting the Philharmonia Hungarica Rory Guy and Itzhak Perlman for Joplin: The Easy Winners with solos by Itzhak Perlman and André Previn Rory Guy for Gershwin: Gershwin's Wonderful with solos by Ralph Grierson & Artie Kane James H. Moore for Gagliano: La Dafne, performed by Paul Vorwerk conducting the Musica Pacifica Christopher Palmer for Korngold: Die Tote Stadt, performed by Erich Leinsdorf conducting the Munich Radio Orchestra with solos by René Kollo, Carol Neblett, Hermann Prey & Benjamin Luxon Judith Robison for The English Harpsichord, performed by William Byrd, Giles Farnaby and others with a solo by Igor Kipnis H. C. Robbins Landon for Haydn: Symphonies 93–104, performed by Antal Doráti conducting the Philharmonia Hungarica	[48]
1976 (Non-Classical)	Pete Hamill	Blood on the Tracks, performed by Bob Dylan	Ralph J. Gleason for The Real Lenny Bruce, performed by Lenny Bruce, Benny Green for The Tatum Solo Masterpieces, performed by Art Tatum, Tom T. Hall for Greatest Hits, Volume 2, performed by Tom T. Hall, George T. Simon for Glenn Miller: A Legendary Performer, performed by Glenn Miller & His Orchestra	[48]
1975 (Classical)	Rory Guy	The Classic Erich Wolfgang Korngold, conducted by Willy Mattes with a solo by Ulf Hoelscher	David Cairns for Berlioz: The Damnation of Faust, performed by Colin Davis conducting the London Symphony Orchestra Deryck Cooke for Mahler: Symphony No. 10, performed by Wyn Morris conducting the New Philharmonic Orchestra Donald Garvelmann for Scriabin: Piano Music (Complete), Volume 2, performed by various artists George Jellinek for Humperdinck: Hänsel und Gretel, performed by Kurt Eichhorn conducting the Bavarian Radio Orchestra with solos by Anna Moffo & Helen Donath Irving Kolodin for Verdi: I Vespri Siciliani, performed by James Levine conducting the New Philharmonia Orchestra Christopher Palmer for Herrmann: Citizen Kane, performed by Charles Gerhardt conducting the National Philharmonic Orchestra Wolfram Schwinger for Weber: Der Freischütz, conducted by Erich Kleiber Erik Smith for Mozart: Don Giovanni, performed by Colin Davis conducting the Royal Opera House Chorus and Orchestra Clair W. Van Ausdall for Rachmaninov: The Bells and 3 Russian Songs, performed by Eugene Ormandy conducting the Temple University Choirs	[49]
1975 (Non-Classical)	Charles R. Townsend Dan Morgenstern	For the Last Time, performed by Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys The Hawk Flies, performed by Coleman Hawkins	Rudy Behlmer for 50 Years of Film Music, performed by various artists Ralph J. Gleason for The Pianist, performed by Duke Ellington J.R. Young for The World is Still Waiting for the Sunrise, performed by Les Paul and Mary Ford	[49]
1974 (Classical)	Glenn Gould	Hindemith: Sonatas for Piano Complete, performed by the Villa Musica Ensemble	Misha Donat for Berio: Recital 1 ("For Cathy"), performed by Luciano Berio conducting the London Sinfonietta with a solo by Cathy Berberian Tom Eastwood for The Woods So Wild, performed by Julian Bream Irving Kolodin for Dvorák: Piano Quartet in E Flat Major, Op. 87, performed by the Guarneri Quartet with a solo by Arthur Rubinstein Harvey Phillips for Bizet: Carmen, performed by Leonard Bernstein conducting the Metropolitan Opera with solos by Marilyn Horne, James McCracken, Andriana Maliponte, and Tom Krause Alan Rich for Rachmaninov: Concerto No. 2 in C Minor for Piano, performed by Eugene Ormandy conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra with a solo by Arthur Rubinstein H. C. Robbins Landon for Haydn: Symphony No. 36 and Symphony No. 48, performed by Antal Doráti conducting the Philharmonia Hungarica H. C. Robbins Landon for Haydn: Symphony No. 20 in C Major and Symphony No. 35 in B Flat Major, performed by Antal Doráti conducting the Philharmonia Hungarica Erik Smith for Bach: Brandenburg Concertos, performed by Neville Marriner conducting the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Clair Van Ausdall for Debussy: La mer/Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé, Suite No. 2, performed by Eugene Ormandy conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra	[50]
1974 (Non-Classical)	Dan Morgenstern	God Is in the House, performed by Art Tatum	Stan Cornyn for Ol’ Blue Eyes Is Back, performed by Frank Sinatra Chet Flippo for Lonesome, On'ry and Mean, performed by Waylon Jennings William Ivey for This is Jimmie Rodgers, performed by Jimmie Rodgers Lionel Newman for Remember Marilyn, performed by Marilyn Monroe	[50]
1973 (Classical)	James Lyons	Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 2 ("A London Symphony"), performed by André Previn conducting the London Symphony Orchestra	David Cairns for Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini, performed by Colin Davis conducting the London Symphony Orchestra Tom Eastwood for Julian and John, performed by Julian Bream & John Williams Karolynne Gee for Michael Rabin: In Memoriam, performed by Michael Rabin H. C. Robbins Landon for Haydn: Symphonies (Complete), Volumes 4 and 5, performed by Antal Doráti conducting the Philharmonia Hungarica Sacheverell Sitwell for John Ogdon Plays Alkan, performed by John Ogdon Ursula Von Rauchhaupt for String Quartets of the New Viennesse School, performed by La Salle Quartet	[51]
1973 (Non-Classical)	Tom T. Hall	Tom T. Hall's Greatest Hits, performed by Tom T. Hall	Michael Brooks for Super Chief, performed by Count Basie Albert Goldman for Lenny Bruce: Carnegie Hall, performed by Lenny Bruce Charles Mingus for Let My Children Hear Music, performed by Charles Mingus Dan Morgenstern for Bunny Berigan, His Trumpet and His Orchestra, Volume 1, performed by Bunny Berigan	[51]
1972	Sam Samudio	Sam, Hard and Heavy, performed by Sam the Sham	Colman Andrews for Miles Davis, performed by Miles Davis Don Demichael for The Genius of Louis Armstrong, performed by Louis Armstrong Nat Hentoff for Louis Armstrong: July 4, 1900 – July 6, 1971, performed by Louis Armstrong James Lyons for Music of Varese, performed by Konstantin Simonovitch conducting the Paris Instrumental Ensemble Joshua Rifkin for Piano Rags by Scott Joplin, performed by Rifkin George T. Simon for This is Benny Goodman, performed by Benny Goodman Tom West for Honky Tonkin' with Charlie Walker, performed by Charlie Walker	[52]
1971	Chris Albertson	The World's Greatest Blues Singer, performed by Bessie Smith	Billy Edd Wheeler for As I See It, performed by Jack Moran Ralph J. Gleason for Bitches Brew, performed by Miles Davis Rod McKuen for Hold Back the World, performed by Alexander's Greyhound Bass, Anthony d'Oberoff for I Do Not Play No Rock and Roll, performed by Mississippi Fred McDowell Rex Reed for Judy. London. 1969., performed by Judy Garland James Goodfriend for Sixteen All Time Greatest Hits, performed by Bill Monroe and the Blue Grass Boys Arthur Knight for They Shoot Horses, Don't They?, performed by the John Green Orchestra	[53]
1970	Johnny Cash	Nashville Skyline, performed by Bob Dylan	Joan Baez for David's Album, performed by Joan Baez John Dodds II for Chicago Mess Around, performed by Johnny Dodds John Hartford for John Hartford, performed by John Hartford Rex Reed for At Town Hall, performed by Mabel Mercer and Bobby Short	[54]

1960s

Year	Winner	Work	Nominations	Ref.
1969	Johnny Cash	At Folsom Prison, performed by Johnny Cash	Stan Cornyn for Francis A. & Edward K., performed by Frank Sinatra and Duke Ellington Miles Kreuger for Ethel Waters on Stage and Screen, performed by Ethel Waters Richard Oliver for Anthology of Indian Music, Volume 1, performed by Ravi Shankar, Ali Akbar Kahn and Sundaram Balachander Pete Seeger for Pete Seeger's Greatest Hits, performed by Pete Seeger	[55]
1968	John D. Loudermilk	Suburban Attitudes in Country Verse, performed by John D. Loudermilk	Stan Cornyn for Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim, performed by Frank Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim Stanley Dance for The Far East Suite, performed by Duke Ellington Rory Guy for Extra Special!, performed by Peggy Lee Rod McKuen for The Earth, performed by Rod McKuen with music by Anita Kerr Richard Oliver for Listen!, performed by Gary Lewis & the Playboys	[56]
1967	Stan Cornyn	Sinatra at the Sands, performed by Frank Sinatra	Harvey Cowen for Ben Colder Strikes Again, performed by Ben Colder Stanley Dance and Ralph J. Gleason for The Ellington Era, Volume 2, performed by Duke Ellington Fred W. Friendly for Edward R. Murrow: A Reporter Remembers, Vol. I—The War Years Nelson Lyon for Doctor Zhivago, performed by Maurice Jarre	[57]
1966	Stan Cornyn	September of My Years, performed by Frank Sinatra	Dom Cerulli for The Voice of the Uncommon Man, performed by Adlai Stevenson Stanley Dance for Grand Terrace Band, performed by Earl Hines Charles Lamb for Father and Son, performed by Hank Williams and Hank Williams Jr. Gustav Rudolf Sellner & Otto Gerdes for Berg: Wozzeck, performed by Karl Böhm conducting the Deutsche Oper Berlin	[58]
1965	Stanton Catlin and Carleton Beals	Mexico (Legacy Collection), performed by Carlos Chávez	Neville Cardus for Mahler: Symphony No. 5 Berg: Wozzeck Excerpts with a solo by Phyllis Curtin, performed by Erich Leinsdorf conducting the Boston Symphony Alexander Cohen for Beyond the Fringe '64, performed by the original cast Stan Getz, João Gilberto, and Gene Leess for Getz/Gilberto, performed by Stan Getz and João Gilberto Rory Guy for The Definitive Piaf, performed by Édith Piaf George Sponholtz for The Young Chevalier, performed by Maurice Chevalier Jack Tracy for Quincy Jones Explores the Music of Henry Mancini, performed by Quincy Jones	[59]
1964	Leonard Feather and Stanley Dance	The Ellington Era, performed by Duke Ellington	Edward Albee and Harold Clurman for Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, performed by the original cast Harold Arlen for The Barbra Streisand Album, performed by Barbra Streisand Sidney Bock for An Evening of Elizabethan Music, performed by the Julian Bream Consort Bob Ballard for The Amazing Amanda Ambrose, performed by Amanda Ambrose Benjamin A. Botkin, Sylvester Vigilante, Harold Preece & James Horan for The Badmen, performed by Pete Seeger and others	[60]

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