Grammy Award for Best Performance by an Orchestra or Instrumentalist with Orchestra
The
Grammy Award
for Best Performance by an Orchestra or Instrumentalist with Orchestra - Primarily Not Jazz or for Dancing was awarded from 1959 to 1964. The award had several minor name changes:
- From 1959 to 1960 the award was known as Best Performance by an Orchestra
- In 1961 it was awarded as Best Performance by an Orchestra - for Other Than Dancing
- From 1962 to 1964 it has been awarded as Best Performance by an Orchestra or Instrumentalist with Orchestra - Primarily Not Jazz or for Dancing
This award was presented alongside the award for Best Performance by an Orchestra – for Dancing.
Years reflect the year in which the Grammy Awards were presented, for works released in the previous year.
Recipients
Year | Winner(s) | Title | Nominees | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
1959
|
Billy May | "Billy May's Big Fat Brass" |
|
[1] |
1960
|
David Rose & His Orchestra with André Previn | "Like Young" |
|
[2] |
1961
|
Henry Mancini | "Mr. Lucky" |
|
[3] |
1962
|
Henry Mancini | "Breakfast at Tiffany's" |
|
[4] |
1963
|
Peter Nero | "The Colorful Peter Nero" |
|
[5] |
1964
|
Al Hirt | "Java" |
|
[6] |
References
- ^ "Grammy Awards 1959 (May)". AwardsandShows. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
- ^ "Grammy Awards 1959". AwardsandShows. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
- ^ "Grammy Awards 1961". AwardsandShows. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
- ^ "Grammy Awards 1962". AwardsandShows. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
- ^ "Grammy Awards 1963". AwardsandShows. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
- ^ "Grammy Awards 1964". AwardsandShows. Retrieved February 12, 2021.