Grammy Award for Best Album Notes#1990s

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| name = Grammy Award for Best Album Notes

| awarded_for = Quality album liner notes

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| alt = A gold gramophone trophy with a plaque set on a table

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| presenter = National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences

| country = United States

| year = 1964

| holder = Ricky Riccardi – Centennial (2025)

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The Grammy Award – Best Album Notes has been presented since 1964. From 1973 to 1976 (the 15th through 18th Awards), a second award was presented for Best Album Notes – Classical. Those awards are listed under those years below. The award recognizes albums with excellent album notes, sometimes referred to as liner notes.{{Cite web|url=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/best-album-notes-345.html|title=Grammy Award for Best Album Notes – Grammys Best Album Notes|website=www.awardsandshows.com|access-date=April 28, 2017}} It is presented to the album notes author or authors, not to the artists or performers on the winning work, except if the artist is also the album notes author.{{Cite news|url=https://www.grammy.com/news/is-the-pen-mightier-than-the-mic|title=Is The Pen Mightier Than The Mic?|date=February 5, 2012|work=GRAMMY.com|access-date=April 28, 2017|language=en}}

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

Winners and nominees

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scope="row" style="text-align:center;"\| 1964 \|Leonard Feather and Stanley Dance \|The Ellington Era {{dot}} Columbia \| Duke Ellington \|{{smalldiv\| Edward Albee and Harold Clurman – Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Original Cast) [Columbia Masterworks] Harold Arlen – The Barbra Streisand Album (Barbra Streisand) [Columbia] Sidney Bock – An Evening of Elizabethan Music (The Julian Bream Consort) [RCA Victor Red Seal] Bob Ballard – The Amazing Amanda Ambrose (Amanda Ambrose) [RCA Victor] Benjamin A. Botkin, Sylvester Vigilante, Harold Preece & James Horan – The Badmen (Pete Seeger and others) [Legacy]}} \|style="text-align:center;"\|{{Cite web\|url=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1964-216.html\|title=Grammy Award Nominees 1964 – Grammy Award Winners 1964\|website=www.awardsandshows.com\|access-date=April 26, 2017}}
scope="row" style="text-align:center;"\| 1965 \|Stanton Catlin and Carleton Beals \|Mexico (Legacy Collection) {{dot}} Columbia/Legacy \| Carlos Chávez \|{{smalldiv\| Neville Cardus – Mahler: Symphony No. 5 in a C Sharp Minor/Berg: Wozzeck Excerpts (Erich Leinsdorf) [RCA Victor Red Seal] Alexander Cohen – Beyond the Fringe '64 (Original Cast) [Capitol] Stan Getz, João Gilberto, and Gene Lees – Getz/Gilberto (Stan Getz and João Gilberto) [Verve] Rory Guy – The Definitive Piaf (Édith Piaf) [Capitol] George Sponholtz – The Young Chevalier (Maurice Chevalier) [Capitol] Jack Tracy – Quincy Jones Explores the Music of Henry Mancini (Quincy Jones) [Mercury]}} \|style="text-align:center;"\|{{Cite web\|url=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1965-217.html\|title=Grammy Award Nominees 1965 – Grammy Award Winners 1965\|website=www.awardsandshows.com\|access-date=April 27, 2017}}
scope="row" style="text-align:center;"\| 1966 \|Stan Cornyn \|September of My Years {{dot}} Reprise \|Frank Sinatra \|{{smalldiv\| Dom Cerulli – The Voice of the Uncommon Man (Adlai Stevenson) [MGM] Stanley Dance – Grand Terrace Band (Earl Hines) [RCA Victor] Charles Lamb – Father and Son (Hank Williams and Hank Williams Jr.) [MGM] Gustav Rudolf Sellner & Otto Gerdes – Berg: Wozzeck (Karl Böhm conducting the Deutsche Oper Berlin) [Deutsche Grammophon]}} \|style="text-align:center;"\|{{Cite web\|url=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1966-241.html\|title=Grammy Awards Nominees 1966 – Grammy Award Winners 1966\|website=www.awardsandshows.com\|access-date=April 27, 2017}}
scope="row" style="text-align:center;"\| 1967 \|Stan Cornyn \|Sinatra at the Sands {{dot}} Reprise \|Frank Sinatra \|{{smalldiv\| Harvey Cowen – Big Ben Strikes Again (Ben Colder) [MGM] Stanley Dance and Ralph J. Gleason – The Ellington Era, Volume 2 (Duke Ellington) [Columbia] Fred W. Friendly – Edward R. Murrow: A Reporter Remembers, Vol. I—The War Years (Edward R. Murrow) [Columbia] Nelson Lyon – Doctor Zhivago (Maurice Jarre) [MGM]}} \|style="text-align:center;"\|{{Cite web\|url=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1967-242.html\|title=Grammy Awards Nominees 1967 – Grammy Award Winners 1967\|website=www.awardsandshows.com\|access-date=April 27, 2017}}
scope="row" style="text-align:center;"\| 1968 \|John D. Loudermilk \|Suburban Attitudes in Country Verse {{dot}} RCA Victor \|John D. Loudermilk \|{{smalldiv\| Stan Cornyn – Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim (Frank Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim) [Reprise] Stanley Dance – The Far East Suite (Duke Ellington) [RCA Victor] Rory Guy – Extra Special! (Peggy Lee) [Capitol] Rod McKuen – The Earth (Rod McKuen with music by Anita Kerr) [Warner Brothers] Richard Oliver – Listen! (Gary Lewis & the Playboys) [Liberty]}} \|style="text-align:center;"\|{{Cite web\|url=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1968-218.html\|title=Grammy Award Nominees 1968 – Grammy Award Winners 1968\|website=www.awardsandshows.com\|access-date=April 27, 2017}}
scope="row" style="text-align:center;"\| 1969 \|Johnny Cash \|At Folsom Prison {{dot}} Columbia \|Johnny Cash \|{{smalldiv\| Stan Cornyn – Francis A. & Edward K. (Frank Sinatra and Duke Ellington) [Reprise] Miles Kreuger – Ethel Waters on Stage and Screen (Ethel Waters) [Columbia] Richard Oliver – Anthology of Indian Music, Volume 1 (Ravi Shankar, Ali Akbar Kahn and S. Balachander) [World Pacific/Liberty] Pete Seeger – Pete Seeger's Greatest Hits (Pete Seeger) [Columbia]}} \|style="text-align:center;"\|{{Cite web\|url=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1969-243.html\|title=Grammy Awards Nominees 1969 – Grammy Award Winners 1969\|website=www.awardsandshows.com\|access-date=April 27, 2017}}
scope="row" style="text-align:center;"\| 1970 \|Johnny Cash \|Nashville Skyline {{dot}} Columbia \| Bob Dylan \|{{smalldiv\| Joan Baez – David's Album (Joan Baez) [Vanguard] John Dodds II – Chicago Mess Around (Johnny Dodds) [Milestone] John Hartford – John Hartford (John Hartford) [RCA Victor] Rex Reed – At Town Hall (Mabel Mercer and Bobby Short) [Atlantic]}} \|style="text-align:center;"\|{{Cite web\|url=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1970-219.html\|title=Grammy Award Ceremony 1970 – Grammy Award Winners 1970\|website=www.awardsandshows.com\|access-date=April 27, 2017}}
scope="row" style="text-align:center;"\| 1971 \|Chris Albertson \|The World's Greatest Blues Singer {{dot}} Columbia \| Bessie Smith \|{{smalldiv\| Billy Edd Wheeler – As I See It (Jack Moran) [Athena] Ralph J. Gleason – Bitches Brew (Miles Davis) [Columbia] Rod McKuen – Hold Back the World (Alexander's Greyhound Bass) [Stanyan] Anthony d'Oberoff – I Do Not Play No Rock and Roll (Mississippi Fred McDowell) [Capitol] Rex Reed – Judy. London. 1969. (Judy Garland) [Juno] James Goodfriend – Sixteen All Time Greatest Hits (Bill Monroe and the Blue Grass Boys) [Columbia] Arthur Knight – They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (the John Green Orchestra) [ABC]}} \|style="text-align:center;"\|{{Cite web\|url=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1971-220.html\|title=Grammy Award Nominees 1971 – Grammy Award Winners 1971\|website=www.awardsandshows.com\|access-date=April 27, 2017}}
scope="row" style="text-align:center;"\| 1972 \|Sam Samudio \|Sam, Hard and Heavy {{dot}} Atlantic \| Sam the Sham \|{{smalldiv\| Colman Andrews – Miles Davis (Miles Davis) [United Artists] Don Demichael – The Genius of Louis Armstrong (Louis Armstrong) [Columbia] Nat Hentoff – Louis Armstrong: July 4, 1900 – July 6, 1971 (Louis Armstrong) [RCA Victor] James Lyons – Music of Varese (Konstantin Simonovitch conducting the Paris Instrumental Ensemble) [Angel] Joshua Rifkin – Piano Rags by Scott Joplin (Joshua Rifkin) [Nonesuch] George T. Simon – This is Benny Goodman (Benny Goodman) [RCA Victor] Tom West – Honky Tonkin' with Charlie Walker (Charlie Walker) [Epic]}} \|style="text-align:center;"\|{{Cite web\|url=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1972-221.html\|title=Grammy Award Nominees 1972 – Grammy Award Winners 1972\|website=www.awardsandshows.com\|access-date=April 27, 2017}}
rowspan="5" scope="row" style="text-align:center;"\| 1973
colspan="4"\|Best Album Notes \| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"\|{{Cite web\|url=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1973-222.html\|title=Grammy Award Nominees 1973 – Grammy Award Winners 1973\|website=www.awardsandshows.com\|access-date=April 28, 2017}}
Tom T. Hall \|Tom T. Hall's Greatest Hits {{dot}} Mercury \|Tom T. Hall \|{{smalldiv\| Michael Brooks – Super Chief (Count Basie) [Columbia] Albert Goldman – Lenny Bruce: Carnegie Hall (Lenny Bruce) [United Artists] Charles Mingus – Let My Children Hear Music (Charles Mingus) [Columbia] Dan Morgenstern – Bunny Berigan, His Trumpet and His Orchestra, Volume 1 (Bunny Berigan) [RCA Vintage Series]}}
colspan="4"\|Best Album Notes – Classical
James Lyons \|Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 2 ("A London Symphony") {{dot}} RCA Red Seal \| André Previn conducting the London Symphony Orchestra \|{{smalldiv\| David Cairns – Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini (Colin Davis conducting the BBC Symphony Orchestra) [Philips] Tom Eastwood – Julian and John (Julian Bream & John Williams) [RCA Red Seal] Karolynne Gee – Michael Rabin: In Memoriam (Michael Rabin) [Seraphim] H. C. Robbins Landon – Haydn: Symphonies (Complete), Volumes 4 and 5 (Antal Doráti conducting the Philharmonia Hungarica) [Decca] Sacheverell Sitwell – John Ogdon Plays Alkan (John Ogdon) [RCA Red Seal] Ursula Von Rauchhaupt – String Quartets of the New Viennese School (LaSalle Quartet) [Deutsche Grammophon]}}
rowspan="5" scope="row" style="text-align:center;"\| 1974
colspan="4"\|Best Album Notes \| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"\|{{Cite web\|url=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1974-223.html\|title=Grammy Award Nominees 1974 – Grammy Award Winners 1974\|website=www.awardsandshows.com\|access-date=April 28, 2017}}
Dan Morgenstern \|God Is in the House {{dot}} Onyx \|Art Tatum \|{{smalldiv\| Stan Cornyn – Ol’ Blue Eyes Is Back (Frank Sinatra) [Reprise] Chet Flippo – Lonesome, On'ry and Mean (Waylon Jennings) [RCA] William Ivey – This is Jimmie Rodgers (Jimmie Rodgers) [RCA] Lionel Newman – Remember Marilyn (Marilyn Monroe) [Philips]}}
colspan="4"\|Best Album Notes – Classical
Glenn Gould \|Hindemith: Sonatas for Piano Complete {{dot}} Columbia Masterworks \|The Villa Musica Ensemble \|{{smalldiv\| Alan Rich – Rachmaninov: Concerto No. 2 in C Minor for Piano (Eugene Ormandy conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra with a solo by Arthur Rubinstein) [RCA Red Seal] H. C. Robbins Landon – Haydn: Symphony No. 36–Symphony No. 48 (Antal Doráti) [Decca] H. C. Robbins Landon – Haydn: Symphony No. 20 in C Major–Symphony No. 35 in B Flat Major (Antal Doráti) [Decca] Irving Kolodin – Dvorák: Piano Quartet in E Flat Major, Op. 87 (the Guarneri Quartet with a solo by Arthur Rubinstein) [RCA Red Seal] Clair Van Ausdall – Debussy: La mer/Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune and Ravel: Daphnis and Chloe Suite #2 (Eugene Ormandy) [RCA Red Seal] Harvey Phillips – Bizet: Carmen (Leonard Bernstein) [Deutsche Grammophon] Misha Donat – Berio: Recital 1 ("For Cathy") (Cathy Berberian) [RCA Red Seal] Tom Eastwood – The Woods So Wild (Julian Bream) [RCA Red Seal] Erik Smith – Bach: Brandenburg Concertos (Neville Marriner) [Philips]}}
rowspan="6" scope="row" style="text-align:center;"\| 1975
colspan="4"\|Best Album Notes \| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"\|{{Cite web\|url=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1975-240.html\|title=Grammy Awards Nominee 1975 – Grammy Award Winners 1975\|website=www.awardsandshows.com\|access-date=April 28, 2017}}
Charles R. Townsend \| For the Last Time {{dot}} United Artists \|Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys \|rowspan="2"\|{{smalldiv\| Rudy Behlmer – 50 Years of Film Music (Various Artists) [Warner Brothers] Ralph J. Gleason – The Pianist (Duke Ellington) [Fantasy] J.R. Young – The World is Still Waiting for the Sunrise (Les Paul and Mary Ford) [Capitol]}}
Dan Morgenstern \| The Hawk Flies {{dot}} Milestone \| Coleman Hawkins
colspan="4"\|Best Album Notes – Classical
Rory Guy \|The Classic Erich Wolfgang Korngold {{dot}} Angel \| Willy Mattes (conductor) with a solo by Ulf Hoelscher \|{{smalldiv\| David Cairns – Berlioz: The Damnation of Faust (Colin Davis conducting the London Symphony Orchestra) [Philips] Deryck Cooke – Mahler: Symphony No. 10 (Wyn Morris conducting the New Philharmonic Orchestra) [Philips] Donald Garvelmann – Scriabin: Piano Music (Complete), Volume 2 (Various Artists) [Vox] George Jellinek – Humperdinck: Hänsel und Gretel (Kurt Eichhorn conducting the Bavarian Radio Orchestra with solos by Anna Moffo & Helen Donath) [RCA] Irving Kolodin – Verdi: I Vespri Siciliani (James Levine conducting the New Philharmonia Orchestra) [RCA] Christopher Palmer – Herrmann: Citizen Kane (Charles Gerhardt conducting the National Philharmonic Orchestra) [RCA] Wolfram Schwinger – Weber: Der Freischütz (Erich Kleiber) [Deutsche Grammophon] Erik Smith – Mozart: Don Giovanni (Colin Davis conducting the Royal Opera House Chorus and Orchestra) [Philips] Clair W. Van Ausdall – Rachmaninoff: The Bells and 3 Russian Songs (Eugene Ormandy conducting the Temple University Choirs) [RCA]}}
rowspan="5" scope="row" style="text-align:center;"\| 1976
colspan="4"\|Best Album Notes \| rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"\|{{Cite web\|url=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1976-224.html\|title=Grammy Award Nominees 1976 – Grammy Award Winners 1976\|website=www.awardsandshows.com\|access-date=April 27, 2017}}
Pete Hamill \|Blood on the Tracks {{dot}} Columbia \| Bob Dylan \|{{smalldiv\| Ralph J. Gleason – The Real Lenny Bruce (Lenny Bruce) [Fantasy] Benny Green – The Tatum Solo Masterpieces (Art Tatum) [Pablo] Tom T. Hall – Greatest Hits, Volume 2 (Tom T. Hall) [Mercury] George T. Simon – Glenn Miller: A Legendary Performer (Glenn Miller & His Orchestra) [RCA]}}
colspan="4"\|Best Album Notes – Classical
Gunther Schuller \|Footlifters: A Century of American Marches {{dot}} Columbia \| Gunther Schuller conducting the All-Star Band \|{{smalldiv\| Rudi Blesh – Joplin: The Complete Works (Dick Hyman) [RCA] Laszlo Eosze – Kodály: Orchestral Works (Antal Doráti conducting the Philharmonia Hungarica) [London] Rory Guy and Itzhak Perlman – Joplin: The Easy Winners with solos by Itzhak Perlman and André Previn) [Angel] Rory Guy – Gershwin: Gershwin's Wonderful with solos by Ralph Grierson & Artie Kane) [Angel] James H. Moore – Gagliano: La Dafne (Paul Vorwerk conducting the Musica Pacifica) [ABC/Command] Christopher Palmer – Korngold: Die Tote Stadt (Erich Leinsdorf conducting the Munich Radio Orchestra with solos by René Kollo, Carol Neblett, Hermann Prey & Benjamin Luxon) [RCA] Judith Robison – The English Harpsichord (William Byrd, Giles Farnaby and others with a solo by Igor Kipnis) [Angel] H. C. Robbins Landon – Haydn: Symphonies 93–104 (Antal Doráti conducting the Philharmonia Hungarica) [London]}}
scope="row" style="text-align:center;"\| 1977 \|Dan Morgenstern \|The Changing Face of Harlem: Savoy Sessions {{dot}} Savoy \| Various Artists \|{{smalldiv\| George R. Marek – Beethoven: The Five Piano Concertos (Daniel Barenboim conducting the London Philharmonic Orchestra with a solo by Arthur Rubinstein) [RCA] Douglas B. Green – The Blue Sky Boys (The Blue Sky Boys) [RCA] Francis Robinson – Caruso: A Legendary Performer (Enrico Caruso) [RCA] Mort Goode – The Complete Tommy Dorsey, Volume 1 – 1935 (Tommy Dorsey) [RCA]}} \|style="text-align:center;"\|{{Cite web\|url=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1977-225.html\|title=Grammy Award Nominees 1977 – Grammy Award Winners 1977\|website=www.awardsandshows.com\|access-date=April 28, 2017}}
scope="row" style="text-align:center;"\|1978 \|George T. Simon \|Bing Crosby: A Legendary Performer {{dot}} RCA \| Bing Crosby \|{{smalldiv\| Chris Albertson – Stormy Blues (Billie Holiday) [Verve/Polydor] Michael Brooks – The Lester Young Story, Volume 1 (Lester Young) [Columbia] George T. Simon – Guy Lombardo: A Legendary Performer (Guy Lombardo) [RCA] Patrick Snyder – Flight Log (Jefferson Airplane) [Grunt/RCA]}} \|style="text-align:center;"\|{{Cite web\|url=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1978-226.html\|title=Grammy Award Nominees 1978 – Grammy Award Winners 1978\|website=www.awardsandshows.com\|access-date=April 28, 2017}}
scope="row" style="text-align:center;"\|1979 \|Michael Brooks \|A Bing Crosby Collection, Volumes 1 and 2 {{dot}} Columbia \| Bing Crosby \|{{smalldiv\| Irving Kolodin and William Bender – Beethoven: Symphonies (9) (Herbert von Karajan conducting the Berlin Philharmonic) [Polydor] Leonard Feather – Ellington at Carnegie Hall – 1943 (Duke Ellington) [Prestige] Alan Lomax – Georgia Sea Island Songs (Various Artists) [New World] Dan Morgenstern – The Individualism of Pee Wee Russell (Pee Wee Russell) [Savoy] David Baker and R.D. Darell – Works of Carpenter/Gilbert/Adolph Weiss/Powell (the Los Angeles Philharmonic) [New World]}} \|style="text-align:center;"\|{{Cite web\|url=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1979-227.html\|title=Grammy Award Nominees 1979 – Grammy Award Winners 1979\|website=www.awardsandshows.com\|access-date=April 28, 2017}}
scope="row" style="text-align:center;"\| 1980 \|Bob Porter & James Patrick \|Charlie Parker: The Complete Savoy Sessions {{dot}} Savoy \| Charlie Parker \|{{smalldiv\| Melvin Maddocks – Giants of Jazz: Billie Holiday (Billie Holiday) [Time-Life] Dan Morgenstern and Stanley Dance – Giants of Jazz: Duke Ellington (Duke Ellington) [Time-Life] Dick Schory – The Magical Music of Walt Disney (Various Artists) [Ovation] Richard M. Sudhalter – Hoagy Carmichael: A Legendary Performer and Composer (Hoagy Carmichael) [RCA]}} \|style="text-align:center;"\|{{Cite web\|url=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1980-228.html\|title=Grammy Award Nominees 1980 – Grammy Award Winners 1980\|website=www.awardsandshows.com\|access-date=April 27, 2017}}
scope="row" style="text-align:center;"\| 1981 \|David McClintock \|Trilogy: Past Present Future {{dot}} Reprise \| Frank Sinatra \|{{smalldiv\| David Evans and Bruce Bastin – Atlanta Blues: 1933 (Blind Willie McTell, Curley Weaver and Buddy Moss) [John Edwards Memorial Foundation] Lauren Lortie – Elvis Aron Presley (Elvis Presley) [RCA] John McDonough and Richard M. Sudhalter – Giants of Jazz: Lester Young (Lester Young) [Time-Life] Dan Morgenstern – Chicago Concert 1956 (Louis Armstrong) [Columbia]}} \|style="text-align:center;"\|{{Cite web\|url=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1981-229.html\|title=Grammy Award Nominees 1981 – Grammy Award Winners 1981\|website=www.awardsandshows.com\|access-date=April 27, 2017}}
scope="row" style="text-align:center;"\| 1982 \|Dan Morgenstern \|Erroll Garner: Master of the Keyboard {{dot}} Book of the Month Records \| Erroll Garner \|{{smalldiv\| C.P. Crumpacker – The Mario Lanza Collection (Mario Lanza) [RCA/Red Seal] John McDonough – Giants of Jazz: Pee Wee Russell (Pee Wee Russell) [Time-Life] David Thompson and Philip W. Payne – Giants of Jazz: Fats Waller (Fats Waller) [Time-Life] Dick Wellstood, Willa Rouder, and Frank Kappler – Giants of Jazz: James P. Johnson (James P. Johnson) [Time-Life]}} \|style="text-align:center;"\|{{Cite web\|url=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1982-230.html\|title=Grammy Award Nominees 1982 – Grammy Award Winners 1982\|website=www.awardsandshows.com\|access-date=April 27, 2017}}
scope="row" style="text-align:center;"\| 1983 \|John Chilton and Richard Sudhalter \|Giants of Jazz: Bunny Berigan {{dot}} Time-Life \| Bunny Berigan \|{{smalldiv\| Gary Giddins – Duke Ellington 1941 (Duke Ellington & His Orchestra) [Smithsonian] Thornton Hagert – An Experiment in Modern Music: Paul Whiteman at Aeolian Hall (Paul Whiteman) [Smithsonian] William Ivey – The Greatest Country Music Recordings of All Time (Various Artists) [Franklin Mint Record Society] William Ivey and Bob Pinson – 60 Years of Country Music (Various Artists) [RCA] Robert Palmer – Young Blood (The Coasters) [Atlantic/DeLuxe]}} \|style="text-align:center;"\|{{Cite web\|url=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1983-231.html\|title=Grammy Award Nominees 1983 – Grammy Award Winners 1983\|website=www.awardsandshows.com\|access-date=April 27, 2017}}
scope="row" style="text-align:center;"\| 1984 \|Orrin Keepnews \|The "Interplay" Sessions {{dot}} Milestone \| Bill Evans \|{{smalldiv\| Lester Bangs – The Fugs Greatest Hits, Volume 1 (The Fugs) [Adelphi] Peter Guralnick – The Okeh Sessions (Big Maybelle) [Epic/CBS] Richard B. Hadlock – Giants of Jazz: Joe Sullivan (Joe Sullivan) [Time-Life] John McDonough – Seven Come Eleven (Benny Goodman) [Columbia]}} \|style="text-align:center;"\|{{Cite web\|url=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1984-232.html\|title=Grammy Award Nominees 1984 – Grammy Award Winners 1984\|website=www.awardsandshows.com\|access-date=April 27, 2017}}
scope="row" style="text-align:center;"\| 1985 \|Gunther Schuller and Martin Williams \|Big Band Jazz {{dot}} Smithsonian \| Various Artists \|{{smalldiv\| Glenn Hinson – Virginia Traditions/Virginia Work Songs (Various Artists) [Blue Ridge] Grover Sales – Amadeus (Original Soundtrack Album) (Neville Marriner conducting the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields) [Fantasy] James Sundquist – An Anthology of Sacred Carols for Classical Guitar (James Sundquist) [Eagle] Z Factor and Lorene Lortie – A Golden Celebration (Elvis Presley) [RCA]}} \|style="text-align:center;"\|{{Cite web\|url=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1985-233.html\|title=Grammy Award Nominees 1985 – Grammy Award Winners 1985\|website=www.awardsandshows.com\|access-date=April 27, 2017}}
scope="row" style="text-align:center;"\| 1986 \|Peter Guralnick \|Live at the Harlem Square Club, 1963 {{dot}} RCA \| Sam Cooke \|{{smalldiv\| Lenny Kaye – Bleecker and McDougal: The Folk Scene of the 1960s (Various Artists) [Elektra] Lenny Kaye – Crossroads: White Blues in the 1960s (Various Artists) [Elektra] James R. Morris, J.R. Taylor, and Dwight Blocker Bowers – American Popular Song (Various Artists) [Smithsonian/CBS Special Products] Neil Tesser – The Girl from Ipanema: The Bossa Nova Years (Stan Getz) [Verve]}} \|style="text-align:center;"\|{{Cite web\|url=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1986-234.html\|title=Grammy Award Nominees 1986 – Grammy Award Winners 1986\|website=www.awardsandshows.com\|access-date=April 27, 2017}}
scope="row" style="text-align:center;"\| 1987 \|Gary Giddins, Wilfrid Sheed, Jonathan Schwartz, Murray Kempton, Andrew Sarris, Stephen Holden, and Frank Conroy \|The Voice: The Columbia Years 1943–1952 {{dot}} Columbia/CBS \| Frank Sinatra \|{{smalldiv\| Cameron Crowe – Biograph (Bob Dylan) [Columbia/CBS] Richard Freed & Peter Eliot Stone – Virtuosi (Smithsonian Productions) (Various Artists) [Smithsonian] David Hall, John Stratton, Tom Owen, Robert Tuggle, and David Hamilton – The Mapleson Cylinders (The Metropolitan Opera) [Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives] Lenny Kaye – Elektrock: The Sixties (Various Artists) [Elektra]}} \|style="text-align:center;"\|{{Cite web\|url=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1987-235.html\|title=Grammy Award Nominees 1987 – Grammy Award Winners 1987\|website=www.awardsandshows.com\|access-date=April 27, 2017}}
scope="row" style="text-align:center;"\| 1988 \|Orrin Keepnews \|The Complete 1957 Riverside Recordings {{dot}} Riverside \| Thelonious Monk \|{{smalldiv\| Peter Guralnick – The Complete Sun Sessions (Elvis Presley) [BMG Music/RCA] Nolan Porterfield – Jimmie Rodgers on Record: America's Blue Yodeler (Jimmie Rodgers) [Smithsonian] Mark Tucker – Singers and Soloists of the Swing Bands (Various Artists) [Smithsonian] Charles K. Wolfe – The Bristol Sessions (Various Artists) [Country Music Foundation]}} \|style="text-align:center;"\|{{Cite web\|url=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1988-236.html\|title=Grammy Award Nominees 1988 – Grammy Award Winners 1988\|website=www.awardsandshows.com\|access-date=April 27, 2017}}
scope="row" style="text-align:center;"\| 1989 \|Anthony DeCurtis \|Crossroads {{dot}} Polydor \| Eric Clapton \|{{smalldiv\| John Edward Hasse – The Classic Hoagy Carmichael (Hoagy Carmichael) [Indiana Historical Society] Mike Kreuger – Show Boat (Frederica von Stade, Jerry Hadley, Teresa Stratas, Nancy Culp & Lillian Gish with John McGlinn conducting the London Sinfonietta) [Angel] Dan Morgenstern – The Complete Commodore Jazz Recordings, Volume 1 (Various Artists) [Mosaic] Vaughn Webb – Virginia Tradition: Southwest Virginia Blues (Various Artists) [BRI]}} \|style="text-align:center;"\|{{Cite web\|url=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1989-237.html\|title=Grammy Award Nominees 1989 – Grammy Award Winners 1989\|website=www.awardsandshows.com\|access-date=April 27, 2017}}
scope="row" style="text-align:center;"\| 1990 \|Phil Schaap \|Bird: The Complete Charlie Parker on Verve {{dot}} Verve \| Charlie Parker \|{{smalldiv\| Dwight Blocker Bowers – American Musical Theater: Shows, Songs and Stars (Various Artists) [Smithsonian] Gene Lees – The Complete Fantasy Recordings (Bill Evans) [Fantasy] Howard Wright Marshall, Amy E. Skillman, and Charles Walden – Now That's a Good Tune (Masters of Traditional Missouri Fiddling) [Grey Eagle] Martin Williams, Dick Katz & Francis Davis – Jazz Piano 1898–1964 (Various Artists) [Smithsonian]}} \|style="text-align:center;"\|{{Cite web\|url=https://www.infoplease.com/arts-entertainment/grammy-awards/1990-grammy-awards\|title=1990 Grammy Awards\|website=www.infoplease.com\|language=en\|access-date=April 27, 2017}}
scope="row" style="text-align:center;"\| 1991 \|Dan Morgenstern \|Brownie: The Complete Emarcy Recordings of Clifford Brown {{dot}} EmArcy \| Clifford Brown \|{{smalldiv\| Mary Katherine Aldin and Robert Palmer – Muddy Waters: The Chess Box (Muddy Waters) [MCA/Chess] Gary Giddons – Art Pepper: The Complete Galaxy Recordings (Art Pepper) [Galaxy/Fantasy] Robert Palmer – Bo Diddley: The Chess Box (Bo Diddley) [MCA/Chess] David Perry – The Jack Kerouac Collection (Jack Kerouac) [Rhino]}} \|style="text-align:center;"\|{{Cite web\|url=https://www.infoplease.com/arts-entertainment/grammy-awards/1991-grammy-awards\|title=1991 Grammy Awards\|website=www.infoplease.com\|language=en\|access-date=April 27, 2017}}
scope="row" style="text-align:center;"\| 1992 \|James Brown, Cliff White, Harry Weinger, Nelson George, and Alan M. Leeds \|Star Time {{dot}} Polydor \| James Brown \|{{smalldiv\| John Bauldie – The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991 (Bob Dylan) [Columbia] Rob Bowman – The Complete Stax/Volt Singles 1959–1968 (Various Artists) [Atlantic] Colin Escott – The Original Singles Collection . . . Plus (Hank Williams) [Polydor] Robert Palmer – The Birth of Soul (Ray Charles) [Atlantic]}} \|style="text-align:center;"\|{{Cite web\|url=https://www.infoplease.com/arts-entertainment/grammy-awards/1992-grammy-awards\|title=1992 Grammy Awards\|website=www.infoplease.com\|language=en\|access-date=April 27, 2017}}
scope="row" style="text-align:center;"\| 1993 \|Dave Marsh, Jerry Wexler, David Ritz, Thulani Davis, Ahmet Ertegun, Tom Down, and Arif Mardin \|Queen of Soul: The Atlantic Recordings {{dot}} Rhino \| Aretha Franklin \|{{smalldiv\| Will Friedwald and Dick Katz – The Complete Capitol Recordings of the Nat King Cole Trio (The Nat King Cole Trio) [Mosaic] Peter Guralnick – The King of Rock 'n' Roll: The Complete 50s Masters (Elvis Presley) [RCA] Pete Welding and Lawrence Cohn – Roots n' Blues the Retrospective (1925–1950) (Various Artists) [Columbia/Legacy] Robert Kimball and Richard Sudhalter – You're the Top: Cole Porter in the 1930s (Various Artists) [Koch International Classics]}} \|style="text-align:center;"\|{{Cite web\|url=https://www.infoplease.com/arts-entertainment/grammy-awards/1993-grammy-awards\|title=1993 Grammy Awards\|website=www.infoplease.com\|language=en\|access-date=April 27, 2017}}
scope="row" style="text-align:center;"\| 1994 \|Buck Clayton, Phil Schaap, and Joel E. Siegel \|The Complete Billie Holiday on Verve 1945–1959 {{dot}} Verve \| Billie Holiday \|{{smalldiv\| Colin Escott – King of the Blues (B. B. King) [MCA] Orrin Keepnews and Jim Ferguson – The Complete Riverside Recordings (Wes Montgomery) [Riverside] Peter Guralnick – From Nashville to Memphis: The Essential 60s Masters (Elvis Presley) [RCA] Alan Lomax and Robert Palmer – Songs of the South: A Musical Journey from the Georgia Sea Islands to the Mississippi Delta Recorded in the Field by Alan Lomax (Various Artists) [Atlantic]}} \|style="text-align:center;"\|{{Cite web\|url=https://www.infoplease.com/arts-entertainment/grammy-awards/1994-grammy-awards\|title=1994 Grammy Awards\|website=www.infoplease.com\|language=en\|access-date=April 27, 2017}}
scope="row" style="text-align:center;"\| 1995 \|Dan Morgenstern and Loren Schoenberg \|Louis Armstrong: Portrait of the Artists as a Young Man, 1923–1934 {{dot}} Columbia/Legacy/Smithsonian \| Louis Armstrong \|{{smalldiv\| Yves Beauvais, Don Cherry, Ornette Coleman, and Robert Palmer – Beauty Is A Rare Thing: The Complete Atlantic Recordings (Ornette Coleman) [Rhino] Francis Pandras, Celia Powell, Peter Pullman, Sonny Rollins, and Horace Silver – The Complete Bud Powell on Verve (Bud Powell) [Verve] Carol Cooper, Steven Greenberg, and Jaime Wolf – Otis! The Definitive (Otis Redding) [Rhino] Peter Guralnick – Sam Cooke's SAR Records Story 1959–1965 (Various Artists) [ABKCO]}} \|style="text-align:center;"\|{{Cite web\|url=https://www.infoplease.com/arts-entertainment/grammy-awards/1995-grammy-awards\|title=1995 Grammy Awards\|website=www.infoplease.com\|language=en\|access-date=April 27, 2017}}
scope="row" style="text-align:center;"\| 1996 \|Rob Bowman \|The Complete Stax/Volt Soul Singles, Vol. 3: 1972–1975 {{dot}} Stax \| Various Artists \|{{smalldiv\| Geoffrey Mark Fidelman and James Gavin – Ella: The Legendary Decca Recordings (Ella Fitzgerald) [Decca Jazz] John Fricke – 25th Anniversary: Retrospective (Judy Garland) [Capitol] Dan Morgenstern – I'll Be Seeing You: A Tribute to Carmen McRae (Carmen McRae) [Decca Jazz] Dan Morgenstern – Let's Do It: Best of the Verve Years (Louis Armstrong) [Verve]}} \|style="text-align:center;"\|{{Cite web\|url=https://www.infoplease.com/arts-entertainment/grammy-awards/1996-grammy-awards\|title=1996 Grammy Awards\|website=www.infoplease.com\|language=en\|access-date=April 27, 2017}}
scope="row" style="text-align:center;"\| 1997 \|George Avakian, Bob Belden, Bill Kirchner, and Phil Schaap \|Miles Davis & Gil Evans: The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings {{dot}} Columbia \| Miles Davis and Gil Evans \|{{smalldiv\| Will Friedwald, Dave Kapp, and Mel Tormé – The Mel Tormé Collection: 1944 – 1985 (Mel Tormé) [Rhino] Lawrence Hoffman – Mean Old World: The Blues from 1940 to 1994 (Various Artists) [Smithsonian] Will Friedwald – The Complete Capitol Singles Collection (Frank Sinatra) [Capitol] Chris Albertson – The Complete Recordings, Vol. 5 (Bessie Smith) [Columbia/Legacy]}} \|style="text-align:center;"\|{{Cite web\|url=https://www.infoplease.com/arts-entertainment/grammy-awards/1997-grammy-awards\|title=1997 Grammy Awards\|website=www.infoplease.com\|language=en\|access-date=April 27, 2017}}
scope="row" style="text-align:center;"\| 1998 \|John Fahey, Luis Kemnitzer, Jon Pankake, Chuck Pirtle, Jeff Place, Neil V. Rosenberg, Lucy Sante, Peter Stampfel, and Eric Von Schmidt \|Anthology of American Folk Music {{dot}} Smithsonian Folkways \| Various Artists \|{{smalldiv\| Robert Gordon – Anthology (Al Green) [The Right Stuff] Ben Edmonds, Mark Kemp, Meegan Lee Ochs, and Michael Ventura – Farewells & Fantasies (Phil Ochs) [Elektra Traditions/Rhino] Dave Alvin, James Austin, Bill Dahl, Ahmet Ertegun, David Ritz, Billy Vera, and Jerry Wexler – Ray Charles Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection (Ray Charles) [Rhino] Ian Whitcomb – Titanic: Music As Heard on the Fateful Voyage (Various Artists) [Rhino]}} \|style="text-align:center;"\|{{Cite web\|url=https://www.infoplease.com/arts-entertainment/grammy-awards/1998-grammy-awards\|title=1998 Grammy Awards\|website=www.infoplease.com\|language=en\|access-date=April 27, 2017}}
scope="row" style="text-align:center;"\| 1999 \|Bob Belden, Todd Coolman, and Michael Cuscuna \|Miles Davis Quintet 1965–1968 {{dot}} Columbia/Legacy \| Miles Davis Quintet \|{{smalldiv\| Joel Dorn, Tom Dowd, Andrew Homzy, Patrick Milligan, Sue Mingus, Tina Marisa Rocchio, and Stefano Zenni – Passions of a Man: The Complete Atlantic Recordings 1956–1961 (Charles Mingus) [Rhino] Daniel Cooper & Colin Escott – The Complete Hank Williams (Hank Williams) [Mercury Nashville] Bill Ivey, Bill C. Malone, Claudia Perry, John W. Rumble, and Ron Wynn – From Where I Stand: The Black Experience in Country Music (Various Artists) [Warner Bros. Nashville] Sedgwick Clark, Barbara Haws, Kurt Masur, Alan Rich, Robert Sherman, and Steven Smolian – The Historic Broadcasts 1923 to 1987 (The New York Philharmonic) [New York Philharmonic Special Editions]}} \|style="text-align:center;"\|{{Cite web\|url=https://www.infoplease.com/arts-entertainment/grammy-awards/1999-grammy-awards\|title=1999 Grammy Awards\|website=www.infoplease.com\|language=en\|access-date=April 27, 2017}}
scope="row" style="text-align:center;"\| 2000 \|Bob Blumenthal \|The Classic Quartet: The Complete Impulse! Recordings {{dot}}Impulse \| John Coltrane \|{{smalldiv\| Rick Bragg – Live at The Grand Ole Opry (Hank Williams) [Mercury Nashville] Rob Bowman – The Last Soul Company (Various Artists) [Malaco] Daniel Cooper – The Complete Country & Western Recordings (1959–1986) (Ray Charles) [Rhino] Marc Kirkeby – Sony Music 100 Years: Soundtrack for a Century (Various Artists) [Sony]}} \|style="text-align:center;"\|{{Cite web\|url=https://www.infoplease.com/arts-entertainment/grammy-awards/2000-grammy-awards\|title=2000 Grammy Awards\|website=www.infoplease.com\|language=en\|access-date=April 27, 2017}}
scope="row" style="text-align:center;"\| 2001 \|Bob Blumenthal \|The Complete Columbia Recordings 1955–1961 {{dot}} Columbia/Legacy \| Miles Davis and John Coltrane \|{{smalldiv\| Jeff Place – The Best of Broadside 1962–1988: Anthems of the American Underground from the Pages of Broadside Magazine (Various Artists) [Smithsonian Folkways] John Chilton – The Complete Lester Young Studio Sessions on Verve (Lester Young) [Verve] Bud Scoppa – Hotcakes & Outtakes: 30 Years of Little Feat (Little Feat) [Rhino] Dr. Demento – The Remains of Tom Lehrer (Tom Lehrer) [Rhino] Gerald Early – Yes I Can! The Sammy Davis Jr. Story (Sammy Davis, Jr.) [Warner Archives/Rhino]}} \|style="text-align:center;"\|{{Cite web\|url=https://www.infoplease.com/arts-entertainment/grammy-awards/2001-grammy-awards\|title=2001 Grammy Awards\|website=www.infoplease.com\|language=en\|access-date=April 27, 2017}}
rowspan="2" scope="row" style="text-align:center;"\| 2002 \|Walter Mosley \| ...And It's Deep Too! The Complete Warner Bros. Recordings (1968–1992) {{dot}} Warner Archives/Rhino \| Richard Pryor \|rowspan="2"\|{{smalldiv\| Mari Evans – The Long Road Back To Freedom: An Anthology of Black Music (Various Artists) [Buddha] Gerald Early – Rhapsodies in Black: Music and Words from the Harlem Renaissance (Various Artists) [Rhino] Rob Bowman – The Stax Story (Various Artists) [Stax]}} \|rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"\|{{Cite web\|url=https://www.infoplease.com/arts-entertainment/grammy-awards/2002-grammy-awards\|title=2002 Grammy Awards\|website=www.infoplease.com\|language=en\|access-date=April 27, 2017}}
Elijah Wald \| Arhoolie Records 40th Anniversary Collection: 1960–2000 The Journey of Chris Strachwitz {{dot}} Arhoolie \| Various Artists
scope="row" style="text-align:center;"\| 2003 \|David Evans \|Screamin' and Hollerin' the Blues: The Worlds of Charley Patton {{dot}} Revenant \|Charlie Patton \|{{smalldiv\| Artie Shaw – Artie Shaw: Self Portrait (Artie Shaw) [Bluebird/RCA] Dennis McNally – The Golden Road (1965–1973) (The Grateful Dead) [Rhino] Will Friedwald – Frank Sinatra in Hollywood 1940–1964 (Frank Sinatra) [Reprise/Warner] Tim Page – A State of Wonder: The Complete Goldberg Variations 1955 & 1981 (Glenn Gould) [Sony Classical]}} \|style="text-align:center;"\|{{Cite web\|url=https://www.infoplease.com/arts-entertainment/grammy-awards/2003-grammy-awards\|title=2003 Grammy Awards\|website=www.infoplease.com\|language=en\|access-date=April 27, 2017}}
scope="row" style="text-align:center;"\| 2004 \|Tom Piazza \|Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: A Musical Journey {{dot}} Hip-O \| Various Artists \|{{smalldiv\| Loren Schoenberg – Count Basie and His Orchestra—America's #1 Band! The Columbia Years (Count Basie and His Orchestra) [Columbia/Legacy] Ashley Kahn – Four Women: The Nina Simone Philips Recordings (Nina Simone) [Verve] Will Friedwald – Peggy Lee—The Singles Collection (Peggy Lee) [Capitol/EMI] Daniel Wolff – Sam Cooke with The Soul Stirrers—The Complete Specialty Records Recordings (Sam Cooke with The Soul Stirrers) [Specialty]}} \|style="text-align:center;"\|{{Cite web\|url=https://www.infoplease.com/arts-entertainment/grammy-awards/2004-grammy-awards\|title=2004 Grammy Awards\|website=www.infoplease.com\|language=en\|access-date=April 27, 2017}}
scope="row" style="text-align:center;"\| 2005 \|Loren Schoenberg \|The Complete Columbia Recordings of Woody Herman and His Orchestra & Woodchoppers (1945–1947) {{dot}} Mosaic \| Woody Herman and His Orchestra \|{{smalldiv\| Sean Wilentz – The Bootleg Series Vol. 6: Bob Dylan Live 1964, Concert at Philharmonic Hall (Bob Dylan) [Columbia/Legacy] Barry Alfonso – Carry It On (Peter, Paul and Mary) [Rhino] Paul Krassner – Let the Buyer Beware (Lenny Bruce) [Shout! Factory] Chris Morris – No Thanks! The 70's Punk Rebellion (Various Artists) [Rhino]}} \|style="text-align:center;"\|{{Cite web\|url=http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/2005/grammys.htm\|title=Rock On The Net: 47th Annual Grammy Awards – 2005\|website=www.rockonthenet.com\|access-date=April 27, 2017}}
scope="row" style="text-align:center;"\| 2006 \|Alan Lomax and John Szwed \|The Complete Library of Congress Recordings {{dot}}Rounder \| Jelly Roll Morton \|{{smalldiv\| Adam White – Heaven Must Have Sent You: The Holland/Dozier/Holland Story (Various Artists) [Hip-O] Patrick Carr – The Legend (Johnny Cash) [Columbia/Legacy] David Ritz – Pure Genius: The Complete Atlantic Recordings (1952–1959) (Ray Charles) [Atlantic/Rhino/Warner] Henry "Hank" Sapoznik – You Ain't Talkin' to Me: Charlie Poole and the Roots of Country Music (Charlie Poole and various artists) [Columbia/Legacy]}} \|style="text-align:center;"\|{{Cite web\|url=http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/2006/grammys.htm\|title=Rock On The Net: 48th Annual Grammy Awards – 2006\|website=www.rockonthenet.com\|access-date=April 27, 2017}}
scope="row" style="text-align:center;"\| 2007 \|Dan Morgenstern \|If You Got To Ask, You Ain't Got It! {{dot}} Bluebird/Legacy \| Fats Waller \|{{smalldiv\| Marshall Wyatt – Good for What Ails You: Music of the Medicine Shows, 1926–1937 (Various Artists) [Old Hat] Tim Brooks – Lost Sounds: Blacks and the Birth of the Recording Industry 1891–1922 (Various Artists) [Archeophone] David Ritz and Ben Edmonds – Pirate Radio (The Pretenders) [Rhino/Warner/Sire] David Fricke – There Is a Season (The Byrds) [Columbia/Legacy]}} \|style="text-align:center;"\|{{Cite web\|url=http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/2007/grammys.htm\|title=Rock On The Net: 49th Annual Grammy Awards – 2007\|website=www.rockonthenet.com\|access-date=April 27, 2017}}
scope="row" style="text-align:center;"\| 2008 \|Bruce Nemerov \|John Work III: Recording Black Culture {{dot}}Spring Fed \| Various Artists \|{{smalldiv\| Patrick Feaster and David Giovannoni – Actionable Offenses: Indecent Phonograph Recordings from the 1890s (Various Artists) [Archeophone] Loren Schoenberg – Classic Chu Berry Columbia and Victor Sessions (Chu Berry) [Mosaic] David Sager – Off the Record: The Complete 1923 Jazz Band Recordings (King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band) [Off The Record] Ricky Jay – Ricky Jay Plays Poker (Various Artists) [Octone/Legacy]}} \|style="text-align:center;"\|{{Cite web\|url=http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/2008/grammys.htm\|title=Rock On The Net: 50th Annual Grammy Awards – 2008\|website=www.rockonthenet.com\|access-date=April 27, 2017}}
scope="row" style="text-align:center;"\| 2009 \|Francis Davis \|Kind of Blue: 50th Anniversary Collector's Edition {{dot}} Columbia/Legacy \| Miles Davis \|{{smalldiv\| Art Rosenbaum – Art of Field Recording Volume I: Fifty Years of Traditional American Music Documented by Art Rosenbaum (Various Artists) [Dust-to-Digital] Patrick Feaster and David Giovannoni – Debate '08: Taft and Bryan Campaign on the Edison Phonograph (William Jennings Bryan and William Howard Taft) [Archeophone] David Ritz and Jerry Wexler – Rare & Unreleased Recordings from the Golden Reign of the Queen of Soul (Aretha Franklin) [Rhino/Atlantic] Henry "Hank" Sapoznik – The Unsung Father of Country Music: 1925–1934 (Ernest V. Stoneman) [5-String]}} \|style="text-align:center;"\|{{Cite web\|url=http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/2009/grammys.htm\|title=Rock On The Net: 51st Annual Grammy Awards – 2009\|website=www.rockonthenet.com\|access-date=April 27, 2017}}
scope="row" style="text-align:center;"\| 2010 \|Dan Morgenstern \|The Complete Louis Armstrong Decca Sessions (1935–1946) {{dot}} Mosaic \| Louis Armstrong \|{{smalldiv\| Mark Berresford – Dance-O-Mania: Harry Yerkes and the Dawn of the Jazz Age, 1919–1923 (The Happy Six) [Rivermont Records] Douglas Brinkley and Johnny Depp – Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson—Music from the Film (Various Artists) [Legacy] Ed Cray and Bill Nowlin – My Dusty Road (Woody Guthrie) [Rounder] Lloyd Ecker and Susan Ecker – Origins of the Red Hot Mama, 1910–1922 (Sophie Tucker) [Archeophone]}} \|style="text-align:center;"\|{{Cite news\|url=http://ew.com/article/2010/01/31/grammy-awards-2010-winners/\|title=Grammy Awards 2010: The winners list\|date=2010-01-31\|work=EW.com\|access-date=April 27, 2017\|language=en-US}}
scope="row" style="text-align:center;"\| 2011 \|Robert Gordon \|Keep an Eye on the Sky {{dot}} Rhino \| Big Star \|{{smalldiv\| Gage Averill – Alan Lomax in Haiti: Recordings for the Library of Congress, 1936–1937 (Various Artists) [Harte] Ashley Kahn – Side Steps (John Coltrane) [Prestige] Doug Seroff – There Breathes a Hope: The Legacy of John Work II and His Fisk Jubilee Quartet, 1909–1916 (Fisk University Jubilee Quartet) [Archeophone] Will Sheff – True Love Cast Out All Evil (Roky Erickson with Okkervil River) [Anti-] }} \|style="text-align:center;"\|{{Cite news\|url=http://www.latimes.com/la-et-env-grammys-nominees-2010-list-htmlstory.html\|title=Grammy Awards 2011: Winners and nominees for 53rd Grammy Awards\|work=Los Angeles Times\|access-date=April 27, 2017\|language=en-US\|issn=0458-3035}}
scope="row" style="text-align:center;"\| 2012 \|Adam Machado \|Hear Me Howling!: Blues, Ballads & Beyond as Recorded by the San Francisco Bay by Chris Strachwitz in the 1960s {{dot}} Arhoolie \| Various Artists \|{{smalldiv\| Neil Diamond – The Bang Years 1966-1968 (Neil Diamond) [Columbia] Ted Olson and Tony Russell – The Bristol Sessions 1927–1928: The Big Bang of Country Music (Various Artists) [Bear Family] Ken Shipley – Complete Mythology (Syl Johnson) [Numero] Alec Palao – The Music City Story: Street Corner Doo Wop, Raw R&B and Soulful Sounds from Berkeley, California 1950–75 (Various Artists) [Ace]}} \|style="text-align:center;"\|{{Cite news\|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/grammy-awards-2012-winners-whitney-houston-death-adele-289778\|title=Grammy Awards 2012: Complete Winners And Nominees List\|work=The Hollywood Reporter\|access-date=April 27, 2017\|language=en}}
scope="row" style="text-align:center;"\| 2013 \|Billy Vera \|Singular Genius: The Complete ABC Singles {{dot}} Concord \| Ray Charles \|{{smalldiv\| Stephen Wade – Banjo Diary: Lessons From Tradition (Stephen Wade) [Smithsonian Folkways] Hans Olof Gottfridsson – First Recordings: 50th Anniversary Edition (The Beatles and Tony Sheridan) [Time-Life] Holly George-Warren – The Pearl Sessions (Janis Joplin) [Sony Legacy] Fernando Gonzalez – Piazzolla in Brooklyn (The Pablo Aslan Quintet) [Soundbrush]}} \|style="text-align:center;"\|{{Cite magazine\|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/events/grammys-2013/1537655/grammys-2013-winners-list\|title=Grammys 2013: Winners List\|magazine=Billboard\|access-date=April 27, 2017}}
scope="row" style="text-align:center;"\| 2014 \|Neil Tesser \|Afro Blue Impressions (Remastered and Expanded) {{dot}} Pablo/Concord \| John Coltrane \|{{smalldiv\| Ben Young – Call it Art 1964–1965 (The New York Art Quartet) [Triple Point] Alec Palao – Electric Music for the Mind and Body (Country Joe & the Fish) [Ace/Vanguard] Jonathan Cott – Stravinsky: Le Sacre du Printemps (Leonard Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic) [Sony Classical] Sean Wilentz – 360 Sound: The Columbia Records Story (Various Artists) [Columbia] Nathan Salsburg – Work Hard, Play Hard, Pray Hard: Hard Time, Good Time & End Time Music 1923–1936 (Various Artists) [Tompkins Square]}} \|style="text-align:center;"\|{{Cite magazine\|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/events/grammys-2014/5885341/grammy-awards-full-winners-list-2014-complete\|title=56th GRAMMY Awards: Full Winners List\|magazine=Billboard\|access-date=April 27, 2017}}
scope="row" style="text-align:center;"\| 2015 \|Ashley Kahn \|Offering: Live at Temple University {{dot}} Resonance/Impulse \| John Coltrane \|{{smalldiv\| David Sager – Happy: The 1920 Rainbo Orchestra Sides (Isham Jones Rainbo Orchestra) [Archeophone] Alec Palao – I'm Just Like You: Sly's Stone Flower 1969–70 (Various Artists) [Light In The Attic] Scott B. Bomar – The Other Side of Bakersfield: 1950s & 60s Boppers and Rockers from 'Nashville West' (Various Artists [Bear Family] Jon Kirby – Purple Snow: Forecasting the Minneapolis Sound (Various Artists) [Numero] Scott Blackwood – The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume One (1917–27) (Various Artists) [Third Man/Revenant]}} \|style="text-align:center;"\|{{Cite magazine\|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/events/grammys-2015/6465551/grammys-2015-winners-57th-annual\|title=Grammys 2015: And the Winners Are ...\|magazine=Billboard\|access-date=April 27, 2017}}
scope="row" style="text-align:center;"\| 2016 \|Joni Mitchell \|Love Has Many Faces: A Quartet, A Ballet, Waiting To Be Danced {{dot}} Rhino \| Joni Mitchell \|{{smalldiv\| James P. Leary – Folksongs of Another America: Field Recordings from the Upper Midwest, 1937–1946 (Various Artists) [Dust-to-Digital/University of Wisconsin Press] Jeff Place – Lead Belly: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection (Lead Belly) [Smithsonian Folkways] Ted Olson – Portrait of an American Singer (Tennessee Ernie Ford) [Bear Family] Ryan Barna – Songs of the Night: Dance Recordings, 1916–1925 (Joseph C. Smith's Orchestra) [Archeophone]}} \|style="text-align:center;"\|{{Cite magazine\|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/grammys/6875260/grammy-awards-2016-full-winners-list\|title=Grammy Awards 2016: See the Full Winners List\|magazine=Billboard\|access-date=April 27, 2017}}
scope="row" style="text-align:center;"\| 2017 \|Ken Bloom & Richard Carlin \|Sissle and Blake Sing Shuffle Along {{dot}} Harbinger/Musical Theater Project \| Eubie Blake & Noble Sissle \|{{smalldiv\| Mikal Gilmore – The Complete Monument & Columbia Albums Collection (Kris Kristofferson) [Legacy] Ted Olson & Tony Russell – The Knoxville Sessions, 1929–1930: Knox County Stomp (Various Artists) [Bear Family] Rob Sevier & Ken Shipley – Ork Records: New York, New York (Various Artists) [Numero] Richard Martin – Waxing the Gospel: Mass Evangelism and the Phonograph, 1890–1900 (Various Artists) [Archeophone]}} \|style="text-align:center;"\|{{Cite news\|url=https://www.grammy.com/nominees\|title=59th Annual GRAMMY Awards Winners & Nominees\|work=GRAMMY.com\|access-date=April 27, 2017\|language=en}} {{Cite news\|url=http://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwmusic/article/Ken-Bloom-Wins-Grammy-Award-for-Best-Album-Notes-for-Shuffle-Along-CD-20170213-page2\|title=Ken Bloom Wins Grammy Award for Best Album Notes – 'Shuffle Along' CD\|author=BWW News Desk\|access-date=April 28, 2017\|language=en}}
scope="row" style="text-align:center;"\| 2018 \|Lynell George \|Live at the Whisky a Go Go: The Complete Recordings {{dot}} Stax \| Otis Redding \|{{smalldiv\| Wayne Bledsoe & Bradley Reeves – Arthur Q. Smith: The Trouble With the Truth (Various Artists) [Bear Family] Ted Olson – Big Bend Killing: The Appalachian Ballad Tradition (Various Artists) [Great Smoky Mountains Association] Bryan S. Wright – The Complete Piano Works of Scott Joplin (Richard Dowling) [Rivermont Records] David Giovannoni – Edouard-Léon Scott de Martinville, Inventor of Sound Recording: A Bicentennial Tribute (Various Artists) [Archeophone] Michael Corcoran – Washington Phillips and His Manzarene Dreams (Washington Phillips) [Dust-to-Digital]}} \|style="text-align:center;"\|[https://www.grammy.com/sites/com/files/60thpresslist11272017_0.pdf Grammy.com, 28 November 2017]
scope="row" style="text-align:center;"\| 2019 \|David Evans \|Voices of Mississippi: Artists and Musicians Documented by William Ferris {{dot}}Dust-to-Digital \| Various Artists \|{{smalldiv\| James P. Leary – Alpine Dreaming: The Helvetia Records Story, 1920–1924 (Various Artists) [Archeophone] Richard Martin & Ted Olson – 4 Banjo Songs, 1891–1897: Foundational Recordings of America's Iconic Instrument (Charles A. Asbury) [Archeophone] Ben Ratliff – The 1960 Time Sessions (Sonny Clark Trio) [Tompkins Square] David Gilbert – The Product of Our Souls: The Sound and Sway of James Reese Europe's Society Orchestra (Various Artists) [Archeophone] Amanda Petrusich – Trouble No More: The Bootleg Series Vol. 13 / 1979–1981 (Deluxe Edition) (Bob Dylan) [Columbia/Legacy]}} \|style="text-align:center;"\|[https://www.grammy.com/grammys/news/2019-grammy-awards-complete-nominations-list#24 Grammy.com, 7 December 2018]
scope="row" style="text-align:center;"\| 2020 \|Steve Greenberg \|Stax '68: A Memphis Story {{dot}} Craft /Stax/Concord \| Various Artists \|{{smalldiv\| Judy Cantor-Navas – The Complete Cuba Jam Sessions (Various Artists) [Craft] Robert Marovich – The Gospel According to Malaco (Various Artists) [Malaco] Brendan Greaves – Pedal Steal + Four Corners (Terry Allen & the Panhandle Mystery Band) [Paradise of Bachelors] Jeff Place – Pete Seeger: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection (Pete Seeger) [Smithsonian Folkways]}} \|style="text-align:center;"\|[https://www.grammy.com/grammys/news/2020-grammy-awards-complete-nominees-list 2020 Grammy Awards nominations list]
scope="row" style="text-align:center;"\| 2021 \|Bob Mehr \|Dead Man's Pop {{dot}} Warner \| The Replacements \|{{smalldiv\| Tim Brooks – At the Minstrel Show: Minstrel Routines from the Studio, 1894-1926 (Various Artists) [Archeophone] Scott B. Bomar – The Bakersfield Sound: Country Music Capital of the West, 1940-1974 (Various Artists) [Bear Family] Colin Hancock – The Missing Link: How Gus Haenschen Got Us from Joplin to Jazz and Shaped the Music Business (Various Artists) [Archeophone] David Sager – Out of a Clear Blue Sky (Nat Brusiloff) [Rivermont Records]}} \|style="text-align:center;"\|[https://www.grammy.com/grammys/news/2021-grammys-complete-nominees-list 2021 Nominations List]
scope="row" style="text-align:center;"\| 2022 \|Ricky Riccardi \|The Complete Louis Armstrong Columbia and RCA Victor Studio Sessions, 1946-1966 {{dot}} Mosaic \|Louis Armstrong \|{{smalldiv\| Ann-Katrin Zimmermann – Beethoven: The Last Three Sonatas (Sunwook Kim) [Accentus] Kevin Howes – Creation Never Sleeps, Creation Never Dies: The Willie Dunn Anthology (Willie Dunn) [Light In The Attic] David Giovannoni, Richard Martin & Stephan Puille – Etching The Voice: Emile Berliner and the First Commercial Gramophone Discs, 1889-1895 (Various Artists) [Archeophone] Robert Marovich – The King of Gospel Music: The Life and Music of Reverend James Cleveland (Various Artists) [Malaco]}} \|style="text-align:center;"\|{{Cite web\|date=2021-11-23\|title=2022 GRAMMYs Awards: Complete Nominations List\|url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/news/2022-grammys-complete-winners-nominees-nominations-list\|access-date=2021-11-26\|website=GRAMMY.com\|language=en}}
scope="row" style="text-align:center;"\| 2023 \|Bob Mehr \|Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (20th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition) {{dot}} Rhino \|Wilco \|{{smalldiv\| Fernando González - The American Clavé Recordings Astor Piazolla) [American Clavé/Nonesuch] Gareth Murphy - Andy Irvine/Paul Brady (Special Edition) (Andy Irvine & Paul Brady) [Compass] John Schneider - Harry Partch, 1942 (Harry Partch) [MicroFest] Ted Olson - Life's Work: A Retrospective (Doc Watson) [Craft] \|{{Cite web \|title=2023 GRAMMY Nominations: See The Complete Nominees List \|url=https://www.grammy.com/news/2023-grammy-nominations-complete-winners-nominees-list \|access-date=2022-11-17 \|website=www.grammy.com}}
2024 \|Robert Gordon & Deanie Parker \|Written In Their Soul: The Stax Songwriter Demos {{dot}} Stax/Craft \|Various Artists \| Ashley Kahn - Evenings at the Village Gate: John Coltrane with Eric Dolphy (Live) (John Coltrane & Eric Dolphy) [Impulse!/UMe] Scott B. Bomar - I Can Almost See Houston: The Complete Howdy Glenn (Howdy Glenn) [Omnivore] Vik Sohonie - Mogadishu's Finest: The Al Uruba Sessions (Iftin Band) [Ostinato] Jeff Place & John Troutman - Playing For the Man at the Door: Field Recordings From the Collection of Mack McCormick, 1958-1971 (Various Artists) [Smithsonian Folkways] \|
2025 \|Ricky Riccardi \|Centennial {{dot}} Archeophone \|King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band & Various Artists \| Tim Brooks - After Midnight (Ford Dabney's Syncopated Orchestras) [Archeophone] Lauren de Graf - The Carnegie Hall Concert (Alice Coltrane) [Alice Coltrane 1971 Carnegie] Dominic Fyfe - John Culshaw - The Art of the Producer - The Early Years 1948-55 (John Culshaw) [Decca] Josh Kun - SONtrack Original de la Pelicula "Al Son de Beno" (Various Artists) [Al Son de Beno] \|{{Cite web \|title=2025 GRAMMYs: See The OFFICIAL Full Nominations List {{!}} GRAMMY.com \|url=https://www.grammy.com/news/2025-grammys-nominations-full-winners-nominees-list \|access-date=2024-11-10 \|website=grammy.com}}

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! width="5%" | Year

! width="15%" | Recipients(s)

! width="20%" | Work

! width="15%" | Performing artist(s)

! width="33%" class=unsortable|Nominees
Performers in parentheses / Labels in brackets

! width="2%" class=unsortable|Ref.

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| 1964

|Leonard Feather and Stanley Dance

|The Ellington Era
{{dot}} Columbia

| Duke Ellington

|{{smalldiv|

Edward Albee and Harold Clurman – Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Original Cast) [Columbia Masterworks]
Harold Arlen – The Barbra Streisand Album (Barbra Streisand) [Columbia]
Sidney Bock – An Evening of Elizabethan Music (The Julian Bream Consort) [RCA Victor Red Seal]
Bob Ballard – The Amazing Amanda Ambrose (Amanda Ambrose) [RCA Victor]
Benjamin A. Botkin, Sylvester Vigilante, Harold Preece & James Horan – The Badmen (Pete Seeger and others) [Legacy]}}

|style="text-align:center;"|{{Cite web|url=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1964-216.html|title=Grammy Award Nominees 1964 – Grammy Award Winners 1964|website=www.awardsandshows.com|access-date=April 26, 2017}}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| 1965

|Stanton Catlin and Carleton Beals

|Mexico (Legacy Collection)
{{dot}} Columbia/Legacy

| Carlos Chávez

|{{smalldiv|

Neville Cardus – Mahler: Symphony No. 5 in a C Sharp Minor/Berg: Wozzeck Excerpts (Erich Leinsdorf) [RCA Victor Red Seal]
Alexander Cohen – Beyond the Fringe '64 (Original Cast) [Capitol]
Stan Getz, João Gilberto, and Gene Lees – Getz/Gilberto (Stan Getz and João Gilberto) [Verve]
Rory Guy – The Definitive Piaf (Édith Piaf) [Capitol]
George Sponholtz – The Young Chevalier (Maurice Chevalier) [Capitol]
Jack Tracy – Quincy Jones Explores the Music of Henry Mancini (Quincy Jones) [Mercury]}}

|style="text-align:center;"|{{Cite web|url=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1965-217.html|title=Grammy Award Nominees 1965 – Grammy Award Winners 1965|website=www.awardsandshows.com|access-date=April 27, 2017}}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| 1966

|Stan Cornyn

|September of My Years
{{dot}} Reprise

|Frank Sinatra

|{{smalldiv|

Dom Cerulli – The Voice of the Uncommon Man (Adlai Stevenson) [MGM]
Stanley Dance – Grand Terrace Band (Earl Hines) [RCA Victor]
Charles Lamb – Father and Son (Hank Williams and Hank Williams Jr.) [MGM]
Gustav Rudolf Sellner & Otto Gerdes – Berg: Wozzeck (Karl Böhm conducting the Deutsche Oper Berlin) [Deutsche Grammophon]}}

|style="text-align:center;"|{{Cite web|url=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1966-241.html|title=Grammy Awards Nominees 1966 – Grammy Award Winners 1966|website=www.awardsandshows.com|access-date=April 27, 2017}}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| 1967

|Stan Cornyn

|Sinatra at the Sands
{{dot}} Reprise

|Frank Sinatra

|{{smalldiv|

Harvey Cowen – Big Ben Strikes Again (Ben Colder) [MGM]
Stanley Dance and Ralph J. Gleason – The Ellington Era, Volume 2 (Duke Ellington) [Columbia]
Fred W. Friendly – Edward R. Murrow: A Reporter Remembers, Vol. I—The War Years (Edward R. Murrow) [Columbia]
Nelson Lyon – Doctor Zhivago (Maurice Jarre) [MGM]}}

|style="text-align:center;"|{{Cite web|url=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1967-242.html|title=Grammy Awards Nominees 1967 – Grammy Award Winners 1967|website=www.awardsandshows.com|access-date=April 27, 2017}}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| 1968

|John D. Loudermilk

|Suburban Attitudes in Country Verse
{{dot}} RCA Victor

|John D. Loudermilk

|{{smalldiv|

Stan Cornyn – Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim (Frank Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim) [Reprise]
Stanley Dance – The Far East Suite (Duke Ellington) [RCA Victor]
Rory Guy – Extra Special! (Peggy Lee) [Capitol]
Rod McKuen – The Earth (Rod McKuen with music by Anita Kerr) [Warner Brothers]
Richard Oliver – Listen! (Gary Lewis & the Playboys) [Liberty]}}

|style="text-align:center;"|{{Cite web|url=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1968-218.html|title=Grammy Award Nominees 1968 – Grammy Award Winners 1968|website=www.awardsandshows.com|access-date=April 27, 2017}}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| 1969

|Johnny Cash

|At Folsom Prison
{{dot}} Columbia

|Johnny Cash

|{{smalldiv|

Stan Cornyn – Francis A. & Edward K. (Frank Sinatra and Duke Ellington) [Reprise]
Miles Kreuger – Ethel Waters on Stage and Screen (Ethel Waters) [Columbia]
Richard Oliver – Anthology of Indian Music, Volume 1 (Ravi Shankar, Ali Akbar Kahn and S. Balachander) [World Pacific/Liberty]
Pete Seeger – Pete Seeger's Greatest Hits (Pete Seeger) [Columbia]}}

|style="text-align:center;"|{{Cite web|url=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1969-243.html|title=Grammy Awards Nominees 1969 – Grammy Award Winners 1969|website=www.awardsandshows.com|access-date=April 27, 2017}}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| 1970

|Johnny Cash

|Nashville Skyline
{{dot}} Columbia

| Bob Dylan

|{{smalldiv|

Joan Baez – David's Album (Joan Baez) [Vanguard]
John Dodds II – Chicago Mess Around (Johnny Dodds) [Milestone]
John Hartford – John Hartford (John Hartford) [RCA Victor]
Rex Reed – At Town Hall (Mabel Mercer and Bobby Short) [Atlantic]}}

|style="text-align:center;"|{{Cite web|url=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1970-219.html|title=Grammy Award Ceremony 1970 – Grammy Award Winners 1970|website=www.awardsandshows.com|access-date=April 27, 2017}}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| 1971

|Chris Albertson

|The World's Greatest Blues Singer
{{dot}} Columbia

| Bessie Smith

|{{smalldiv|

Billy Edd Wheeler – As I See It (Jack Moran) [Athena]
Ralph J. Gleason – Bitches Brew (Miles Davis) [Columbia]
Rod McKuen – Hold Back the World (Alexander's Greyhound Bass) [Stanyan]
Anthony d'Oberoff – I Do Not Play No Rock and Roll (Mississippi Fred McDowell) [Capitol]
Rex Reed – Judy. London. 1969. (Judy Garland) [Juno]
James Goodfriend – Sixteen All Time Greatest Hits (Bill Monroe and the Blue Grass Boys) [Columbia]
Arthur Knight – They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (the John Green Orchestra) [ABC]}}

|style="text-align:center;"|{{Cite web|url=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1971-220.html|title=Grammy Award Nominees 1971 – Grammy Award Winners 1971|website=www.awardsandshows.com|access-date=April 27, 2017}}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| 1972

|Sam Samudio

|Sam, Hard and Heavy
{{dot}} Atlantic

| Sam the Sham

|{{smalldiv|

Colman Andrews – Miles Davis (Miles Davis) [United Artists]
Don Demichael – The Genius of Louis Armstrong (Louis Armstrong) [Columbia]
Nat Hentoff – Louis Armstrong: July 4, 1900 – July 6, 1971 (Louis Armstrong) [RCA Victor]
James Lyons – Music of Varese (Konstantin Simonovitch conducting the Paris Instrumental Ensemble) [Angel]
Joshua Rifkin – Piano Rags by Scott Joplin (Joshua Rifkin) [Nonesuch]
George T. Simon – This is Benny Goodman (Benny Goodman) [RCA Victor]
Tom West – Honky Tonkin' with Charlie Walker (Charlie Walker) [Epic]}}

|style="text-align:center;"|{{Cite web|url=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1972-221.html|title=Grammy Award Nominees 1972 – Grammy Award Winners 1972|website=www.awardsandshows.com|access-date=April 27, 2017}}

rowspan="5" scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| 1973

colspan="4"|Best Album Notes

| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|{{Cite web|url=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1973-222.html|title=Grammy Award Nominees 1973 – Grammy Award Winners 1973|website=www.awardsandshows.com|access-date=April 28, 2017}}

Tom T. Hall

|Tom T. Hall's Greatest Hits
{{dot}} Mercury

|Tom T. Hall

|{{smalldiv|

Michael Brooks – Super Chief (Count Basie) [Columbia]
Albert Goldman – Lenny Bruce: Carnegie Hall (Lenny Bruce) [United Artists]
Charles Mingus – Let My Children Hear Music (Charles Mingus) [Columbia]
Dan Morgenstern – Bunny Berigan, His Trumpet and His Orchestra, Volume 1 (Bunny Berigan) [RCA Vintage Series]}}

colspan="4"|Best Album Notes – Classical

James Lyons

|Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 2 ("A London Symphony")
{{dot}} RCA Red Seal

| André Previn conducting the London Symphony Orchestra

|{{smalldiv|

David Cairns – Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini (Colin Davis conducting the BBC Symphony Orchestra) [Philips]
Tom Eastwood – Julian and John (Julian Bream & John Williams) [RCA Red Seal]
Karolynne Gee – Michael Rabin: In Memoriam (Michael Rabin) [Seraphim]
H. C. Robbins Landon – Haydn: Symphonies (Complete), Volumes 4 and 5 (Antal Doráti conducting the Philharmonia Hungarica) [Decca]
Sacheverell Sitwell – John Ogdon Plays Alkan (John Ogdon) [RCA Red Seal]
Ursula Von Rauchhaupt – String Quartets of the New Viennese School (LaSalle Quartet) [Deutsche Grammophon]}}

rowspan="5" scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| 1974

colspan="4"|Best Album Notes

| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|{{Cite web|url=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1974-223.html|title=Grammy Award Nominees 1974 – Grammy Award Winners 1974|website=www.awardsandshows.com|access-date=April 28, 2017}}

Dan Morgenstern

|God Is in the House
{{dot}} Onyx

|Art Tatum

|{{smalldiv|

Stan Cornyn – Ol’ Blue Eyes Is Back (Frank Sinatra) [Reprise]
Chet Flippo – Lonesome, On'ry and Mean (Waylon Jennings) [RCA]
William Ivey – This is Jimmie Rodgers (Jimmie Rodgers) [RCA]
Lionel Newman – Remember Marilyn (Marilyn Monroe) [Philips]}}

colspan="4"|Best Album Notes – Classical

Glenn Gould

|Hindemith: Sonatas for Piano Complete
{{dot}} Columbia Masterworks

|The Villa Musica Ensemble

|{{smalldiv|

Alan Rich – Rachmaninov: Concerto No. 2 in C Minor for Piano (Eugene Ormandy conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra with a solo by Arthur Rubinstein) [RCA Red Seal]
H. C. Robbins Landon – Haydn: Symphony No. 36–Symphony No. 48 (Antal Doráti) [Decca]
H. C. Robbins Landon – Haydn: Symphony No. 20 in C Major–Symphony No. 35 in B Flat Major (Antal Doráti) [Decca]
Irving Kolodin – Dvorák: Piano Quartet in E Flat Major, Op. 87 (the Guarneri Quartet with a solo by Arthur Rubinstein) [RCA Red Seal]
Clair Van Ausdall – Debussy: La mer/Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune and Ravel: Daphnis and Chloe Suite #2 (Eugene Ormandy) [RCA Red Seal]
Harvey Phillips – Bizet: Carmen (Leonard Bernstein) [Deutsche Grammophon]
Misha Donat – Berio: Recital 1 ("For Cathy") (Cathy Berberian) [RCA Red Seal]
Tom Eastwood – The Woods So Wild (Julian Bream) [RCA Red Seal]
Erik Smith – Bach: Brandenburg Concertos (Neville Marriner) [Philips]}}

rowspan="6" scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| 1975

colspan="4"|Best Album Notes

| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|{{Cite web|url=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1975-240.html|title=Grammy Awards Nominee 1975 – Grammy Award Winners 1975|website=www.awardsandshows.com|access-date=April 28, 2017}}

Charles R. Townsend

| For the Last Time
{{dot}} United Artists

|Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys

|rowspan="2"|{{smalldiv|

Rudy Behlmer – 50 Years of Film Music (Various Artists) [Warner Brothers]
Ralph J. Gleason – The Pianist (Duke Ellington) [Fantasy]
J.R. Young – The World is Still Waiting for the Sunrise (Les Paul and Mary Ford) [Capitol]}}

Dan Morgenstern

| The Hawk Flies
{{dot}} Milestone

| Coleman Hawkins

colspan="4"|Best Album Notes – Classical

Rory Guy

|The Classic Erich Wolfgang Korngold
{{dot}} Angel

| Willy Mattes (conductor) with a solo by Ulf Hoelscher

|{{smalldiv|

David Cairns – Berlioz: The Damnation of Faust (Colin Davis conducting the London Symphony Orchestra) [Philips]
Deryck Cooke – Mahler: Symphony No. 10 (Wyn Morris conducting the New Philharmonic Orchestra) [Philips]
Donald Garvelmann – Scriabin: Piano Music (Complete), Volume 2 (Various Artists) [Vox]
George Jellinek – Humperdinck: Hänsel und Gretel (Kurt Eichhorn conducting the Bavarian Radio Orchestra with solos by Anna Moffo & Helen Donath) [RCA]
Irving Kolodin – Verdi: I Vespri Siciliani (James Levine conducting the New Philharmonia Orchestra) [RCA]
Christopher Palmer – Herrmann: Citizen Kane (Charles Gerhardt conducting the National Philharmonic Orchestra) [RCA]
Wolfram Schwinger – Weber: Der Freischütz (Erich Kleiber) [Deutsche Grammophon]
Erik Smith – Mozart: Don Giovanni (Colin Davis conducting the Royal Opera House Chorus and Orchestra) [Philips]
Clair W. Van Ausdall – Rachmaninoff: The Bells and 3 Russian Songs (Eugene Ormandy conducting the Temple University Choirs) [RCA]}}

rowspan="5" scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| 1976

colspan="4"|Best Album Notes

| rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|{{Cite web|url=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1976-224.html|title=Grammy Award Nominees 1976 – Grammy Award Winners 1976|website=www.awardsandshows.com|access-date=April 27, 2017}}

Pete Hamill

|Blood on the Tracks
{{dot}} Columbia

| Bob Dylan

|{{smalldiv|

Ralph J. Gleason – The Real Lenny Bruce (Lenny Bruce) [Fantasy]
Benny Green – The Tatum Solo Masterpieces (Art Tatum) [Pablo]
Tom T. Hall – Greatest Hits, Volume 2 (Tom T. Hall) [Mercury]
George T. Simon – Glenn Miller: A Legendary Performer (Glenn Miller & His Orchestra) [RCA]}}

colspan="4"|Best Album Notes – Classical

Gunther Schuller

|Footlifters: A Century of American Marches
{{dot}} Columbia

| Gunther Schuller conducting the All-Star Band

|{{smalldiv|

Rudi Blesh – Joplin: The Complete Works (Dick Hyman) [RCA]
Laszlo Eosze – Kodály: Orchestral Works (Antal Doráti conducting the Philharmonia Hungarica) [London]
Rory Guy and Itzhak Perlman – Joplin: The Easy Winners with solos by Itzhak Perlman and André Previn) [Angel]
Rory Guy – Gershwin: Gershwin's Wonderful with solos by Ralph Grierson & Artie Kane) [Angel]
James H. Moore – Gagliano: La Dafne (Paul Vorwerk conducting the Musica Pacifica) [ABC/Command]
Christopher Palmer – Korngold: Die Tote Stadt (Erich Leinsdorf conducting the Munich Radio Orchestra with solos by René Kollo, Carol Neblett, Hermann Prey & Benjamin Luxon) [RCA]
Judith Robison – The English Harpsichord (William Byrd, Giles Farnaby and others with a solo by Igor Kipnis) [Angel]
H. C. Robbins Landon – Haydn: Symphonies 93–104 (Antal Doráti conducting the Philharmonia Hungarica) [London]}}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| 1977

|Dan Morgenstern

|The Changing Face of Harlem: Savoy Sessions
{{dot}} Savoy

| Various Artists

|{{smalldiv|

George R. Marek – Beethoven: The Five Piano Concertos (Daniel Barenboim conducting the London Philharmonic Orchestra with a solo by Arthur Rubinstein) [RCA]
Douglas B. Green – The Blue Sky Boys (The Blue Sky Boys) [RCA]
Francis Robinson – Caruso: A Legendary Performer (Enrico Caruso) [RCA]
Mort Goode – The Complete Tommy Dorsey, Volume 1 – 1935 (Tommy Dorsey) [RCA]}}

|style="text-align:center;"|{{Cite web|url=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1977-225.html|title=Grammy Award Nominees 1977 – Grammy Award Winners 1977|website=www.awardsandshows.com|access-date=April 28, 2017}}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|1978

|George T. Simon

|Bing Crosby: A Legendary Performer
{{dot}} RCA

| Bing Crosby

|{{smalldiv|

Chris Albertson – Stormy Blues (Billie Holiday) [Verve/Polydor]
Michael Brooks – The Lester Young Story, Volume 1 (Lester Young) [Columbia]
George T. Simon – Guy Lombardo: A Legendary Performer (Guy Lombardo) [RCA]
Patrick Snyder – Flight Log (Jefferson Airplane) [Grunt/RCA]}}

|style="text-align:center;"|{{Cite web|url=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1978-226.html|title=Grammy Award Nominees 1978 – Grammy Award Winners 1978|website=www.awardsandshows.com|access-date=April 28, 2017}}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|1979

|Michael Brooks

|A Bing Crosby Collection, Volumes 1 and 2
{{dot}} Columbia

| Bing Crosby

|{{smalldiv|

Irving Kolodin and William Bender – Beethoven: Symphonies (9) (Herbert von Karajan conducting the Berlin Philharmonic) [Polydor]
Leonard Feather – Ellington at Carnegie Hall – 1943 (Duke Ellington) [Prestige]
Alan Lomax – Georgia Sea Island Songs (Various Artists) [New World]
Dan Morgenstern – The Individualism of Pee Wee Russell (Pee Wee Russell) [Savoy]
David Baker and R.D. Darell – Works of Carpenter/Gilbert/Adolph Weiss/Powell (the Los Angeles Philharmonic) [New World]}}

|style="text-align:center;"|{{Cite web|url=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1979-227.html|title=Grammy Award Nominees 1979 – Grammy Award Winners 1979|website=www.awardsandshows.com|access-date=April 28, 2017}}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| 1980

|Bob Porter & James Patrick

|Charlie Parker: The Complete Savoy Sessions
{{dot}} Savoy

| Charlie Parker

|{{smalldiv|

Melvin Maddocks – Giants of Jazz: Billie Holiday (Billie Holiday) [Time-Life]
Dan Morgenstern and Stanley Dance – Giants of Jazz: Duke Ellington (Duke Ellington) [Time-Life]
Dick Schory – The Magical Music of Walt Disney (Various Artists) [Ovation]
Richard M. Sudhalter – Hoagy Carmichael: A Legendary Performer and Composer (Hoagy Carmichael) [RCA]}}

|style="text-align:center;"|{{Cite web|url=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1980-228.html|title=Grammy Award Nominees 1980 – Grammy Award Winners 1980|website=www.awardsandshows.com|access-date=April 27, 2017}}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| 1981

|David McClintock

|Trilogy: Past Present Future
{{dot}} Reprise

| Frank Sinatra

|{{smalldiv|

David Evans and Bruce Bastin – Atlanta Blues: 1933 (Blind Willie McTell, Curley Weaver and Buddy Moss) [John Edwards Memorial Foundation]
Lauren Lortie – Elvis Aron Presley (Elvis Presley) [RCA]
John McDonough and Richard M. Sudhalter – Giants of Jazz: Lester Young (Lester Young) [Time-Life]
Dan Morgenstern – Chicago Concert 1956 (Louis Armstrong) [Columbia]}}

|style="text-align:center;"|{{Cite web|url=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1981-229.html|title=Grammy Award Nominees 1981 – Grammy Award Winners 1981|website=www.awardsandshows.com|access-date=April 27, 2017}}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| 1982

|Dan Morgenstern

|Erroll Garner: Master of the Keyboard
{{dot}} Book of the Month Records

| Erroll Garner

|{{smalldiv|

C.P. Crumpacker – The Mario Lanza Collection (Mario Lanza) [RCA/Red Seal]
John McDonough – Giants of Jazz: Pee Wee Russell (Pee Wee Russell) [Time-Life]
David Thompson and Philip W. Payne – Giants of Jazz: Fats Waller (Fats Waller) [Time-Life]
Dick Wellstood, Willa Rouder, and Frank Kappler – Giants of Jazz: James P. Johnson (James P. Johnson) [Time-Life]}}

|style="text-align:center;"|{{Cite web|url=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1982-230.html|title=Grammy Award Nominees 1982 – Grammy Award Winners 1982|website=www.awardsandshows.com|access-date=April 27, 2017}}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| 1983

|John Chilton and Richard Sudhalter

|Giants of Jazz: Bunny Berigan
{{dot}} Time-Life

| Bunny Berigan

|{{smalldiv|

Gary Giddins – Duke Ellington 1941 (Duke Ellington & His Orchestra) [Smithsonian]
Thornton Hagert – An Experiment in Modern Music: Paul Whiteman at Aeolian Hall (Paul Whiteman) [Smithsonian]
William Ivey – The Greatest Country Music Recordings of All Time (Various Artists) [Franklin Mint Record Society]
William Ivey and Bob Pinson – 60 Years of Country Music (Various Artists) [RCA]
Robert Palmer – Young Blood (The Coasters) [Atlantic/DeLuxe]}}

|style="text-align:center;"|{{Cite web|url=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1983-231.html|title=Grammy Award Nominees 1983 – Grammy Award Winners 1983|website=www.awardsandshows.com|access-date=April 27, 2017}}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| 1984

|Orrin Keepnews

|The "Interplay" Sessions
{{dot}} Milestone

| Bill Evans

|{{smalldiv|

Lester Bangs – The Fugs Greatest Hits, Volume 1 (The Fugs) [Adelphi]
Peter Guralnick – The Okeh Sessions (Big Maybelle) [Epic/CBS]
Richard B. Hadlock – Giants of Jazz: Joe Sullivan (Joe Sullivan) [Time-Life]
John McDonough – Seven Come Eleven (Benny Goodman) [Columbia]}}

|style="text-align:center;"|{{Cite web|url=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1984-232.html|title=Grammy Award Nominees 1984 – Grammy Award Winners 1984|website=www.awardsandshows.com|access-date=April 27, 2017}}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| 1985

|Gunther Schuller and Martin Williams

|Big Band Jazz
{{dot}} Smithsonian

| Various Artists

|{{smalldiv|

Glenn Hinson – Virginia Traditions/Virginia Work Songs (Various Artists) [Blue Ridge]
Grover Sales – Amadeus (Original Soundtrack Album) (Neville Marriner conducting the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields) [Fantasy]
James Sundquist – An Anthology of Sacred Carols for Classical Guitar (James Sundquist) [Eagle]
Z Factor and Lorene Lortie – A Golden Celebration (Elvis Presley) [RCA]}}

|style="text-align:center;"|{{Cite web|url=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1985-233.html|title=Grammy Award Nominees 1985 – Grammy Award Winners 1985|website=www.awardsandshows.com|access-date=April 27, 2017}}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| 1986

|Peter Guralnick

|Live at the Harlem Square Club, 1963
{{dot}} RCA

| Sam Cooke

|{{smalldiv|

Lenny Kaye – Bleecker and McDougal: The Folk Scene of the 1960s (Various Artists) [Elektra]
Lenny Kaye – Crossroads: White Blues in the 1960s (Various Artists) [Elektra]
James R. Morris, J.R. Taylor, and Dwight Blocker Bowers – American Popular Song (Various Artists) [Smithsonian/CBS Special Products]
Neil Tesser – The Girl from Ipanema: The Bossa Nova Years (Stan Getz) [Verve]}}

|style="text-align:center;"|{{Cite web|url=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1986-234.html|title=Grammy Award Nominees 1986 – Grammy Award Winners 1986|website=www.awardsandshows.com|access-date=April 27, 2017}}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| 1987

|Gary Giddins, Wilfrid Sheed, Jonathan Schwartz, Murray Kempton, Andrew Sarris, Stephen Holden, and Frank Conroy

|The Voice: The Columbia Years 1943–1952
{{dot}} Columbia/CBS

| Frank Sinatra

|{{smalldiv|

Cameron Crowe – Biograph (Bob Dylan) [Columbia/CBS]
Richard Freed & Peter Eliot Stone – Virtuosi (Smithsonian Productions) (Various Artists) [Smithsonian]
David Hall, John Stratton, Tom Owen, Robert Tuggle, and David Hamilton – The Mapleson Cylinders (The Metropolitan Opera) [Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives]
Lenny Kaye – Elektrock: The Sixties (Various Artists) [Elektra]}}

|style="text-align:center;"|{{Cite web|url=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1987-235.html|title=Grammy Award Nominees 1987 – Grammy Award Winners 1987|website=www.awardsandshows.com|access-date=April 27, 2017}}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| 1988

|Orrin Keepnews

|The Complete 1957 Riverside Recordings
{{dot}} Riverside

| Thelonious Monk

|{{smalldiv|

Peter Guralnick – The Complete Sun Sessions (Elvis Presley) [BMG Music/RCA]
Nolan Porterfield – Jimmie Rodgers on Record: America's Blue Yodeler (Jimmie Rodgers) [Smithsonian]
Mark Tucker – Singers and Soloists of the Swing Bands (Various Artists) [Smithsonian]
Charles K. Wolfe – The Bristol Sessions (Various Artists) [Country Music Foundation]}}

|style="text-align:center;"|{{Cite web|url=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1988-236.html|title=Grammy Award Nominees 1988 – Grammy Award Winners 1988|website=www.awardsandshows.com|access-date=April 27, 2017}}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| 1989

|Anthony DeCurtis

|Crossroads
{{dot}} Polydor

| Eric Clapton

|{{smalldiv|

John Edward Hasse – The Classic Hoagy Carmichael (Hoagy Carmichael) [Indiana Historical Society]
Mike Kreuger – Show Boat (Frederica von Stade, Jerry Hadley, Teresa Stratas, Nancy Culp & Lillian Gish with John McGlinn conducting the London Sinfonietta) [Angel]
Dan Morgenstern – The Complete Commodore Jazz Recordings, Volume 1 (Various Artists) [Mosaic]
Vaughn Webb – Virginia Tradition: Southwest Virginia Blues (Various Artists) [BRI]}}

|style="text-align:center;"|{{Cite web|url=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1989-237.html|title=Grammy Award Nominees 1989 – Grammy Award Winners 1989|website=www.awardsandshows.com|access-date=April 27, 2017}}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| 1990

|Phil Schaap

|Bird: The Complete Charlie Parker on Verve
{{dot}} Verve

| Charlie Parker

|{{smalldiv|

Dwight Blocker Bowers – American Musical Theater: Shows, Songs and Stars (Various Artists) [Smithsonian]
Gene Lees – The Complete Fantasy Recordings (Bill Evans) [Fantasy]
Howard Wright Marshall, Amy E. Skillman, and Charles Walden – Now That's a Good Tune (Masters of Traditional Missouri Fiddling) [Grey Eagle]
Martin Williams, Dick Katz & Francis Davis – Jazz Piano 1898–1964 (Various Artists) [Smithsonian]}}

|style="text-align:center;"|{{Cite web|url=https://www.infoplease.com/arts-entertainment/grammy-awards/1990-grammy-awards|title=1990 Grammy Awards|website=www.infoplease.com|language=en|access-date=April 27, 2017}}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| 1991

|Dan Morgenstern

|Brownie: The Complete Emarcy Recordings of Clifford Brown
{{dot}} EmArcy

| Clifford Brown

|{{smalldiv|

Mary Katherine Aldin and Robert Palmer – Muddy Waters: The Chess Box (Muddy Waters) [MCA/Chess]
Gary Giddons – Art Pepper: The Complete Galaxy Recordings (Art Pepper) [Galaxy/Fantasy]
Robert Palmer – Bo Diddley: The Chess Box (Bo Diddley) [MCA/Chess]
David Perry – The Jack Kerouac Collection (Jack Kerouac) [Rhino]}}

|style="text-align:center;"|{{Cite web|url=https://www.infoplease.com/arts-entertainment/grammy-awards/1991-grammy-awards|title=1991 Grammy Awards|website=www.infoplease.com|language=en|access-date=April 27, 2017}}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| 1992

|James Brown, Cliff White, Harry Weinger, Nelson George, and Alan M. Leeds

|Star Time
{{dot}} Polydor

| James Brown

|{{smalldiv|

John Bauldie – The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991 (Bob Dylan) [Columbia]
Rob Bowman – The Complete Stax/Volt Singles 1959–1968 (Various Artists) [Atlantic]
Colin Escott – The Original Singles Collection . . . Plus (Hank Williams) [Polydor]
Robert Palmer – The Birth of Soul (Ray Charles) [Atlantic]}}

|style="text-align:center;"|{{Cite web|url=https://www.infoplease.com/arts-entertainment/grammy-awards/1992-grammy-awards|title=1992 Grammy Awards|website=www.infoplease.com|language=en|access-date=April 27, 2017}}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| 1993

|Dave Marsh, Jerry Wexler, David Ritz, Thulani Davis, Ahmet Ertegun, Tom Down, and Arif Mardin

|Queen of Soul: The Atlantic Recordings
{{dot}} Rhino

| Aretha Franklin

|{{smalldiv|

Will Friedwald and Dick Katz – The Complete Capitol Recordings of the Nat King Cole Trio (The Nat King Cole Trio) [Mosaic]
Peter Guralnick – The King of Rock 'n' Roll: The Complete 50s Masters (Elvis Presley) [RCA]
Pete Welding and Lawrence Cohn – Roots n' Blues the Retrospective (1925–1950) (Various Artists) [Columbia/Legacy]
Robert Kimball and Richard Sudhalter – You're the Top: Cole Porter in the 1930s (Various Artists) [Koch International Classics]}}

|style="text-align:center;"|{{Cite web|url=https://www.infoplease.com/arts-entertainment/grammy-awards/1993-grammy-awards|title=1993 Grammy Awards|website=www.infoplease.com|language=en|access-date=April 27, 2017}}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| 1994

|Buck Clayton, Phil Schaap, and Joel E. Siegel

|The Complete Billie Holiday on Verve 1945–1959
{{dot}} Verve

| Billie Holiday

|{{smalldiv|

Colin Escott – King of the Blues (B. B. King) [MCA]
Orrin Keepnews and Jim Ferguson – The Complete Riverside Recordings (Wes Montgomery) [Riverside]
Peter Guralnick – From Nashville to Memphis: The Essential 60s Masters (Elvis Presley) [RCA]
Alan Lomax and Robert Palmer – Songs of the South: A Musical Journey from the Georgia Sea Islands to the Mississippi Delta Recorded in the Field by Alan Lomax (Various Artists) [Atlantic]}}

|style="text-align:center;"|{{Cite web|url=https://www.infoplease.com/arts-entertainment/grammy-awards/1994-grammy-awards|title=1994 Grammy Awards|website=www.infoplease.com|language=en|access-date=April 27, 2017}}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| 1995

|Dan Morgenstern and Loren Schoenberg

|Louis Armstrong: Portrait of the Artists as a Young Man, 1923–1934
{{dot}} Columbia/Legacy/Smithsonian

| Louis Armstrong

|{{smalldiv|

Yves Beauvais, Don Cherry, Ornette Coleman, and Robert Palmer – Beauty Is A Rare Thing: The Complete Atlantic Recordings (Ornette Coleman) [Rhino]
Francis Pandras, Celia Powell, Peter Pullman, Sonny Rollins, and Horace Silver – The Complete Bud Powell on Verve (Bud Powell) [Verve]
Carol Cooper, Steven Greenberg, and Jaime Wolf – Otis! The Definitive (Otis Redding) [Rhino]
Peter Guralnick – Sam Cooke's SAR Records Story 1959–1965 (Various Artists) [ABKCO]}}

|style="text-align:center;"|{{Cite web|url=https://www.infoplease.com/arts-entertainment/grammy-awards/1995-grammy-awards|title=1995 Grammy Awards|website=www.infoplease.com|language=en|access-date=April 27, 2017}}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| 1996

|Rob Bowman

|The Complete Stax/Volt Soul Singles, Vol. 3: 1972–1975
{{dot}} Stax

| Various Artists

|{{smalldiv|

Geoffrey Mark Fidelman and James Gavin – Ella: The Legendary Decca Recordings (Ella Fitzgerald) [Decca Jazz]
John Fricke – 25th Anniversary: Retrospective (Judy Garland) [Capitol]
Dan Morgenstern – I'll Be Seeing You: A Tribute to Carmen McRae (Carmen McRae) [Decca Jazz]
Dan Morgenstern – Let's Do It: Best of the Verve Years (Louis Armstrong) [Verve]}}

|style="text-align:center;"|{{Cite web|url=https://www.infoplease.com/arts-entertainment/grammy-awards/1996-grammy-awards|title=1996 Grammy Awards|website=www.infoplease.com|language=en|access-date=April 27, 2017}}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| 1997

|George Avakian, Bob Belden, Bill Kirchner, and Phil Schaap

|Miles Davis & Gil Evans: The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings
{{dot}} Columbia

| Miles Davis and Gil Evans

|{{smalldiv|

Will Friedwald, Dave Kapp, and Mel Tormé – The Mel Tormé Collection: 1944 – 1985 (Mel Tormé) [Rhino]
Lawrence Hoffman – Mean Old World: The Blues from 1940 to 1994 (Various Artists) [Smithsonian]
Will Friedwald – The Complete Capitol Singles Collection (Frank Sinatra) [Capitol]
Chris Albertson – The Complete Recordings, Vol. 5 (Bessie Smith) [Columbia/Legacy]}}

|style="text-align:center;"|{{Cite web|url=https://www.infoplease.com/arts-entertainment/grammy-awards/1997-grammy-awards|title=1997 Grammy Awards|website=www.infoplease.com|language=en|access-date=April 27, 2017}}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| 1998

|John Fahey, Luis Kemnitzer, Jon Pankake, Chuck Pirtle, Jeff Place, Neil V. Rosenberg, Lucy Sante, Peter Stampfel, and Eric Von Schmidt

|Anthology of American Folk Music
{{dot}} Smithsonian Folkways

| Various Artists

|{{smalldiv|

Robert Gordon – Anthology (Al Green) [The Right Stuff]
Ben Edmonds, Mark Kemp, Meegan Lee Ochs, and Michael Ventura – Farewells & Fantasies (Phil Ochs) [Elektra Traditions/Rhino]
Dave Alvin, James Austin, Bill Dahl, Ahmet Ertegun, David Ritz, Billy Vera, and Jerry Wexler – Ray Charles Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection (Ray Charles) [Rhino]
Ian Whitcomb – Titanic: Music As Heard on the Fateful Voyage (Various Artists) [Rhino]}}

|style="text-align:center;"|{{Cite web|url=https://www.infoplease.com/arts-entertainment/grammy-awards/1998-grammy-awards|title=1998 Grammy Awards|website=www.infoplease.com|language=en|access-date=April 27, 2017}}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| 1999

|Bob Belden, Todd Coolman, and Michael Cuscuna

|Miles Davis Quintet 1965–1968
{{dot}} Columbia/Legacy

| Miles Davis Quintet

|{{smalldiv|

Joel Dorn, Tom Dowd, Andrew Homzy, Patrick Milligan, Sue Mingus, Tina Marisa Rocchio, and Stefano Zenni – Passions of a Man: The Complete Atlantic Recordings 1956–1961 (Charles Mingus) [Rhino]
Daniel Cooper & Colin Escott – The Complete Hank Williams (Hank Williams) [Mercury Nashville]
Bill Ivey, Bill C. Malone, Claudia Perry, John W. Rumble, and Ron Wynn – From Where I Stand: The Black Experience in Country Music (Various Artists) [Warner Bros. Nashville]
Sedgwick Clark, Barbara Haws, Kurt Masur, Alan Rich, Robert Sherman, and Steven Smolian – The Historic Broadcasts 1923 to 1987 (The New York Philharmonic) [New York Philharmonic Special Editions]}}

|style="text-align:center;"|{{Cite web|url=https://www.infoplease.com/arts-entertainment/grammy-awards/1999-grammy-awards|title=1999 Grammy Awards|website=www.infoplease.com|language=en|access-date=April 27, 2017}}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| 2000

|Bob Blumenthal

|The Classic Quartet: The Complete Impulse! Recordings
{{dot}}Impulse

| John Coltrane

|{{smalldiv|

Rick Bragg – Live at The Grand Ole Opry (Hank Williams) [Mercury Nashville]
Rob Bowman – The Last Soul Company (Various Artists) [Malaco]
Daniel Cooper – The Complete Country & Western Recordings (1959–1986) (Ray Charles) [Rhino]
Marc Kirkeby – Sony Music 100 Years: Soundtrack for a Century (Various Artists) [Sony]}}

|style="text-align:center;"|{{Cite web|url=https://www.infoplease.com/arts-entertainment/grammy-awards/2000-grammy-awards|title=2000 Grammy Awards|website=www.infoplease.com|language=en|access-date=April 27, 2017}}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| 2001

|Bob Blumenthal

|The Complete Columbia Recordings 1955–1961
{{dot}} Columbia/Legacy

| Miles Davis and John Coltrane

|{{smalldiv|

Jeff Place – The Best of Broadside 1962–1988: Anthems of the American Underground from the Pages of Broadside Magazine (Various Artists) [Smithsonian Folkways]
John Chilton – The Complete Lester Young Studio Sessions on Verve (Lester Young) [Verve]
Bud Scoppa – Hotcakes & Outtakes: 30 Years of Little Feat (Little Feat) [Rhino]
Dr. Demento – The Remains of Tom Lehrer (Tom Lehrer) [Rhino]
Gerald Early – Yes I Can! The Sammy Davis Jr. Story (Sammy Davis, Jr.) [Warner Archives/Rhino]}}

|style="text-align:center;"|{{Cite web|url=https://www.infoplease.com/arts-entertainment/grammy-awards/2001-grammy-awards|title=2001 Grammy Awards|website=www.infoplease.com|language=en|access-date=April 27, 2017}}

rowspan="2" scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| 2002

|Walter Mosley

| ...And It's Deep Too! The Complete Warner Bros. Recordings (1968–1992)
{{dot}} Warner Archives/Rhino

| Richard Pryor

|rowspan="2"|{{smalldiv|

Mari Evans – The Long Road Back To Freedom: An Anthology of Black Music (Various Artists) [Buddha]
Gerald Early – Rhapsodies in Black: Music and Words from the Harlem Renaissance (Various Artists) [Rhino]
Rob Bowman – The Stax Story (Various Artists) [Stax]}}

|rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|{{Cite web|url=https://www.infoplease.com/arts-entertainment/grammy-awards/2002-grammy-awards|title=2002 Grammy Awards|website=www.infoplease.com|language=en|access-date=April 27, 2017}}

Elijah Wald

| Arhoolie Records 40th Anniversary Collection: 1960–2000 The Journey of Chris Strachwitz
{{dot}} Arhoolie

| Various Artists

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| 2003

|David Evans

|Screamin' and Hollerin' the Blues: The Worlds of Charley Patton
{{dot}} Revenant

|Charlie Patton

|{{smalldiv|

Artie Shaw – Artie Shaw: Self Portrait (Artie Shaw) [Bluebird/RCA]
Dennis McNally – The Golden Road (1965–1973) (The Grateful Dead) [Rhino]
Will Friedwald – Frank Sinatra in Hollywood 1940–1964 (Frank Sinatra) [Reprise/Warner]
Tim Page – A State of Wonder: The Complete Goldberg Variations 1955 & 1981 (Glenn Gould) [Sony Classical]}}

|style="text-align:center;"|{{Cite web|url=https://www.infoplease.com/arts-entertainment/grammy-awards/2003-grammy-awards|title=2003 Grammy Awards|website=www.infoplease.com|language=en|access-date=April 27, 2017}}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| 2004

|Tom Piazza

|Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: A Musical Journey
{{dot}} Hip-O

| Various Artists

|{{smalldiv|

Loren Schoenberg – Count Basie and His Orchestra—America's #1 Band! The Columbia Years (Count Basie and His Orchestra) [Columbia/Legacy]
Ashley Kahn – Four Women: The Nina Simone Philips Recordings (Nina Simone) [Verve]
Will Friedwald – Peggy Lee—The Singles Collection (Peggy Lee) [Capitol/EMI]
Daniel Wolff – Sam Cooke with The Soul Stirrers—The Complete Specialty Records Recordings (Sam Cooke with The Soul Stirrers) [Specialty]}}

|style="text-align:center;"|{{Cite web|url=https://www.infoplease.com/arts-entertainment/grammy-awards/2004-grammy-awards|title=2004 Grammy Awards|website=www.infoplease.com|language=en|access-date=April 27, 2017}}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| 2005

|Loren Schoenberg

|The Complete Columbia Recordings of Woody Herman and His Orchestra & Woodchoppers (1945–1947)
{{dot}} Mosaic

| Woody Herman and His Orchestra

|{{smalldiv|

Sean Wilentz – The Bootleg Series Vol. 6: Bob Dylan Live 1964, Concert at Philharmonic Hall (Bob Dylan) [Columbia/Legacy]
Barry Alfonso – Carry It On (Peter, Paul and Mary) [Rhino]
Paul Krassner – Let the Buyer Beware (Lenny Bruce) [Shout! Factory]
Chris Morris – No Thanks! The 70's Punk Rebellion (Various Artists) [Rhino]}}

|style="text-align:center;"|{{Cite web|url=http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/2005/grammys.htm|title=Rock On The Net: 47th Annual Grammy Awards – 2005|website=www.rockonthenet.com|access-date=April 27, 2017}}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| 2006

|Alan Lomax and John Szwed

|The Complete Library of Congress Recordings
{{dot}}Rounder

| Jelly Roll Morton

|{{smalldiv|

Adam White – Heaven Must Have Sent You: The Holland/Dozier/Holland Story (Various Artists) [Hip-O]
Patrick Carr – The Legend (Johnny Cash) [Columbia/Legacy]
David Ritz – Pure Genius: The Complete Atlantic Recordings (1952–1959) (Ray Charles) [Atlantic/Rhino/Warner]
Henry "Hank" Sapoznik – You Ain't Talkin' to Me: Charlie Poole and the Roots of Country Music (Charlie Poole and various artists) [Columbia/Legacy]}}

|style="text-align:center;"|{{Cite web|url=http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/2006/grammys.htm|title=Rock On The Net: 48th Annual Grammy Awards – 2006|website=www.rockonthenet.com|access-date=April 27, 2017}}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| 2007

|Dan Morgenstern

|If You Got To Ask, You Ain't Got It!
{{dot}} Bluebird/Legacy

| Fats Waller

|{{smalldiv|

Marshall Wyatt – Good for What Ails You: Music of the Medicine Shows, 1926–1937 (Various Artists) [Old Hat]
Tim Brooks – Lost Sounds: Blacks and the Birth of the Recording Industry 1891–1922 (Various Artists) [Archeophone]
David Ritz and Ben Edmonds – Pirate Radio (The Pretenders) [Rhino/Warner/Sire]
David Fricke – There Is a Season (The Byrds) [Columbia/Legacy]}}

|style="text-align:center;"|{{Cite web|url=http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/2007/grammys.htm|title=Rock On The Net: 49th Annual Grammy Awards – 2007|website=www.rockonthenet.com|access-date=April 27, 2017}}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| 2008

|Bruce Nemerov

|John Work III: Recording Black Culture
{{dot}}Spring Fed

| Various Artists

|{{smalldiv|

Patrick Feaster and David Giovannoni – Actionable Offenses: Indecent Phonograph Recordings from the 1890s (Various Artists) [Archeophone]
Loren Schoenberg – Classic Chu Berry Columbia and Victor Sessions (Chu Berry) [Mosaic]
David Sager – Off the Record: The Complete 1923 Jazz Band Recordings (King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band) [Off The Record]
Ricky Jay – Ricky Jay Plays Poker (Various Artists) [Octone/Legacy]}}

|style="text-align:center;"|{{Cite web|url=http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/2008/grammys.htm|title=Rock On The Net: 50th Annual Grammy Awards – 2008|website=www.rockonthenet.com|access-date=April 27, 2017}}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| 2009

|Francis Davis

|Kind of Blue: 50th Anniversary Collector's Edition
{{dot}} Columbia/Legacy

| Miles Davis

|{{smalldiv|

Art Rosenbaum – Art of Field Recording Volume I: Fifty Years of Traditional American Music Documented by Art Rosenbaum (Various Artists) [Dust-to-Digital]
Patrick Feaster and David Giovannoni – Debate '08: Taft and Bryan Campaign on the Edison Phonograph (William Jennings Bryan and William Howard Taft) [Archeophone]
David Ritz and Jerry Wexler – Rare & Unreleased Recordings from the Golden Reign of the Queen of Soul (Aretha Franklin) [Rhino/Atlantic]
Henry "Hank" Sapoznik – The Unsung Father of Country Music: 1925–1934 (Ernest V. Stoneman) [5-String]}}

|style="text-align:center;"|{{Cite web|url=http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/2009/grammys.htm|title=Rock On The Net: 51st Annual Grammy Awards – 2009|website=www.rockonthenet.com|access-date=April 27, 2017}}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| 2010

|Dan Morgenstern

|The Complete Louis Armstrong Decca Sessions (1935–1946)
{{dot}} Mosaic

| Louis Armstrong

|{{smalldiv|

Mark Berresford – Dance-O-Mania: Harry Yerkes and the Dawn of the Jazz Age, 1919–1923 (The Happy Six) [Rivermont Records]
Douglas Brinkley and Johnny Depp – Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson—Music from the Film (Various Artists) [Legacy]
Ed Cray and Bill Nowlin – My Dusty Road (Woody Guthrie) [Rounder]
Lloyd Ecker and Susan Ecker – Origins of the Red Hot Mama, 1910–1922 (Sophie Tucker) [Archeophone]}}

|style="text-align:center;"|{{Cite news|url=http://ew.com/article/2010/01/31/grammy-awards-2010-winners/|title=Grammy Awards 2010: The winners list|date=2010-01-31|work=EW.com|access-date=April 27, 2017|language=en-US}}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| 2011

|Robert Gordon

|Keep an Eye on the Sky
{{dot}} Rhino

| Big Star

|{{smalldiv|

Gage Averill – Alan Lomax in Haiti: Recordings for the Library of Congress, 1936–1937 (Various Artists) [Harte]
Ashley Kahn – Side Steps (John Coltrane) [Prestige]
Doug Seroff – There Breathes a Hope: The Legacy of John Work II and His Fisk Jubilee Quartet, 1909–1916 (Fisk University Jubilee Quartet) [Archeophone]
Will Sheff – True Love Cast Out All Evil (Roky Erickson with Okkervil River) [Anti-]

}}

|style="text-align:center;"|{{Cite news|url=http://www.latimes.com/la-et-env-grammys-nominees-2010-list-htmlstory.html|title=Grammy Awards 2011: Winners and nominees for 53rd Grammy Awards|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=April 27, 2017|language=en-US|issn=0458-3035}}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| 2012

|Adam Machado

|Hear Me Howling!: Blues, Ballads & Beyond as Recorded by the San Francisco Bay by Chris Strachwitz in the 1960s
{{dot}} Arhoolie

| Various Artists

|{{smalldiv|

Neil Diamond – The Bang Years 1966-1968 (Neil Diamond) [Columbia]
Ted Olson and Tony Russell – The Bristol Sessions 1927–1928: The Big Bang of Country Music (Various Artists) [Bear Family]
Ken Shipley – Complete Mythology (Syl Johnson) [Numero]
Alec Palao – The Music City Story: Street Corner Doo Wop, Raw R&B and Soulful Sounds from Berkeley, California 1950–75 (Various Artists) [Ace]}}

|style="text-align:center;"|{{Cite news|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/grammy-awards-2012-winners-whitney-houston-death-adele-289778|title=Grammy Awards 2012: Complete Winners And Nominees List|work=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=April 27, 2017|language=en}}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| 2013

|Billy Vera

|Singular Genius: The Complete ABC Singles
{{dot}} Concord

| Ray Charles

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Stephen Wade – Banjo Diary: Lessons From Tradition (Stephen Wade) [Smithsonian Folkways]
Hans Olof Gottfridsson – First Recordings: 50th Anniversary Edition (The Beatles and Tony Sheridan) [Time-Life]
Holly George-Warren – The Pearl Sessions (Janis Joplin) [Sony Legacy]
Fernando Gonzalez – Piazzolla in Brooklyn (The Pablo Aslan Quintet) [Soundbrush]}}

|style="text-align:center;"|{{Cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/events/grammys-2013/1537655/grammys-2013-winners-list|title=Grammys 2013: Winners List|magazine=Billboard|access-date=April 27, 2017}}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| 2014

|Neil Tesser

|Afro Blue Impressions (Remastered and Expanded)
{{dot}} Pablo/Concord

| John Coltrane

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Ben Young – Call it Art 1964–1965 (The New York Art Quartet) [Triple Point]
Alec Palao – Electric Music for the Mind and Body (Country Joe & the Fish) [Ace/Vanguard]
Jonathan Cott – Stravinsky: Le Sacre du Printemps (Leonard Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic) [Sony Classical]
Sean Wilentz – 360 Sound: The Columbia Records Story (Various Artists) [Columbia]
Nathan Salsburg – Work Hard, Play Hard, Pray Hard: Hard Time, Good Time & End Time Music 1923–1936 (Various Artists) [Tompkins Square]}}

|style="text-align:center;"|{{Cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/events/grammys-2014/5885341/grammy-awards-full-winners-list-2014-complete|title=56th GRAMMY Awards: Full Winners List|magazine=Billboard|access-date=April 27, 2017}}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| 2015

|Ashley Kahn

|Offering: Live at Temple University
{{dot}} Resonance/Impulse

| John Coltrane

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David Sager – Happy: The 1920 Rainbo Orchestra Sides (Isham Jones Rainbo Orchestra) [Archeophone]
Alec Palao – I'm Just Like You: Sly's Stone Flower 1969–70 (Various Artists) [Light In The Attic]
Scott B. Bomar – The Other Side of Bakersfield: 1950s & 60s Boppers and Rockers from 'Nashville West' (Various Artists [Bear Family]
Jon Kirby – Purple Snow: Forecasting the Minneapolis Sound (Various Artists) [Numero]
Scott Blackwood – The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume One (1917–27) (Various Artists) [Third Man/Revenant]}}

|style="text-align:center;"|{{Cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/events/grammys-2015/6465551/grammys-2015-winners-57th-annual|title=Grammys 2015: And the Winners Are ...|magazine=Billboard|access-date=April 27, 2017}}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| 2016

|Joni Mitchell

|Love Has Many Faces: A Quartet, A Ballet, Waiting To Be Danced
{{dot}} Rhino

| Joni Mitchell

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James P. Leary – Folksongs of Another America: Field Recordings from the Upper Midwest, 1937–1946 (Various Artists) [Dust-to-Digital/University of Wisconsin Press]
Jeff Place – Lead Belly: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection (Lead Belly) [Smithsonian Folkways]
Ted Olson – Portrait of an American Singer (Tennessee Ernie Ford) [Bear Family]
Ryan Barna – Songs of the Night: Dance Recordings, 1916–1925 (Joseph C. Smith's Orchestra) [Archeophone]}}

|style="text-align:center;"|{{Cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/grammys/6875260/grammy-awards-2016-full-winners-list|title=Grammy Awards 2016: See the Full Winners List|magazine=Billboard|access-date=April 27, 2017}}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| 2017

|Ken Bloom & Richard Carlin

|Sissle and Blake Sing Shuffle Along
{{dot}} Harbinger/Musical Theater Project

| Eubie Blake & Noble Sissle

|{{smalldiv|

Mikal Gilmore – The Complete Monument & Columbia Albums Collection (Kris Kristofferson) [Legacy]
Ted Olson & Tony Russell – The Knoxville Sessions, 1929–1930: Knox County Stomp (Various Artists) [Bear Family]
Rob Sevier & Ken Shipley – Ork Records: New York, New York (Various Artists) [Numero]
Richard Martin – Waxing the Gospel: Mass Evangelism and the Phonograph, 1890–1900 (Various Artists) [Archeophone]}}

|style="text-align:center;"|{{Cite news|url=https://www.grammy.com/nominees|title=59th Annual GRAMMY Awards Winners & Nominees|work=GRAMMY.com|access-date=April 27, 2017|language=en}}
{{Cite news|url=http://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwmusic/article/Ken-Bloom-Wins-Grammy-Award-for-Best-Album-Notes-for-Shuffle-Along-CD-20170213-page2|title=Ken Bloom Wins Grammy Award for Best Album Notes – 'Shuffle Along' CD|author=BWW News Desk|access-date=April 28, 2017|language=en}}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| 2018

|Lynell George

|Live at the Whisky a Go Go: The Complete Recordings
{{dot}} Stax

| Otis Redding

|{{smalldiv|

Wayne Bledsoe & Bradley Reeves – Arthur Q. Smith: The Trouble With the Truth (Various Artists) [Bear Family]
Ted Olson – Big Bend Killing: The Appalachian Ballad Tradition (Various Artists) [Great Smoky Mountains Association]
Bryan S. Wright – The Complete Piano Works of Scott Joplin (Richard Dowling) [Rivermont Records]
David Giovannoni – Edouard-Léon Scott de Martinville, Inventor of Sound Recording: A Bicentennial Tribute (Various Artists) [Archeophone]
Michael Corcoran – Washington Phillips and His Manzarene Dreams (Washington Phillips) [Dust-to-Digital]}}

|style="text-align:center;"|[https://www.grammy.com/sites/com/files/60thpresslist11272017_0.pdf Grammy.com, 28 November 2017]

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| 2019

|David Evans

|Voices of Mississippi: Artists and Musicians Documented by William Ferris
{{dot}}Dust-to-Digital

| Various Artists

|{{smalldiv|

James P. Leary – Alpine Dreaming: The Helvetia Records Story, 1920–1924 (Various Artists) [Archeophone]
Richard Martin & Ted Olson – 4 Banjo Songs, 1891–1897: Foundational Recordings of America's Iconic Instrument (Charles A. Asbury) [Archeophone]
Ben Ratliff – The 1960 Time Sessions (Sonny Clark Trio) [Tompkins Square]
David Gilbert – The Product of Our Souls: The Sound and Sway of James Reese Europe's Society Orchestra (Various Artists) [Archeophone]
Amanda Petrusich – Trouble No More: The Bootleg Series Vol. 13 / 1979–1981 (Deluxe Edition) (Bob Dylan) [Columbia/Legacy]}}

|style="text-align:center;"|[https://www.grammy.com/grammys/news/2019-grammy-awards-complete-nominations-list#24 Grammy.com, 7 December 2018]

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| 2020

|Steve Greenberg

|Stax '68: A Memphis Story
{{dot}} Craft /Stax/Concord

| Various Artists

|{{smalldiv|

Judy Cantor-Navas – The Complete Cuba Jam Sessions (Various Artists) [Craft]
Robert Marovich – The Gospel According to Malaco (Various Artists) [Malaco]
Brendan Greaves – Pedal Steal + Four Corners (Terry Allen & the Panhandle Mystery Band) [Paradise of Bachelors]
Jeff Place – Pete Seeger: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection (Pete Seeger) [Smithsonian Folkways]}}

|style="text-align:center;"|[https://www.grammy.com/grammys/news/2020-grammy-awards-complete-nominees-list 2020 Grammy Awards nominations list]

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| 2021

|Bob Mehr

|Dead Man's Pop
{{dot}} Warner

| The Replacements

|{{smalldiv|

Tim Brooks – At the Minstrel Show: Minstrel Routines from the Studio, 1894-1926 (Various Artists) [Archeophone]
Scott B. Bomar – The Bakersfield Sound: Country Music Capital of the West, 1940-1974 (Various Artists) [Bear Family]
Colin Hancock – The Missing Link: How Gus Haenschen Got Us from Joplin to Jazz and Shaped the Music Business (Various Artists) [Archeophone]
David Sager – Out of a Clear Blue Sky (Nat Brusiloff) [Rivermont Records]}}

|style="text-align:center;"|[https://www.grammy.com/grammys/news/2021-grammys-complete-nominees-list 2021 Nominations List]

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| 2022

|Ricky Riccardi

|The Complete Louis Armstrong Columbia and RCA Victor Studio Sessions, 1946-1966
{{dot}} Mosaic

|Louis Armstrong

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Ann-Katrin Zimmermann – Beethoven: The Last Three Sonatas (Sunwook Kim) [Accentus]
Kevin Howes – Creation Never Sleeps, Creation Never Dies: The Willie Dunn Anthology (Willie Dunn) [Light In The Attic]
David Giovannoni, Richard Martin & Stephan Puille – Etching The Voice: Emile Berliner and the First Commercial Gramophone Discs, 1889-1895 (Various Artists) [Archeophone]
Robert Marovich – The King of Gospel Music: The Life and Music of Reverend James Cleveland (Various Artists) [Malaco]}}

|style="text-align:center;"|{{Cite web|date=2021-11-23|title=2022 GRAMMYs Awards: Complete Nominations List|url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/news/2022-grammys-complete-winners-nominees-nominations-list|access-date=2021-11-26|website=GRAMMY.com|language=en}}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| 2023

|Bob Mehr

|Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (20th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition)
{{dot}} Rhino

|Wilco

|{{smalldiv|

Fernando González - The American Clavé Recordings Astor Piazolla) [American Clavé/Nonesuch]
Gareth Murphy - Andy Irvine/Paul Brady (Special Edition) (Andy Irvine & Paul Brady) [Compass]
John Schneider - Harry Partch, 1942 (Harry Partch) [MicroFest]
Ted Olson - Life's Work: A Retrospective (Doc Watson) [Craft]

|{{Cite web |title=2023 GRAMMY Nominations: See The Complete Nominees List |url=https://www.grammy.com/news/2023-grammy-nominations-complete-winners-nominees-list |access-date=2022-11-17 |website=www.grammy.com}}

2024

|Robert Gordon & Deanie Parker

|Written In Their Soul: The Stax Songwriter Demos
{{dot}} Stax/Craft

|Various Artists

Ashley Kahn - Evenings at the Village Gate: John Coltrane with Eric Dolphy (Live) (John Coltrane & Eric Dolphy) [Impulse!/UMe]
Scott B. Bomar - I Can Almost See Houston: The Complete Howdy Glenn (Howdy Glenn) [Omnivore]
Vik Sohonie - Mogadishu's Finest: The Al Uruba Sessions (Iftin Band) [Ostinato]
Jeff Place & John Troutman - Playing For the Man at the Door: Field Recordings From the Collection of Mack McCormick, 1958-1971 (Various Artists) [Smithsonian Folkways]

2025

|Ricky Riccardi

|Centennial
{{dot}} Archeophone

|King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band & Various Artists

Tim Brooks - After Midnight (Ford Dabney's Syncopated Orchestras) [Archeophone]
Lauren de Graf - The Carnegie Hall Concert (Alice Coltrane) [Alice Coltrane 1971 Carnegie]
Dominic Fyfe - John Culshaw - The Art of the Producer - The Early Years 1948-55 (John Culshaw) [Decca]
Josh Kun - SONtrack Original de la Pelicula "Al Son de Beno" (Various Artists) [Al Son de Beno]

|{{Cite web |title=2025 GRAMMYs: See The OFFICIAL Full Nominations List {{!}} GRAMMY.com |url=https://www.grammy.com/news/2025-grammys-nominations-full-winners-nominees-list |access-date=2024-11-10 |website=grammy.com}}

References

Album Notes

Category:Awards established in 1964