GRAMMY Awards Winners & Nominees for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
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63rd Annual GRAMMY Awards (2020)
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nominees
Songs You Like A Lot
Dialogues On Race
MONK'estra Plays John Beasley
The Intangible Between
Orrin Evans And The Captain Black Big Band
62nd Annual GRAMMY Awards (2019)
nominees
Triple Helix
Dancer In Nowhere
Hiding Out
One Day Wonder
61st Annual GRAMMY Awards (2018)
winner
American Dreamers: Voices Of Hope, Music Of Freedom
nominees
All Can Work
Barefoot Dances And Other Visions
All About That Basie
The Count Basie Orchestra Directed By Scotty Barnhart
60th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2017)
nominees
MONK'estra Vol. 2
Jigsaw
Homecoming
Whispers On The Wind
59th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2016)
nominees
Kaleidoscope Eyes: Music Of The Beatles
All L.A. Band
Real Enemies
MONK'estra, Vol. 1
58th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2015)
nominees
Lines Of Color
Köln
Cuba: The Conversation Continues
Home Suite Home
57th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2014)
nominees
Quiet Pride: The Elizabeth Catlett Project
Live: I Hear The Sound
OverTime: Music Of Bob Brookmeyer
The L.A. Treasures Project
56th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2013)
nominees
Brooklyn Babylon
Wild Beauty
Brussels Jazz Orchestra Featuring Joe Lovano
March Sublime
Intrada
55th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2012)
nominees
Centennial: Newly Discovered Works Of Gil Evans
For The Moment
54th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2011)
nominees
Legacy
Alma Adentro: The Puerto Rican Songbook
The Jazz Ballad Song Book
Randy Brecker With DR Big Band
40 Acres And A Burro
53rd Annual GRAMMY Awards (2010)
nominees
Infernal Machines
Autumn: In Moving Pictures Jazz - Chamber Music Vol. 2
Billy Childs Ensemble Featuring The Ying String Quartet
Pathways
52nd Annual GRAMMY Awards (2009)
51st Annual GRAMMY Awards (2008)
nominees
Appearing Nightly
Carla Bley And Her Remarkable Big Band
Act Your Age
Symphonica
Joe Lovano With WDR Big Band & Rundfunk Orchestra
Blauklang
50th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2007)
nominees
Sky Blue
Maria Schneider Orchestra
With Love
Eternal Licks & Grooves
Hommage
The Bill Holman Band
49th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2006)
winner
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Randy Brecker With Michael Brecker, Jim Beard, Will Lee, Peter Erskine, Marcio Doctor & Vince Mendoza conducting The WDR Big Band Köln
nominees
Spirit Music
Bob Brookmeyer - New Art Orchestra
Streams Of Expression
Joe Lovano Ensemble
Live In Tokyo At The Blue Note
Up From The Skies - Music Of Jim McNeely
48th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2005)
nominees
Home Of My Heart
A Blessing
John Hollenbeck Large Ensemble
Live
The Bill Holman Band
I Am Three
Mingus Big Band, Orchestra & Dynasty
47th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2004)
nominees
Get Well Soon
On The Wild Side
Coral
The Way: Music Of Slide Hampton
46th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2003)
nominees
New York New Sound
You Call This A Living?
Looking For America
45th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2002)
nominees
Jazz Matinee
Tonight At Noon...Three Or Four Shades Of Love
This Is The Moment
Can I Persuade You?
44th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2001)
nominees
Dear Louis
Impulsive!
Eliane Elias, Bob Brookmeyer & The Danish Radio Jazz Orchestra
Rob McConnell Tentet
Group Therapy
43rd Annual GRAMMY Awards (2000)
nominees
Allégresse (Album)
Maria Schneider Orchestra
Culmination (Album)
Sam Rivers' Rivbea All-Star Orchestra
Nice Work (Album)
The Danish Radio Jazz Orchestra & Jim McNeely
The Buddy Collette Big Band In Concert - The Music Of William "Buddy" Collette (Album)
Buddy Collette Big Band
42nd Annual GRAMMY Awards (1999)
nominees
Inspiration (Album)
Sam Rivers' Rivbea All-Star Orchestra
Time's Mirror (Album)
Epiphany (Album)
Far East Suite (Album)
Anthony Brown's Asian American Orchestra
41st Annual GRAMMY Awards (1998)
nominees
Further Adventures (Album)
Bill Holman And The Netherlands Metropole Orchestra
Lickety Split - Music Of Jim McNeely (Album)
The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra
Remembrances (Album)
Theme For Monterey (Album)
The Gerald Wilson Orchestra
40th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1997)
nominees
Celebration! (Album)
Phil Woods And The Festival Orchestra
The Brass Orchestra (Album)
Anthony Wilson (Album)
Brilliant Corners (Album)
The Bill Holman Band
39th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1996)
nominees
Coming About (Album)
Maria Schneider Orchestra
Even Canadians Get The Blues (Album)
Rob McConnell And The Boss Brass
Live In Time (Album)
Mingus Big Band
Portraits In Blue (Album)
Marcus Roberts With The Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra
38th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1995)
nominees
Gunslinging Birds (Album)
Steve Slagle, conductor
Rush Hour (Album)
State Street Sweet (Album)
The Gerald Wilson Orchestra
A View From The Side (Album)
The Bill Holman Band
37th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1994)
nominees
Big Band Theory (Album)
Desert Lady - Fantasy (Album)
Evanescence (Album)
Maria Schneider Jazz Orchestra
Only In New York (Album)
Bob Mintzer Big Band
36th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1993)
nominees
Dave Grusin Presents GRP All-Star Big Band Live (Album)
Tom Scott Conducting The GRP All-Star Big Band
Little Man, Big Band (Album)
Our 25th Year (Album)
Rob McConnell And The Boss Brass
Spirit Of The Black Territory Bands (Album)
Johnny Otis And His Orchestra
35th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1992)
nominees
Brassy And Sassy (Album)
Rob McConnell And The Boss Brass
Carnegie Hall Concert (Album)
Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra
Grp All-Star Big Band (Album)
GRP All-Star Big Band
Harlem Renaissance (Album)
Benny Carter Big Band And The Rutgers University Orchestra
34th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1991)
nominees
Dream Keeper (Album)
Once More With Feeling (Album)
Doc Severinsen And The Tonight Show Band
Paris All-Star Blues (A Tribute To Charlie Parker) (Album)
The Brass Is Back (Album)
Rob McConnell And The Boss Brass
Art Of The Big Band (Album)
33rd Annual GRAMMY Awards (1990)
nominees
Airmail Special (Album)
Louis Bellson And His Jazz Orchestra
Cookin' In The Kitchen (Album)
The Definitive Thad Jones Volume 2 Live From The Village Vanguard (Album)
Treasure Chest (Album)
32nd Annual GRAMMY Awards (1989)
nominees
Music Is My Mistress (Album)
The Duke Ellington Orchestra Conducted By Mercer Ellington
The Definitive Thad Jones (Album)
Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra
The Legend, The Legacy (Album)
The Count Basie Orchestra Directed By Frank Foster
Uptown/Downtown (Album)
McCoy Tyner Big Band
31st Annual GRAMMY Awards (1988)
nominees
Bill Holman Band (Album)
Bill Holman, leader
Ebony (Album)
Jacquet's Got It! (Album)
Illinois Jacquet And His Big Band
Tribute To Count Basie (Album)
The Gene Harris All Star Big Band
30th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1987)
nominees
10th Avenue (Album)
Patrick Williams, conductor New York Band
Louis Bellson And His Jazz Orchestra (Album)
Louis Bellson And His Jazz Orchestra
The Tonight Show Band With Doc Severinsen, Volume II (Album)
The Tonight Show Band With Doc Severinsen
Woody's Gold Star (Album)
Woody Herman And His Big Band
29th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1986)
nominees
20 Years At The Village Vanguard (Album)
Mel Lewis, leader
50th Anniversary Tour (Album)
Woody Herman And His Band
Let's Dance (Album)
Benny Goodman And His Orchestra
Sentimental Journey (Album)
Lionel Hampton And His Orchestra
28th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1985)
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Ambassador At Large (Album)
Don't Stop Now! (Album)
March Of The Tadpoles (Album)
Toshiko Akiyoshi And Lew Tabackin Big Band
The African Game (Album)
George Russell And The Living Time Orchestra
27th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1984)
nominees
World Class (Album)
Woody Herman Big Band
Magic Time (Album)
The Bob Florence Limited Edition
Misterioso (Track)
The Carla Bley Band
Ten Gallon Shuffle (Album)
Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra
26th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1983)
nominees
Farmers Market Barbecue (Album)
Priestess (Album)
Soaring (Album)
The London Gig (Album)
25th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1982)
nominees
Westlake (Album)
Bob Florence Big Band`
Live In Digital (Album)
Rob McConnell And The Boss Brass
Make Me Smile And Other New Works By Bob Brookmeyer (Album)
Mel Lewis And The Jazz Orchestra
The Woody Herman Big Band "Live At The Concord Jazz Festival 1981"
Woody Herman Band
24th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1981)
nominees
Burnin' (Blues For Bird) (Track)
Don Menza And His 80's Big Band
Panama Francis And The Savoy Sultans - Vol. II (Album)
Panama Francis And The Savoy Sultans
Tanuki's Night Out (Album)
Toshiko Akiyoshi And Lew Tabackin Big Band
Tribute (Single)
Rob McConnell And The Boss Brass
23rd Annual GRAMMY Awards (1980)
nominees
Bob Brookmeyer Composer/Arranger (Album)
Mel Lewis And The Jazz Orchestra
Dynamite (Album)
Louis Bellson Big Band
Farewell (Album)
Toshiko Akiyoshi And Lew Tabackin Big Band
Live At Concerts By The Sea (Album)
Bob Florence Big Band
Present Perfect (Album)
Rob McConnell And The Boss Brass
22nd Annual GRAMMY Awards (1979)
nominees
Kogun (Album)
Toshiko Akiyoshi And Lew Tabackin Big Band
Naturally (Album)
Mel Lewis And The Jazz Orchestra
Thad Jones/Mel Lewis And Umo (Album)
Mel Lewis, Thad Jones And Umo
Note Smoking
Louis Bellson & The Explosion
21st Annual GRAMMY Awards (1978)
nominees
Big Band Jazz (Album)
Rob McConnell And The Boss Brass
Insights (Album)
Toshiko Akiyoshi And Lew Tabackin Big Band
Sophisticated Giant (Album)
Thad Jones Greetings And Salutations (Album)
20th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1977)
nominees
Buddy Rich Plays And Plays And Plays (Album)
Lab '76 (Album)
Leon Breeden, Directing The North Texas State University Lab Band
Road Time (Album)
Toshiko Akiyoshi And Lew Tabackin Big Band
The 40th Anniversary, Carnegie Hall Concert (Album)
19th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1976)
nominees
Afro-Cuban Jazz Moods (Album)
Long Yellow Road (Album)
Toshiko Akiyoshi - Lew Tabackin Big Band
New Life (Album)
Thad Jones And Mel Lewis
The New Phil Woods Album (Album)
18th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1975)
nominees
Clark Terry's Big-B-A-D Band Live At The Wichita Jazz Festival (Album)
Lab '75 (Album)
Leon Breeden Directing North Texas State University Lab Band
Potpourri (Album)
Thad Jones And Mel Lewis
The Tiger Of San Pedro (Album)
Bill Watrous And The Manhattan Wildlife Refuge
17th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1974)
nominees
Giant Box (Album)
Land Of Make Believe (Album)
Look What They've Done (Album)
Threshold (Album)
Pat (Patrick) Williams
16th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1973)
nominees
Soaring (Album)
Svengali (Album)
Swiss Suite (Album)
Tanjah (Album)
15th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1972)
nominees
All Smiles
Kenny Clarke Francy Boland Big Band
Connection (Album)
Don Ellis Big Band
M.F. Horn Two (Album)
The Age Of Steam (Album)
14th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1971)
nominees
A Different Drummer (Album)
Afrique (Album)
Maynard Ferguson - M.F. Horn (Album)
Woody
13th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1970)
nominees
Live At The Roosevelt Grill (Album)
Three Shades Of Blue
Bridge Over Troubled Water
Consumation (Album)
Thad Jones And Mel Lewis
Don Ellis At Fillmore (Album)
Don Ellis Big Band
Duke Ellington - 70th Birthday Concert
Gula Matari
12th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1969)
nominees
Light My Fire
Standing Ovation
The Music Of Hoagy Carmichael
The New Don Ellis Band Goes Underground (Album)
Don Ellis Big Band
America The Beautiful (Single)
Buddy And Soul (Album)
Buddy Rich Orchestra
Central Park North (Album)
Thad Jones And Mel Lewis
11th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1968)
nominees
Concerto For Herd
Down Here On The Ground
West Montgomery
Electric Bath (Album)
Don Ellis Big Band
Mercy, Mercy (Recorded Live At Caesars Palace) (Album)
Buddy Rich Big Band
Up In Erroll's Room (Album)
10th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1967)
nominees
Woody Live -- East And West
Big Swing Face
Live At Monterey (Album)
Don Ellis Big Band
Live At The Village Vanguard (Album)
Thad Jones And Mel Lewis
8th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1965)
nominees
Bumpin'
Wes Montgomery With String Orchestra
Insight
Jazz Suite On The Mass Texts
Kenny Burrell/Guitar Forms
Kenny Burrell, Gil Evans Orchestra
Love Theme From "The Sandpiper" (Album)
Dizzy Gillespie, Gil Fuller Conducting Monterey Jazz Festival Orchestra
Mickey One
7th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1964)
nominees
My Fair Lady With The Unoriginal Cast
Oscar Peterson/Nelson Riddle (Album)
Quiet Nights
Miles Davis And Gil Evans Orchestra
Quincy Jones Explores The Music Of Henry Mancini
The Dynamic Sound Patterns Of The Rod Levitt Orchestra
The Individualism Of Gil Evans
Woody Herman '64
6th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1963)
nominees
Our Man In New Orleans
Quincy Jones Plays The Hip Hits
Seven Steps To Heaven
Full Nelson (Album)
Oliver Nelson Orchestra
Gerry Mulligan '63
Gerry Mulligan Concert Jazz Band
5th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1962)
nominees
Big Band Bossa Nova
Carnegie Hall Concert (Album)
First Time! (Album)
Count Basie Orchestra, Duke Ellington Orchestra
Miles Davis At Carnegie Hall
The Legend
Walk On The Wild Side
4th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1961)
nominees
A Touch Of Elegance
Basie At Birdland
Count Basie And His Orchestra
Gillespiana (Album)
Out Of The Cool
3rd Annual GRAMMY Awards (1960)
nominees
I'm Gonna Go Fishin'
Sketches Of Spain
Miles Davis And Gil Evans
The Count Basie Story
