1988 Grammy Awards
Details & Performances
- Host: Billy Crystal
- Venue: Radio City Music Hall
- City: New York City
- Date: March 2, 1988
Awards
Album of the Year
Best Album Notes
- Thelonious Monk - The Complete Riverside Recordings
- Jimmie Rodgers on Record - America's Blue Yodeler
Best Album of Original Instrumental Background Score written for a Motion Picture or Television
- Ennio Morricone - The Untouchables (film soundtrack)
- Henry Mancini - The Glass Menagerie (film soundtrack)
- James Horner - An American Tail (film soundtrack)
- John Williams - The Witches of Eastwick (film soundtrack)
- Mark Knopfler - The Princess Bride
Best Album Package
- Bill Johnson - King's Record Shop
- Ron Scarselli - Document
- Joe Stelmach - Duke Ellington: The Webster Blanton Band
- Bruce Licher - Echelons
- Peter Barratett - Shaka Zulu
Best Arrangement on an Instrumental
- Bill Holman - Take the 'A' Train - track from The Tonight Show Band with Doc Severinsen, Vol. 2
- Jorge Calandrelli (strings arranged by Jorge Calandrelli, Dori Caymmi, Christian Chevalier) - Any Time, Any Season - track from Any Time, Any Season
- Patrick Williams - Jive Samba - track from 10th Avenue
- Michael Convertino - Main Title - track from Children of a Lesser God
- Dave Grusin - The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter - track from Cinemagic
Best Chamber Music Performance - Instrumental or Vocal
- Itzhak Perlman, Lynn Harrell, Vladimir Ashkenazy - Beethoven: The Complete Piano Trios
- Murray Perahia, members of the Amadeus Quartet - Brahms: Piano Quartet No. 1 in G Minor
- Beaux Arts Trio - Dvorak: Piano Trio in E Minor (Dumky); Mendelssohn: Piano Trio in D Minor
- Jean-Pierre Rampal, Isaac Stern, Salvatore Accardo, Mstislav Rostropovich - Mozart: The Flute Quartets (K. 285, 285A, 285B, 298)
- Kronos Quartet - White Man Sleeps (Music by Volans, Ives, Hassell, Coleman, Johnson, Bartok)
Best Choral Performance
- Robert Shaw conducting the Atlanta Symphony Chorus and Orchestra - Hindemith: When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd (A Requiem for Those We Loved)
- John Eliot Gardiner conducting the Monteverdi Choir and English Baroque Soloists - Bach: St. John Passion
- Michael Tilson Thomas conducting the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Utah Symphony; Jerold D. Ottley, choral director - Copland: Old American Songs; Canticle of Freedom; Four Motets
- Charles Mackerras conducting the Prague Philharmonic Chorus and Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Lubomir Matl, chorus master - Janacek: Glagolitic Mass
- Klaus Tennstedt conducting the London Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra, Richard Cooke, chorus master; Tiffin School Boys' Choir, Neville Creed, chorus master - Mahler: Symphony No. 8 in E Flat (Symphony of a Thousand)
- Andre Previn conducting the Brighton Festival Chorus and Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Laszlo Heltay, chorus master - Tippett: A Child of Our Time
Best Classical Album
- Vladimir Horowitz - Horowitz in Moscow
- Edo de Waart conducting the San Francisco Symphony - Adams: The Chairman Dances; Christmas Zeal and Activity; 2 Fanfares for Orchestra; Tromba Iontana; Short Ride in a Fast Machine; Common Tones in Simple Time
- Georg Solti conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra - Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor (Choral)
- Leonard Slatkin conducting the St. Louis Symphony - Hanson: Symphony No. 2 (Romantic); Barber: Violin Concerto
- Robert Shaw conducting the Atlanta Symphony Chorus and Orchestra - Faure: Requiem, Op. 48; Durufle: Requeim, Op. 9
Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist(s) with Orchestra
- Itzhak Perlman (James Levine conducting the Vienna Philharmonic) - Mozart: Violin Concertos No. 2 in D and No. 4 in D
- Elmar Oliviera (Leonard Slatkin conducting the St. Louis Symphony) - Barber: Violin Concerto, Op. 14
- Murray Perahia (Bernard Haitink conducting the Concertgebouw Orchestra) - Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 in E Flat (Emperor)
- Wynton Marsalis (Donald Hunsberger conducting the Eastman Wind Ensemble) - Carnaval (Works by Arban, Clarke, Levy, Paganini, Rimsky Korsakov, Bellstedt)
- Dale Clevenger (Franz List Chamber Orchestra) - Mozart: Horn Concertos Nos. 1-4; Rondo; Fragment
Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist(s) without Orchestra
- Vladimir Horowitz, piano - Horowitz in Moscow
- Andras Schiff, piano - Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2
- Murray Perahia - Beethoven: Piano Sonatas No. 17, Op. 31; No. 18, Op. 31; No. 26, Op. 81A
- Itzhak Perlman, violin (Samuel Sanders, accompanist) - My Favorite Kreisler
- Peter Serkin, piano - Stravinsky, Wolpe, Lieberson (Stravinsky: Serenade in A and Sonata; Wolpe: Form IV: Broken Sequences
Best Classical Performance - Vocal Soloist
- Kathleen Battle (James Levine, accompanist) - Kathleen Battle, Salzburg Recital (Faure, Handel, Mendelssohn, Mozart, Purcell, Strauss, Spirituals)
- Marni Nixon (Keith Clark conducting members of the Pacific Symphony Orchestra) - Copland: 8 Poems of Emily Dickinson
- Jessye Norman (Geoffrey Parsons, accompanist) - R. Strauss: Lieder (Including Malven)
- Elly Ameling (Rudolf Jansen, accompanist) - Soire Francaise (Debussy, Faure, Poulenc, Franck, Canteloube, Roussel, Chausson, Messiaen, etc.)
- Arleen Auger (Yale Cellos of Aldo Parisot) - Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5 for Soprano and Orchestra of Violincellos
Best Comedy Recording
- Robin Williams - A Night at the Met
- Bob Elliott, Ray Goulding - The Best of Bob and Ray, Vol. 1
- Jackie Mason - The World According to Me!
- Ray Stevens - Would Jesus Wear a Rolex?
- Weird Al Yankovic - Polka Party Lyrics
Best Concept Music Video
- Kate Bush - The Whole Story
Best Contemporary Blues Recording
- Robert Cray Band - Strong Persuader
- B.B. King (from The Color of Money soundtrack) - Standing on the Edge of Love
- Bobby Bland - After All
- Buckwheat Zydecko - On a Night Like This
- Earl King, Roomful of Blues - Glazed
Best Contemporary Composition
- Krzysztof Penderecki - Cello Concerto No. 2
- John Adams - The Chairman Dances
- Joseph Schwanter - A Sudden Rainbow
- Michael Tippett - The Mask of Time
- Milton Babbitt - Piano Concerto
- Roger Sessions - Symphony No. 5
Best Contemporary Folk Recording
- Steve Goodman - Unfinished Business
- Joan Baez - Asimbonanga
- John Hartford - Annual Waltz
- Loudon Wainwright III - More Love Songs
- Washington Squares - The Washington Squares
Best Country & Western Instrumental Performance
- Asleep at the Wheel - String of Pars
- Jerry Douglas - Changing Channels
- Albert Lee - Gagged but Not Bound
- Bill Monroe - The Old Brown Country Barn
- Stephane Grappelli, Vassar Clements - Together at Last
Best Country & Western Song
- Paul Overstreet, Don Schlitz - Forever and Ever, Amen
- K.T. Oslin - '80s Ladies
- Linda Thompson, Betsy Cook - Tellin' Me Lies
- Mary Ann Kennedy, Pat Bunch, Pam Rose - I'll Still Be Loving You
- Sanger D. Shafer, Lyndia J. Shafer - All My Ex's Live in Texas
Best Country & Western Vocal Performance - Duet
- Ronnie Milsap, Kenny Rogers - Make No Mistake, She's Mine
- Michael Martin Murphey, Holly Dunn - A Face in the Crowd
- Crystal Gayle, Gary Morris - Another World
- Glen Campbell, Steve Wariner - The Hand That Rocks the Cradle
- Glen Campbell, Emmylou Harris - You Are
Best Country & Western Vocal Performance - Duo or Group
Best Country & Western Vocal Performance - Female
Best Country & Western Vocal Performance - Male
Best Engineered Recording
- Bruce Swedien, Humberto Gatica - Bad
- Andrew Jackson - A Momentary Lapse of Reason
- Don Murray, Keith Grant, engineers; Josiah Gluck, Dave Grusin, mixers - Cinemagic
- Ben Harris, Kyle Lehning, Joe Bogen - Heart and Soul
- Tom Jung - Neon
- Al Schmitt - Reflections
Best Engineered Recording - Classical
- Jack Renner - Faure: Requiem, Op. 48; Durufle: Requiem, Op. 9 (Shaw conducting the Atlanta Symphony Chorus and Orc
- John Pellowe, James Lock - Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor (Choral) (Solti conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra)
- Jack Renner - Hindemith: When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd (A Requiem for Those We Loved) (Shaw conducting
- Thomas Frost - Horowitz in Moscow (solo: Vladimir Horowitz)
- John Pellowe - Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture; Romeo and Juliet; The Nutcracker Suite (Solti conducting the Chicago Sym
Best Gospel Performance - Duo, Group, Choir or Chorus
Best Gospel Performance - Female
- Deniece Williams - I Believe in You
- Debbie McClendon - Count It All Joy
- Kathy Troccoli - Images
- Debby Boone - The Name Above All Names
- Terri Gibbs - Turnaround
Best Gospel Performance - Male
- Larnelle Harris - The Father Hath Provided
- Dallas Holm - Against the Wind
- Leon Patillo - Brand New
- Steve Green - Joy to the World
- Wayne Watson - Watercolour Ponies
Best Historical Album
- Thelonious Monk - Thelonious Monk: The Complete Riverside Recordings
- Carter Family, Jimmie Rodgers, others - The Bristol Sessions
- Ella Fitzgerald, Johnny Mathis, Andy Williams, others - The Gershwin Collection
- Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman, Frank Sinatra, others - Singers and Soloists of the Swing Bands
- Otis Redding - The Otis Redding Story
Best Instrumental Composition
- Dexter Gordon, Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, Billy Higgins - Call Sheet Blues - track from The Other Side of 'Round Midnight
- Claude Bolling - Bolling: Suite No. 2 for Flute and Jazz Piano Trio
- Frank Zappa - Jazz from Hell - track from Jazz from Hell
- Pat Metheny, Lyle Mays - Minuano (Six Eight) - track from Still Life (Talking)
- Henry Mancini - The Blues in Three - track from The Glass Menagerie
Best Jazz Fusion Performance
- Pat Metheny Group - Still Life
- David Sanborn - A Change of Heart
- George Benson, Earl Klugh - Collaboration
- Larry Carlton - Discovery
- Yellowjackets - Four Corners
Best Jazz Instrumental Performance - Big Band
- Duke Ellington Orchestra conducting by Mercer Ellington - Digital Duke
- Patrick William's New York Band - 10th Avenue
- Louis Bellson & His Jazz Orchestra - Louis Bellson and His Jazz Orchestra
- Tonight Show Band with Doc Severinsen - The Tonight Show Band with Doc Severinsen Vol. 2
- Woody Herman & His Big Band - Woody's Gold Star
Best Jazz Instrumental Performance - Group
- Wynton Marsalis - Marsalis Standard Time, Vol. 1
- Larry Carlton - Last Nite
- Michael Brecker - Michael Brecker
- Eddie Daniels - To Bird with Love
- Chick Corea, Miroslav Vitous, Roy Haynes - Trio Music, Live in Europe
Best Jazz Instrumental Performance - Soloist
- Dexter Gordon - The Other Side of 'Round Midnight
- Branford Marsalis - Cottontail (Duke Ellington Orchestra)
- Wynton Marsalis - Marsalis Standard Time, Vol. 1
- Michael Brecker - Michael Brecker
- Eddie Daniels - To Bird with Love
Best Jazz Vocal Performance - Female
- Diane Schuur - Diane Schuur and the Count Basie Orchestra
- Carmen McRae - Any Old Time
- Janis Siegel - At Home
- Sarah Vaughan - Brazilian Romance
- Ella Fitzgerald - Easy Living
Best Jazz Vocal Performance - Male
- Bobby McFerrin - What Is This Thing Called Love
- Billy Eckstine - Billy Eckstine Sings with Billy Carter
- Dave Frishberg - Can't Take You Nowhere
- Joe Williams - Every Night
- Arthur Prysock - This Guy's in Love with You
Best Latin Pop Performance
- Julio Iglesias - Un Hombre Solo
- Danny Rivera - Amar o Morir
- Braulio - En Bancarrota
- Yolandita Monge - Laberinto de Amor
- Luis Miguel - Luis Miguel '87, Soy Como Quiero Ser
- Maria Conchita Alonso - Otra Mentira Mas
- Jose Jose - Siempre Contigo
- Emmanuel - Solo
Best Mexican-American Performance
- Los Tigres del Norte - Gracias! America sin Fronteras
- Antonio Aguilar - 15 Exitos con Tambora, Vol. 2
- Los Diablos - Celebracion
- Chavela y Su Grupo Express - El Rey del Barrio
- Little Joe - Timeless
Best Musical Cast Show Album
- Broadway cast - Les Miserables
- Kiri Te Kanawa, Jeremy Irons, others - My Fair Lady
- London cast - The Phantom of the Opera
- Broadway cast - Me and My Girl
- Kiri Te Kanawa, Jose Carreras, others - South Pacific
Best New Age Performance
- Yusef Lateef - Yusef Lateef's Little Symphony
- Patrick O'Hearn - Between Two Worlds
- Liz Story - Reconciliation
- Montreaux - Sweet Intentions
- Kitaro - The Field
- Paul Horn - Traveler
Best Opera Recording
- James Levine conducting the Vienna Philharmonic (solos: Anna Tomowa-Sintow, Kathleen Battle, Agnes Baltsa, Gary Lakes, Hermann Prey) - R. Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos
- Georg Solti conducting the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus (solos: Edita Gruberova, Kathleen Battle, Gosta Winbergh, Heinz Zednik, Martti Talvela) - Mozart: Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail
- Herbert von Karajan conducting the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus (solos: Samuel Ramey, Anna Tomowa-Sintow, Agnes Baltsa, Kathleen Battle, Gosta Winbergh, Ferruccio Furlanetto, Alexander Malta, Paata Burchuladze)&quo - Mozart: Don Giovanni
- Riccardo Chailly conducting the Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Communale di Bologna (solos: Leo Nucci, Shirley Verrett, Samuel Ramey, Veriano Luchetti, Antonio Barasorda) - Verdi: Macbeth
- Riccardo Muti conducting the Vienna Philharmonic and Chorus (solos: Thomas Allen, Margaret Price, Kathleen Battle, Jorma Hynninen, Ann Murray, Kurt Rydl) - Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro
Best Orchestral Recording
- Georg Solti conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra - Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor (Choral)
- Charles Dutoit conducting the Montreal Symphony Orchestra - Holst: The Planets
- James Levine conducting the Berlin Philharmonic - Berg, Webern, Schoenberg: Orchestral Pieces
- Leonard Bernstein conducting the New York Philharmonic - Copland: Symphony No. 3; Quiet City
- Leonard Slatkin conducting the St. Louis Symphony - Hanson: Symphony No. 2 (Romantic)
Best Polka Recording
- Jimm Sturr & His Orchestra - A Polka Just for Me
- Lenny Gomulka, Dick Pillar - In Polka Unity
- Walt Groller & His Orchestra - It's Polkamatic
- Eddie Blazoncyzk's Versatones - Let's Celebrate Again
- Kryger Brothers - Polka Mania
Best Pop Instrumental Performance
- Larry Carlton - Minute by Minute
- Art of Noise - Dragnet
- Dave Grusin - It Might Be You
- Herb Alpert - Keep Your Eye on Me
- Chick Corea Elektric Band - Light Years
Best Recording for Children
- Jack Nicholson, Bobby McFerrin - The Elephant's Child
- Barbara Fairchild - Lullaby for Teddy
- Glenn Close, Mark Isham - The Emperor and the Nightingale
- Raffi - Everything Grows
Best Reggae Recording
Best Rhythm & Blues Instrumental Performance
- David Sanborn - Chicago Song
- Stanley Turrentine - Boogie on Reggae Woman
- Herb Alpert - Diamonds
- Jonathan Butler - Going Home
- Najee - Najee's Theme
Best Rhythm & Blues Song
Best Rhythm & Blues Vocal Performance - Duo or Group
- Aretha Franklin, George Michael - I Knew You Were Waiting (for Me)
- LeVert - Casanova
- Club Nouveau - Lean On Me Lyrics
- Whispers - Rock Steady
- Prince, Sheena Easton - U Got the Look
Best Rhythm & Blues Vocal Performance - Female
Best Rhythm & Blues Vocal Performance - Male
Best Rock Instrumental Performance
- Frank Zappa - Jazz From Hell Lyrics
- Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - Paradise by the 'C'
- Stevie Ray Vaughan, Dick Dale - Pipeline
- Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble - Say What!
- Herbie Hancock, Dweezil Zappa, Terry Bozzio - Wipe Out
Best Song written specifically for a Motion Picture or Television
- James Horner, Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil - Somewhere Out There
- Diane Warren, Albert Hammond - Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now (from Mannequin soundtrack)
- Frankie Previte, John Denicola, Donald Markowitz - (I've Had) The Time of My Life
- Madonna, Patrick Leonard - Who's That Girl
- Al Jarreau, Lee Holdridge - Moonlighting Theme
Best Soul Gospel Performance - Duo, Group, Choir or Chorus
- Winans, Anita Baker - Ain't No Need to Worry
- BeBe and CeCe Winans - BeBe and CeCe Winans
- Winans - Decisions
- Edwin Hawkins & the Music and Arts Seminar Mass Choir - Give Us Peace
- Clark Sisters - Heart and Soul
Best Soul Gospel Performance - Female
- CeCe Winans - For Always Lyrics
- Lynette Hawkins Stephens - Baby Sis
- Vickie Winans - Be Encouraged
- Shirley Caesar - The Lord Will Make a Way
- Della Reese - You Gave Me Love
Best Soul Gospel Performance - Male
- Al Green - Everything's Gonna Be Alright
- Keith Pringle - All to You
- BeBe Winans - Call Me
- Jessy Dixon - The Winning Side
- Wintley Phipps - Wintley Phipps
Best Spoken Word or Nonmusical Recording
- Garrison Keillor - Lake Wobegon Days
- Katharine Hepburn - Lincoln Portrait - track from Aaron Copland: Lincoln Portrait and Other Works
- Lauren Bacall - Lauren Bacall by Myself
- Leonard Nimoy - Whales Alive
- Leonard Nimoy, George Takei - Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
Best Traditional Blues Recording
- Professor Longhair - Houseparty New Orleans Style
- Albert Collins - Cold Snap
- Eddie Cleanhead Vinson (track from The Late Show (Etta James)) - Old Maid Boogie
- James Cotton - Take Me Back
- Koko Taylor - Live from Chicago, an Audience with the Queen
Best Traditional Folk Recording
- Ladysmith Black Mambazo - Shaka Zulu
- Bantu Glee Singers, Crocodiles, Shooting Stars, others - Mbube Roots, Zulu Choral Music from South Africa
- Chieftains - Celtic Wedding
- Michael Doucet, BeauSoleil - Belizaire the Cajun
- various artists - Zulu Men's Singing Competition
Best Tropical Latin Performance
- Eddie Palmieri - La Verdad - The Truth
- Ruben Blades - Agua de Luna (Moon Water)
- Ray Barretto - Aqui Se Puede
- Caribbean Express - Caribbean Express
- Hector Lavoe - Strikes Back
- Celia Cruz, Willie Colon - The Winners
Classical Producer of the Year
- Robert Woods
- Thomas Frost
- Michael Haas
- Jay David Saks
- Steven Epstein
Hall of Fame
- Artie Shaw & His Orchestra - Star Dust
- Charlie Parker - Charlie Parker with Strings
- Chuck Berry - Maybellene Lyrics
- Elvis Presley - Hound Dog Lyrics
- Wilhelm Furtwangler conducting the Philharmonic Orchestra, Chorus of Royal Opera House, Convent Garden / Flagstad, Thebom, Suthaus, Fischer-Dieskau - Wagner: Tristan und Isolde (Complete)
Lifetime Achievement Awards
New Artist
Pop Female Vocalist
Pop Male Vocalist
Pop Vocal Group
Producer of the Year
- Narada Michael Walden
- Daniel Lanois, Brian Eno
- Quincy Jones, Michael Jackson
- John Mellencamp, Don Gehman
- Emilio & the Jerks
Record of the Year
Rock Vocal Group
- U2 - The Joshua Tree
- Heart - Bad Attitude
- Yes - Big Generation
- Los Lobos - By the Light of the Moon
- The Georgia Satellites - Keep Your Hand to Yourself
Rock Vocal Performance
