1990 Grammy Awards
Details & Performances
- Host: Garry Shandling
- Venue: Shrine Auditorium
- City: Los Angeles
- Date: February 22, 1990
Awards
Album of the Year
- Bonnie Raitt - Nick of Time
- Don Henley - The End of Innocence
- Fine Young Cannibals - The Raw and the Cooked
- The Traveling Wilburys - The Traveling Wilburys, Volume I
- Tom Petty - Full Moon Fever
Best Album Notes
- Charlie Parker - Bird: The Complete Charlie Parker on Verve
- various artists - American Musical Theater - Shows, Songs and Stars
- various artists, 1898-1964 - Jazz Piano
- Masters of Traditional Missouri Fiddling - Now That's a Good Tune
- Bill Evans - The Complete Fantasy Recordings
Best Album of Original Instrumental Background Score written for a Motion Picture or Television
- Dave Grusin - The Fabulous Baker Boys
- Sinfonia of London Orchestra (Danny Elfman) - Batman
- James Horner - Field of Dreams
- John Williams - Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
- Peter Gabriel - Passion (music for The Last Temptation of Christ)
Best Album Package
Best Arrangement on an Instrumental
- Dave Grusin - Suite from The Milagro Beanfield War
- Les Hooper - Anything Goes
- Uptown String Quartet - Extensions
- Count Basie Orchestra - The Count Basie Remembrance Suite
- Mel Lewis Orchestra - Three in One
Best Bluegrass Recording
- Bruce Hornsby, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - The Valley Road
- Alison Krauss, Union Station - Two Highways
- Bill Monroe & the Bluegrass Boys - Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys Live at the Opry
- Doug Dillard Band - Hearbreatk Hotel
- Eddie Adcock, Kenny Baker, Josh Graves, Jesse McReynolds - The Masters
- Johnson Mountain Boys - At the Old Schoolhouse
Best Chamber Music Performance - Instrumental or Vocal
- Emerson String Quartet - Bartok: 6 String Quartets
- Guarneri Quartet - Beethoven: String Quartet No. 13 in B Blat; Grosse Fuge in B Flat
- Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin; Mstislav Rostropovich, cello; Bruno Giuranna, viola - Beethoven: String Trios (E Flat, Op. 3; Serenade in D, Op. 8; G, Op. 9, No. 1; D, Op. 9, No. 2; C, O
- Shlomo Mintz, violin; Yefim Bronfman, piano - Prokofiev: Violin Sonatas No. 1 in F Minor and No. 2 in D
- Emanuel Ax, piano; Isaac Stern, violin; Yo-Yo Ma, cello - Shostakovich: Trio No. 2 for Violin, Cello and Piano in E Minor, Op. 67; and Sonata for Cello and Pi
Best Choral Performance
- Robert Shaw conducting the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus; Atlanta Boys' Choir - Benjamin Britten: War Requiem
- Leonard Slatkin conducting the London Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra; Richard Cooke, choral - Elgar: The Kingdom
- John Eliot Gardiner conducting the Monteverdi Choir and English Baroque Soloists - Handel: Jephtha
- Trevor Pinnock conducting the English Concert Choir and English Concert - Handel: Messiah
- Stephen Darlington conducting the Christ Church Cathedral Choir - Vaughan Williams: Choral Music (Oxford Elegy, Flos Campi, etc)
Best Classical Album
- Emerson String Quartet - Bartok: 6 String Quartets
- Christoph von Dohnanyi conducting the Cleveland Orchestra. Garrick Ohlsson, piano - Busoni: Piano Concerto in C (with Male Chorus)
- Gerard Schwarz conducting the Seattle Symphony - Hanson: Symphonies No. 1 in E Minor (Nordic) and No. 2 (Romantic); Elegy in Memory of Serge Koussevitsky
- Herbert von Karajan conducting the Vienna Philharmonic - Bruckner: Symphony No. 8 in C Minor
- James Levine conducting the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (solos: Lake, Moll, Morris, Norman, Behrens, Ludwig) - Wagner: Die Walkure
Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist(s) with Orchestra
- Yo-Yo Ma, cello (David Zinman conducting the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra) - Barber: Cello Concerto, Op. 22; Britten: Symphony for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 68
- David Shifrin, clarinet (Gerard Schwarz conducting the New York Chamber Symphony) - Copland: Clarinet Concerto
- Gidon Kremer, violin (Charles Dutoit conducting the Boston Symphony) - Gubaidulina: Offertorium
- Viktoria Mullova, violin (Andre Previn conducting the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra) - Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1; Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 2
- Robert McDuffie, violin (Leonard Slatkin conducting the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra) - W. Schuman: Violin Concerto; Bernstein: Serenade for Violin, Strings and Percussion (After Plato's S
Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist(s) without Orchestra
- Andras Schiff, piano - Bach: English Suites, BWV 806-11
- Richard Goode, piano - Beethoven: The Late Piano Sonatas (Opp. 101, 106, 109, 110, 111)
- Krystian Zimerman, piano - Chopin: 4 Ballades (Opp. 23, 38, 47, 52); Barcarolle, Op. 60; Fantasie, Op. 49
- Rudolf Firkusny, piano - Martinu: Piano Sonata No. 1; Les Ritournelles; Fantasie et Toccata
- Janos Starker, cello (Chicgeo Neriki, accompanyist) - Popper: Romantic Cello Favorites
Best Classical Performance - Vocal Soloist
- Dawn Upshaw, soprano (David Zinman conducting the Orchestra of St. Luke's) - Knoxville: Summer of 1915 (music of Barber, Menotti, Harbison, Stravinsky)
- Placido Domingo, tenor; Kathleen Battle, soprano (James Levine conducting the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra) - Live in Tokyo 1988
- Placido Domingo, tenor (Julius Rudel, accompanist) - Puccini: The Unknown Puccini
- Kathleen Battle, soprano (James Levine, accompanist) - Schubert: Lieder
- William Sharp, baritone (Steven Blier, accompanist) - William Sharp, Baritone
Best Comedy Recording
- Professor Peter Schickele, Greater Hoople Area Off-Season Philharmonic - P.D.Q Bach: 1712 Overture and Other Musical Assaults
- Andrew Dice Clay - Dice
- Erma Bombeck - Motherhood: The Second Oldest Profession
- Sam Kinison - Wild Thing
- Sandra Bernhard - Without You I'm Nothing
Best Contemporary Blues Recording
- Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble - In Step
- B.B. King - King of the Blues: 1989
- Bobby Blue Band - Midnight Run
- Delbert McClinton - Live from Austin
- Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin; Witold Lutoslawski conducting the BBC Symphony Orchestra - track from Paul Shaffer's Coast to Coast - Koko Taylor
Best Contemporary Composition
- Gidon Kremer, violin; Charles Dutoit conducting the Boston Symphony - Different Trains
- Kronos Quartet - Chain 2
- Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin; Witold Lutoslawski conducting the BBC Symphony Orchestra - Offertorium
- Paul Hillier conducting the Hilliard Ensemble and Western Wind Choir; solos: Michael George, John Potter - Partita
- Passio (Paul Hillier conducting the Hilliard Ensemble and Western Wind Choir; solos: Michael George, John Potter) - Passio
Best Contemporary Folk Recording
Best Country & Western Instrumental Performance
- Randy Scruggs, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Amazing Grace
- John Hartford - All I Got Is Gone Away
- New Grass Revival - Big Foot
- Asleep at the Wheel - Black and White Rag
- Jerry Douglas - If You've Got the Money (Honey, I've Got the Time)
Best Country & Western Song
Best Country & Western Vocal Collaboration
- Hank Williams Jr., Hank Williams Sr - There's a Tear in My Beer
- Buck Owens, Ringo Starr - Act Naturally
- Dwight Yoakam, k.d. lang - Sin City
- Nitty Ditty Dirt Band with Johnny Cash, Roy Acuff, Ricky Skaggs, Levon Helm, Emmylou Harris - Will the Circle Be Unbroken
- Chris Hillman, Roger McGuinn - You Ain't Goin' Nowhere
Best Country & Western Vocal Performance - Duo or Group
Best Country & Western Vocal Performance - Female
- k.d. lang - Absolute Torch and Twang
- Emmylou Harris - Bluebird
- Rosanne Cash - I Don't Want to Spoil the Party
- Dolly Parton - Why'd You Come in Here Looking Like That
- Kathy Mattea - Willow In The Wind Lyrics
Best Country & Western Vocal Performance - Male
Best Engineered Recording
- Linda Ronstadt - Cry Like a Rainstorm, Howl Like the Wind
- Paul McCartney - Flowers in the Dirt
- Tom Petty - Full Moon Fever
- Patti Austin, Dave Brubeck, Dave Grusin, Lee Ritenour - Happy Anniversary, Charlie Brown
- Madonna - Like A Prayer Lyrics
- Dave Grusin - Migration
Best Engineered Recording - Classical
- Robert Shaw conducting the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus and Atlanta Boys' Choir - Britten: War Requiem
- Charles Dutoit conducting the Montreal Symphony Orchestra - Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra; Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta
- Gerard Schwarz conducting the Seattle Symphony - Hanson: Symphonies No. 1 in E Minor (Nordic) and No. 2 (Romantic); Elegy in Memory of Serge Koussevi
- Leonard Bernstein conducting the New York Philharmonic; New York Choral Artists and Brooklyn Boys' Chorus; solo: Ludwig - Mahler: Symphony No. 3 in D Minor
- James Levine conducting the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and soloist - Wagner: Die Walkure
Best Gospel Performance - Duo, Group, Choir or Chorus
- Take 6 - The Savior Is Waiting
- Mylon & Broken Heart - Big World
- BeBe & CeCe Winans - Heaven
- First Call - O Sacred Head Now Wounded
- Petra - On Fire!
Best Gospel Performance - Female
- CeCe Winans - Don't Cry
- Amy Grant - 'Tis So Sweet to Trust in Jesus
- Debby Boone - Be Thou My Vision
- Sandi Patti - Forever Friends
- Deniece Williams - Healing Lyrics
- Margaret Becker - Immigrant's Daughter
Best Gospel Performance - Male
- BeBe Winans - Meantime
- Wintley Phipps - A Love Like This
- Russ Taff - Farther On
- Eddie DeGarmo - Feels Good to Be Forgiven
- Michael W. Smith - Holy, Holy, Holy
- Larnelle Harris - I Can Begin Again
Best Hard Rock Performance - Vocal or Instrumental
Best Historical Album
- Chuck Berry - The Chess Box
- various artists, 1989-1964 - Jazz Piano
- various jazz artists - Blue Note 50th Annivesary Collection, Vols. 1-5, 1939-1989
- Nat King Cole & the King Cole Trio - Nat King Cole and the King Cole Trio
- various artists - Shows, Songs and Stars - American Musical Theater
Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocal(s)
- Michele Pfeiffer - My Funny Valentine from The Fabulous Baker Boys soundtrack
- Carmen Bradford - Bring on the Raindrops
- Carly Simon - Carlotta's Heart from the Working Girl soundtrack
- Harry Connick Jr. - It Had to Be You from the When Harry Met Sally soundtrack
- Janet Jackson - Rhythm Nation Lyrics
Best Instrumental Composition
- Sinfonia of London Orchestra - The Batman Theme
- John Scott - Who Framed Roger Rabbit Suite
- Chick Corea Akoustic Band - Morning Sprite
- Pat Metheny Group - Letter from Home
- James Horner - Field of Dreams - track from Field of Dreams soundtrack
Best Jazz Fusion Performance
- Pat Metheny Group - Letter from Home
- Miles Davis - Amandla
- Larry Carlton - On Solid Ground
- John Patitucci - On the Corner
- Terri Lyne Carrington - Real Life Story
- Joe Sample - Spellbound
Best Jazz Instrumental Performance - Big Band
- Miles Davis - Aura
- Duke Ellington Orchestra conducted by Mercer Ellington - Music Is My Mistress
- Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra - The Definitive Thad Jones
- Count Basie Orchestra conducted by Frank Foster - The Legend, The Legacy
- McCoy Tyner Big Band - Uptown/Downtown
Best Jazz Instrumental Performance - Group
- Chick Corea Akoustic Band - Chick Corea Akoustic Band
- Andre Previn, Joe Pass, Ray Brown - After Hours
- Wynton Marsalis - The Majesty of the Blues
- Yellowjackets - The Spin
- Branford Marsalis - Trio Jeepy
Best Jazz Instrumental Performance - Soloist
- Miles Davis - Aura
- Andre Previn - After Hours
- John Patitucci - Bessie's Blues
- Chick Corea - Sophisticated Lady
- Wynton Marsalis - The Majesty of the Blues
Best Jazz Vocal Performance - Duo or Group
- Dr. John, Rickie Lee Jones - Makin' Whoopee
- James Moody, Dizzy Gillespie - Get the Booty
- Joe Williams, Marlena Shaw - Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby
- Take 6 - Like the Whole World's Watching
- Ray Charles, Lou Rawls - Save the Bones for Henry Jones
Best Jazz Vocal Performance - Female
- Ruth Brown - Blues on Broadway
- Anita O'Day - In a Mellow Tone
- Dee Dee Bridgewater - Live in Paris
- Janis Siegel - Short Stories
- Diane Schuur - The Christmas Song
Best Jazz Vocal Performance - Male
Best Latin Pop Performance
- Jose Feliciano - Cielito Lindo
- Miguel Gallardo - America
- Jose Luis Rodriguez - Baila Mi Rumba
- Chayanne - Chayanne
- Dyango - Suspiros
Best Metal Performance - Vocal or Instrumental
Best Mexican-American Performance
- Los Lobos - La Pistola Y El Corazon Lyrics
- Peter Rubalcava - Amanecer
- Los Tigres del Norte - Corridos Prohibidos
- Emilio Navaira & Rio Band - Emilio Navaira and Rio Band
- Narciso Martinez - The Father of Tex-Mex Conjunto
Best Music Video - Long Form
Best Music Video - Short Form
Best Musical Cast Show Album
- Jason Alexander, Debbie Shapiro, Robert La Fasse, others - Jerome Robbins' Broadway
- Broadway cast. Mbongeni Ngema, Hugh Masekela - Sarafina! The Music of Liberation
- Frank Zappa - Broadway The Hard Way Lyrics
- James Holmes conducting the English National Opera - Sondheim: Pacific Overtures
Best New Age Performance
Best Opera Recording
- James Levine conducting the Metropolitian Opera Orchestra (solos: Lakes, Moll, Morris, Norman, Behrens, Ludwig) - Wagner: Die Walkure
- Claudio Abbado conducting the Vienna Philharmonic (solos: Grundheber, Raffeiner, Langridge, Zednik, Haugland, Behrens) - Berg: Wozzeck
- James Levine conducting the Dresden State Orchestra (solos: Freni, von Otter, Lang, Allen, Shicoff, Burchuladze, Senechal) - Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin
- Seiji Ozawa conducting the Boston Symphony Orchestra (solos: Ludwig, Behrens, Secunde, Ulfung, Hynninen) - R. Strauss: Elektra
- Simon Rattle conducting the London Philharmonic and Glyndebourne Chorus (solos: white, Haymon, Evans, Blackwell, Hubbard, Clarey, Baker) - Gershwin: Porgy and Bess
Best Orchestral Performance
- Leonard Bernstein conducting the New York Philharmonic - Mahler: Symphony No. 3 in D Minor
- Charles Dutoit conducting the Montreal Symphony Orchestra - Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra; Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta
- Herbert von Karajan conducting the Vienna Philharmonic - Bruckner: Symphony No. 8 in C Minor
- Orpheus Chamber Orchestra - Copland: Appalachian Spring; Short Symphony; 3 Latin American Sketches; Quiet City
- Gerard Schwarz conducting the Seattle Symphony - Hanson: Symphonies No. 1 in E Minor (Nordic) and No. 2 (Romantic); Elegy in Memory of Serge Koussevi
Best Polka Recording
- Jimmy Sturr & His Orchestra - All in My Love for You
- Gene Mendalski & the G-Men - Moldie Oldie Golden Goodies
- Gordon Hartmann - Polkaholic
- Pen Ohio Polka Pals - Penn Ohio Polka Pals Souvenir Edition
- Walter Ostanek & His Band - Any Time is Polka Time
Best Pop Instrumental Performance
- Neville Brothers - Healing Chant
- Kenny G. - Breadline Blues
- Andreas Vollenweider - Dancing with the Lion
- Paul Shaffer - Late Night
- Earl Klugh - Whispers and Promises
Best Rap Performance
Best Recording for Children
- Tanya Goodman - The Rock-A-Bye Collection, Vol. 1
- Eric Kunzel conducting the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra - A Disney Spectacular (48 Favorite Disney Songs)
- various artists - Bullfrogs and Butterflies - I've Been Born Again
- Raffi - Raffi in Concert with the Rise and Shine Band
- various artists - Oliver and Company/Story and Songs from the Motion Picture
Best Reggae Recording
- Ziggy Marley & the Melody Makers - One Bright Day
- Third World - Serious Business
- Wailers Band - I.D.
- Bunny Wailer - Liberation
- Burning Spear - Live in Paris
Best Rhythm & Blues Instrumental Performance
- Soul II Soul - African Dance
- Gerald Albright - Bermuda Nights
- Omar Hakim - Constructive Criticism
- Stix Hooper - I Can't Get Enough of Your Love
- Babyface - It's No Crime Lyrics
Best Rhythm & Blues Song
- Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff - If You Don't Know Me by Now
- When A Man Loves a Woman - Calvin Lewis, Andrew Wright
- Miss You Much - James Harris III, Terry Lewis
- Every Little Step - L.A. Reid, Babyface
- Superwoman - L.A. Reid, Babyface, Daryl Simmons
Best Rhythm & Blues Vocal Performance - Duo or Group
- Soul II Soul - Back to Life
- BeBe & CeCe Winans - Celebrate New Life
- Aretha Franklin, James Brown - Gimme Your Love
- Aretha Franklin, Whitney Houston - It Isn't, It Wasn't, It Ain't Never Gonna Be
- Deniece Williams, Natalie Cole - We Sing Praises
Best Rhythm & Blues Vocal Performance - Female
Best Rhythm & Blues Vocal Performance - Male
Best Rock Instrumental Performance
- Jeff Beck, Terry Bozzio, Tony Hymas - Jeff Beck's Guitar Shop with Terry Bozzio and Tony Hymas
- Andy Summers - A Piece of Time
- Steve Morse - High Tension Wires
- Joe Satriani - The Crush of Love
- Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble - Travis Walk
Best Song written specifically for a Motion Picture or Television
- Carly Simon - Let the River Run (Working Girl)
- Patti Austin - The Girl Who Used to Be Me (Shirley Valentine)
- U2 - Angel of Harlem (Rattle and Hum)
- Prince - Partyman (Batman)
- Randy Newman - I Love to See You Smile (Parenthood)
Best Soul Gospel Performance - Duo, Group, Choir or Chorus
- Daniel Winans & Choir - Let Brotherly Love Continue
- Minister Thomas Whitfield & Thomas Whitfield Company - And They Sang a Hymn
- Rev. Milton Brunson & the Thompson Community Singers - Available to You
- L.A. Mass Choir - Can't Hold Back
- Commissioned - Will You Be Ready?
Best Soul Gospel Performance - Male or Female
- Al Green - As Long As We're Together
- Albertina Walker - My Time Is Not Over
- Vickie Winans - Total Victory
- Beau Williams - Wonderful
- Daniel Winans - You Got a Choice to Make
Best Spoken Word or Nonmusical Recording
- Gilda Radner - It's Always Something
- Erma Bombeck - I Want to Grow Hair, I Want to Grow Up, I Want to Go to Boise
- Jason Robards, Steve Allen, Douglas Edwards - The War of the Worlds 50th Anniversay Production
- John Gielgud - Sir John Gielgud Reads Alice in Wonderland
- Robert Fulghum - All I Really Need to Now I Learned in Kindergarten
Best Traditional Blues Recording
- John Lee Hooker, Bonnie Raitt - I'm in the Mood
- John Lee Hooker - The Healer Lyrics
- Memphis Slim - Memphis Blues: The Paris Sessions
- Ruth Brown - If I Can't Sell It, I'll Keep Sittin' on It
- Willie Dixon - Ginger Ale Afternoon
Best Traditional Folk Recording
- Bulgarian State Radio & Television Female Choir - Le Mystere des Voix Bulgares, Vol. 2
- Cajun Tradition - A la Veille Facon
- Master of Traditional Missouri Fiddling - Now That's a Good Time
- Norman & Nancy Blake - Blind Dog
- various American Indian tribes - American Indian Dance Theatre
Best Tropical Latin Performance
- Celia Cruz, Ray Barretto - Ritmo en el Corazon
- Wilfrido Vargas - Animation
- Eddie Palmieri - Azucar
- Ray Barretto - Irresistible
- Willie Colon - Top Secrets/Altos Secretos
Classical Producer of the Year
- Robert Woods
- Patti Laursen
- Elizabeth Ostrow
- Wolf Erichson
- Michael Haas
Hall of Fame
