1991 Grammy Awards
Details & Performances
- Host: Garry Shandling
- Venue: Radio City Music Hall
- City: New York City
- Date: February 20, 1991
Awards
Album of the Year
Best Album Notes
- Clifford Brown - Brownie: The Complete Emarcy Recordings of Clifford Brown
- Art Pepper - Art Pepper: The Complete Galaxy Recordings
- Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley - The Chess Box
- Muddy Waters - Muddy Waters - The Chess Box
- Jack Kerouac - The Jack Kerouac Collection
Best Album Package
Best Alternative Music Performance
Best Arrangement on an Instrumental
- Quincy Jones, various artists - Birdland
- John Williams - Born on the Fourth of July
- Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra - Brush This
- Henry Mancini & the Mancini Pops Orchestra - Monster Movie Music Suite
- Chick Corea Elektric Band - Tale of Daring
Best Bluegrass Recording
Best Chamber Music or other Small Ensemble Performance
- Itzhak Perlman, violin; Daniel Barenboim, piano - Brahms: The 3 Violin Sonatas (No. 1, Op. 78; No. 2, Op. 100; No. 3, Op. 108)
- Mona Golabek, piano; Andres Cardenes, violin; Jeffrey Solow, cello - Arensky: Piano Trio No. 2 in D Minor; Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio in A Minor
- Richard Stoltzman, clarinet; Richard Goode, piano; Lucy Chapman Stoltzman, violin - Bartok: Contrasts; Stravinksy: L'Histoire du Soldat - Suite; Ives: Largo; Songs
- Kronos Quartet - Crumb: Black Angels; Tallis: Spem in Alium; Marta: Doom, A Sigh; Ives: They Are There!; Shostakovich
- Juilliard String Quartet: Benita Valente, Jan DeGaetani, Jon Humphrey, Thomas Paul - Haydn: The Seven Last Words of Christ
Best Choral Performance
- Robert Shaw conducting the Atlanta Symphony Chorus and Orchestra - Walton: Belshazzar's Feast; Bernstein: Chichester Psalms; Missa Brevis
- John Eliot Gardiner conducting the Monteverdi Choir, London Oratory Junior Choir and English Baroque Soloists - Bach: St. Matthew Passion
- Nicholas McGegan conducting the U.C. Berkeley Chamber Chorus, Philip Brett, choral conductor, and Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra - Handel: Susanna
- Robert Shaw conducting the Robert Shaw Festival Singers - Rachmaninov: Vespers
- Bernard Haitink conducting the London Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra - Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 1 (Sea Symphony)
Best Classical Album
- Leonard Bernstein conducting the New York Philharmonic - Ives: Symphony No. 2; The Gong on the Hookd and Ladder (Fireman's Parade on Main Street); Central Park in the Dark; The Unanswered Question
- Gerard Schwarz conducting the Seattle Symphony and New York Chamber Symphony (Carol Rosenberger, piano) - Hanson: Symphonies Nos. 3 and 6; Fantasy Variations on a Theme of Youth
- John Adams conducting the Orchestra of St. Luke's (Sanford Sylvan, baritone) - Adams: Fearful Symmetries: The Wound-Dresser
- Jose Carreras, Placido Domingo, Luciano Pavarotti, tenors; Zubin Mehta conducting the Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino and Orchestra del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma - Carreras, Domingo, Pavarotti in Concert
- Robert Shaw conducting the Robert Shaw Festival Singers - Rachmaninov: Vespers
- Vladimir Horowitz, piano - The Last Recording (Chopin, Hayden, Liszt, Wagner)
Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist without Orchestra
- Vladimir Horowitz, piano - The Last Recording (Chopin, Haydn, Liszt, Wagner)
- Ursula Oppens, piano - Carter: Night Fantasies; Adams: Phrygian Gates
- Mitsuko Uchida, piano - Debussy: 12 Piano Etudes
- Alicia de Larrocha, piano - Mozart: Piano Sonatas K. 283, 331, 332, 333
- Midori, violin - Paganini: 24 Caprices for Solo Violin, Op. 1
Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist(s) with Orchestra
- Itzhak Perlman, violin (Zubin Mehta conducting the Israel Philharmonic) - Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1 in A Minor; Glazunov: Violin Concerto in A Minor, Op. 82
- Carol Rosenberger, piano (Gerard Schwarz conducting the New York Chamber Symphony) - Hanson: Fantasy Variations on a Theme of Youth
- Garrick Ohlsson, piano (Gerard Schwarz conducting the Seattle Symphony) - Lazarof: Tableaux (After Kandinsky) for Piano and Orchestra
- Paul Crossley, piano (Esa-Pekka Salonen conducting the London Sinfonietta) - Stravinsky: Works for Piano and Orchestra (Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, Capricco for Piano and
- Rolf Smedvig, trumpet (Jahja Ling conducting the Scottish Chamber Orchestra) - Trumpet Concertos (Hayden, Hummel, Tartini, Torelli, Bellini)
Best Classical Vocal Performance
- Jose Carreras, Placido Domingo, Luciano Pavarotti, tenors (Zubin Mehta conducting the Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino and Orchestra del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma) - Carreras, Domingo, Pavarotti in Concert
- Sanford Sylvan, baritone (John Adams conducting the Orchestra of St. Luke's) - Adams: The Wound-Dresser
- Jan DeGaetani, mezzo-soprano (David Effron conducting the Eastman Chamber Ensemble) - Berlioz: Les Nuits d Ete, Op. 7; Mahler: 5 Wunderhorn Songs and 5 Ruckert Songs
- Elly Ameling, soprano (Graham Johnson, accompanist) - Schubert: The Complete Songs, Vol. 7
- Thomas Hampson, baritone (Geoffry Parsons, accompanist) - Songs from Des Knaben Wunderhorn (Mahler, Brahms, Schumann, Loewe, Strauss, Zemlinsky, von Weber)
Best Comedy Recording
- Professor Peter Schickele - P.D.Q Bach: Oedipus Tex and Other Choral Calamities
- Bob Elliott, Ray Goulding - The Best of Bob and Ray: Selections from a Career, Vol. 4
- Garrison Keillor - More News from Lake Wobegon
- Jonathan Winters - Jonathan Winters into the ...'90s
- various artists - The Best of Comic Relief '90
Best Contemporary Blues Recording
- Vaughan Brothers - Family Style
- B.B. King, Lee Atwater - Red Hot & Blue
- Etta James - Stickin' to My Guns
- Koko Taylor - Jump for Joy
- The Robert Cray Band featuring the Memphis Horns - Midnight Stroll
Best Contemporary Composition
- Leonard Bernstein - Arias and Barcarolles
- Ellen Taaffe Zwillich - Symphony No. 2
- Henri Lazarof - Tableuax (After Kandinsky) for Piano and Orchestra
- John Adams - The Wound-Dresser
- Terry Riley - Salome Dances for Peace
Best Contemporary Folk Recording
Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album
- Take 6 - So Much 2 Say
- Daryl Coley - He's Right on Time/Live from Los Angeles
- Edwin Hawkins - Face to Face
- Richard Smallwood Singers - Portrait
- Winans - Return
Best Country & Western Collaboration
- Chet Atkins, Mark Knopfler - Poor Boy Blues
- Randy Travis, George Jones - A Few Ole Country Boys
- Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, Johnny Cash - Highwayman 2
- Keith Whitley, Lorrie Morgan - Till a Tear Becomes a Rose
- Randy Travis, B.B. King - Waiting on the Light to Change
Best Country & Western Instrumental Performance
- Chet Atkins, Mark Knopfler - So Soft Your Goodbye
- David Grisman - Dawg '90
- Asleep at the Wheel - Pedernales Stroll
- Foster & Lloyd - Whoa
- Wild Rose - Wild Rose
Best Country & Western Song
- Jon Vezner, Don Henry - Where've You Been
- DeWayne Blackwell, Earl Bud Lee - Friends in Low Places
- K.T. Oslin, Rory Michael Bourke, Charlie Black - Come Next Monday
- Tony Arata - The Dance
- Vince Gill, Tim DuBois - When I Call Your Name
Best Country & Western Vocal Performance - Duo or Group
Best Country & Western Vocal Performance - Female
Best Country & Western Vocal Performance - Male
Best Engineered Recording
Best Engineered Recording - Classical
- Robert Shaw conducting the Robert Shaw Festival Singers - Mahler: Symphony No. 8 in E Flat (Symphony of a Thousand)
- Kronos Quartet - Crumb: Black Angels; Tallis: Spem in Alium; Marta: Doom. A Sigh; Ives: They Are There!; Shostakovich
- Lorin Maazel conducting the Vienna Philharmonic; Vienna State Opera Chorus; Vienna Boys' Chorus; ORF Chorus and Arnold Schoenberg Choir - Rachmaninov: Vespers
- Leonard Bernstein conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra - Shostakovich: Symphonies No. 1, Op. 10, and No. 7 (Leningrad), Op. 60
- Leonard Slatkin conducting the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra - Shostakovich: Symphony No. 8, Op. 65
Best Hard Rock Performance
Best Historical Album
- Robert Johnson - Robert Johnson: The Complete Recordings
- Arturo Toscanini conducting the NBC Symphony Orchestra - Verdi: Aida, Falstaff, Requiem, Te Deum, Va, Pensiero, Hymn of the Nations
- Arturo Toscanini conducting the NBC Symphony Orchestra - Beethoven: Symphonies 1-9 and Leonore Overture No. 3
- Clifford Brown - Brownie: The Complete Emarcy Recordings of Clifford Brown
- Jack Kerouac - The Jack Kerouac Collection
Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocal(s)
Best Instrumental Composition
- Pat Metheny - Change of Heart
- Bela Fleck - The Sinister Minister
- Harry Connick Jr., Joe Livingston - One Last Pitch (Take Two)
- Kenny G, Walter Aranasieff - Going Home
- Pat Metheny - The Chief
Best Instrumental Composition written for a Motion Picture or Television
- James Horner - Glory
- Danny Elfman - Dick Tracy Original Score
- Hans Zimmer - Driving Miss Daisy - End Titles
- Alan Menken - The Little Mermaid - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
- Angelo Badalamenti - Soundtrack from Twin Peaks
Best Jazz Fusion Performance
- Quincy Jones, various artists - Birdland
- Stan Getz - Apasionado
- Spyro Gyra - Fast Forward
- Chick Corea Elektric Band - Inside Out
- Lee Ritenour - Stolen Moments
Best Jazz Instrumental Performance - Big Band
- Count Basie Orchestra - Basie's Bag
- Louie Bellson - Airmail Special
- Lionel Hampton and His Big Band - Cookin' in the Kitchen
- Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra - The Definitive Thad Jones, Vol. 2, Live from the Village Vanguard
- Bob Florence Limited Edition - Treasure Chest
Best Jazz Instrumental Performance - Group
- Oscar Peterson Trio - The Legendary Oscar Peterson Trio Live at the Blue Note
- Branford Marsalis Quartet featuring Terence Blanchard - Again Never
- Art Blakey, Dr. John, David Fathead Newman - Bluesiana Triangle
- Max Roach, Dizzy Gillespie - Max and Dizzy - Paris 1989
- Wynton Marsalis Group - Standard Time, Vol. 3 - The Resolution of Romance
Best Jazz Instrumental Performance - Soloist
- Oscar Peterson - The Legendary Oscar Peterson Trio Live at the Blue Note
- Stan Getz - Anniversary
- George Benson - Basie's Bag
- Branford Marsalis - Crazy People Music
- Miles Davis - The Hot Spot
Best Jazz Vocal Performance - Female
- Ella Fizgerald - All That Jazz
- Carmen McRae - Carmen Sings Monk
- Betty Carter - Droppin' Things
- Dianne Reeves - I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good
- Peggy Lee - The Peggy Lee Songbook - There'll Be Another Spring
Best Jazz Vocal Performance - Male
Best Latin Pop Performance
Best Metal Performance
- Metallica - Stone Cole Crazy
- Suicidal Tendencies - Lights ...Camera ...Revolution
- Judas Priest - Painkiller Lyrics
- Anthrax - Persistence of Time
- Megadeth - Rust in Peace
Best Mexican-American Performance
- Texas Tornados - Soy de San Luis
- Mazz - Amor con Amor
- Santiago Jimenez Jr. - Familia y Tradicion
- Vincente Fernandez - Las Clasicas de Jose Alfredo Jimenez
- Los Diablos - Nuestro Tiempo
Best Music Video - Long Form
- M.C. Hammer - Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em , the Movie
- Eurythmics - We Too Are One Too
- The Who - Live - Featuring the Rock Opera Tommy
- Leonard Bernstein - Bernstein in Berlin, Beethoven: Symphony No. 9
- Phil Collins - The Singles Collection
Best Music Video - Short Form
Best New Age Performance
- Mark Isham - Mark Isham
- Mysterious Voices of Bulgaria - Balkan
- Acoustic Alchemy - Caravan of Dreams
- Paul Winter - Earth: Voices of a Planet
- Michael Hedges - Taproot
- Manheim Steamroller - Yellowstone - The Music of Nature
Best Opera Recording
- James Levine conducting the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (solos: Morris, Ludwig, Jerusalem, Wlaschiha, Moll, Zednik, Rootering) - Wagner: Das Rheingold
- John Maurceri conducting the RIAS Berlin Sinfonietta Berlin (solos: Lemper, Kollo, Milva, Adori, Denesch) - Weill: The Threepenny Opera
- Kent Nagano conducting the Orchestra of the Opera de Lyon and Chorus (solos: Bacquier, Viala, Gautier, Dubosc, Bastin) - Prokofiev: The Love for Three Oranges
- Mstislav Rostropovich conducting the National Symphony Orchestra (solos: Raimondi, Vichnevskaia, Gedda, Plishka, Riegel, Tesarowicz) - Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov
- Richardo Muti conducting the Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala (solos: Ramey, Studer, Shicoff, Zancaro) - Verdi: Attila
Best Orchestral Performance
- Leonard Bernstein conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra - Shostakovich: Symphonies No. 1, Op. 10, and No. 7 (Leningrad), Op. 60
- Georg Solti conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra - Beethoven: Symphonies No. 7 in A and No. 8 in F
- Gerard Schwarz conducting the Seattle Symphony Orchestra - Hanson: Symphonies Nos. 3 and 6
- Leonard Bernstein conducting the New York Philharmonic - Ives: Symphony No. 2; The Gong on the Hook and Ladder (Fireman's Parade on Main Street); Central Par
- Leonard Slatkin conducting the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra - Shostakovich: Symphony No. 8, Op. 65
Best Polka Recording
- Jimmy Sturr & His Orchestra - When It's Polka Time at Your House
- Jimmy Weber & the Sounds - Sounds from the Heart
- Polka Family Band - Fiddle Faddle
- Toledo Polkamotion - Grand Illusion
- Eddie Blazoncyzk's Versatones - Everybody Polka
Best Pop Gospel Album
- Sandi Patti - Another Time ...Another Place
- First Call - God Is Good
- Michael W. Smith - Go West Young Man
- Phil Driscoll - Warriors
- Steven Curtis Chapman - More to This Life
Best Pop Instrumental Performance
Best Rap Performance - Duo or Group
Best Rap Performance - Solo
Best Recording for Children
- Howard Ashman, Alan Menken - The Little Mermaid (selections from film soundtrack)
- Doc Watson - Doc Watson Sings Songs for Little Pickers
- various artists - The Rock-A-Bye Collection, Vol. 2
Best Reggae Recording
- Bunny Wailer - Time Will Tell - A Tribute to Bob Marley
- Andrew Tosh - Make Place for the Youth
- Black Uhuru - Now
- Burning Spear - Mek We Dweet
- Toots & the Maytals - An Hour Live
Best Rhythm & Blues Song
- James Miller, M.C. Hammer - U Can't Touch This
- George Johnson, Louis Johnson, Sonora Sam - I'll Be Good to You
- Janet Jackson, James Harris III, Terry Lewis - Alright
- L.A. Reid, Babyface, Daryl Simmons - My, My, My
- Terry Steele, David L. Elliott - Here and Now
Best Rhythm & Blues Vocal Performance - Duo or Group
- Ray Charles, Chaka Khan - I'll Be Good to You
- En Vogue - Born to Sing
- After 7 - Can't Stop Lyrics
- Was (Not Was) - Papa Was a Rolling Stone
- Al B. Sure!, James Ingram, El DeBarge, Barry White - The Secret Garden (Sweet Seduction Suite)
Best Rhythm & Blues Vocal Performance - Female
Best Rhythm & Blues Vocal Performance - Male
Best Rock Instrumental Performance
- Vaughan Brothers - D/FW
- Eric Johnson - Ah Via Musicom
- Joe Satriani - Flying in a Blue Dream
- Steve Vai - Passion and Warfare
- Allman Brothers Band - True Gravity
Best Rock/Contemporary Gospel Album
- Petra - Beyond Belief
- Charlie Peacock - The Secret of Time
- Eddie Degarmo - Phase II
- Mylon & Broken Heart - Crank It Up
- Phil Keaggy - Find Me in These Fields
Best Song written specifically for a Motion Picture or Television
- Alan Menken, Howard Ashman - Under the Sea (The Little Mermaid)
- Alan Menken, Howard Ashman - Kiss the Girl (The Little Mermaid)
- Jon Bon Jovi - Blaze of Glory (Young Guns II)
- Stephen Sondheim - Sooner or Later (Dick Tracy)
- Stephen Sondheim - More (Dick Tracy)
Best Southern Gospel Album
- Bruce Carroll - The Great Exchange
- Happy Goodman Family - The Reunion
- J.D. Sumner & the Stamps - Victory Road
- Nelons - Let the Redeemed Say So
- Speers - He's Still in the Fire
Best Spoken Word or Nonmusical Recording
- George Burns - Gracie: A Love Story
- Garrison Keillor - A Prairie Home Companion: The 4th Annual Farewell Performance
- Jimmy Stewart - Jimmy Stewart and His Poems
- John F. Kennedy Jr. - Profiles in Courage (John F. Kennedy)
- Kyle MacLachlan - Diane... The Twin Peaks Tapes of Agent Cooper
Best Traditional Blues Recording
- B.B. King - Live at San Quentin
- Clarence Gatemouth Brown - Standing My Ground
- John Lee Hooker, Earl Palmer, Tim Drummond, Miles Davis, Roy Rogers - Coming to Town
- Little Milton - Too Much Pain...
- Ruth Brown, Linda Hopkins - Tain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do
Best Traditional Folk Recording
- Doc Watson - On Praying Ground
- Basin Brothers - Let's Get Cajun
- Ladysmith Black Mambazo - Classic Tracks
- Toinho de Alagoas, Duda da Passira, Jose Orlando, Heleno Dos Oito Baixos - Brazil Forro: Music for Maids and Taxi Drivers
- various artists - Partisans of Vilna: Songs of World War II Jewish Resistance
- Whitstein Brothers - Old Time Duets
Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album
- Tramaine Hawkins - Tramaine Hawkins Live
- Clark Sisters - Bringing It Back Home
- Mom & Pop Winans - Mom and Pop Winans
- Ron Winans Family & Friends Choir - Ron Winans Presents Family and Friends Choir II
- Shirley Caesar - I Remember Mama
Best Tropical Latin Performance
- Tito Puente - Lambada Timbales
- Luis Enrique - Amiga
- Willie Colon - Color Americano
- Poncho Sanchez - Mama Guela
- Tito Puente, Millie P. - Tito Puente Presents Millie P.
Classical Producer of the Year
- Adam Stern
- Michael Fine
- Max Wilcox
- Judith Sherman
- Hans Weber
