1997 Grammy Awards

Awards
- 1997 Music Awards
-- Grammy Awards

--- 1997 Grammy Awards

Details & Performances

  • Host: Ellen DeGeneres
  • Venue: Shrine Auditorium
  • City: New York City
  • Date: February 26, 1997

Awards

Album of the Year

Best Album Notes

  • Miles Davis & Gil Evans - The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings
  • various artists - Mean Old World - The Blues from 1940 to 1994
  • Frank Sinatra - The Complete Capitol Singles Collection
  • Bessie Smith - The Complete Recordings, Vol. 5: The Final Chapter
  • Mel Torme - The Mel Torme Collection, 1944-1985

Best Alternative Music Performance

Best Bluegrass Album

  • various artists - True Life Blues: The Songs of Bill Monroe
  • Del McCoury Band - The Cold Hard Facts
  • Peter Rowan - Bluegrass Boy
  • Tim O'Brien - Red on Blonde
  • various artists - The Stanley Tradition

Best Chamber Music Performance

  • Cleveland Quartet - String Quartet track from The Farewell Recording - Corigliano: String Quartet; Haydn: Quartet in D M
  • Martha Argerich, piano; Gidon Kremer, violin - Beethoven: Violin Sonatas No. 9 (Kreutzer) and No. 10
  • Anner Bylsma, violoncello; Lambert Orkis, piano - Brahms: Cello Sonatas Nos. 1 and 2; Schumann: 5 Stucke im Volkston, Op. 102; etc.
  • Olaf Bar, baritone; Barbara Bonney, soprano; Kurt Streit, tenor; Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo-soprano - Brahms: Liebeslieder-Walzer, Op. 52; Neue Liebeslieder-Walzer, Op. 65
  • Martha Argerick, piano - Schumann: Piano Quintet; Piano Quartet, etc.

Best Choral Performance

  • Andrew Litton, conductor; Neville Creed, David Hill, chorus masters - Belshazzar's Feast track from Walton: Belsshazzar's Feast; Suite from Henry V; etc.
  • Ton Koopman, conductor; Simon Schouten, chorus master - Bach: Complete Cantatas, Col. 1 (Der Herr Denket an Uns, Gott Ist Mein Kongi, etc.)
  • John Eliot Gardiner, conductor - Danny Boy - Songs and Dancing Ballads by Percy Grainger
  • William Christie, conductor; Francois Bazola, chorus master - Requiem track from Mozart: Requiem; Ave Verum Corpus
  • Carlo Maria Giulini, conductor - Schubert: Mass in E Flat

Best Classical Album

  • Leonard Slatkin conducting the National Symphony Orchestra; Male Choir of the Oratorio Society of Washington D.C.; Male Chorus of the Choral Arts Society of Washington - Corigliano: Of Rage and Remembrance (Symphony No. 1 etc)
  • Bryn Terfel, bassbaritone; James Levine conducting the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra - Opera Arias (Works of Mozart, Wagner, Borodin, etc)
  • Gil Shaham, violin; Andre Previn conducting the London Symphony Orchestra - Prokofiev: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 and 2; Sonata for Solo Violin
  • Leonard Slatkin conducting the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra; Simon Preston, organ - Copland: Dance Symphony; Short Symphony; Organ Symphony
  • Pierre Boulez conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra - Bartok: The Miraclulous Mandarin; Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta
  • Yefim Bronfman, piano; Esa-Pekka Salonen conducting the Los Angels Philharmonic - Bartok: The 3 Piano Concertos

Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist without Orchestra

  • Earl Wild, piano - The Romantic Master (Works of Saint-Saens, Handel, etc.)
  • Yefim Bronfman, piano - Prokofiev: Piano Sonatas Nos. 2, 3, 5 and 9
  • Evgeny Kissin, piano - Schumann: Fantasy; Liszt: Transcendental Etudes
  • Radu Lupu, piano - Schumann: Kinderscenen; Kreisleriana; etc.
  • Alan Feinberg, piano - Wuorinen: Third Piano Sonata; Bagatelle, Etc.; Feldman: Palais de Mari

Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist(s) with Orchestra

  • Yefim Bronfman, piano (Esa-Pekka Solonen conducting the Los Angeles Philharmonic) - Bartok: The 3 Piano Concertos
  • Truls Mork, cello (Mariss Jansons conducting the London Philharmonic) - Shostakovich: Cello Concertos Nos. 1 and 2
  • Gil Shaham, violin (Andre Previn conducting the London Symphony Orchestra) - Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No. 2 track from Prokofiev: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 and 2, etc.
  • Alfred Brendel, piano (Michael Gielen conducting the SWF Symphony; Orchestra Baden-Baden) - Piano Concerto track from Schoenberg: Piano Concerto; The Chamber Symphonies
  • Gidon Kremer, violin (Kent Nagano conducting the London Symphony Orchestra) - Violin Concerto track from Adams: Violin Concerto; Shaker Loops

Best Classical Vocal Performance

  • Bryn Terfel, bass-baritone (James Levine conducting the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra) - Opera Arias
  • Sanford Sylvan, baritone (David Breitman, piano; Lydian String Quartet) - Faure: L'Horizon Chimerique
  • Lorraine Hunt, soprano (Kent Nagano conducting the Halle Orchestra) - Phaedra track from Britten: The Rescue of Penelope; Phaedra
  • Renee Fleming, soprano (Charles Mackerras conducting the Orchestra of St. Luke's) - Visions of Love - A Collection of Mozart Arias
  • Jennifer Larmore, mezzo-soprano (Jesus Lopez-Cobos conducting the Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne) - Where Shall I Fly - Handel & Mozart Arias
  • Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo-soprano (Bengt Forsberg, piano) - Wings in the Night - Swedish Songs

Best Comedy Album

  • Al Franken - Rush Limbaugh Is a Big Fat Idio
  • Adam Sandler - What the Hell Happened to Me?
  • Dennis Miller - The Rants
  • Professor Peter Schickele - The Definitive Biography of P.D.Q. Bach
  • Stan Freberg - Stan Freberg Presents the United States of America, Vol. 2 (The Middle Years)

Best Contemporary Blues Album

  • Keb' Mo' - Just Like You
  • Bo Diddley - A Man Amongst Men
  • Bobby Blue Bland - Sad Street
  • Buddy Guy with G.E. Smith & Saturday Night Live Band - Live! The Real Deal
  • Clarence Gatemouth Brown - Long Way Home
  • Taj Mahal - Phantom Blues

Best Contemporary Composition

  • John Corigliano - String Quartet
  • Colin Mathews - Fourth Sonata
  • Einojuhani Rautavaara - Angel of Light
  • Gunther Schuller - Four Soundscapes
  • John Adams - Violin Concerto

Best Contemporary Folk Album

Best Contemporary Jazz Performance

  • Wayne Shorter - High Life
  • Mike Stern - Between the Lines
  • T.J. Kirk - If Four Was One
  • Bob James, Kirk Whalum - Joined at the Hip
  • Harvey Mason - Ratamacue

Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album

  • Kirk Franklin & the Family - Whatcha Lookin' 4
  • Helen Baylor - Love Brought Me Back
  • Hezekiah Walker, Yolanda Adams, Fred Hammond - Shakin' the House
  • Winans - Heart and Soul
  • Yolanda Adams - Live in Washington

Best Country & Western Album

Best Country & Western Instrumental Performance

  • Chet Atkins C.G.P. - Jam Man
  • Diamond Rio - Big Lyrics
  • Ronnie McCoury, David Grier, Start Duncan, Craig Smith, Todd Phillips - Rawhide
  • Vassar Clements, Richard Greene, Chris Thile, Scott Nygaard, Todd Philips - Scotland
  • Steve Wariner - The Brickyard Boogie

Best Country & Western Song

  • Bill Mack - Blue
  • Angelo, Larry Gottlieb, Kim Richey - Believe Me Baby (I Lied)
  • Junior Brown - My Wife Thinks You're Dead
  • Matraca Berg, Gary Harrison - Strawberry Wine
  • Vince Gill - High Lonesome Sound Lyrics

Best Country & Western Vocal Collaboration

  • Vince Gill, Alison Krauss & Union Station - High Lonesome Sound
  • Marty Stuart, Travis Triff - Honky Tonkin's What I Do Best
  • Vince Gill, Faith Hill, Tim McGraw, Trisha Yearwood, Lorrie Morgan, Marty Stuart, Little Texas, Tracy Lawrence, Terri Clark, Neal McCoy, Travis Tritt, John Berry - Hope: Country Music's Quest for a Cure
  • Lyle Lovett, Randy Newman - Long Tall Texan
  • Jeff Foxworthy, Alan Jackson - Redneck Games

Best Country & Western Vocal Performance - Duo or Group

Best Country & Western Vocal Performance - Female

Best Country & Western Vocal Performance - Male

Best Engineered Album

Best Gospel Album by a Choir or Chorus

  • Shirley Caesar's Outreach Convention Choir - Just a Word
  • Associates - Gotta Feelin'
  • Edwin Hawkins Music & Arts Seminar - All Things Are Possible
  • Full Gospel Baptist Fellowship Mass Choir - A New Thing ...Experience the Fullness
  • Mississippi Mass Choir - I'll See You in the Rapture

Best Hard Rock Performance

Best Historical Album

  • Miles Davis & Gil Evans - The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings
  • Mel Torme - The Mel Torme Collection, 1944-1985
  • various artists - The Mercury Blues 'n' Rhythm Story 1945-55
  • Fritz Kreisler - Fritz Kreisler: The Complete RCA Recordings
  • Frank Sinatra - The Complete Reprise Studio Recordings

Best Instrumental Arrangement

  • Mr. Holland's Opus - An American Symphony
  • Firebird - Jazz Meets the Symphony No. 3 - Charlie Parker: The Firebird (Medley)
  • High Life - Children of the Night
  • The Carnegie Hall Jazz Band - Sing, Sing, Sing
  • The Five Seasons - Summer

Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocal(s)

Best Instrumental Composition

  • Herbie Hancock, Jean Hancock - Manhattan (Island of Lights and Love)
  • Arturo Sandoval - Real McBop
  • Billy Childs - Aaron's Song
  • Jorge Calandrelli - The Fifth Season
  • Wayne Shorter - Midnight in Carlotta's Hair

Best Instrumental Composition written for a Motion Picture or Television

  • David Arnold - Independence Day
  • Elliot Goldenthal - Defile and Lament (A Time to Kill)
  • Ennio Morricone - The Star Maker
  • John Lurie - Get Shorty
  • Thomas Newman - Unstrung Heroes

Best Jazz Instrumental Performance - Individual or Group

  • Tales from the Hudson - Michael Brecker
  • Quartet West - Charlie Haden
  • Quartets: Live at the Village Vanguard - Joe Lovano
  • The Child Within - Billy Childs
  • The Hardbop Grandpop - Horace Silver

Best Jazz Instrumental Solo

  • Cabin Fever - Michael Brecker
  • Agua de Beber - Gonzalo Rubalcaba
  • Duke Ellington's Sound of Love - Joe Lovano
  • Now Is the Hour - Charlie Haden

Best Jazz Vocal Performance

  • Cassandra Wilson - New Moon Daughter
  • Diana Krall - All for You
  • Ernestine Anderson - Blues, Dues & Love News
  • Nnenna Freelon - Shaking Free
  • Shirley Horn - The Main Ingredient

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Performance

  • Count Basie Orchestra - Live at Manchester Craftsmen's Guild
  • Maria Schneider Orchestra - Coming About
  • Rob McConnell & the Boss Brass - Even Canadians Get the Blues
  • Mingus Big Band - Live in Time
  • Marcus Roberts with the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra - Portraits in Blue

Best Latin Jazz Performance

  • Paquito D'Rivera - Portraits of Cuba
  • Steve Berrios, Son Bacheche - And Then Some!
  • Don Grolnick - Medianoche
  • Ray Barretto - My Summertime
  • Terence Blanchard, Ivan Lins - The Heart Speaks

Best Latin Pop Performance

  • Enrique Iglesias - Enrique Iglesias
  • Jose Feliciaon - Americano
  • Vikki Carr - Emociones
  • Marco Antonio Solis - En Pleno Vuelo
  • Luis Miquel - Nada Es Igual

Best Metal Performance

Best Mexican-American/Tejano Music Performance

  • La Mafia - Un Millon De Rosas Lyrics
  • Fandango U.S.A. - 10th Anniversary
  • Ramon Ayala y Sus Bravos del Norte - Arrancame el Corazon
  • Jaime y los Chamacos - En Vivo ...Puro Party Live!
  • Vincente Fernandez - Vincente Fernandez y Sus Canciones

Best Music Video - Long Form

  • The Beatles - The Beatles Anthology
  • Bon Jovi - Live from London
  • Bruce Springsteen - Blood Brothers Lyrics
  • Oingo Boingo - Farewll - Live from the Universal Amphitheatre
  • Reinbert de Leeuw - Satie and Suzanne

Best Music Video - Short Form

Best Musical Album for Children

  • Linda Ronstadt - Dedicated to the One I Love
  • John McCutcheon - John McCutcheon's Four Seasons: Wintersongs
  • Tom Chapin - Around the World and Back Again
  • various artists - Love Songs and Lullabyes for Daddy's Little Dreamer
  • Cathy Fink, Marcy Marxer - Blanket Full of Dreams

Best Musical Show Album

  • original Broadway Cast - Bring in 'Da Noise, Bring in 'Da Funk
  • original Broadway cast - Victor/Victoria
  • original Broadway cast - Rent

Best New Age Album

Best Opera Recording

  • Richard Hickox conducting the London Opera, London Symphony Chorus and City of London Sinfonia (solos: Langridge, Opie, Watson) - Britten: Peter Grimes
  • Donald Runnicles conducting the Orchestra and Chorus of the San Francisco Opera (solos: Hagley, Larmore, Upshaw) - Gluck: Orphee et Eurydice
  • Esa-Pekka Salonen conducting the Eric Ericson Chamber Chorus, Swedish Radio Chorus and Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra (solos: Bryn-Julson, Haskin, Hynninen) - Dallapiccola: Il Prigioniero
  • Nikolaus Harnoncourt conducting the Berliner Philharmonic and Rundfunkchor Berlin (solos: Cachemaille, Holzmair, Moll, Orgonasova, Salminen, Schafer, Wottrich) - Weber: Der Freischutz
  • Thomas Dausgaard conducting the Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra and Chorus (solos: Bonde-Hansen, Inger Dam-Jensen, Henning-Jensen, Mannov, Nielsen, Paevatalu, Reuter, Rorholm) - Kunzen: Holger Danske

Best Orchestral Performance

  • Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet (Scenes from the Ballet) - Michael Tilson Thomas conducting the San Francisco Symphony
  • Bartok: The Miraculous Mandarin; Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta - Pierre Boulez conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus
  • Messiaen: Et Exspector Resurrectionem Mortuorum; Chronochromie; etc. - Pierre Boulez conducting the Cleveland Orchestra
  • Shostakovich: Symphony No. 7 (Leningrad) - Yuri Temirkanov conducting the St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Symphony No. 2 track from Lutoslawski: Symphony No. 2; Chantefleurs et Chantefables; Piano Concerto - Esa-Pekka Salonen conducting the Los Angeles Philharmonic

Best Polka Album

  • Jimmy Sturr - Polka! All Night Long!
  • Eddie Blazonczyk's Versatones - Music, Music, Music!
  • Frank Yankovic & Friends - Songs of the Polka King
  • Lennon Gomulka, Chicago Push - Irresistable You
  • Walter Ostanek & Friends - Putting It All To-gether

Best Pop Instrumental Performance

Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album

  • various artists - Tribute: The Songs of Andrae Crouch
  • Gary Chapman - Shelter
  • Point of Grace - Life Love and Other Mysteries
  • Steven Curtis Chapman - Signs of Life
  • 4 Him - The Message

Best Rap Album

Best Rap Performance - Duo or Group

Best Rap Performance - Solo

Best Recording Package

Best Recording Package - Boxed

  • Miles Davis & Gil Evans - The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings
  • various artists - Blues, Boogie and Bop: The 1940s Mercury Sessions
  • R.E.M. - New Adventures in Hi-Fi
  • Frank Sinatra - The Complete Reprise Studio Recordings
  • Antonio Carlos Jobim - The Man from Ipanema

Best Reggae Album

  • Bunny Wailer - Hall of Fame - A Tribute to Bob Marley's 50th Anniversay
  • Gregory Isaacs - Mr. Cool
  • Maxi Priest - Man with the Fun
  • Sister Carol - Lyrically Potent
  • Skatalites - Greetings from Skamania

Best Rhythm & Blues Album

Best Rhythm & Blues Song

Best Rhythm & Blues Vocal Performance - Duo or Group

Best Rhythm & Blues Vocal Performance - Female

Best Rhythm & Blues Vocal Performance - Male

Best Rock Gospel Album

Best Rock Instrumental Performance

Best Small Ensemble Performance with or without Conductor

  • Pierre Boulez conducting the Ensemble Intercontemporair - Explosante-Fixe track from Boulez Conducts Boulez
  • Gidon Kremer, violin - Hommage a Piazzolla
  • New Century Chamber Orchestra - Shostakovich: Written with the Hearts of Blood
  • Oliver Knussen, conductor - Suns Dance track from Matthews: Broken Symmetry; Fourth Sonata; etc.
  • Federico Maria Sardelli, conductor; Modo Antiquo - Vivaldi: Concerti per Molti Istomenti

Best Song written specifically for a Motion Picture or Television

  • Diane Warren - Because You Loved Me (Up Close and Personal)
  • Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, John Williams - Moonlight (Sabrina)
  • Babyface - It Hur