1999 Grammy Awards
Details & Performances
- Host: Rosie O'Donnell
- Venue: Shrine Auditorium
- City: Los Angeles
- Date: February 25, 1999
Awards
Album Notes
- Charles Mingus - Passions of a Man--The Complete Atlantic Recordings 1956-1961
Album of the Year
Alternative Music Performance
Bluegrass Album
- Ricky Skaggs, Kentucky Thunder - Bluegrass Rules!
- Doc & Merle Watson - Home Sweet Home
- Jim and Jessie - Songs from the Homeplace
- Nashville Bluegrass Band - American Beauty
- Ralph Stanley and Friends - Clinch Mountain Country
Chamber Music Performance
- Andre Previn, piano - American Scenes (Works of Copland, Previn, Barber, Gershwin)
- Kim Kashkashian, viola - Brahms: Sons. for Viola and Piano Nos. 1 & 2
- Kronos Quartet - Schnittke: The Complete String Quartets
- Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano - Ligeti: Chamber Music
- Takacs Quartet - Bartok: The 6 String Quartets
Choral Performance
- Robert Shaw - Barber: Prayers of Kierkegaard/Vaughan Williams: Dona Nobis Pacem/Bartok: Cantata Profana
- Georg Solti - Sir Georg Solti--The Last Recording
- Konrad Junghanel - Schutz: Psalmen Davids
- Martin Pearlman - Monteverdi: Vespers of 1610
- Paul Salamunovich - Lauridsen: Lux Aeterna
Classical Album
- Robert Shaw - Barber: Prayers of Kierkegaard/Vaughan Williams: Dona Nobis Pacem/Bartok: Cantata Profana
- Kronos Quartet - Schnittke: The Complete String Quartets
- Pierre Boulez - Bartok: Bluebeard's Castle
- Renee Fleming - The Beautiful Voice
- Georg Solti - Sir Georg Solti - The Last Recording
Classical Contemporary Composition
- Krzysztof Penderecki - Penderecki: Violin Con. No. 2 'Metamorphosen'
- Arvo Part - Part: Kanon Pokajanen
- Elliott Carter - Carter: 90+
- George Tsontakis - Tsontakis: Ghost Variations
- John Adams - Adams: Gnarly Buttons
Classical Crossover Album
- Yo-Yo Ma - Soul of the Tango--The Music of Astor Piazzolla
- Evelyn Glennie - Reflected in Brass--Evelyn Glennie Meets the Black Dyke Band
- Joshua Bell - Gershwin Fantasy
- Keith Lockhart - The Celtic Album
- Sharon Isbin - Journey to the Amazon
Classical Producer of the Year
- Steven Epstein
- Andreas Neubronner
- Robina G. Young
- Manfred Eicher
- James Mallinson
Classical Vocal Performance
- Renee Fleming - The Beautiful Voice
- Bryn Terfel - Handel Arias
- Hakan Hagegard - Hagegard Sings Brahms, Sibelius, Stenhammar
- Jennifer Larmore - Amore Per Rossini
- Matthais Goerne - Schumann: Dichterliebe, Op. 48; Liederkreis, Op. 24
Contemporary Blues Album
- Keb' Mo' - Slow Down
- B.B. King - Dueces Wild
- Buddy Guy - Heavy Love Lyrics
- Etta James - Life, Love & the Blues
- Marcia Ball, Irma Thomas, Tracy Nelson - Sing It!
Contemporary Folk Album
- Lucinda Williams - Car Wheels on a Gravel Road
- Billy Bragg and Wilco - Mermaid Avenue
- Emmylou Harris - Spyboy
- Lyle Lovett - Step Inside This House
- Steve Earle - El Corazon
Contemporary Jazz Performance
- Pat Metheny Group - Imaginary Day
- George Duke - After Hours
- Joe Zawinul and the Zawinul Syndicate - World Tour
- Marcus Miller - Love & More
- Yellowjackets - Club Nocturne
Contemporary Soul Gospel Album
Country Album
Country Collaboration
- Clint Black, Joe Diffie, Merle Haggard, Emmylou Harris, Alison Krauss, Patty Loveless, Earl Scruggs, Ricky Skaggs, Marty Stuart, Pam Tillis, Randy Travis, Travis Tritt, Dwight Yoakam - Same Old Train
- Reba McEntire, Brooks & Dunn - If You See Him/If You See Her
- Faith Hill, Tim McGraw - Just to Hear You Say That You Love Me
- Vince Gill, Patty Loveless - My Kind of Woman/My Kind of Man
- Trisha Yearwood, Garth Brooks - Where Your Road Leads
Country Female Vocalist
Country Instrumental Performance
- Randy Scruggs, Vince Gill - A Soldier's Joy
- Ricky Skaggs, Kentucky Thunder - Get Up John
- Randy Scuggs, Earl Scruggs, Jerry Douglas - Lonesome Ruben
- Doc and Merle Watson - Reuben's Train
- Jerry Douglas with Bela Fleck - The Ride
Country Male Vocalist
Country Song
- Robert John Mutt Lange, Shania Twain - You're Still the One
- Beth Nielsen Chapman, Robin Lerner, Annie Roboff - This Kiss
- Billy Kirsch, Steve Wariner - Holes in the Floor of Heaven
- Bob Dylan - To Make You Feel My Love
- Vince Gill, Troy Seals - If You Ever Have Forever in Mind
Country Vocal Group
Dance Recording
Gospel Choir or Chorus Album
- The Associates - Reflections
- The Love Center Choir - Love Alive V - 25th Anniversary Reunion
- Bobby Jones and New Life with the Nashville Super Choir - Just Churchin'
- LFT Church Choir - Pastor Hezekiah Walker Presents the LFT Church Choir Love at Love Fellowship Tabernacle
- New Life Community Choir - Strength
Hall of Fame
- Spencer Davis Group - Gimme Some Lovin' Lyrics
- Robert Flack - Killing Me Softly with His Song
- Rev. James Cleveland - Peace Be Still
- Ray Price - Crazy Arms Lyrics
- Ray Charles - Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music
- Ray Charles - Ray Charles in Person
- Quintet of the Hot Club of France featuring Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli - Djangology
- Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon
- Phil Spector and various artists - A Christmas Gift for You from Phil Spector
- Pete Seeger - We Shall Overcome
- Roger Miller - King Of The Road Lyrics
- Rosemary Clooney - Hey There
- Roy Orbison - Only the Lonely (Know How I Feel)
- Sonny Rollins Quartet - Saxophone Colossus
- Sly & The Family Stone - There's A Riot Goin' On
- Simon And Garfunkel - Mrs Robinson Lyrics
- Simon & Garfunel - Parsley, Sage, Rosemary & Thyme
- Sarah Vaughan - Sarah Vaughan
- Santana - Abraxas
- Sam & Dave - Soul Man Lyrics
- Ruth Etting - Ten Cents a Dance
- Roy Orbison - Oh Pretty Woman Lyrics
- Percy Sledge - When A Man Loves A Woman Lyrics
- Percy Mayfield - Please Send Me Someone to Love
- Peggy Lee - Is That All There Is?
- Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five - Heebie Jeebies
- Little Richard - Long Tall Sally Lyrics
- Lester Young Quartet - Just You, Just Me
- Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs - Foggy Mountain Breakdown
- Les Brown & His Orchestra; Doris Day, vocal - Sentimental Journey
- Lefty Frizzell - If You've Got the Money, I've Got the Time
- Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV
- Laura Nyro - Laura Nyro
- Joni Mitchell - Blue Lyrics
- Louis Armstrong - What A Wonderful World Lyrics
- Louis Prima and Keely Smith - The Wildest
- Marian Anderson - Schubert: Ave Maria
- The Isley Brothers - Shout - Part 1
- Nat King Cole - Nature Boy Lyrics
- Muddy Waters - Got My Mojo Working Lyrics
- Mothers of Invention - Freak Out!
- Miles Davis - Bitches Brew
- Merle Haggard - Mama Tried Lyrics
- Mary Wells - My Guy
- Marvin Gaye, Tammi Terrell - Ain't No Mountain High Enough
- Martha And The Vandellas - Dancing In The Streets Lyrics
- Johnny Cash - Ring Of Fire Lyrics
- Wilson Pickett - In The Midnight Hour Lyrics
- Temptations - Papa Was A Rollin' Stone Lyrics
- The Staple Singers - I'll Take You There Lyrics
- The Staple Singers - Uncloudy Day
- The Shirelles - Will You Love Me Tomorrow? Lyrics
- The Ronettes - Be My Baby Lyrics
- The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers
- The Rolling Stones - Beggar's Banquet
- The Platters - Only You (and You Alone) Lyrics
- The Paul Butterfield Blues Band - East-West
- Who - My Generation Lyrics
- Young Rascals - Groovin' Lyrics
- Thelonious Monk Quintet - Brilliant Corners
- William Kapell with Serge Koussevitzky conducting the Boston Symphony Orchestra - Khachaturian: Concerto for Piano & Orchestra
- Wes Montgomery - The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery
- Walter Carlos - Switched-on Bach
- Vladimir Horowitz - Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
- Van Morrison - Moondance Lyrics
- Van Morrison - Astral Weeks Lyrics
- Traffic - Mr. Fantasy
- Thomas Fats Waller - Honeysuckle Rose
- Thomas Beecham conducting the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra - Mozart: Die Zauberflote
- Moody Blues - Nights In White Satin Lyrics
- Lovin Spoonful - Summer In The City Lyrics
- Kinks - You Really Got Me Lyrics
- Beach Boys - In My Room Lyrics
- The Band - The Band
- The Animals - House Of The Rising Sun Lyrics
- The Allman Brothers Band - At Fillmore East
- Tammy Wynette - Stand By Your Man Lyrics
- Stevie Wonder - Innvervisions
- Stevie Wonder - Talking Book
- Stan Getz - Focus
- Stan Getz & Joao Gilberto - Getz/Gilberto
- The Beatles - Revolver
- Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever Lyrics
- The Blackwood Brothers Quartet - Favorite Gospel Songs and Spirituals
- The Kingsmen - Louie Louie Lyrics
- The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced?
- The Horace Silver Quintet - Song for My Father
- The Harmonicats - Peg O' My Heart
- The Drifters (featuring Clyde McPhatter) - Money Honey
- The Coasters - Yakety Yak Lyrics
- The Cats and the Fiddle - I Miss You So
- The Carter Family - Wildwood Flower
- The Byrds - Eight Miles High Lyrics
- Stan Freberg - Stan Freberg Presents the United States of America
- John McCormack - Somewhere a Voice is Calling
- Eddy Arnold - Make The World Go Away Lyrics
- Crosby, Stills & Nash - Crosby, Stills & Nash
- Cream - Disraeli Gears
- Conway Twitty - Hello Darlin' Lyrics
- Clifford Brown, Max Roach - Clifford Brown & Max Roach
- Chuck Berry - Johnny B. Goode Lyrics
- Chick Corea - Now He Sings, Now He Sobs
- Charlie Rich - Behind Closed Doors
- Charley Patton - Pony Blues
- Charles Mingus - Mingus Dynasty
- David Bowie - The Rise & Fall of Ziggy Stardust & The Spiders from Mars
- Dean Martin - Everybody Loves Somebody Lyrics
- Diana Ross & The Supremes - Where Did Our Love Go?
- Eddie Cochran - Summertime Blues
- Duke Ellington & His Orchestra - Far East Suite
- Duke Ellington & His Orchestra - Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue
- Doris Day - Secret Love Lyrics
- Dizzy Gillespie & His Orchestra - Manteca
- Dion and the Belmonts - I Wonder Why
- Dinah Washington - Teach Me Tonight
- Dimitri Mitropoulos conducting the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra - Mahler: Symphony No. 1 in D Major
- Diana Ross & The Supremes - You Keep Me Hangin' On
- Carl Reiner, Mel Brooks - 2000 and Thirteen
- Cannonball Adderley - Live in San Francisco
- Cab Calloway & His Orchestra - Minnie the Moocher
- Billy Eckstine - I Apologize
- Bill Withers - Ain't No Sunshine Lyrics
- Big Maybelle - Candy
- Big Brother & The Holding Company (featuring Janis Joplin) - Piece of My Heart
- Aretha Franklin with James Cleveland & the Southern California Community Choir - Amazing Grace
- Aretha Franklin - A Natural Woman (You Make Me Feel Like)
- Andres Segovia - An Evening with Andres Segovia
- Albert King - Born Under A Bad Sign Lyrics
- Al Green - Let's Stay Together Lyrics
- Blind Lemon Jefferson - Match Box Blues
- Blood, Sweat & Tears - Child is Father to the Man
- Bob Dylan - Blonde on Blonde
- Buddy Holly - Peggy Sue Lyrics
- Bud Powell Trio - Un Poco Loco
- Buck Owens - I've Got A Tiger By The Tail Lyrics
- Brenda Lee - I'm Sorry Lyrics
- Booker T. and the MG's - Green Onions Lyrics
- Bobby Darin - Mack The Knife Lyrics
- Bobby Blue Bland - Turn on Your Love Light
- Bobbie Gentry - Ode to Billie Joe Lyrics
- Bob Marley & The Wailers - Get Up, Stand Up
- Gloria Them featuring Van Morrison
- John Lennon Plastic Ono Band - Imagine
- Jackie Wilson - (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher Lyrics
- Jackie Wilson - Lonely Teardrops Lyrics
- Isaac Hayes - Theme From Shaft Lyrics
- Ike & Tina Turner - River Deep, Mountain High
- Howlin' Wolf - Smoke Stack Lightning Lyrics
- Herbie Hancock - Maiden Voyage
- Henry Mancini - Moon River Lyrics
- Harry Nilsson - Everybody's Talkin Lyrics
- Harry James & His Orchestra - Trumpet Blues and Cantabile
- Jackson 5 - I Want You Back Lyrics
- James Brown - Papa's Got a Brand New Bag (Part 1)
- Jascha Heifetz, Emanuel Feuermann, Artur Rubinstein - Brahms: Trio No. 1 in B Major
- John Lee Hooker - Boogie Chillun
- John Coltrane - A Love Supreme
- John Coltrane - Blue Train
- Jimmie Lunceford & His Orchestra - For Dancers Only
- Jimmie Davis - You Are My Sunshine
- Jim Reeves - He'll Have To Go Lyrics
- Jim Hendrix - Electric Ladyland
- Jerry Lee Lewis - Whole Lot Shakin' Going On
- Jefferson Airplane - Surrealistic Pillow
- Harry Belafonte - Belafonte at Carnegie Hall
- Hank Williams - I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry Lyrics
- Hank Thompson and His Brazos Valley Boys - The Wild Side of Life
- Etta James - At Last Lyrics
- Erroll Garner Trio - Concert by the Sea
- Ernst Ansermet conducting the L'Orchestre de La Suisse Romande - Stravinsky: Petrouchka
- Emanuel Feuermann, Stokowski conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra - Bloch: Schelomo
- Elvis Presley - Suspicious Minds Lyrics
- Elton John - Your Song Lyrics
- Ella Fitzgerald - Ella in Berlin
- Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Rodgers and Hart Song Book
- Edwin Starr - War Lyrics
- Fanny Brice - My Man (From Ziegfeld Follies of 1921)
- Feodor Chaliapin - Mussorgsky: Song of the Flea
- Frank Sinatra - Frank Sinatra Sings for Only the Lonely
- Grateful Dead - Workingman's Dead
- Gladys Knight And The Pips - Midnight Train To Georgia Lyrics
- George Jones - She Thinks I Still Care Lyrics
- Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps - Be-Bop-A-Lula
- Gene Kelly - Singin' in the Rain (From the Motion Picture Soundtrack)
- Freddy King - Hide Away
- Fred Astaire & The Oscar Peterson Quintet - The Astaire Story
- Frank Yankovic Orchestra - Just Because Polka
- Frank Sinatra - September of My Years Lyrics
- Edwin Hawkins Singers - Oh Happy Day
Hard Rock Performance
Historical Album
- The Complete Hank Williams
- The Pet Sounds Sessions
- New York Philharmonic: The Historic Broadcasts 1923 to 1987
- The Jazz Singers: A Smithsonian Collection of Jazz Vocals from 1919 to 1994
- Have a Nice Decade: The '70s Pop Culture Box
Instrumental Arrangement
- Don Sebesky - Waltz for Debby
- Bill Holman - Moon of Manakoorah
- Michel Legrand - Where or When
- Patrick Williams - In the Still of the Night
- Rob McConnell - What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?
Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocal(s)
- Herbie Hancock - St. Louis Blues
- George Duke - The Look of Love
- Jeremy Lubbock - I Believe/You'll Never Walk Alone
- Patrick Williams - Breath of Heaven (Mary's Song)
- Rob Mounsey - Nessun Dorma
Instrumental Composition
- Bela Fleck, Future Man, Victor Lemonte Wooten - Almost 12
- Bob Mintzer - Ellis Island
- Gerald Wilson - Romance
- Jorge Calandrelli, Astor Piazolla - Tango Remembrances
- Wynton Marsalis - The Midnight Blues
Instrumental Soloist without Orchestra
- Murray Perahia, piano - Bach: English Suites Nos. 1, 3, & 6
- David Starobin, guitar - New Dance--18 Dances for Guitar
- Leif Ove Andsnes, piano - The Long, Long Winter Night
- Paul Galbraith, guitar - Bach: The Complete Sons. and Partitas for Violin, Nos. 1, 2 & 3
- Stephen Hough, piano - New York Variations
Instrumental Soloist(s) with Orchestra
- Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin - Penderecki: Violin Con. No. 2 'Metamorphosen'
- Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin - Brahms: Violin Con./Schumann: Fantasie, Op. 131
- Kennedy, violin - Elgar: Violin Con.
- Maxim Vengerov, violin - Prokofiev/Shostakovich: Violin Cons. No. 2
- Murray Perahia, piano - Schumann: Piano Con. in A-Minor, Op. 54: Introduction and Allegro Annassinnato, Op. 92
Jazz Instrumental Performance
- Herbie Hancock - Gershwin's World
- Charlie Haden and Kenny Barron - Night and the City
- Chick Corea and Gary Burton - Native Sense--The New Duets
- Dave Holland Quintet - Points of View
- Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock, Jack DeJohnette - Tokyo '96
Jazz Instrumental Solo
- Chick Corea and Gary Burton - Rhumbata
- Benny Golson - Body & Soul
- David Liebman - My Favorite Things
- Kenny Barron - For Heaven's Sake
- Randy Brecker - My Funny Valentine
Jazz Vocal Performance
- Shirley Horn - I Remember Miles
- Dianne Reeves - That Day...
- Etta Jones - My Buddy--Etta Jones Sings the Songs of Buddy Johnson
- Kurt Elling - This Time It's Love
- Nnenna Freelon - Maiden Voyage
Large Jazz Ensemble Performance
- Count Basie Orchestra - Count Plays Duke
- Bill Holman and the Netherlands Metropole Orchestra - Further Adventures
- Gerald Wilson Orchestra - Theme for Monterey
- Jim McNeely and the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra - Lickety Split--Music of Jim McNeely
- Jon Faddis - Remembrances
Latin Jazz Performance
- Arturo Sandoval - Hot House
- Chucho Valdes - Bele Bele en la Habana
- Danilo Perez - Central Avenue
- David Sanchez - Obsession
- Paquito D'Rivera and the United Nations Orchestra - Paquito D'Rivera and the United Nations Orchestra
- Ray Barretto and New World Spirit - Contact
Latin Pop Performance
Latin Rock/Alternative Performance
Legend Award
Life Achievement Awards
Long Form Music Video
- Lou Reed - Rock & Roll Heart Lyrics
- Fastball - They Wanted the Highway
- Scott Rockenfield, Paul Speer featuring Sir Mix-A-Lot - TeleVoid
- various artists - Robert Altman's Jazz '34: Rememb