2005 Grammy Awards
Details & Performances
- Host: Queen Latifah
- Venue: Staples Center
- City: Los Angeles
- Date: February 13, 2005
Awards
Album of the Year
Best Album Notes
- Woody Herman & His Orchestra - The Complete Columbia Recordings Of Woody Herman And His Orchestra & Woodchoppers (1945-1947)
- Peter, Paul and Mary - Carry It On
- various artists - No Thanks! The '70's Punk Rebellion
- Bob Dylan - The Bootleg Series Vol. 6: Bob Dylan Live 1964 - Concert at Philharmonic Hall
- Lenny Bruce - Let the Buyer Beware
Best Alternative Music Album
Best Bluegrass Album
- Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder - Brand New Strings
- Lynn Anderson - The Bluegrass Sessions
- Nashville Bluegrass Band - Twenty Year Blues
- Ralph Stanley II - Carrying On
- various artists - A Tribute to Jimmy Martin The King of Bluegrass
Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package
Best Chamber Music Performance
- Martha Argerich, piano & Mikhail Pletnev, piano - Prokofieve (Arr. Pletnev): Cinderella - Suite for Two Pianos/Ravel: Ma Mere L'Oye
- Leif Ove Andsnes, piano & Christian Tetzlaff, violin - Bartok: Violin Sonatas Nos. 1 & 2, etc.
- Leila Josefowicz, violin & John Novacek, piano - Adams: Road Movies
- Maggini Quartet - Bridge: String Quartets Nos. 1 & 3
- The Hilliard Ensemble - Machaut: Motets
Best Choral Performance
- Frank Lopardo, tenor; Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus; Atlanta Symphony Orchestra - Berlioz: Requiem
- Krzysztof Kolberger, evangelist & Adam Kruszewski, baritone; Warsaw Boys Choir &
- Malanowicz, organ & Romuald Tesarowicz, bass; Izabella Klosinska, soprano
- Warsaw National Philharmonic Choir
- Jaroslaw - Penderecki: St. Luke Passion
- Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir - Baltic Voices 2 (Sisask, Tulev, Schnittke, etc.)
- Choir of King's College, Cambridge - Rachmaninov: Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom
- National Choir of Ukraine Dumka; National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine - Silvestrov: Requiem for Larissa
Best Classical Album
- Brooklyn Youth Chorus & New York Choral Artists; New York Philharmonic - Adams: On the Transmigration of Souls
- various artists; London Symphony Chorus; London Symphony Orchestra - Britten: Peter Grimes
- Nashville Symphony Orchestra - Carter: Symphony No. 1; Piano Concerto; Holiday Overture
- various artists, Concerto Koln - Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro
- Atlanta Symphony Orchestra - Higdon: City Scape; Concerto for Orchestra
Best Classical Contemporary Composition
- John Adams - Adams: On the Transmigration of Souls
- Andre Previn - Previn: Violin Concerto Anne-Sophie
- Jennifer Higdon - Higdon: Concerto for Orchestra
- Tigran Mansurian - Mansurian: ...And Then I Was In Time Again
- Valentin Silvestrov - Silvestrov-Requiem for Larissa
Best Classical Crossover Album
- Los Angeles Guitar Quartet - LAGQ's Guitar Heroes
- Cuba Percussion & Klazz Brothers - Classic Meets Cuba (Mambozart: Preludio; Guten Abend, Etc.)
- Daniel Hope, violin (Asok Chakraborty, tabla, Sebastian Knauer, piano & lutheal, Gaurav Mazumdar, sitar & Gilda Sebastian, tanpura) - East Meets West (Shankar, Ravel, Falla, Bartok, Etc.)
- Hugh Wolff, conductor; Peter Erskine, drums, John Patitucci, electric bass & John Scofield, guitar (HR BIg Band; Radio Sinfonieorchester Frankfurt) - Turnage-Scofield: Scorched
- William Stromberg, conductor (Moscow Symphony Orchestra) - Korngold: The Adventures of Robin Hood
Best Classical Vocal Performance
- Susan Graham, mezzo soprano (Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano) Track from: Ives: Concord Sonata; Songs - Ives: Songs (The Things Our Fathers Loved; The Housatonic at Stockbridge, etc)
- lute/baroque guitar & Margriet Tindemans, viola da gamba; Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment)
- Angela Maria Blasi, soprano & Stella Doufexis, mezzo soprano (Steven Sloane; Bochum Symphony Orchestra) - Marx: Orchestral Songs (Songs for High & Middle Voice; Verklartes Jahr)
- Karita Mattila, soprano (Sakari Oramo, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra) - Grieg and Sibelius Songs
- Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, mezzo soprano (Harry Bicket, conductor/harpsichord/chamber organ, Phoebe Carrai, cello, Stephen Stubbs - Handel: Arias (Theodora; La Lucrezia-Cantata; Serse)
- Thomas Quasthoff, bass-baritone (Justus Zeyen, piano) - A Romantic Songbook (Strauss, Schumann, Schubert, Mendelssohn, etc)
Best Comedy Album
- Jon Stewart and the cast of The Daily Show - The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Presents...America: A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction
- David Sedaris - Live at Carnegie Hall
- Ellen DeGeneres - The Funny Thing Is...
- Al Franken - The O'Franken Factor Factor - The Very Best of the O'Franken Factor
- Triumph the Insult Comic Dog - Come Poop With Me
Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media
- various artists - Garden State
- various artists - Shrek 2
- various artists - Cold Mountain
- various artists - Kill Bill Vol. 2
- varous artists - De-Lovely
Best Contemporary Blues Album
- Keb' Mo' - Keep It Simple
- Charlie Musselwhite - Sanctuary
- Dr. John - N'awlinz Dis Dat Or D'udda
- Johnny Winter - I'm a Bluesman
- Van Morrison - What's Wrong with This Picture?
Best Contemporary Folk Album
- Steve Earle - The Revolution Starts...Now
- Ani Difranco - Educated Guess Lyrics
- Eliza Gilkyson - Land of Milk and Honey
- Patty Griffin - Impossible Dream
- various artists - The Unbroken Circle - The Musical Hertiage of the Carter Family
Best Contemporary Jazz Album
- Bill Frisell - Unspeakable
- Don Grusin - The Hang
- Fourplay - Journey
- Jan Garbarek - In Praise of Dreams
- Roy Hargrove - Strength
Best Contemporary R&B Album
Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album
- Smokie Norful - Nothing Without You
- Bishop T.D. Jakes - He-Motions
- Fred Hammond - Somethin' 'Bout Love
- Israel and New Breed - Live from Another Level
- Tonex & The Peculiar People - Out the Box
Best Contemporary World Music Album
- Youssou N'Dour - Egypt
- Angelique Kidjo - Oyaya!
- Bebel Gilberto - Bebel Gilberto
- Gipsy Kings - Roots Lyrics
- Paco De Lucia - Cositas Beunas
Best Country Album
Best Country Collaboration with Vocals
- Loretta Lynn, Jack White - Portland Oregon
- Jimmy Buffett, Clint Black, Kenny Chesney, Alan Jackson, Toby Keith, George Strait - Hey Good Lookin'
- Norah Jones, Dolly Parton - Creepin' In
- Shania Twain with Alison Krauss & Union Station - Coat of Many Colors
- Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard, Toby Keith - Pancho & Lefty
Best Country Instrumental Performance
- Nitty Gritty Dirt Band featuring Earl Scruggs, Randy Scruggs, Vassar Clements & Jerry Douglas - Earl's Breakdown
- Albert Lee, Vince Gill, Brad Paisley - Luxury Liner
- Asleep At The Wheel - Billy In the Low Ground
- Mark O'Connor, Chris Thile, Bryan Sutton & Byron House - Bowtie
- Sam Bush - Puppies 'N Knapsacks
Best Country Performance - Duo or Group with Vocals
Best Country Song
Best Dance Recording
Best Electronic/Dance Album
Best Engineered Album - Classical
- Robert Spano - Higdon: City Scape; Concerto for Orchestra
- Carlos Kalar - Kurka: Symphonic Works (Symphony No. 2, Op. 24; Julius Caesar; Music for Orchestra, etc.)
- Jose Serebrier - Glazunov: Symphony No. 5; The Seasons, Op. 6 (Complete Ballet)
- Los Angeles Guitar Quartet - LAGQ's Guitar Heroes (Towner, McLaughlin, Hendrix, Metheny, etc)
- Hugh Wolff - Turnage-Scofield: Scorched
Best Engineered Album - Non-Classical
Best Female Country Vocal Performance
Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
Best Female R&B Vocal Performance
Best Gospel Choir or Chorus Album
- The Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir - Live... This Is Your House
- Newbirth Total Praise Choir - Spirit & Truth
- Shabach Praise Co. - Can't Nobody Do Me Like Jesus
- New York Fellowship Mass Choir II - Live in New York
- New Generation Chorale - Unplugged... The Way Church Used To Be
Best Gospel Performance
- Ray Charles, Gladys Knight - Heaven Help Us All
- Ben Harper & The Blind Boys of Alabama - There Will Be A Light
- Dr. John, Mavis Staples - Lay My Burden Down
- Fred Hammond - Celebrate (He Lives)
- Shirley Caesar, Ann Nesby - The Stone
Best Hard Rock Performance
Best Hawaiian Music Album
- various artists - Slack Key Guitar Volume 2
- Amy Hanaiali'i Gilliom & Willie K - Amy & Willie Live
- Ho'okena - Cool Elevation
- Keali'i Reichel - Ke'alaokamaile
- The Brothers Cazimero - Some Call It Aloha...Don't Tell
Best Historical Album
- various artists - Night Train to Nashville: Music City Rhythm & Blues, 1945-1970
- Lenny Bruce - Let the Buyer Beware
- Johnny Cash - Unearthed Lyrics
- Woody Herman & His Orchestra - The Complete Columbia Recordings Of Woody Herman And His Orchestra & Woodchoppers (1945-1947)
- various artists - Goodbye, Babylon
Best Instrumental Arrangement
- The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra - Past Present & Future
- Chick Corea Elektric Band - The Long Passage
- David Liebman Big Band - Sing, Sing, Sing
- Yo-Yo Ma - Libertango
- Phil Kelly & The NW Prevailing Winds - Bella Luce
Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)
Best Instrumental Composition
- Paquito D'Rivera - Merengue
- Gabriel Yared - Ada Plays (from Cold Mountain)
- Maria Schneider - Buleria, Solea Y Rumba
- Maria Schneider - Three Romances
- Slide Hampton - Past Present & Future
Best Instrumental Soloist Performance without Orchestra
- David Russell, guitar - Aire Latino (Morel, Villa-Lobos, Ponce, etc)
- Mikhail Pletnev, piano - Pletnev Plays Schumann (Etudes Symponiques, Op. 13; Arabeske, Op. 18, etc.)
- Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano - Debussy: Images; Etudes
- Thomas Zehetmair, violin - Ysaye: Sonatas for Violin Solo, Op. 27
- Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano - Shostakovich: Piano Works (Piano Sonata No. 2, Op. 61; Five Preludes; Nocturne, etc.)
Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance with Orchestra
- Boston Symphony Orchestra & London Symphony Orchestra - Previn: Violin Concerto Anne-Sophie/Bernstein: Serenade
- Munich Chamber Orchestra - Mansurian: ...And Then I Was In Time Again
- Royal Scottish National Orchestra - Bliss: Piano Concerto
- Nashville Symphony Orchestra - Carter: Piano Concerto
- BBC Symphony Orchestra - Berg/Britten: Violin Concertos
Best Jazz Instrumental Album - Individual or Group
- McCoy Tyner with Gary Bartz, Terence Blanchard, Christian McBride & Lewis Nash - Illuminations
- Bill Charlap Trio - Somewhere
- Branford Marsalis Quartet - Eternal
- Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock & Jack DeJohnette Trio - The Out-of-Towners
- Roy Haynes - Fountain of Youth
Best Jazz Instrumental Solo
- Herbie Hancock - Speak Like A Child
- Alan Broadbent - What's New
- Don Byron - I Want to Be Happy
- Donny McCaslin - Buleria, Solea Y Rumba
- John Scofield - Wee
Best Jazz Vocal Album
- Nancy Wilson - R.S.V.P. (Rare Songs, Very Personal)
- Al Jarreau - Accentuate the Positive
- Andy Bey - American Song
- Jamie Cullum - Twentysomething Lyrics
- Queen Latifah - The Dana Owens Album
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
- Maria Schneider Orchestra - Concert in the Garden
- Bob Brookmeyer New Art Orchestra - Get Well Soon
- David Sanchez - Coral
- John La Barbera Big Band - One the Wild Side
- The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra - The Way: Music of Slide Hampton
Best Latin Jazz Album
- Charlie Haden - Land of the Sun
- Conrad Herwig Nonet - Another Kind of Blue: The Latin Side of Miles Davis
- Diego Urcola - Soundances
- Jerry Gonzalez y Los Piratas Del Falmenco - Jerry Gonzalez y Los Pirateas Del Flamenco
- Raphael Cruz - Bebop Timba
Best Latin Pop Album
- Marc Anthony - Amar Sin Mentiras
- Bacilos - SinVerguenza
- Carlos Vives - El Rock De Mi Pueblo
- Diego Torres - Diego Torres: MTV Unplugged
- Paulina Rubio - Pau-Latina Lyrics
Best Latin Rock/Alternative Album
- Ozomatli - Street Signs
- Akwid - Komp 104.9 Radio Compa
- Alejandra Guzman - LIpstick
- Juanes - Mi Sangre Lyrics
- Julieta Venegas - Sl
Best Male Country Vocal Performance
Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
Best Male R&B Vocal Performance
Best Metal Performance
Best Mexican/Mexican-American Album
- Intocable - Intimamente
- Banda El Recodo De Cruz Lizarraga - Por Ti
- Los Temerarios - Veintisiete
- Ramon Ayala y Sus Bravos Del Norte - Titere En Tus Manos
- Rocio Durcal - Alma Ranchera
Best Musical Album for Children
- various artists - cELLAbration! A Tribute to Elle Jenkins
- Dan Zane and Friends - House Party
- Ella Jenkins - Sharing Cultures with Ella Jenkins
- Beethoven's Wig - Beethoven's Wig 2 - More Sing Along Symphonies
- Trout Fishing in America - Merry Fishes to All
Best Musical Show Album
- Stephen Schwartz - Wicked
- Hugh Fordin; Leonard Bernstein; Betty Comden, Adolph Green - Wonderful Town
- Phil Ramone; Peter Allen & Others - The Boy from Oz
- Jay David Saks; Jeff Whitty; Robert Lopez, Jeff Marx - Avenue Q - The Musical
- Tommy Krasker; Stephen Sondheim - Assassins
Best Native American Music Album
- Bill Miller - Cedar Dream Songs
- Black Eagle - Straight Up Northern
- Black Lodge Singers - Family Traditions
- Joanne Shenandoah - Covenant
- Mary Youngblood - Feed the Fire
Best New Age Album
- Will Ackerman - Returning
- David Arkenstone - Atlantis
- Jonathan Elias - American River
- Moya Brennan - Two Horizons
- Peter Kater - Piano
Best New Artist
Best Opera Recording
- various artists; Concerto Koln - Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro
- Orquestra Simfonica Del Gran Teatre Del Liceu - Montsalvatge: El Gato Con Botas
- Various artists, European Voices, Le Concert D'Astree - Purcell: Dido And Aeneas
- various artists; European Voices; Le Concert D'Astree - Monteverdi: L'Orfeo
- various artists; Akademie Fur Alte Musik, Berlin - Scarlatti, A: Griselda
Best Orchestral Performance
- Brooklyn Youth Chorus & New York Choral Artists; New York Philharmonic - Adams: On the Transmigration of Souls
- Royal Scottish National Orchestra - Bax: Symphony No. 7; Tintagel (Tone Poem)
- Czech Philharmonic Orchestra - Martinu: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4
- Royal Scottish National Orchestra - Glazunov: Symphony No. 5; The Seasons, Op. 67 (Complete Ballet)
- Atlanta Symphony Orchestra - Higdon: City Scape; Concerto for Orchestra
Best Polka Album
- Brave Combo - Let's Kiss: 25th Anniversary Album
- Eddie Blazonczyk's Versatones - Highways & Dancehalls
- Henny & The Versa J's - Come On Over
- John Gora & Gorale - Pangora's Box
- Walter Ostanek & Gaylord Klancnik - Polkas United
Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals
- Ray Charles, Norah Jones - Here We Go Again
- Johnny Cash, Joe Strummer - Redemption Song
- Paul McCartney, Eric Clapton - Something
- Ray Charles, Elton John - Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word
- Stevie Wonder, Take 6 - Moon River
Best Pop Instrumental Album
- various artists - Henry Mancini: Pink Guitar
- Boney James - Pure
- Dave Koz - Saxophonic
- Mason Williams - EP 2003: Music For The Epicurean Harkener
- various artists - Forever, For Always, For Luther
Best Pop Instrumental Performance
- Ben Harper - 11th Commandment Lyrics
- Brian Setzer - Rat Pack Boogie
- Bruce Hornsby - Song F
- George Benson - Take You Out
- Herb Alpert, Russ Freeman, James Genus, Gene Lake, Jason Miles - Chasing Shadows
Best Pop Performance - Duo or Group with Vocal
Best Pop Vocal Album
Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album
