2005 Grammy Awards

Awards
- 2005 Music Awards
-- Grammy Awards

--- 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