Grammy Award for Best Arrangement, Instrumental and Vocals

The Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals (including its previous names) has been awarded since 1963. The award is presented to the arranger of the music, not to the performer(s), except if the performer is also the arranger.

There have been several minor changes to the name of the award:

• From 1963 to 1964 the award was known as Best Background Arrangement
• In 1965 it was awarded as Best Accompaniment Arrangement for Vocalist(s) or Instrumentalist(s)
• From 1966 to 1967 it was awarded as Best Arrangement Accompanying a Vocalist or Instrumentalist
• In 1968 it was awarded as Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)/Best Background Arrangement
• From 1969 to 1978 and in 1981 it was awarded as Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)
• From 1979 to 1980 it was awarded as Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocal(s)
• From 1982 to 1994 and from 1998 to 1999 it was awarded as Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocal(s)
• From 1995 to 1997 it was awarded as Best Instrumental Arrangement with Accompanying Vocals
• From 2000 to 2014 it was awarded as Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)
• From 2015, it has been awarded as Best Arrangement, Instruments And Vocals, which also includes vocal arrangements.

Years reflect the year in which the Grammy Awards were presented, for works released in the previous year.

2010s

• 60th Annual Grammy Awards (2018)
  • Randy Newman for Putin, performed by Randy Newman

• Nominees
  • Justin Hurwitz for Another Day of Sun, performed by the La La Land Cast
  • Jorge Calandrelli for Every Time We Say Goodbye, performed by Clint Holmes ft. Jane Monheit
  • Joel McNeely for I Like Myself, performed by Seth MacFarlane
  • Shelly Berg, Gregg Field, Gordon Goodwin & Clint Holmes for I Loves You Porgy/There's A Boat That's Leavin' Soon For New York, performed by Clint Holmes ft. Dee Dee Bridgewater & The Count Basie Orchestra)
• 59th Annual Grammy Awards (2017)
  • Jacob Collier for Flintstones, performed by Jacob Collier
  • Nominees
    • Gordon Goodwin for Do You Hear What I Hear, performed by Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band ft. Take 6
    • John Daversa for Do You Want To Know a Secret, performed by John Daversa ft. Renee Olstead
    • Alan Broadbent for I'm a Fool to Want You, performed by Kristin Chenoweth
    • Billy Childs & Larry Klein for Somewhere (Dirty Blvd), performed by Lang Lang ft. Lisa Fischer & Jeffrey Wright
• 58th Annual Grammy Awards (2016)
  • Maria Schneider for Sue (Or in a Season of Crime), performed by David Bowie
  • Nominees
    • Shelly Berg for Be My Muse, performed by Lorraine Feather
    • Patrick Williams for 52nd & Broadway, performed by Patrick Williams ft. Patti Austin
    • Otmaro Ruiz for Garota de Ipanema, performed by Catina DeLuna ft. Otmaro Ruiz
    • Jimmy Greene for When I Come Home, performed by Jimmy Greene & Javier Colon
• 57th Annual Grammy Awards (2015)^[1]
  • Billy Childs for New York Tendaberry, performed by Billy Childs ft. Renée Fleming & Yo Yo Ma
  • Nominees
    • Jeremy Fox for All My Tomorrows, performed by Jeremy Fox ft. Kate McGarry
    • Vince Mendoza for Goodnight America, performed by Mary Chapin Carpenter
    • Gordon Goodwin for Party Rockers, performed by Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band
    • Pete McGuinness for What Are You Doing The Rest of Your Life?, performed by the Pete McGuinness Jazz Orchestra
• 56th Annual Grammy Awards (2014)
  • Gil Goldstein for "Swing Low," performed by Bobby McFerrin & Esperanza Spalding
  • Nominees
    • Nan Schwarz for "La Vida Nos Espera," performed by Gian Marco
    • Chris Walden for "Let's Fall In Love," performed by Calabria Foti featuring Seth Justman
    • John Hollenbeck for "The Moon's A Harsh Mistress," performed by John Hollenbeck
    • Shelly Berg for "What a Wonderful World," performed by Gloria Estefan
• 55th Annual Grammy Awards (2013)
  • Thara Memory & Esperanza Spalding for "City of Roses," performed by Esperanza Spalding
  • Nominees
    • Gil Evans for "Look to the Rainbow," performed by the Gil Evans Project & Luciana Souza
    • Shelly Berg for "Out There," performed by Lorraine Feather
    • Vince Mendoza for "Spain (I Can Recall)," performed by Al Jarreau & The Metropole Orchestra
    • Nan Schwartz for "Wild is the Wind," performed by Whitney Claire Kaufman & Andrew Playfoot
• 54th Annual Grammy Awards (2012)
  • Jorge Calandrelli for "Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me)"
  • Nominees
    • Vince Mendoza for "Ao Mar" (Vince Mendoza – Night on Earth)
    • Rob Mathes for "Moon Over Bourbon Street" (Sting & The Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra – Sting Live in Berlin)
    • Kevin Axt, Ray Brinker, Trey Henry, Christian Jacob & Tierney Sutton for "On Broadway" (The Tierney Sutton Band – American Road)
    • William A. Ross for "The Windmills of Your Mind" (Barbra Streisand – What Matters Most – Barbra Streisand Sings The Lyrics of Alan and Marilyn Bergman)
• 53rd Annual Grammy Awards (2011)
  • Christopher Tin for "Baba Yetu" performed by the Soweto Gospel Choir and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
• 52nd Annual Grammy Awards (2010)
  • Claus Ogerman for "Quiet Nights" performed by Diana Krall

2000s

• 51st Annual Grammy Awards (2009)
  • Nan Schwartz for "Here's That Rainy Day" performed by Natalie Cole
• 50th Annual Grammy Awards (2008)
  • John Clayton for "I'm Gonna Live Till I Die" performed by Queen Latifah
• 49th Annual Grammy Awards (2007)
  • Jorge Calandrelli, "For Once in My Life" performed by Tony Bennett and Stevie Wonder
• 48th Annual Grammy Awards (2006)
  • Billy Childs, Gil Goldstein, and Heitor Pereira (arrangers) for "What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?" performed by Chris Botti & Sting
• 47th Annual Grammy Awards (2005)
  • Victor Vanacore for "Over the Rainbow" performed by Ray Charles & Johnny Mathis
• 46th Annual Grammy Awards (2004)
  • Vince Mendoza for "Woodstock" performed by Joni Mitchell
• 45th Annual Grammy Awards (2003)
  • Dave Grusin for "Mean Old Man" performed by James Taylor
• 44th Annual Grammy Awards (2002)
  • Paul Buckmaster for "Drops of Jupiter (Tell Me)" performed by Train
• 43rd Annual Grammy Awards (2001)
  • Vince Mendoza for "Both Sides Now" performed by Joni Mitchell
• 42nd Annual Grammy Awards (2000)
  • Alan Broadbent for "Lonely Town" performed by the Charlie Haden Quartet West featuring Shirley Horn

1990s

1980s

1970s

1960s

References