Grammy Award for Best Arrangement, Instrumental and Vocals

Grammy Award for Best Arrangement, Instrumental and Vocals
Awarded forquality arrangements of instrumentals with vocals
CountryUnited States
Presented byNational Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
First awarded1963
Currently held byErin Bentlage, Jacob Collier, Sara Gazarek, Johnaye Kendrick & Amanda Taylor, "In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning" (2024)
Websitegrammy.com

The Grammy Award for Best 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, 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)
  • Since 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.

Recipients

Year[I] Arranger(s) Work Performing (non-winning) artist(s) Nominees
(Non-nominated) Performers are in parentheses 		Ref.
1963 Marty Manning "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" Tony Bennett
[1]
1964 Henry Mancini "Days of Wine and Roses" Henry Mancini
[2]
1965 Peter Matz "People" Barbra Streisand
[3]
1966 Gordon Jenkins "It Was a Very Good Year" Frank Sinatra
[4]
1967 Ernie Freeman "Strangers in the Night" Frank Sinatra
[5]
1968 Jimmie Haskell "Ode to Billie Joe" Bobbie Gentry [6]
1969 Jimmy L. Webb "MacArthur Park" Richard Harris
[7]
1970 Fred Lipsius "Spinning Wheel" Blood, Sweat & Tears [8]
1971 Ernie Freeman, Art Garfunkel, Jimmie Haskell, Larry Knechtel & Paul Simon "Bridge Over Troubled Water" Simon and Garfunkel [9]
1972 Paul McCartney "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" Paul & Linda McCartney [10]
1973 Michel Legrand "What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?" Sarah Vaughan
[11]
1974 George Martin "Live and Let Die" Paul McCartney & Wings
[12]
1975 Joni Mitchell & Tom Scott "Down to You" Joni Mitchell
[13]
1976 Ray Stevens "Misty" Ray Stevens [14]
1977 James William Guercio & Jimmie Haskell "If You Leave Me Now" Chicago [15]
1978 Ian Freebairn-Smith "Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born)" Barbra Streisand [16]
1979 Maurice White "Got to Get You into My Life" Earth, Wind & Fire
[17]
1980 Michael McDonald "What a Fool Believes" The Doobie Brothers
[18]
1981 Christopher Cross & Michael Omartian "Sailing" Christopher Cross [19]
1982 Jerry Hey & Quincy Jones "Ai No Corrida" Quincy Jones
[20]
1983 Jerry Hey & David Paich, Jeff Porcaro "Rosanna" Toto
[21]
1984 Nelson Riddle "What's New?" Linda Ronstadt
[22]
1985 David Foster & Jeremy Lubbock "Hard Habit to Break" Chicago [23]
1986 Nelson Riddle "Lush Life" Linda Ronstadt
[24]
1987 David Foster "Somewhere" Barbra Streisand
[25]
1988 Frank Foster "Deedles' Blues" Diane Schuur & the Count Basie Orchestra
[26]
1989 Jonathan Tunick "No One Is Alone" Cleo Laine
[27]
1990 Dave Grusin "My Funny Valentine" Michelle Pfeiffer
[28]
1991 Glen Ballard, Jerry Hey, Quincy Jones & Clif Magness "The Places You Find Love" Siedah Garrett & Chaka Khan
[29]
1992 Johnny Mandel "Unforgettable" Natalie Cole with Nat King Cole
[30]
1993 Johnny Mandel "Here's to Life" Shirley Horn
[31]
1994 David Foster & Jeremy Lubbock "When I Fall in Love" Céline Dion & Clive Griffin
[32]
1995 Hans Zimmer & Lebo M "Circle of Life" Carmen Twillie featuring Lebo M
[33]
1996 Rob McConnell "I Get a Kick Out of You" Mel Tormé with Rob McConnell & The Boss Brass
[34]
1997 Alan Broadbent & David Foster "When I Fall in Love" Natalie Cole with Nat King Cole [35]
1998 Slide Hampton "Cotton Tail" Dee Dee Bridgewater
[36]
1999 Herbie Hancock, Robert Sadin & Stevie Wonder "St. Louis Blues" Herbie Hancock
[37]
2000 Alan Broadbent "Lonely Town" Charlie Haden Quartet West featuring Shirley Horn
2001 Vince Mendoza "Both Sides Now" Joni Mitchell
2002 Paul Buckmaster "Drops of Jupiter (Tell Me)" Train
2003 Dave Grusin "Mean Old Man" James Taylor
2004 Vince Mendoza "Woodstock" Joni Mitchell
2005 Victor Vanacore "Over the Rainbow" Ray Charles & Johnny Mathis
2006 Billy Childs, Gil Goldstein and Heitor Pereira "What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?" Chris Botti & Sting
2007 Jorge Calandrelli "For Once in My Life" Tony Bennett and Stevie Wonder
2008 John Clayton "I'm Gonna Live Till I Die" Queen Latifah
2009 Nan Schwartz "Here's That Rainy Day" Natalie Cole
2010 Claus Ogerman "Quiet Nights" Diana Krall
2011 Christopher Tin "Baba Yetu" Christopher Tin, Soweto Gospel Choir and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
2012 Jorge Calandrelli "Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me)" Tony Bennett & Queen Latifah
2013 Thara Memory & Esperanza Spalding "City of Roses" Esperanza Spalding
2014 Gil Goldstein "Swing Low" Bobby McFerrin & Esperanza Spalding
2015 Billy Childs "New York Tendaberry" Billy Childs featuring Renée Fleming & Yo Yo Ma [38]
2016 Maria Schneider "Sue (Or in a Season of Crime)" David Bowie [39]
2017 Jacob Collier "Flintstones" Jacob Collier [40]
2018 Randy Newman "Putin" Randy Newman [41]
2019 Randy Waldman "Spiderman Theme" Randy Waldman featuring Take 6 & Chris Potter [42]
2020 Jacob Collier "All Night Long" Jacob Collier featuring Jules Buckley, Take 6 & the Metropole Orkest [43]
2021 "He Won't Hold You" Jacob Collier featuring Rapsody [44]
2022 Vince Mendoza "To The Edge of Longing (Edit Version)" The Czech National Symphony Orchestra, Vince Mendoza & Julia Bullock [45]
2023 "Songbird (Orchestral Version)" Christine McVie [46]
2024 Erin Bentlage, Jacob Collier, Sara Gazarek, Johnaye Kendrick & Amanda Taylor In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning säje ft. Jacob Collier
2025 Winner TBA on 2 February 2025 [47]

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