Grammy Award for Best Performance by an Orchestra or Instrumentalist with Orchestra

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The Grammy Award for Best Performance by an Orchestra or Instrumentalist with Orchestra - Primarily Not Jazz or for Dancing was awarded from 1959 to 1964. The award had several minor name changes:

  • From 1959 to 1960 the award was known as Best Performance by an Orchestra
  • In 1961 it was awarded as Best Performance by an Orchestra - for Other Than Dancing
  • From 1962 to 1964 it has been awarded as Best Performance by an Orchestra or Instrumentalist with Orchestra - Primarily Not Jazz or for Dancing

This award was presented alongside the award for Best Performance by an Orchestra – for Dancing.

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

Recipients[edit]

Year Winner(s) Title Nominees Ref.
1959 Billy May "Billy May's Big Fat Brass"
[1]
1960 David Rose & His Orchestra with André Previn "Like Young"
[2]
1961 Henry Mancini "Mr. Lucky" [3]
1962 Henry Mancini "Breakfast at Tiffany's"
[4]
1963 Peter Nero "The Colorful Peter Nero" [5]
1964 Al Hirt "Java"
[6]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Grammy Awards 1959 (May)". AwardsandShows. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
  2. ^ "Grammy Awards 1959". AwardsandShows. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
  3. ^ "Grammy Awards 1961". AwardsandShows. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
  4. ^ "Grammy Awards 1962". AwardsandShows. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
  5. ^ "Grammy Awards 1963". AwardsandShows. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
  6. ^ "Grammy Awards 1964". AwardsandShows. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
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