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, unless 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 Arranger(s) Work Performing (non-winning) artist(s)Nominees(Non-nominated) Performers are in parenthesesRef.1963Marty Manning"I Left My Heart in San Francisco"Tony Bennett1964Henry Mancini"Days of Wine and Roses"Henry Mancini1965Peter Matz"People"Barbra Streisand1966Gordon Jenkins"It Was a Very Good Year"Frank Sinatra1967Ernie Freeman"Strangers in the Night"Frank Sinatra1968Jimmie Haskell"Ode to Billie Joe"Bobbie Gentry1969Jimmy L. Webb"MacArthur Park"Richard Harris1970Fred Lipsius"Spinning Wheel"Blood, Sweat & Tears1971 Ernie Freeman, Art Garfunkel, Jimmie Haskell, Larry Knechtel & Paul Simon"Bridge Over Troubled Water"Simon and Garfunkel1972Paul McCartney"Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey"Paul & Linda McCartney1973Michel Legrand"What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?"Sarah Vaughan1974George Martin"Live and Let Die"Paul McCartney & Wings 1975Joni Mitchell & Tom Scott"Down to You"Joni Mitchell1976Ray Stevens"Misty" Ray Stevens1977James William Guercio & Jimmie Haskell"If You Leave Me Now"Chicago1978Ian Freebairn-Smith"Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born)"Barbra Streisand1979Maurice White"Got to Get You into My Life"Earth, Wind & Fire1980Michael McDonald "What a Fool Believes"The Doobie Brothers1981Christopher Cross & Michael Omartian"Sailing"Christopher Cross1982Jerry Hey & Quincy Jones"Ai No Corrida"Quincy Jones1983Jerry Hey & David Paich, Jeff Porcaro"Rosanna"Toto1984Nelson Riddle"What's New?"Linda Ronstadt1985David Foster & Jeremy Lubbock"Hard Habit to Break"Chicago1986Nelson Riddle"Lush Life"Linda Ronstadt1987David Foster"Somewhere"Barbra Streisand1988Frank Foster"Deedles' Blues"Diane Schuur & the Count Basie Orchestra1989Jonathan Tunick"No One Is Alone"Cleo Laine1990Dave Grusin"My Funny Valentine"Michelle Pfeiffer1991Glen Ballard, Jerry Hey, Quincy Jones & Clif Magness"The Places You Find Love"Siedah Garrett & Chaka Khan1992Johnny Mandel"Unforgettable"Natalie Cole with Nat King Cole1993Johnny Mandel"Here's to Life"Shirley Horn1994David Foster & Jeremy Lubbock"When I Fall in Love"Céline Dion & Clive Griffin 1995Hans Zimmer & Lebo M"Circle of Life"Carmen Twillie featuring Lebo M1996Rob McConnell"I Get a Kick Out of You"Mel Tormé with Rob McConnell & The Boss Brass1997Alan Broadbent & David Foster"When I Fall in Love"Natalie Cole with Nat King Cole1998Slide Hampton"Cotton Tail"Dee Dee Bridgewater1999Herbie Hancock, Robert Sadin & Stevie Wonder"St. Louis Blues"Herbie Hancock2000 Alan Broadbent "Lonely Town" Charlie Haden Quartet West featuring Shirley Horn2001 Vince Mendoza "Both Sides Now" Joni Mitchell2002 Paul Buckmaster "Drops of Jupiter (Tell Me)" Train2003 Dave Grusin "Mean Old Man" James Taylor2004 Vince Mendoza "Woodstock" Joni Mitchell2005 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 & Sting2007 Jorge Calandrelli "For Once in My Life" Tony Bennett and Stevie Wonder2008 John Clayton "I'm Gonna Live Till I Die" Queen Latifah2009 Nan Schwartz "Here's That Rainy Day" Natalie Cole2010 Claus Ogerman "Quiet Nights" Diana Krall2011 Christopher Tin "Baba Yetu" Christopher Tin, Soweto Gospel Choir and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra2012 Jorge Calandrelli "Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me)" Tony Bennett & Queen Latifah2013 Thara Memory & Esperanza Spalding "City of Roses" Esperanza Spalding2014 Gil Goldstein "Swing Low" Bobby McFerrin & Esperanza Spalding2015 Billy Childs "New York Tendaberry" Billy Childs featuring Renée Fleming & Yo Yo Ma Jeremy Fox – "All My Tomorrows" (Jeremy Fox featuring Kate McGarry) Vince Mendoza – "Goodnight America" (Mary Chapin Carpenter) Gordon Goodwin – "Party Rockers" (Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band) Pete McGuinness – "What Are You Doing The Rest of Your Life?" (The Pete McGuinness Jazz Orchestra)2016 Maria Schneider "Sue (Or in a Season of Crime)" David Bowie Shelly Berg – "Be My Muse" (Lorraine Feather) Patrick Williams – "52nd & Broadway" (Patrick Williams featuring Patti Austin) Otmaro Ruiz – "Garota de Ipanema" (Catina DeLuna featuring Otmaro Ruiz) Jimmy Greene – "When I Come Home" (Jimmy Greene & Javier Colon)2017 Jacob Collier "Flintstones" Jacob Collier Gordon Goodwin – "Do You Hear What I Hear" (Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band featuring Take 6) John Daversa – "Do You Want To Know a Secret" (John Daversa featuring Renee Olstead) Alan Broadbent – "I'm a Fool to Want You" (Kristin Chenoweth) Billy Childs & Larry Klein – "Somewhere (Dirty Blvd)" (Lang Lang featuring Lisa Fischer & Jeffrey Wright)2018 Randy Newman "Putin" Randy Newman Justin Hurwitz – "Another Day of Sun" (The La La Land Cast) Jorge Calandrelli – "Every Time We Say Goodbye" (Clint Holmes featuring Jane Monheit) Joel McNeely – "I Like Myself" (Seth MacFarlane) Shelly Berg, Gregg Field, Gordon Goodwin & Clint Holmes – "I Loves You Porgy/There's A Boat That's Leavin' Soon For New York" (Clint Holmes featuring Dee Dee Bridgewater & The Count Basie Orchestra)2019 Randy Waldman "Spiderman Theme" Randy Waldman featuring Take 6 & Chris Potter Matt Rollings & Kristin Wilkinson – "It Was A Very Good Year" (Willie Nelson) Dan Pugach & Nicole Zuraitis – "Jolene" (Dan Pugach) Vince Mendoza – "Mona Lisa" (Gregory Porter) Gonzalo Grau – "Niña" (Magos Herrera & Brooklyn Rider)2020Jacob Collier "All Night Long" Jacob Collier featuring Jules Buckley, Take 6 & the Metropole Orkest Geoff Keezer – "Jolene" (Sara Gazarek) Cyrille Aimée & Diego Figueiredo – "Marry Me A Little" (Cyrille Aimée) Vince Mendoza – "Over the Rainbow" (Trisha Yearwood) Esperanza Spalding – "12 Little Spells (Thoracic Spine)"2021 "He Won't Hold You" Jacob Collier featuring Rapsody John Beasley & Maria Mendes – "Asas Fechadas" (Maria Mendes featuring John Beasley & the Metropole Orkest) Erin Bentlage, Sara Gazarek, Johnaye Kendrick & Amanda Taylor – "Desert Song" (Säje) Alan Broadbent & Pat Metheny – "From This Place" (Pat Metheny & Meshell Ndegeocello) Talia Billig, Nic Hard & Becca Stevens – "Slow Burn" (Becca Stevens featuring Jacob Collier, Mark Lettieri, Justin Stanton, Jordan Perlson, Nic Hard, Keita Ogawa, Marcelo Woloski & Nate Werth)Grammy.com, 24 November 20202022Vince Mendoza "To The Edge of Longing (Edit Version)" The Czech National Symphony Orchestra, Vince Mendoza & Julia Bullock Ólafur Arnalds – "The Bottom Line" (Ólafur Arnalds & Josin) Tehillah Alphonso – "A Change Is Gonna Come" (Tonality & Alexander Lloyd Blake) Jacob Collier – "The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire)" Cody Fry – "Eleanor Rigby"2023 "Songbird (Orchestral Version)" Christine McVie Louis Cole - "Let It Happen" (Louis Cole) Jacob Collier - "Never Gonna Be Alone" (Jacob Collier ft. Lizzy McAlpine & John Mayer) Sullivan Fortner - "Optimistic Voices/No Love Dying" (Cécile McLorin Salvant) Nathan Schram & Becca Stevens - "2 + 2 = 5 (Arr. Nathan Schram)" (Becca Stevens & Attacca Quartet)2024 Erin Bentlage, Jacob Collier, Sara Gazarek, Johnaye Kendrick & Amanda Taylor "In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning" säje featuring Jacob Collier2025 Erin Bentlage, Sara Gazarek, Johnaye Kendrick & Amanda Taylor "Alma" säje featuring Regina Carter2026Erin Bentlage, Sara Gazarek, Johnaye Kendrick, Nate Smith & Amanda Taylor"Big Fish"Nate Smith ft. Säje Nelson Riddle - "How Did She Look?" (Seth MacFarlane) Jacob Collier - "Keep An Eye On Summer" (Jacob Collier) Clyde Lawrence, Gracie Lawrence & Linus Lawrence - "Something In The Water (Acoustic-ish)" (Lawrence) Cody Fry - "What A Wonderful World" (Cody Fry)
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