Девятнадцатая церемония вручения премии Grammy - 19 февраля 1977

Девятнадцатая церемония прошла 19 февраля 1977 в Hollywood Palladium в Лос-Анджелесе. Наибольшее число номинаций в том году получили Стиви Уандер (Stevie Wonder), Джордж Бенсон (George Benson) и группа Chicago. По четыре статуэтки каждый унесли с собой Стиви Уандер (Stevie Wonder) и Джордж Бенсон (George Benson).

Album Of The Year

Номинанты:

Stevie Wonder - Songs In The Key Of Life Lyrics Boz Scaggs - Silk Degrees Chicago - Chicago X Lyrics George Benson - Breezin' Peter Frampton - Frampton Comes Alive

Победитель: Stevie Wonder - Songs In The Key Of Life Lyrics

Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(S)

Номинанты:

Chicago - If You Leave Me Now Lyrics Antonio Carlos Jobim - Boto (Porpoise) Singers Unlimited - Green Dolphin Street Wings - Let'em In Lyrics Singers Unlimited - Sentimental Journey

Победитель: Chicago - If You Leave Me Now Lyrics

Best Engineered Recording Other Than Classical

Номинанты:

George Benson - Breezin' Ambrosia - Somewhere I've Never Travelled Alan Parsons Project - Tales of Mystery and Imagination, Edgar Allan Poe Gary Wright - Dream Weaver Lyrics Harry James & His Big Band - The King James Version

Победитель: George Benson - Breezin'

Best Instrumental Arrangement

Номинанты:

Chick Corea - Leprechaun's Dream (Chick Corea) Stanley Clarke - Life Is Just a Game (Stanley Clarke) Claus Ogerman - Saudade do Brazil (Antonio Carlos Jobim) Henry Mancini, John Williams, Herb Spencer, Al Woodbury - The Disaster Movie Suite (Henry Mancini conducting the London Symphony) Bob James - Westchester Lady (Bob James)

Победитель: Chick Corea - Leprechaun's Dream (Chick Corea)

Best Instrumental Composition

Номинанты:

Chuck Mangione - Bellavia Chick Corea - Leprechaun's Dream Henry Mancini - The White Dawn Maurie White, Skip Scarbrough - Earth, Wind & Fire Quincy Jones, Louis Johnson, Dave Grusin - Midnight Soul Patrol Stevie Wonder - Contusion Lyrics

Победитель: Chuck Mangione - Bellavia

Best Jazz Performance By A Big Band

Номинанты:

Duke Ellington - The Ellington Suites Dizzy Gillespie, Machito - Afro-Cuban Jazz Moods Toshiko Akiyoshi-Lew Tabackin Big Band - Long Yellow Road Thad Jones, Mel Lewis - New Life Phil Woods - The New Phil Woods Album

Победитель: Duke Ellington - The Ellington Suites

Best Jazz Performance By A Group

Номинанты:

Chick Corea - The Leprechaun Count Basie, Zoot Sims - Basie & Zoot Jaco Pastorius - Jaco Pastorius Bill Evans Trio - Since We Met Paul Desmond Quartet - The Paul Desmond Quartet Live

Победитель: Chick Corea - The Leprechaun

Best Jazz Performance By A Soloist

Номинанты:

Count Basie - Basie and Zoot Clark Terry - Clark Terry and His Jolly Giants Jim Hall - Commitment Jaco Pastorius - Donna Lee Phil Woods - The New Phil Woods Album Art Tatum - Works of Art

Победитель: Count Basie - Basie and Zoot

Best Jazz Vocal Performance

Номинанты:

Ella Fitzgerald - Fitzgerald and Pass... Again Sarah Vaughan - More Sarah Vaughan Live in Japan Ray Charles, Cleo Laine - Porgy and Bess Quire - Quire Irene Kral - Where Is Love?

Победитель: Ella Fitzgerald - Fitzgerald and Pass... Again

Best Latin Recording

Номинанты:

Eddie Palmieri - Unfinished Masterpiece Eydie Gorme - La Gorme Fania All-Stars - Salsa Soundtrack Joe Cuba - Cocianando la Salsa Johnny Pacheco - El Maestro Mongo Santamaria – Sofrito

Победитель: Eddie Palmieri - Unfinished Masterpiece

Best Pop Instrumental Performance

Номинанты:

George Benson - Breezin' Walter Murphy & the Big Apple Band - A Fifth of Beethoven Brecker Borthers Band - Back to Back Stevie Wonder - Contusion Lyrics Jeff Beck – Wired

Победитель: George Benson - Breezin'

Best Rhythm & Blues Instrumental Performance

Номинанты:

George Benson - Theme from Good King Bad Marvin Gaye - After the Dance Lyrics Brass Construction - Brass Construction Herbie Hancock - Doin' It Stanley Turrentine - Hope That We Can Be Together Soon Crusaders - Keep That Same Old Feeling

Победитель: George Benson - Theme from Good King Bad

Best Rhythm & Blues Vocal Performance - Female

Номинанты:

Natalie Cole - Sophisticated Lady (She's a Different Lady) Melba Moore - Lean On Me Diana Ross - Love Hangover Lyrics Dorothy Moore - Misty Blue Aretha Franklin - Something He Can Feel

Победитель: Natalie Cole - Sophisticated Lady (She's a Different Lady)

Hall Of Fame

Номинанты:

Artie Shaw & His Orchestra - Begin the Beguine Arturo Toscanini conducting the NBC Symphony Orchestra (19 - Beethoven: Symphonies Frankie Trumbauer & His Orchestra featuring Bix Beiderbecke on Cornet - Singin' the Blues Original Broadway Cast with Rex Harrison and Julie Andrews - My Fair Lady Wanda Landowska - Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier (Complete)

Победитель: Artie Shaw & His Orchestra - Begin the Beguine

Pop Female Vocalist

Номинанты:

Linda Ronstadt - Hasten Down the Wind Lyrics Emmylou Harris - Here, There And Everywhere Lyrics Natalie Cole - Natalie Joni Mitchell - The Hissing of Summer Lawns Lyrics Vicki Sue Robinson - Turn the Beat Around

Победитель: Linda Ronstadt - Hasten Down the Wind Lyrics

Pop Male Vocalist

Номинанты:

Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life Boz Scaggs - Silk Degrees Gordon Lightfoot - The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald Lyrics George Benson - This Masquerade Lyrics Lou Rawls - You'll Never Finda Another Love Like Mine

Победитель: Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life

Record Of The Year

Номинанты:

George Benson - This Masquerade Lyrics Barry Manilow - I Write The Songs Lyrics Chicago - If You Leave Me Now Lyrics Paul Simon - 50 Ways To Leave Your Lover Lyrics Starland Vocal Band - Afternoon Delight Lyrics

Победитель: George Benson - This Masquerade Lyrics