Двадцать первая церемония вручения премии Grammy - 15 февраля 1979

Двадцать первая церемония Grammy Awards прошла 15 февраля 1979 в Shrine Auditorium в Лос-Анджелесе. Наибольшее число номинаций получили Earth, Wind & Fire, John Williams и Quincy Jones. Earth, Wind & Fire взяли три Grammys; John Williams и Billy Joel получили по 2 Grammy Awards каждый.

Album Of The Year

Номинанты:

Soundtrack Album - Saturday Night Fever Even Now - Barry Manilow Running on Empty - Jackson Browne Grease - Original Soundtrack Album The Rolling Stones - Some Girls

Победитель: Soundtrack Album - Saturday Night Fever

Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(S)

Номинанты:

Earth Wind & Fire - Got To Get You Into My Life Lyrics Chick Corea - Falling Alice Earth Wind & Fire - Fantasy Lyrics Andrea Marcovicci - It Happens Very Softly Christmas Festival Choracle and Orchestra - We Three Kings

Победитель: Earth Wind & Fire - Got To Get You Into My Life Lyrics

Best Arrangement For Voices

Номинанты:

Bee Gees - Stayin' Alive Lyrics Singers Unlimited - Cry Me a River Vocal Jazz Inc. - High Clouds McCoy Tyner - Rotunda Quincy Jones - Stuff Like That Lyrics

Победитель: Bee Gees - Stayin' Alive Lyrics

Best Cast Show Album

Номинанты:

Thomas Fats Waller and others - Ain't Misbehavin' Adolph Green, Betty Comden, Cy Coleman - On the Twentieth Century Carol Hall - The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr - Beatlemania Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II - The King and I

Победитель: Thomas Fats Waller and others - Ain't Misbehavin'

 Best Engineered Recording

Номинанты:

Steely Dan - FM (No Static at All) Diahann Carroll - A Tribute to Ethel Waters Earth, Wind & Fire - All 'n' All John Williams - Close Encounters of the Third Kind Alan Parsons Project - Pyramid Quincy Jones - Sounds ...and Stuff Like That

Победитель: Steely Dan - FM (No Static at All)

Best Instrumental Arrangement

Номинанты:

Quincy Jones, Robert Freedman - Main Title (Overture Part One), The Wiz original soundtrack Alan Broadbent - Aja (Woody Herman Band) Joe Roccisano - Green Earrings (Woody Herman Band) Chick Corea - Mad Hatter Rhapsody (Chick Corea) Tom Tom 84 - Runnin' (Earth, Wind & Fire)

Победитель: Quincy Jones, Robert Freedman - Main Title (Overture Part One), The Wiz original soundtrack

Best Instrumental Composition

Номинанты:

John Williams - Theme from Close Encounters of the Third Kind Chick Corea - Friends Chuck Mangione - Consuelo's Love Theme Lee Ritenour - The Captain's Journey Quincy Jones, Nick Ashford, Valerie Simpson - End of the Yellow Brick Road

Победитель: John Williams - Theme from Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Best Jazz Instrumental Performance - Big Band

Номинанты:

Thad Jones, Mel Lewis - Live in Munich Rob McConnell & the Boss Brass - Big Band Jazz Toshiko Akiyoshi-Lew Tabackin Big Band - Insights Dexter Gordon & Orchestra - Sophisticated Giant Thad Jones - Thad Jones Greetings and Salutations

Победитель: Thad Jones, Mel Lewis - Live in Munich

Best Jazz Instrumental Performance - Group

Номинанты:

Chick Corea - Friends Al Cohn, Jimmy Rowles - Heavy Love Woody Shaw Concert Ensemble - Rosewood Phil Woods Quintet - Song for Sisyphus Stan Getz, Jimmy Rowles - The Peacocks

Победитель: Chick Corea - Friends

Best Jazz Instrumental Performance - Soloist

Номинанты:

Oscar Peterson - Montreaux '77, Oscar Peterson Jam Al Cohn - Heavy Love (Al Cohn, Jimmy Rowles) Woody Shaw - Rosewood Dexter Gordon - Sophisticated Giant Stan Getz - Stan Getz Gold

Победитель: Oscar Peterson - Montreaux '77, Oscar Peterson Jam

Best Jazz Vocal Performance

Номинанты:

Al Jarreau - All Fly Home Irene Kral - Gentle Rain Sarah Vaughan - How Long Has This Been Going On Eddie Jefferson - The Main Man Mel Torme - Together Again, for the First Time Ray Charles - True to Life

Победитель: Al Jarreau - All Fly Home

Best Latin Recording

Номинанты:

Tito Puente - Homenaje a Beny More Eddie Palmieri - Lucumi, Macumba, Voodoo Fania All Stars - Coro Miyare Laurindo Almeida - Laurindo Almeida Trio Mongo Santamaria - Mongo a la Carte Orchestra Harlow - La Raza Latina

Победитель: Tito Puente - Homenaje a Beny More

 Best Pop Instrumental Performance

Номинанты:

Chuck Mangione - Children of Sanchez Chet Atkins, Les Paul - Guitar Monsters Zubin Mehta conducting the Los Angeles Philharmonic - Star Wars and Close Encounters of the Third Kind Henry Mancini - The Pink Panther Theme ('78) John Williams - Close Encounters of the Third Kind (soundtrack)

Победитель: Chuck Mangione - Children of Sanchez

Best Rhythm & Blues Instrumental Performance

Номинанты:

Earth, Wind & Fire - Runnin' Crusaders - Images Stanley Clarke - Modern Man Brothers Johnson - Streetwave Average White Band - Sweet and Sour

Победитель: Earth, Wind & Fire - Runnin'

Best Rhythm & Blues Vocal Performance - Female

Номинанты:

Donna Summer - Last Dance Lyrics Alicia Bridges - I Love The Night Life Lyrics Chaka Khan - I'm Every Woman Lyrics Natalie Cole - Our Love Lyrics Aretha Franklin - Almighty Fire

Победитель: Donna Summer - Last Dance Lyrics

Best Rhythm & Blues Vocal Performance - Male

Номинанты:

George Benson - On Broadway Lyrics Teddy Pendergrass - Close The Door Lyrics Peter Brown - Dance with Me Ray Charles - I Can See Clearly Now Lou Rawls - When You Hear Lou, You've Heard It All

Победитель: George Benson - On Broadway Lyrics

Hall Of Fame Inductees

Номинанты:

Count Basie - One O'Clock Jump Les Paul and Mary Ford - How High the Moon Sergei Rachmaninoff (piano), Leopold Stokowski conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra - Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini

Победитель: Count Basie - One O'Clock Jump