Grammy Award for Best Latin Recording

The Grammy Award for Best Latin Recording , in German "Grammy award for the best recording of Latin American music", was a music prize that was awarded from 1976 to 1933 by the American Recording Academy in the field of Latin American music .

History and background

Since 1959, the Grammy Awards are presented annually in numerous categories by the Recording Academy in the United States to recognize artistic achievement, technical competence, and overall outstanding performance regardless of album sales or chart position.

One of these categories was the Grammy Award for Best Latin Recording. The award was presented from 1976 to 1983. From 1984 the area of ​​Latin music was revised and expanded. Since that year the Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Album , the Grammy Award for Best Tropical Latin Album and the Grammy Award for Best Mexican / Mexican American Album have been presented.

Winners and nominees

year	Winner	nationality	admission	Nominees	Picture of the winner (s)
1976	Eddie Palmieri	United States	Sun of Latin Music	Paunetto's Point by Bobby Paunetto "Quieres Ser Mi Amante" by Camilo Sesto Fania All-Stars Live at Yankee Stadium, Vol. 1 by Fania All-Stars Afro-Indio from Mongo Santamaría Barretto by Ray Barretto The Good, the Bad and the Ugly by Willie Colón
1977	Eddie Palmieri	United States	Unfinished masterpiece	La Gormé by Eydie Gormé Salsa - Soundtrack by Fania All-Stars Cocinando la Salsa by Joe Cuba El Maestro by Johnny Pacheco Sofrito by Mongo Santamaría
1978	Mongo Santamaría	Cuba	Dawn	Muy Amigos / Close Friends by Eydie Gormé and Danny Rivera Fire Works by Machito Orchestra with Lalo Rodríguez Tomorrow: Barretto Live by Ray Barretto Band La Leyenda by Tito Puente
1979	Tito Puente	United States	Homenaje a Beny Moré	Lucumi, Macumba, Voodoo by Eddie Palmieri Coro Miyare from Fania All-Stars Laurindo Almeida Trio by Laurindo Almeida Mongo a la Carte by Mongo Santamaría La Raza Latina by Orchestra Harlow
1980	Iraqis	Cuba	Iraqis	Cross over from Fania All-Stars Touching You, Touching Me by Airto Moreira Eternos by Celia Cruz and Johnny Pacheco
1981	Cal Tjader Sextet	United States	La Onda Va Bien	Irakere 2 from Irakere Hey by Julio Iglesias Rican / Struction by Ray Barretto Dancemania '80 by Tito Puente
1982	Clare Fischer	United States	Guajita Pa 'La Jeva	Gózame! Pero Yu ... by Cal Tjader Summertime Digital at Montreaux, 1980 by Dizzy Gillespie with Mongo Santamaría Eddie Palmieri by Eddie Palmieri Brazilian Soul by Laurindo Almeida and Charlie Byrd
1983	Machito	Cuba	Machito and His Salsa Big Band '82	Rhythm of Life by Ray Barretto Canciones del Solar de los Aburridos by Willie Colón and Rubén Blades Escenas de Amor by José Feliciano Momentos by Julio Iglesias

Web links

• Official website of the Grammy Awards - Recording Academy, Los Angeles (English)
• Winner of the Grammy Award for Best Latin Recording at grammy.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Grammy Awards. Accessed March 26, 2019 . 
2. ^ The Official Site of the Grammy Awards - Overview. Accessed March 26, 2019 . 
3. ^ Winners Best Latin Recording. Accessed March 29, 2019 .