1997 Grammy Awards
The Grammy Awards were presented on February 26, 1997 for the 39th time. In the past year of music, two artists celebrated “resurrection”. From a demo of John Lennon , who died in 1980 , his former colleagues created a new Beatles single: Free as a Bird . And Nat King Cole , who died in 1965, came up with a duet with his daughter Natalie using modern mixed media : When I Fall In Love . Both Grammy-worthy achievements.
The most important music award in the USA was awarded in 90 categories in 26 fields, and there were eight honorary Grammys for life's work.
Main categories
Single of the year (Record of the Year):
Album of the Year:
Song of the Year:
- Change the World by Eric Clapton (Authors: Gordon Kennedy, Wayne Kirkpatrick, Tommy Sims)
Best New Artist:
Work behind the mixer
Producer of the Year (Producer Of The Year):
Classical Producer of the Year (Classical Producer Of The Year):
Best mix of an album without classical music (Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical):
- Q's Jook Joint by Quincy Jones
Best mix of a classical recording (Best Classical Engineered Recording):
- Copland: Dance Symphony, Short Symphony, Organ Symphony by Saint Louis Symphony conducted by Leonard Slatkin
pop
Best Female Pop Vocal Performance - Pop :
- Un-Break My Heart by Toni Braxton
Best Male Pop Vocal Performance - Pop :
Best Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal - Pop (Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals):
- Free as a Bird from the Beatles
Best collaboration with vocals - Pop (Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals):
- When I Fall in Love by Natalie Cole with Nat King Cole
Best Pop Instrumental Performance - Pop :
- The Sinister Minister by Béla Fleck & The Flecktones
Best Pop Album (Best Pop Album):
Traditional pop
Best Vocal Album - Traditional Pop (Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album):
- Here's to the Ladies by Tony Bennett
skirt
Best Female Rock Vocal Performance - Rock :
- If It Makes You Happy by Sheryl Crow
Best Male Pop Vocal Performance - Rock (Best Male Rock Vocal Performance):
- Where It's At by Beck
Best Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal - Rock (Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals):
- So Much to Say from the Dave Matthews Band
Best hard rock performance (Best Hard Rock Performance):
- Bullet with Butterfly Wings from Smashing Pumpkins
Best metal performance (Best Metal Performance):
- Tire Me from Rage Against the Machine
Best performance of a rock instrumentals ( Best Rock Instrumental Performance ):
- SRV Shuffle by Eric Clapton , Robert Cray , Buddy Guy , BB King , Art Neville , Bonnie Raitt & Jimmie Vaughan
Best Rock Song (Best Rock Song):
- Give Me One Reason by Tracy Chapman
Best rock album (Best Rock Album):
- Sheryl Crow by Sheryl Crow
alternative
Best Alternative Album ( Best Alternative Music Album ):
Rhythm & Blues
Best Female Vocal Performance - R&B (Best Female R&B Vocal Performance):
- You're Makin 'Me High by Toni Braxton
Best Male Vocal Performance - R&B (Best Male R&B Vocal Performance):
- Your Secret Love by Luther Vandross
Best Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal - Pop (Best R & B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals):
- Killing Me Softly with His Song from the Fugees
Best R&B Song (Best R&B Song):
- Exhale (Shoop Shoop) by Whitney Houston (Author: Kenneth Edmonds )
Best R&B Album (Best R&B Album):
- Words from The Tony Rich Project
rap
Best Solo Performance - Rap (Best Rap Solo Performance):
- Hey Lover by LL Cool J
Best Performance By A Duo Or Group - Rap (Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group):
- Tha Crossroads by Bone Thugs-N-Harmony
Best Rap Album (Best Rap Album):
Country
Best Female Country Vocal Performance - Country :
- Blue by LeAnn Rimes
Best Male Pop Vocal Performance - Country (Best Male Country Vocal Performance):
- Worlds Apart by Vince Gill
Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group (Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal):
- My Maria from Brooks & Dunn
Best collaboration with vocals - Country (Best Country Collaboration With Vocals):
- High Lonesome Sound by Alison Krauss & Union Station & Vince Gill
Best Performance by a Country Instrumentals (Best Country Instrumental Performance):
- Jam Man by Chet Atkins
Best Country Song (Best Country Song):
- Blue by LeAnn Rimes (Author: Bill Mack )
Best Country Album (Best Country Album):
- The Road to Ensenada by Lyle Lovett
Best Bluegrass Album (Best Bluegrass Album):
- True Life Blues - The Songs Of Bill Monroe by various artists
New Age
Best New Age Album (Best New Age Album):
- The Memory of Trees by Enya
jazz
Best contemporary jazz performance (Best Contemporary Jazz Performance):
- High Life by Wayne Shorter
Best Jazz Vocal Performance (Best Jazz Vocal Performance):
- New Moon Daughter by Cassandra Wilson
Best Jazz Instrumental Solo (Best Jazz Instrumental Solo):
- Cabin Fever by Michael Brecker
Best Jazz Instrumental performance, single artist or group (Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Individual or Group):
- Tales from the Hudson by Michael Brecker
Best Performance by a jazz big ensembles (Best Large Jazz Ensemble Performance):
- Live at Manchester Craftsmen's Guild by Grover Mitchell (with Count Basie Orchestra and New York Voices )
Best Latin jazz performance (Best Latin Jazz Performance):
- Portraits of Cuba by Paquito D'Rivera
Gospel
Best rock gospel album (Best Rock Gospel Album):
- Jesus Freak from DC Talk
Best Contemporary / Pop Gospel Album (Best Pop / Contemporary Gospel Album):
- Tribute - The Songs of Andrae Crouch by various artists
Best Gospel, Country Gospel or Bluegrass Gospel Album (Best Gospel, Country Gospel Or Bluegrass Gospel Album):
- I Love to Tell the Story - 25 Timeless Hymns by Andy Griffith
Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album (Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album):
- Face to Face by Cissy Houston
Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album (Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album):
- Whatcha Lookin '4 by Kirk Franklin
Best Gospel Choir album (Best Gospel Album By A Choir Or Chorus)
- Just a Word from Shirley Caesar ’s Outreach Convention Choir
Latin
Best Latin Pop Performance (Best Latin Pop Performance):
- Enrique Iglesias by Enrique Iglesias
Best Tropical Latin performance (Best Tropical Latin Performance):
- La rosa de los vientos by Rubén Blades
Best Performance by Mexican-American or Tejano Music (Best Mexican-American / Tejano Music Performance)
- Un millon de rosas from La Mafia
blues
Best Traditional Blues Album (Best Traditional Blues Album):
- Deep in the Blues by James Cotton
Best Contemporary Blues Album (Best Contemporary Blues Album):
- Just Like You by Keb 'Mo'
Folk
Best Traditional Folk Album (Best Traditional Folk Album):
- Pete by Pete Seeger
Best Contemporary Folk Album (Best Contemporary Folk Album):
reggae
Best Reggae Album (Best Reggae Album):
- Hall of Fame - A Tribute to Bob Marley's 50th Anniversary by Bunny Wailer
World music
Best World Music Album (Best World Music Album):
- Santiago from the Chieftains
polka
Best Polka Album (Best Polka Album):
- Polka! All Night Long by Jimmy Sturr
For children
Best Musical Album for Children (Best Musical Album For Children):
- Dedicated to the One I Love by Linda Ronstadt
Best Spoken Album for Children (Best Spoken Word Album For Children):
- Stellaluna by David Holt
language
Best Spoken or non-music album (Best Spoken Word Or Non-musical Album):
- It Takes a Village by Hillary Clinton
Best Spoken Comedy Album (Best Spoken Comedy Album):
- Rush Limbaugh Is a Big Fat Idiot by Al Franken
Musical show
Best Musical Show Album (Best Musical Show Album):
Composition / arrangement
Best Instrumental Composition (Best Instrumental Composition):
- Manhattan (Island of Lights and Love) by Herbie Hancock (Authors: Herbie Hancock, Jean Hancock)
Best Instrumental Arrangement (Best Instrumental Arrangement):
- An American Symphony (Mr. Holland's Opus) (Arranger: Michael Kamen )
Best Instrumental Arrangement with vocal accompaniment (Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying With Vocal (s)):
- When I Fall in Love by Natalie Cole with Nat King Cole (Arrangers: Alan Broadbent, David Foster)
Best Song Written Specifically For A Motion Picture Or For Television :
- Because You Loved Me (up close ) by Celine Dion (Author: Diane Warren )
Best instrumental composition written for film or television (Best Instrumental Composition Written For A Motion Picture Or For Television) :
- Independence Day by David Arnold
Packages and album text
Best Recording Package (Best Recording Package):
- Ultra-Lounge (Leopard Skin Sampler) by various artists
Best Recording Package as a box (Best Recording Package - Boxed):
- The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings by Miles Davis & Gil Evans
Best Album Notes:
- The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings by Miles Davis & Gil Evans (writers: Bill Kirchner , Bob Belden, George Avakian, Phil Schaap)
Historical recordings
Best Historical Album (Best Historical Album):
- The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings by Miles Davis & Gil Evans
Classical music
Best classical album (Best Classical Album):
- Corigliano: Of Rage And Remembrance by the men's choir of the Washington Choral Arts Society, the men's choir of the Washington Oratorio Society and the National Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Leonard Slatkin
Best orchestral performance:
- Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet (scenes from the ballet) from the San Francisco Symphony conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas
Best Opera Recording (Best Opera Recording):
- Britten: Peter Grimes of Philip Langridge , Alan Opie , Janice Watson , the London Symphony Chorus and the City of London Sinfonia conducted by Richard Hickox
Best choral performance (Best Choral Performance):
- Walton: Beshazzar's Feast of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra & Chorus under the direction of Andrew Litton
Best solo instrument performances with orchestra (Best Instrumental Soloist (s) Performance with Orchestra):
- Bartók: The three piano concertos by Yefim Bronfman and the Los Angeles Philharmonic , conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen
Best solo instrument performance without orchestra (Best Instrumental Soloist (s) Performance without Orchestra):
- The Romantic Master - Works of Saint-Saëns, Handel by Earl Wild
Best chamber music performance (Best Chamber Music Performance):
- Corigliano: String Quartet from the Cleveland Quartet
Best Small Ensemble Performance (Best Small Ensemble Performance):
- Boulez:… Explosante-fixe by L'Ensemble intercontemporain under the direction of Pierre Boulez
Best Classical Vocal Performance (Best Classical Vocal Performance):
- Opera arias - works by Mozart, Wagner, Borodin by Bryn Terfel and the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra under the direction of James Levine
Best Classical Contemporary Composition (Best Classical Contemporary Composition):
- String quartet from the Cleveland Quartet (composer: John Corigliano )
Music video
Best Music Video Short (Best Short Form Music Video):
- Free as a Bird from the Beatles
Best Music Video Long (Best Long Form Music Video):
- The Beatles Anthology by the Beatles