Dizzy Gillespie
Artist

Dizzy Gillespie

Wins

2

Nominations

17

Category

Jazz Latin

34th Annual Grammy Awards

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album - Winner

Live At The Royal Festival Hall. Dizzy Gillespie

33rd Annual Grammy Awards

Best Jazz Instrumental Album - Nominee

Max And Dizzy - Paris 1989 (Album). Dizzy Gillespie, Max Roach

32nd Annual Grammy Awards

Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Duo Or Group - Nominee

Get The Booty (Track). James Moody, Dizzy Gillespie

29th Annual Grammy Awards

Best Jazz Performance - Nominee

Closer To The Source (Album). Dizzy Gillespie

28th Annual Grammy Awards

Best Jazz Performance - Nominee

Sing Joy Spring (Track). Dizzy Gillespie

25th Annual Grammy Awards

Best Jazz Instrumental Album - Nominee

Dizzy Gillespie - Live With The Mitchell-Ruff Duo (Album). Dizzy Gillespie

24th Annual Grammy Awards

Best Latin Recording - Nominee

Summertime - Digital At Montreaux, 1980 (Album). Dizzy Gillespie, Mongo Santamaria

22nd Annual Grammy Awards

Best Jazz Instrumental Album - Nominee

The Gifted Ones (Album). Dizzy Gillespie

19th Annual Grammy Awards

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album - Nominee

Afro-Cuban Jazz Moods (Album). Dizzy Gillespie, Machito

18th Annual Grammy Awards

Best Jazz Instrumental Album - Nominee

Dizzy Gillespie's Big 4 (Album). Dizzy Gillespie

All Grammy Awards and
Nominations for Dizzy Gillespie

Year Award Artists Work All Nominees
1992 Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album Dizzy Gillespie Live At The Royal Festival Hall All Nominees
1991 Best Jazz Instrumental Album Dizzy Gillespie, Max Roach Max And Dizzy - Paris 1989 (Album) All Nominees
1990 Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Duo Or Group James Moody, Dizzy Gillespie Get The Booty (Track) All Nominees
1987 Best Jazz Performance Dizzy Gillespie Closer To The Source (Album) All Nominees
1986 Best Jazz Performance Dizzy Gillespie Sing Joy Spring (Track) All Nominees
1983 Best Jazz Instrumental Album Dizzy Gillespie Dizzy Gillespie - Live With The Mitchell-Ruff Duo (Album) All Nominees
1982 Best Latin Recording Dizzy Gillespie, Mongo Santamaria Summertime - Digital At Montreaux, 1980 (Album) All Nominees
1980 Best Jazz Instrumental Album Dizzy Gillespie The Gifted Ones (Album) All Nominees
1977 Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album Dizzy Gillespie, Machito Afro-Cuban Jazz Moods (Album) All Nominees
1976 Best Jazz Instrumental Album Dizzy Gillespie Dizzy Gillespie's Big 4 (Album) All Nominees
1976 Best Jazz Performance Dizzy Gillespie Oscar Peterson And Dizzy Gillespie All Nominees
1972 Best Jazz Performance, Soloist Dizzy Gillespie Portrait Of Jenny (Album) All Nominees
1972 Best Jazz Instrumental Album Mary Lou Williams, Dizzy Gillespie, Bobby Hackett Giants (Album) All Nominees
1966 Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album Dizzy Gillespie Love Theme From "The Sandpiper" (Album) All Nominees
1963 Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album Dizzy Gillespie Carnegie Hall Concert (Album) All Nominees
1962 Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album Dizzy Gillespie Gillespiana (Album) All Nominees
1961 Best Jazz Instrumental Album Dizzy Gillespie The Greatest Trumpet Of Them All All Nominees
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