Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Big Band
21st Annual Grammy Awards • 1979
Honoring recordings released between October 1, 1977 – September 30, 1978
Thad Jones & Mel Lewis won the 1979 Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Big Band with "Live In Munich"
Winners & Nominees 1979
Winner
Nominees
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Live In Munich
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Big Band Jazz (Album)
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Insights (Album)
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Sophisticated Giant (Album)
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Thad Jones Greetings And Salutations (Album)
Previous Years
| Year | Winner | Title | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Frank Foster | Basie's Bag | All Nominees |
| 1990 | Miles Davis | Aura | All Nominees |
| 1989 | Gil Evans | Bud & Bird | All Nominees |
| 1988 | Mercer Ellington | Digital Duke | All Nominees |
| 1987 | Doc Severinsen | The Tonight Show Band With Doc Severinsen | All Nominees |
| 1986 | John Barry, Bob Wilber | The Cotton Club - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | All Nominees |
| 1985 | Count Basie | 88 Basie Street | All Nominees |
| 1984 | Rob McConnell | All In Good Time | All Nominees |
| 1983 | Count Basie | Warm Breeze | All Nominees |
| 1982 | Gerry Mulligan | Walk On The Water | All Nominees |
| 1981 | Count Basie | On The Road | All Nominees |
| 1980 | Duke Ellington | Duke Ellington At Fargo, 1940 Live | All Nominees |
| 1979 | Thad Jones, Mel Lewis | Live In Munich | All Nominees |