Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Big Band
29th Annual Grammy Awards • 1987
Honoring recordings released between October 1, 1985 – September 30, 1986
The Tonight Show Band With Doc Severinsen won the 1987 Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Big Band with "The Tonight Show Band With Doc Severinsen"
Winners & Nominees 1987
Winner
Nominees
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The Tonight Show Band With Doc Severinsen
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20 Years At The Village Vanguard (Album)
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50th Anniversary Tour (Album)
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Let's Dance (Album)
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Sentimental Journey (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 |