Best Jazz Performance By A Big Band
20th Annual Grammy Awards • 1978
Honoring recordings released between October 1, 1976 – September 30, 1977
Count Basie won the 1978 Grammy Award for Best Jazz Performance By A Big Band with "Prime Time"
Winners & Nominees 1978
Winner
Nominees
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Prime Time
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Buddy Rich Plays And Plays And Plays (Album)
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Lab '76 (Album)
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Road Time (Album)
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The 40th Anniversary, Carnegie Hall Concert (Album)
Previous Years
| Year | Winner | Title | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | Count Basie | Prime Time | All Nominees |
| 1977 | Duke Ellington | The Ellington Suites | All Nominees |
| 1976 | Michel Legrand, Phil Woods | Images | All Nominees |
| 1975 | Woody Herman | Thundering Herd | All Nominees |
| 1974 | Woody Herman | Giant Steps | All Nominees |
| 1973 | Duke Ellington | Toga Brava Suite | All Nominees |
| 1972 | Duke Ellington | New Orleans Suite | All Nominees |