GRAMMY Awards Winners & Nominees for Best Instrumental Arrangement

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Best Instrumental Arrangement

63rd Annual GRAMMY Awards (2020)

winner

Donna Lee

John Beasley, arranger (John Beasley)

Track From: MONK'estra Plays John Beasley

nominees

Lift Every Voice And Sing

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Alvin Chea & Jarrett Johnson, arrangers (Jarrett Johnson Featuring Alvin Chea)

Uranus: The Magician

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Jeremy Levy, arranger (Jeremy Levy Jazz Orchestra)

Track From: The Planets: Reimagined

Bathroom Dance

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Hildur Guðnadóttir, arranger (Hildur Guðnadóttir)

Track From: Joker (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Honeymooners

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Remy Le Boeuf, arranger (Remy Le Boeuf's Assembly Of Shadows)

Track From: Assembly Of Shadows

62nd Annual GRAMMY Awards (2019)

winner

Moon River

Jacob Collier, arranger (Jacob Collier)

nominees

Blue Skies

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Kris Bowers, arranger (Kris Bowers)

Hedwig's Theme

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John Williams, arranger (Anne-Sophie Mutter & John Williams)

La Novena

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Emilio Solla, arranger (Emilio Solla Tango Jazz Orchestra)

Love, A Beautiful Force

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Vince Mendoza, arranger (Vince Mendoza, Terell Stafford, Dick Oatts & Temple University Studio Orchestra)

61st Annual GRAMMY Awards (2018)

winner

Stars And Stripes Forever

John Daversa, arranger (John Daversa Big Band Featuring DACA Artists)

nominees

The Shape Of Water

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Alexandre Desplat, arranger (Alexandre Desplat)

Batman Theme (TV)

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Randy Waldman & Justin Wilson, arrangers (Randy Waldman Featuring Wynton Marsalis)

Change The World

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Mark Kibble, arranger (Take 6)

Madrid Finale

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John Powell, arranger (John Powell)

60th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2017)

winner

Escapades For Alto Saxophone And Orchestra From Catch Me If You Can

John Williams, arranger (John Williams)

nominees

All Hat, No Saddle

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Chuck Owen, arranger (Chuck Owen And The Jazz Surge)

Home Free (For Peter Joe)

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Nate Smith, arranger (Nate Smith)

Ugly Beauty/Pannonica

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John Beasley, arranger (John Beasley)

White Christmas

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Chris Walden, arranger (Herb Alpert)

59th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2016)

winner

You And I

Jacob Collier, arranger (Jacob Collier)

nominees

Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds

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John Daversa, arranger (John Daversa)

Track From: Kaleidoscope Eyes: Music Of The Beatles
Label: BFM Jazz

We Three Kings

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Ted Nash, arranger (Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra With Wynton Marsalis)

Track From: Big Band Holidays
Label: Blue Engine Records

Ask Me Now

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John Beasley, arranger (John Beasley)

Track From: MONK'estra, Vol. 1
Label: Mack Avenue Records

Good "Swing" Wenceslas

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Sammy Nestico, arranger (The Count Basie Orchestra)

Track From: A Very Swingin' Basie Christmas!
Label: Concord Jazz

Linus & Lucy

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Christian Jacob, arranger (The Phil Norman Tentet)

Track From: Then & Now: Classic Sounds & Variations Of 12 Jazz Legends
Label: Mama Records

58th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2015)

winner

Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy

Ben Bram & Pentatonix (Mitch Grassi, Scott Hoying, Avi Kaplan, Kirstin Maldonado & Kevin Olusola), arrangers (Pentatonix)

nominees

Bruno Mars

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Paul Allen, Troy Hayes, Dwight Streets Levens, Evin Martin & J Moss, arrangers (Vocally Challenged)

Label: PMG Records

Do You Hear What I Hear?

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Armand Hutton, arranger (Committed)

Track From: Home For Christmas
Label: Mixed Bag Music Group, LLC.

Ghost Of A Chance

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Bob James, arranger (Bob James & Nathan East)

Track From: The New Cool
Label: Yamaha Entertainment Group Of America

You And The Night And The Music

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John Fedchock, arranger (John Fedchock New York Big Band)

Track From: Like It Is
Label: Mama Records

57th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2014)

winner

Daft Punk

Ben Bram & Pentatonix (Mitch Grassi, Scott Hoying, Avi Kaplan, Kirstin Maldonado & Kevin Olusola), arrangers (Pentatonix)

nominees

Get Smart

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Gordon Goodwin, arranger (Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band)

Track From: Life In The Bubble
Label: Telarc International

Guantanamera

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Alfredo Rodríguez, arranger (Alfredo Rodríguez)

Track From: The Invasion Parade
Label: Mack Avenue Records

Moon River

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Chris Walden, arranger (Amy Dickson)

Track From: A Summer Place
Label: Sony Classical

Beautiful Dreamer

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Pete McGuinness, arranger (The Pete McGuinness Jazz Orchestra)

Track From: Strength In Numbers
Label: Summit Records

56th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2013)

winner

On Green Dolphin Street

Gordon Goodwin, arranger (Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band)

nominees

Invitation

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Kim Richmond, arranger (The Kim Richmond Concert Jazz Orchestra)

Track From: Artistry: A Tribute To Stan Kenton
Label: Mama Records

Side Hikes - A Ridge Away

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Chuck Owen, arranger (Chuck Owen & The Jazz Surge)

Track From: River Runs: A Concerto For Jazz Guitar, Saxophone & Orchestra
Label: Mama Records

Skylark

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Nan Schwartz, arranger (Amy Dickson)

Track From: Dusk & Dawn
Label: Sony Classical

Wild Beauty

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Gil Goldstein, arranger (Brussels Jazz Orchestra Featuring Joe Lovano)

Label: Half Note

55th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2012)

winner

How About You

Gil Evans, arranger (Gil Evans Project)

nominees

Irrequieto

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Bob Mintzer, arranger (Bob Mintzer Big Band)

Track From: For The Moment
Label: MCG Jazz

A Night In Tunisia (Actually An Entire Weekend!)

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Wally Minko, arranger (Arturo Sandoval)

Track From: Dear Diz (Every Day I Think Of You)
Label: Concord Jazz

Salt Peanuts! (Mani Salado)

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Gordon L. Goodwin, arranger (Arturo Sandoval)

Track From: Dear Diz (Every Day I Think Of You)
Label: Concord Jazz

Afro-Cuban Jazz Suite For Ellington

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Michael Philip Mossman, arranger (Bobby Sanabria Big Band)

Track From: Multiverse
Label: Jazzheads

54th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2011)

winner

Rhapsody In Blue

Gordon L. Goodwin, arranger (Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band)

nominees

All Or Nothing At All

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Peter Jensen, arranger (Randy Brecker With DR Big Band)

Track From: The Jazz Ballad Song Book
Label: Half Note

In The Beginning

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Clare Fischer, arranger (The Clare Fischer Big Band)

Track From: Continuum
Label: Clare Fischer Productions/Clavo Records

Nasty Dance

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Bob Brookmeyer, arranger (The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra)

Track From: Forever Lasting - Live In Tokyo
Label: Planet Arts Recordings

Song Without Words

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Carlos Franzetti, arranger (Carlos Franzetti & Allison Brewster Franzetti)

Track From: Alborada
Label: Amapola Records

53rd Annual GRAMMY Awards (2010)

winner

Carlos

Vincent Mendoza, arranger (John Scofield, Vince Mendoza & Metropole Orkest)

nominees

Itsbynne Reel

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Gil Goldstein, arranger (Dave Eggar)

Track From: Kingston Morning
Label: Domo Records

Monet

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Ted Nash, arranger (Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra)

Track From: Portrait In Seven Shades
Label: Jazz At Lincoln Center

Skip To My Lou

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Frank Macchia, arranger (Frank Macchia)

Track From: Folk Songs For Jazzers
Label: Cacophony

Fanfare For A New Day

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Patrick Williams, arranger (Patrick Williams The Big Band)

Track From: Aurora
Label: ArtistShare

52nd Annual GRAMMY Awards (2009)

winner

West Side Story Medley

Bill Cunliffe, arranger (Resonance Big Band)

nominees

Emmanuel

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Jeremy Lubbock, arranger (Chris Botti & Lucia Micarelli)

Track From: In Boston
Label: Columbia

Hope

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Vince Mendoza, arranger (Jim Beard With Vince Mendoza & The Metropole Orchestra)

Track From: Revolutions
Label: Sunny Side Records

Slings And Arrows

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Vince Mendoza, arranger (Chuck Owen & The Jazz Surge)

Track From: The Comet's Tail: Performing The Compositions Of Michael Brecker
Label: MAMA Records

Up With End Credits

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Michael Giacchino & Tim Simonec, arrangers (Michael Giacchino)

Track From: Up - Soundtrack
Label: Walt Disney Records

51st Annual GRAMMY Awards (2008)

winner

Define Dancing

Peter Gabriel & Thomas Newman, arrangers (Thomas Newman)

nominees

St. Louis Blues

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Robert E. Brookmeyer, arranger (The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra)

Track From: Monday Night Live At The Village Vanguard
Label: Planet Arts Recordings

Yesterdays

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Gordon L. Goodwin, arranger (Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band Featuring Art Tatum)

Track From: Act Your Age
Label: Immergent

Down In The Valley

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Frank Macchia, arranger (Frank Macchia Featuring The Prague Orchestra)

Track From: Landscapes
Label: Cacophony

Duke Ellington's Sound Of Love

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Michael Abene, arranger (Joe Lovano With WDR Big Band & Rundfunk Orchestra)

Track From: Symphonica
Label: Blue Note

50th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2007)

winner

In A Silent Way

Vince Mendoza, arranger (Joe Zawinul)

nominees

Ash Wednesday

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Harry Connick Jr., arranger (Harry Connick, Jr.)

Track From: Chanson Du Vieux Carré
Label: Marsalis Music/Rounder

Besame Mucho

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Steve Wiest, arranger (Maynard Ferguson)

Track From: The One And Only Maynard Ferguson
Label: Maynard Ferguson Trust

Black Is The Color Of My True Love's Hair

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Frank Macchia, arranger (Frank Macchia & The Prague Orchestra)

Track From: Emotions
Label: Cacophony

Yo Tannenbaum (From Bah, Humduck! A Looney Tunes Christmas)

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Gordon L. Goodwin, arranger (Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band)

Track From: Bah, Humduck! A Looney Tunes Christmas - Soundtrack
Label: Immergent

49th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2006)

winner

Three Ghouls

Chick Corea, arranger (Chick Corea)

nominees

Tom & Eddie

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Patrick Williams, arranger (The Henry Mancini Institute Orchestra & Big Band)

Track From: Elevation
Label: Concord Records

Up From The Skies

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Jim McNeely, arranger (The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra)

Track From: Up From The Skies - Music Of Jim McNeely
Label: Planet Arts Recordings

Attack Of The Killer Tomatoes

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Gordon L. Goodwin, arranger (Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band)

Track From: The Phat Pack
Label: Immergent

Three Women

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Gil Goldstein, arranger (Gil Goldstein)

Track From: Under Rousseau's Moon
Label: Half Note

48th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2005)

winner

The Incredits

Gordon L. Goodwin, arranger (Various Artists)

nominees

Cherokee

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Chris Walden, arranger (The Chris Walden Big Band)

Track From: Home Of My Heart
Label: Origin

Do It Again

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Bill Cunliffe, arranger (Bill Cunliffe)

Track From: Imaginación
Label: Torii

Lullaby Of The Leaves

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John Clayton, arranger (The Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra)

Track From: The Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra, Live At MCG
Label: MCG Jazz

Scarborough Faire

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Billy Childs, arranger (Billy Childs Ensemble)

Track From: Lyric
Label: Lunacy Music/Artistshare

47th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2004)

winner

Past Present & Future

Slide Hampton, arranger (The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra)

nominees

The Long Passage

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Chick Corea, arranger (Chick Corea Elektric Band)

Track From: To The Stars
Label: Stretch Records

Sing, Sing, Sing

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Jim McNeely, arranger (David Liebman Big Band)

Track From: Beyond The Line
Label: OmniTone

Bella Luce

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Phil Kelly, arranger (Phil Kelly & The NW Prevailing Winds)

Track From: Convergence Zone
Label: Origin Records

Libertango

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Jorge Calandrelli, arranger (Yo-Yo Ma)

Track From: Obrigado Brazil - Live In Concert
Label: Sony Classical

46th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2003)

winner

Timbuktu

Michael Brecker & Gil Goldstein, arrangers (Michael Brecker Quindectet)

nominees

Autumn In New York

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Rob McConnell, arranger (Rob McConnell & The SWR Big Band)

Track From: So Very Rob - Boss Brass Revisited
Label: Hanssler Classic

Black Holes

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Jim McNeely, arranger (Renee Rosnes And The Danish Radio Big Band)

Track From: Renee Rosnes And The Danish Radio Big Band
Label: Blue Note Records

Caribbean Fire Dance

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John Fedchock, arranger (John Fedchock New York Big Band)

Track From: No Nonsense
Label: Reservoir Music

Oblivion

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Jorge Calandrelli, arranger (Regina Carter)

Track From: Paganini: After A Dream
Label: Verve Records

45th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2002)

winner

Six Feet Under Title Theme

Thomas Newman, arranger (Thomas Newman)

nominees

Kiji Takes A Ride

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Sammy Nestico, arranger (Sammy Nestico)

Track From: This Is The Moment
Label: Fenwood Music, Inc.

Plaza Oscura

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Carlos Franzetti, arranger (Carlos Franzetti & Allison Brewster Franzetti)

Track From: Poeta De Arrabal
Label: Amapola

You've Changed

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David Balakrishnan, arranger (Turtle Island String Quartet Featuring Paquito D'Rivera)

Track From: Danzón
Label: Koch International Classics

Angel Eyes

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Bill Cunliffe, arranger (Alan Kaplan)

Track From: Lonely Town
Label: Rylan

44th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2001)

winner

Claude Debussy "Doctor Gradus Ad Parnassum" From Children's Corner

Béla Fleck & Edgar Meyer, arrangers (Béla Fleck, Joshua Bell & Gary Hoffmann)

nominees

En La Orilla Del Mundo (At The Edge Of The World)

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Gonzalo Rubalcaba, arranger (Charlie Haden)

Track From: Nocturne
Label: Verve

Scheherazade Fantasy

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Lalo Schifrin, arranger (Lalo Schifrin)

Track From: Intersections: Jazz Meets The Symphony #5
Label: Aleph

Soul Bossa Nova

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George S. Clinton & Quincy Jones, arrangers (George S. Clinton)

Track From: Austin Powers International Man Of Mystery AND The Spy Who Shagged Me - Scores
Label: RCA Victor Group

Take The "A" Train

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Bob Florence, arranger (Bob Florence & The SWR Big Band)

Track From: Goldener Meilenstein
Label: Ckc

43rd Annual GRAMMY Awards (2000)

winner

Spain For Sextet & Orchestra

Chick Corea, arranger (Chick Corea)

nominees

Nice Work If You Can Get It (Track)

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Jim McNeely, arranger (The Danish Radio Jazz Orchestra & Jim McNeely)

Track From: Nice Work
Label: Dacapo

Round Robin (Track)

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Paul McCandless, arranger (Oregon With The Moscow Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra)

Track From: Oregon In Moscow
Label: Intuition Music

The Summer Knows/Estate (Track)

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Jorge Calandrelli, arranger (Ettore Stratta & His Orchestra)

Track From: As Time Goes By (Great Love Songs Of The Century)
Label: Teldec

Bach 2 Part Invention In D Minor (Track)

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Gordon Goodwin, arranger (Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band)

Track From: Swingin' For The Fences
Label: Silverline

42nd Annual GRAMMY Awards (1999)

winner

Chelsea Bridge

Don Sebesky, arranger (Don Sebesky)

nominees

Fiesta (Track)

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Lalo Schifrin, arranger (Lalo Schifrin)

Track From: Latin Jazz Suite
Label: Aleph

Pink Panther (Track)

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Dori Caymmi & Tom Scott, arrangers (Dori Caymmi)

Track From: Cinema: A Romantic Vision
Label: Zebra

Stella By Starlight - From The Uninvited

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John Williams, arranger (Itzhak Perlman, John Williams And The Boston Pops Orchestra)

Track From: Cinema Serenade 2: The Golden Age
Label: Sony Classical

Chelsea Bridge

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Jorge Calandrelli, arranger (Tony Bennett & Wynton Marsalis)

Track From: Bennett Sings Ellington - Hot & Cool
Label: Rpm/Columbia

41st Annual GRAMMY Awards (1998)

winner

Waltz For Debby

Don Sebesky, arranger (Don Sebesky)

nominees

In The Still Of The Night (Track)

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Patrick Williams, arranger (Patrick Williams And His Big Band)

Track From: Sinatraland
Label: Emi-capitol Entertainment Properties

Moon Of Manakoorah (Track)

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Bill Holman, arranger (Bill Holman And The Netherlands Metropole Orchestra)

Track From: Further Adventures
Label: Koch Jazz

What Are You Doing New Year's Eve? (Track)

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Rob McConnell, arranger (Rob McConnell And The Boss Brass)

Track From: Big Band Christmas
Label: Concord Jazz

Where Or When

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Michel Legrand, arranger (Michel Legrand)

Track From: Happy Radio Days
Label: Erato

40th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1997)

winner

Straight, No Chaser

Bill Holman, arranger (The Bill Holman Band)

nominees

America (Track)

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Michael Abene & Dave Grusin, arrangers (Dave Grusin)

Track From: Dave Grusin Presents West Side Story
Label: N2k Encoded Music

Don't Talk (Put Your Head On My Shoulder) (Track)

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Vincent Mendoza, arranger (Vince Mendoza Featuring John Abercrombie)

Track From: Wouldn't It Be Nice - A Jazz Portrait Of Brian Wilson (Various Artists)
Label: Blue Note Contemporary

Peter Gunn (Track)

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Dave Grusin, arranger (Dave Grusin)

Track From: Two For The Road
Label: Grp

Wild Is The Wind (Track)

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Robert Farnon, arranger (J. J. Johnson)

Track From: The Brass Orchestra
Label: Verve

39th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1996)

winner

An American Symphony (Mr. Holland's Opus)

Michael Kamen, arranger (Michael Kamen)

nominees

Charlie Parker: The Firebird (Medley) (Track)

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Lalo Schifrin, arranger (Lalo Schifrin)

Track From: Firebird - Jazz Meets The Symphony No. 3
Label: Four Winds Entertainment, Inc.

Children Of The Night (Track)

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Wayne Shorter, arranger (Wayne Shorter)

Track From: High Life
Label: Verve

Sing, Sing, Sing (Track)

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Jim McNeely, arranger (Carnegie Hall Jazz Band, Jon Faddis, Music Director)

Track From: The Carnegie Hall Jazz Band
Label: Blue Note

Summer (Track)

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Jorge Calandrelli, arranger (Eddie Daniels)

Track From: The Five Seasons
Label: Shanachie

38th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1995)

winner

Lament

Robert Farnon, arranger (J.J. Johnson & The Robert Farnon Orchestra)

nominees

Manha De Carnaval (Track)

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Jorge Calandrelli, arranger (Ettore Stratta)

Track From: Symphonic Bossa Nova
Label: Teldec

Atras Da Porta (Track)

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Jorge Calandrelli, arranger (Ettore Stratta Conducting The Royal Philharmonic)

Track From: Symphonic Bossa Nova
Label: Teldec

Come Together (Track)

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Marcus Miller, arranger (Marcus Miller)

Track From: Tales
Label: Pra

Cookin' At The Continental (Track)

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Michael Abene, arranger (GRP All-Star Big Band)

Track From: All Blues
Label: Grp

37th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1994)

winner

Three Cowboy Songs

Dave Grusin, arranger (Dave Grusin)

nominees

A Mis Abuelos (Track)

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Richard Eddy & Arturo Sandoval, arrangers (Arturo Sandoval)

Track From: Danzon (Dance On)
Label: Grp

Bebop (Track)

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Toshiko Akiyoshi, arranger (Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra)

Track From: Dester Lady - Fantasy
Label: Columbia

Ellington-Strayhorn Suite (Track)

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Louis Bellson, arranger (Louis Bellson)

Track From: Black, Brown And Beige
Label: Musicmasters

In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning (Track)

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Nan Schwartz Mishkin, arranger (John Williams And Boston Pops Orchestra)

Track From: Night And Day - Celebrate Sinatra
Label: Sony Classical

36th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1993)

winner

Mood Indigo

Dave Grusin, arranger (Dave Grusin)

nominees

Suite Fraternidad (1st And Second Movements) (Track)

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Arif Mardin, arranger (Vince Mendoza And Arif Mardin)

Track From: Jazzpana-The Mendoza/Mardin Project
Label: Atlantic Jazz

Buleria (Track)

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Vincent Mendoza, arranger (Vince Mendoza And Arif Mardin)

Track From: Jazzpana-The Mendoza/Mardin Project
Label: Atlantic Jazz

Dizzy Gillespie Fireworks (Track)

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Lalo Schifrin, arranger (Lalo Schifrin)

Track From: Jazz Meets The Symphony
Label: Atlantic Jazz

Oleo (Track)

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Michael Abene, arranger (GRP All-Star Big Band)

Track From: GRP All-Star Big Band Live!
Label: Grp

35th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1992)

winner

Strike Up The Band

Rob McConnell, arranger (Rob McConnell & The Boss Brass)

nominees

Airegin (Track)

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Michael Abene, arranger (GRP All-Star Big Band)

Track From: GRP All-Star Big Band
Label: Grp

Bennie Moten's Weird Nightmare (Track)

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Russ Gershon, arranger (Either/Orchestra)

Track From: The Calculus Of Pleasure
Label: Accurate

Cherokee (Track)

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Gary Lindsay, arranger (Arturo Sandoval)

Track From: I Remember Clifford
Label: Grp

Values (Track)

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Neil Slater, arranger (University Of North Texas One O'Clock Lab Band)

Track From: LAB 91
Label: North Texas Jazz

34th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1991)

winner

Medley: Bess You Is My Woman/I Loves You Porgy

Dave Grusin, arranger (Dave Grusin)

nominees

The Untouchables (Track)

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Henry Mancini, arranger (Henry Mancini, conductor)

Track From: Cinema Italiano
Label: RCA Victor

A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square (Track)

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Ed Neumiester, arranger (The Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra)

Track From: To You - A Tribute To Mel Lewis
Label: Musicmasters

Candles And Stones (Track)

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Peter Apfelbaum, arranger (Peter Apfelbaum And The Hieroglyphics Ensemble)

Track From: Signs Of Life
Label: Antilles

Got A Match? (Track)

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Mike Bogle, arranger (University Of North Texas One O'Clock Lab Band)

Track From: Lab 89
Label: North Texas Jazz

Maid Marian (Track)

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Michael Kamen, arranger (Michael Kamen, conductor)

Track From: Robin Hood: Prince Of Thieves (Soundtrack)
Label: Morgan Creek

33rd Annual GRAMMY Awards (1990)

winner

Birdland

Jerry Hey, Quincy Jones, Ian Prince & Rod Temperton, arrangers (Quincy Jones)

nominees

Born On The Fourth Of July

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John Williams, arranger (John Williams)

Label: MCA

Brush This (Track)

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John Clayton, arranger (Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra)

Track From: The Groove Shop
Label: Capri, Ltd.

Monster Movie Music Suite (Track)

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Henry Mancini, arranger (Henry Mancini cond. Mancini Pops Orchestra)

Track From: Mancini In Surround-Mostly Monsters, Murders And Mys
Label: RCA

Tale Of Daring, Chapters 1-4 (Track)

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Chick Corea, arranger (Chick Corea Elektric Band)

Track From: Inside Out
Label: Grp

32nd Annual GRAMMY Awards (1989)

winner

Suite From The Milagro Beanfield War

Dave Grusin, arranger (Dave Grusin)

nominees

The Count Basie Remembrance Suite (Track)

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Frank Foster, arranger (Frank Foster)

Track From: The Legend, The Legacy
Label: Denon

Three In One (Track)

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Thad Jones, arranger (Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra)

Track From: The Definitive Thad Jones
Label: Musicmasters

Anything Goes (Track)

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Les Hooper, arranger (Les Hooper Big Band)

Track From: Anything Goes
Label: Iti

Extensions (Track)

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Maxine Roach, arranger (The Uptown String Quartet)

Track From: Max Roach Presents The Uptown String Quartet
Label: Philips

31st Annual GRAMMY Awards (1988)

winner

Memos From Paradise

Roger Kellaway, arranger (Eddie Daniels)

nominees

A Night In Tunisia (Track)

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David Balakrishnan, arranger (Turtle Island String Quartet)

Track From: Turtle Island String Quartet
Label: Windham Hill

Caravan (Track)

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John Dankworth, arranger (John Dankworth)

Track From: Misty
Label: Pro Arte

Jazz Patrol (Track)

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Bill Barber, Jimmy Johnson & Dick Oatts, arrangers (Flim And The BB's)

Track From: The Further Adventures Of Flim And The BB's
Label: Dmp

Suite From The Thorn Birds (Track)

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Henry Mancini, arranger (Henry Mancini)

Track From: Premier Pops
Label: Denon

30th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1987)

winner

Take The "A" Train

Bill Holman, arranger (The Tonight Show Band With Doc Severinsen)

nominees

The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter (Track)

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Dave Grusin, arranger (Dave Grusin)

Track From: Cinemagic
Label: Grp

Any Time, Any Season (Track)

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Jorge Calandrelli, arranger (Sam Most)

Track From: Any Time, Any Season
Label: Innovation

Jive Samba (Track)

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Pat (Patrick) Williams, arranger (Patrick Williams' New York Band)

Track From: 10th Avenue
Label: Soundwings

Main Title (Children Of A Lesser God) (Track)

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Michael Convertino, arranger (Shirley Walker, conductor)

Track From: Children Of A Lesser God - Original Motion Picture
Label: Gnp Crescendo

29th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1986)

winner

Suite Memories

Pat Williams, arranger (Bill Watrous & Patrick Williams)

nominees

Am/Pm (Track)

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Bill Meyers, arranger (Bill Meyers)

Track From: Images
Label: Spindletop

Cherokee (Track)

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Don Sebesky, arranger (Don Sebesky)

Track From: Moving Lines
Label: Doctor Jazz

Solfeggietto Metamorphosis (Track)

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Jorge Calandrelli, arranger (Eddie Daniels)

Track From: Breakthrough
Label: Grp

The First Letter (Track)

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Jorge Calandrelli, arranger (Dick Hazard, conductor)

Track From: Color Purple Soundtrack
Label: Qwest

28th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1985)

winner

Early A.M. Attitude

Dave Grusin & Lee Ritenour, arrangers (Dave Grusin & Lee Ritenour)

nominees

Suite Of Dances From "Pacific Overtures" (Track)

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William Brohn, arranger (Various)

Track From: Sondheim
Label: Book-of-the-month

The African Game (Album)

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George Russell, arranger (George Russell And The Living Time Orchestra)

Label: Blue Note

March Of The Tadpoles (Track)

–

Toshiko Akiyoshi, arranger (Toshiko Akiyoshi And Lew Tabackin Big Band)

Track From: March Of The Tadpoles
Label: Ascent

Stille Nacht (Silent Night) (Track)

–

Chip Davis, arrangers (Mannheim Steamroller)

Track From: Mannheim Steamroller Christmas
Label: American Gramaphone

27th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1984)

winner

Grace (Gymnastics Theme)

Quincy Jones & Jeremy Lubbock, arrangers (Quincy Jones)

nominees

Brothers On Wheels (Track)

–

Stewart Copeland, arranger (Stewart Copeland)

Track From: Rumble Fish Soundtrack
Label: A&M

Cameo For Flute... "For james" (Track)

–

Henry Mancini, arranger (James Galway And Henry Mancini)

Track From: In The Pink
Label: RCA

Stardust (Track)

–

Robert (Bob) Freedman, arranger (Wynton Marsalis)

Track From: Hot House Flowers
Label: Columbia

Waltz For Debbie (Track)

–

Don Sebesky, arranger (Don Sebesky)

Track From: Full Cycle
Label: Gnp Crescendo

26th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1983)

winner

Summer Sketches '82

Dave Grusin, arranger (Dave Grusin)

nominees

Too Hip For The Room (Track)

–

Pat (Patrick) Williams, arranger (Pat (Pat (Patrick) Williams, conductor) Williams, arranger (Pat () Williams, conducto(Pat (Patrick) Williams, conductor)

Track From: Dreams And Themes
Label: Pcm

Afternoon Of A Prawn (Track)

–

Bob Florence, arranger (Bob Florence)

Track From: Soaring
Label: Bosco

I Got Rhythm (Track)

–

Rob McConnell, arranger (Rob McConnell And The Boss Brass)

Track From: All In Good Time
Label: Dark Orchid

Remembering Bud (Track)

–

Toshiko Akiyoshi, arranger (Toshiko Akiyoshi - Lew Tabackin Big Band)

Track From: Europiean Memoirs
Label: Ascent

25th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1982)

winner

Flying

John Williams, arranger (John Williams)

nominees

Are You Going With Me? (Track)

–

Lyle Mays & Pat Metheny, arrangers (Pat Metheny Group)

Track From: Offramp
Label: Ecm

Balladina (Track)

–

Clare Fischer, Ronnie Foster & Earl Klugh, arrangers (Earl Klugh)

Track From: Crazy For You
Label: Emi/Liberty

Pavane Pour Une Infante Defunte (Track)

–

Claus Ogerman, arranger (Claus Ogerman featuring Jan Akkerman)

Track From: Aranjuez
Label: Jazzman

Pavanne (Track)

–

Les Hooper, arranger (Les Hooper Big Band)

Track From: Raisin' The Roof
Label: Jazz Hounds

24th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1981)

winner

Velas

Quincy Jones & Johnny Mandel, arrangers (Quincy Jones)

nominees

A Bit Byas'd (Track)

–

Toshiko Akiyoshi, arranger (Toshiko Akiyoshi - Lew Tabackin Big Band)

Track From: Tanuki's Night Out
Label: Jazz America Marketing

Mountain Dance (Track)

–

Dave Grusin, arranger (Dave Grusin)

Track From: Mountain Dance
Label: Grp/Arista

South Rampart Street Parade (Track)

–

Billy May, arranger (John Williams)

Track From: Pops On The March
Label: Philips

The Slaves

–

Jerry Goldsmith, arranger (Jerry Goldsmith)

Track From: Masada

23rd Annual GRAMMY Awards (1980)

winner

Dinorah, Dinorah

Jerry Hey & Quincy Jones, arrangers (George Benson)

nominees

Forget The Woman

–

Jorge Calandrelli, arranger (Eddie Daniels)

Label: Cbs

Marcosinho

–

Dave Grusin, arranger (Dave Valentin)

Label: Grp

Skylark

–

Bob Brookmeyer, arranger (Mel Lewis)

Label: Gryphon

Wave

–

Claus Ogerman, arranger (Antonio Carlos Jobim)

Label: Warner Bros.

22nd Annual GRAMMY Awards (1979)

winner

Soulful Strut

Claus Ogerman, arranger (George Benson)

nominees

Wave

–

Jeremy Lubbock & Harvey Mason, arrangers (Harvey Mason)

Label: Arista

Lazy Afternoon

–

Claus Ogerman, arranger (Freddie Hubbard)

Label: Cbs

Sabotage

–

John Serry, arranger (John Serry)

Label: Chrysalis

Sebastian's Theme

–

Don Sebesky, arranger (Don Sebesky)

Label: Gryphon

21st Annual GRAMMY Awards (1978)

winner

The Wiz Main Title - Overture Part One

Robert (Bob) Freedman & Quincy Jones, arrangers (Various Artists)

nominees

Aja

–

Alan Broadbent, arranger (Woody Herman Band)

Label: Century

Green Earrings (Album)

–

Joe Roccisano, arranger (Woody Herman Band)

Label: Century

Mad Hatter Rhapsody (Track)

–

Chick Corea, arranger (Chick Corea)

Label: Polydor

Runnin'

–

Tom Tom 84, arrangers (Earth, Wind And Fire)

Label: Columbia

20th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1977)

winner

Nadia's Theme (The Young And The Restless)

Harry Betts, Perry Botkin Jr. & Barry De Vorzon, arrangers (Barry De Vorzon)

nominees

Roots Mural Theme

–

Herbert Spencer, arranger (Quincy Jones)

Label: A&M

Scheherezade (Album)

–

Bob James, arranger (Hubert Laws)

Label: Cti

Free As The Wind

–

Joe Sample, arranger (The Crusaders)

Label: ABC

Musicmagic (Single)

–

Chick Corea, arranger (Chick Corea And Return To Forever)

Label: Columbia

19th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1976)

winner

Leprechaun's Dream

Chick Corea, arranger (Chick Corea)

nominees

Life Is Just A Game

–

Stanley Clarke, arranger (Stanley Clarke)

Label: Nemperor/Atlantic

Saudade Do Brazil

–

Claus Ogerman, arranger (Antonio Carlos Jobim)

Label: Warner Bros.

The Disaster Movie Suite

–

Henry Mancini, Herbert Spencer, John Williams & Al Woodbury, arrangers (Henry Mancini Counducting London Symphony)

Label: RCA

Westchester Lady

–

Bob James, arranger (Bob James)

Label: Cti

18th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1975)

winner

The Rockford Files

Pete Clarence Carpenter & Mike Post, arrangers (Mike Post)

nominees

Some Skunk Funk

–

Randy Brecker, arranger (Brecker Brothers)

Label: Arista

Theme From "Jaws"

–

Herbert Spencer, arranger (John Williams)

Label: Mca

Children Of Lima

–

Alan Broadbent, arranger (Woody Herman)

Label: Fantasy

Living For The City

–

Thad Jones, arranger (Thad Jones And Mel Lewis)

Label: Pir

No Show

–

Ron McClure, arranger (Blood, Sweat And Tears)

Label: Columbia

17th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1974)

winner

Threshold

Pat Williams, arranger (Pat Williams)

nominees

Circumvent (Track)

–

Les Hooper, arranger (Les Hooper)

Track From: Look What They've Done
Label: Creative World

Firebird/Bird Of Fire (Track)

–

Don Sebesky, arranger (Don Sebesky)

Track From: Giant Box
Label: Cti

Look What They've Done (Track)

–

Les Hooper, arranger (Les Hooper Big Band)

Track From: Look What They've Done
Label: Creative World

Night On Bald Mountain (Track)

–

Bob James, arranger (Bob James)

Track From: One
Label: Cti

16th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1973)

winner

Summer In The City

Quincy Jones, arranger (Quincy Jones)

nominees

Spain (Track)

–

Chick Corea, arranger (Chick Corea And Return To Forever)

Track From: Light As A Feather
Label: Polydor

The Daily Dance (Track)

–

Bill Holman, arranger (Stan Kenton And His Orchestra)

Track From: Birthday in Britain
Label: Creative World

Easy Living/Ain't Nobody's Business If I Do (Track)

–

Bob James, arranger (Grover Washington Jr.)

Track From: Soul Box
Label: Kudu/Cti

Prologue/Crunchy Granola Suite (Track)

–

Lee Holdridge, arranger (Neil Diamond)

Track From: Hot August Night
Label: Mca

15th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1972)

winner

Theme From The French Connection

Don Ellis, arranger (Don Ellis Big Band)

nominees

Flat Baroque

–

Richard Carpenter, arranger (Carpenters)

Label: A&M

Lonely Town

–

Don Sebesky, arranger (Freddie Hubbard)

Label: Cti

Money Runner

–

Quincy Jones, arranger (Quincy Jones)

Label: Reprise

Theme From The Mancini Generation

–

Henry Mancini, arranger (Henry Mancini)

Label: RCA

14th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1971)

winner

Theme From Shaft

Johnny Allen & Isaac Hayes, arrangers (Isaac Hayes)

nominees

Nightingale II (Track)

–

Joshua Rifkin, arranger (Joshua Rifkin)

Track From: Judy Collin's "Whales And nightingales"
Label: Elektra

The Rite Of Spring

–

Don Sebesky, arranger (Hubert Laws)

Label: Cti

Theme From Summer Of '42

–

Michel Legrand, arranger (Michel Legrand)

Label: Warner Bros.

Earth

–

Michel Colombier, arranger (Michel Colombier)

Label: A&M

13th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1970)

winner

Theme From "Z"

Henry Mancini, arranger (Henry Mancini)

nominees

Bitches Brew (Single)

–

Miles Davis, arranger (Miles Davis)

Label: Columbia

Gula Matari (Single)

–

Quincy Jones, arranger (Quincy Jones)

Label: A&M

Overture From Tommy (Single)

–

Tom Sellers, arranger (Assembled Multitude)

Label: Atlantic

The Magic Bus Ate My Donut (Single)

–

Fred Selden, arranger (Don Ellis)

Label: Columbia

Theme From Medical Center (Single)

–

Lalo Schifrin, arranger (Various Artists)

Label: MGM

12th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1969)

winner

Love Theme From Romeo And Juliet

Henry Mancini, arranger (Henry Mancini)

nominees

Midnight Cowboy (Single)

–

Arthur Ferrante & Lou Teicher, arrangers (Ferrante And Teicher)

Label: Liberty/Ua

Variations On A Theme By Eric Satie

–

Dick Halligan, arranger (Blood, Sweat And Tears)

Label: Columbia

Walking In Space

–

Quincy Jones, arranger (Quincy Jones)

Label: A&M

11th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1968)

winner

Classical Gas

Mike Post, arranger (Mason Williams)

nominees

Baroque-A-Nova

–

Al Capps, arranger (Mason Williams)

Label: Warner Bros.

Scarborough Fair

–

Don Sebesky, arranger (Wes Montgomery)

Label: A&M

The Good, The Bad And The Ugly

–

Hugo Montenegro, arranger (Hugo Montenegro)

Label: RCA

The Windmills Of Your Mind

–

Michel Legrand, arranger (Michel Legrand)

Label: United Artists

10th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1967)

winner

Alfie

Burt Bacharach, arranger (Burt Bacharach)

nominees

Casino Royale

–

Burt Bacharach, arranger (Herb Alpert And The Tijuana Brass)

Label: A&M

Music To Watch Girls By

–

Hutch Davie, arranger (Bob Crewe Generation)

Label: Philips

Norwegian Wood (Single)

–

Bill Holman, arranger (Buddy Rich)

Label: Pacific Jazz

Wave

–

Claus Ogerman, arranger (Antonio Carlos Jobim)

Label: A&M

West Side Medley

–

Bill Reddie, arranger (Buddy Rich)

Label: Pacific Jazz

9th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1966)

winner

What Now My Love

Herb Alpert, arranger (Herb Alpert And The Tijuana Brass)

nominees

Arabesque

–

Henry Mancini, arranger (Henry Mancini)

Label: RCA

Batman Theme (Album)

–

Neal Hefti, arranger (Neal Hefti)

Label: RCA

Born Free

–

John Barry, arranger (John Barry)

Track From: Born Free
Label: MGM

Michelle (Single)

–

Bob Florence, arranger (Bud Shank)

Label: World Pacific

8th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1965)

winner

A Taste Of Honey

Herb Alpert, arranger (Herb Alpert And The Tijuana Brass)

nominees

Girl Talk (Single)

–

Neal Hefti, arranger (Neal Hefti)

Label: Columbia

Mission To Moscow (Single)

–

Bob Florence, arranger (Si Zentner)

Label: RCA

The Shadow Of Your Smile (Single)

–

Johnny Mandel, arranger (Robert Armbruster)

Label: Mercury

Walk In The Black Forest (Single)

–

Horst Jankowski, arranger (Horst Jankowski)

Label: Mercury

A Hard Day's Night (Single)

–

Jack Mason, arranger (Arthur Fiedler, Conducting Boston Pops)

Label: RCA

7th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1964)

winner

The Pink Panther

Henry Mancini, arranger (Henry Mancini)

nominees

A Spoonful Of Sugar (Single)

–

Billy Strayhorn, arranger (Duke Ellington)

Label: Warner Bros.

Golden Boy (String Version) (Single)

–

Quincy Jones, arranger (Quincy Jones)

Label: Mercury

I Want To Hold Your Hand (Single)

–

Richard Hayman, arranger (Arthur Fiedler And The Boston Pops)

Label: RCA

Sugar Lips

–

Anita Kerr, arranger (Al Hirt)

Label: RCA

The Long Ships (Single)

–

Hugo Montenegro, arranger (Hugo Montenegro)

The Song Is You (Single)

–

Bob Florence, arranger (Bob Florence)

Label: Liberty

6th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1963)

winner

I Can't Stop Loving You

Quincy Jones, arranger (Count Basie)

nominees

Mountain Greenery

–

Marty Gold & Peter Nero, arrangers (Peter Nero)

Label: RCA

Washington Square

–

Joe Sherman, arranger (The Village Stompers)

Label: Epic

Gravy Waltz (Single)

–

Robert N. Enevoldsen, arranger (Steve Allen)

Label: Dot

–

Claus Ogerman, arranger (Kai Winding)

Label: Verve

5th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1962)

winner

Baby Elephant Walk

Henry Mancini, arranger (Henry Mancini)

nominees

Fly Me To The Moon Bossa Nova

–

Joe Harnell, arranger (Joe Harnell And His Orchestra)

Label: Kapp

Focus (Single)

–

Eddie Sauter, arranger (Stan Getz)

Label: Verve

Quintessence

–

Quincy Jones, arranger (Quincy Jones)

Label: Impulse

Route 66 Theme (Album)

–

Nelson Riddle, arranger (Nelson Riddle And His Orchestra)

Label: Capitol

Sensuous Strings Of Robert Farnon

–

Robert Farnon, arranger (Robert Farnon And His Orchestra)

Label: Philips

The Stripper (Album)

–

Dave Rose, arranger (Dave Rose)

Label: MGM