{{Short description|Music award}} {{Unreliable sources|date=March 2023}}{{Infobox award | name = Grammy Award for Best Album Notes | awarded_for = Quality album liner notes | image = | imagesize = | alt = A gold gramophone trophy with a plaque set on a table | caption = | presenter = National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences | country = United States | year = 1964 | holder = Ashley Kahn – ''Miles '55: The Prestige Recordings'' (2026) | website = {{URL|grammy.com}} }} The Grammy Award – '''Best Album Notes''' has been presented since 1964. From 1973 to 1976 (the 15th through 18th Awards), a second award was presented for Best Album Notes – Classical. Those awards are listed under those years below. The award recognizes albums with excellent album notes, sometimes referred to as liner notes.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/best-album-notes-345.html|title=Grammy Award for Best Album Notes – Grammys Best Album Notes|website=www.awardsandshows.com|access-date=April 28, 2017}}</ref> It is presented to the album notes author or authors, not to the artists or performers on the winning work, except if the artist is also the album notes author.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.grammy.com/news/is-the-pen-mightier-than-the-mic|title=Is The Pen Mightier Than The Mic?|date=February 5, 2012|work=GRAMMY.com|access-date=April 28, 2017|language=en}}</ref>
Years reflect the year in which the Grammy Awards were presented, for works released in the previous year.
==Winners and nominees== ===1960s=== {| class="wikitable" |- bgcolor="#bebebe" ! width="5%" | Year{{ref|1|[I]}} ! width="35%" | Work ! width="35%" | Recipient(s) ! width="25%" | Performing artist(s) |- | rowspan="7" style="text-align: center;" | 1964<br><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1964-216.html|title=Grammy Award Nominees 1964 – Grammy Award Winners 1964|website=www.awardsandshows.com|access-date=April 26, 2017}}</ref> |- style="background:#FAEB86;" | ''The Ellington Era'' | Stanley Dance and Leonard Feather | Duke Ellington |- | ''The Amazing Amanda Ambrose'' | Bob Bollard | Amanda Ambrose |- | ''The Badmen'' | Benjamin A. Botkin, James L. Horan, Harold Preece and Sylvester L. Vigilante | Pete Seeger and Others |- | ''The Barbra Streisand Album'' | Harold Arlen | Barbra Streisand |- | ''An Evening of Elizabethan Music'' | Sidney Bock | Julian Bream |- | ''Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?'' | Edward Albee and Harold Clurman | Original Cast |- | rowspan="8" style="text-align: center;" | 1965<br><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1965-217.html|title=Grammy Award Nominees 1965 – Grammy Award Winners 1965|website=www.awardsandshows.com|access-date=April 27, 2017}}</ref> |- style="background:#FAEB86;" | ''Mexico (Legacy Collection)'' | Carleton Beals and Stanton Catlin | Carlos Chávez |- | ''Beyond the Fringe '64'' | Alexander Cohen | Original Cast |- | ''The Definitive Piaf'' | Rory Guy | Édith Piaf |- | ''Getz/Gilberto'' | Stan Getz, João Gilberto and Gene Lees | Stan Getz and João Gilberto |- | ''Mahler: Symphony No. 5 in a C Sharp Minor/Berg: Wozzeck Excerpts'' | Neville Cardus | Erich Leinsdorf |- | ''Quincy Jones Explores the Music of Henry Mancini'' | Jack Tracy | Quincy Jones |- | ''The Young Chevalier'' | George Sponholtz | Maurice Chevalier |- | rowspan="6" style="text-align: center;" | 1966<br><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1966-241.html|title=Grammy Awards Nominees 1966 – Grammy Award Winners 1966|website=www.awardsandshows.com|access-date=April 27, 2017}}</ref> |- style="background:#FAEB86;" | ''September of My Years'' | Stan Cornyn | Frank Sinatra |- | ''Berg: Wozzeck'' | Otto Gerdes and Gustav Rudolf Sellner | Karl Böhm conducting Orchestra of German Opera - Berlin |- | ''Father and Son'' | Charles Lamb | Hank Williams and Hank Williams Jr. |- | ''Grand Terrace Band'' | Stanley Dance | Earl Hines |- | ''The Voice of the Uncommon Man'' | Dom Cerulli | Adlai Stevenson |- | rowspan="6" style="text-align: center;" | 1967<br><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1967-242.html|title=Grammy Awards Nominees 1967 – Grammy Award Winners 1967|website=www.awardsandshows.com|access-date=April 27, 2017}}</ref> |- style="background:#FAEB86;" | ''Sinatra at the Sands'' | Stan Cornyn | Frank Sinatra |- | ''Ben Colder Strikes Again'' | Harvey Cowen | Ben Colder |- | ''Doctor Zhivago'' | Nelson Lyon | Maurice Jarre |- | ''Edward R. Murrow: A Reporter Remembers, Vol. I — The War Years'' | Fred Friendly | Edward R. Murrow |- | ''The Ellington Era, Vol. II'' | Stanley Dance and Ralph J. Gleason | Duke Ellington |- | rowspan="7" style="text-align: center;" | 1968<br><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1968-218.html|title=Grammy Award Nominees 1968 – Grammy Award Winners 1968|website=www.awardsandshows.com|access-date=April 27, 2017}}</ref> |- style="background:#FAEB86;" | ''Suburban Attitudes in Country Verse'' | John D. Loudermilk | John D. Loudermilk |- | ''The Earth'' | Rod McKuen | Rod McKuen and Anita Kerr |- | ''Extra Special!'' | Rory Guy | Peggy Lee |- | ''The Far East Suite'' | Stanley Dance | Duke Ellington |- | ''Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim'' | Stan Cornyn | Frank Sinatra and Antonio Carlos Jobim |- | ''Listen!'' | Richard Oliver | Gary Lewis and the Playboys |- | rowspan="6" style="text-align: center;" | 1969<br><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1969-243.html|title=Grammy Awards Nominees 1969 – Grammy Award Winners 1969|website=www.awardsandshows.com|access-date=April 27, 2017}}</ref> |- style="background:#FAEB86;" | ''Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison'' | Johnny Cash | Johnny Cash |- | ''Anthology of Indian Music, Volume One'' | Richard Oliver | Ravi Shankar, Ali Akbar Khan and Balachander |- | ''Ethel Waters on Stage and Screen 1925-1940'' | Miles Kreuger | Ethel Waters |- | ''Francis A. & Edward K.'' | Stan Cornyn | Frank Sinatra and Duke Ellington |- | ''Pete Seeger's Greatest Hits'' | Pete Seeger | Pete Seeger |- |}
===1970s=== {| class="wikitable" |- bgcolor="#bebebe" ! width="5%" | Year{{ref|1|[I]}} ! width="35%" | Work ! width="35%" | Recipient(s) ! width="25%" | Performing artist(s) |- | rowspan="6" style="text-align: center;" | 1970<br><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1970-219.html|title=Grammy Award Ceremony 1970 – Grammy Award Winners 1970|website=www.awardsandshows.com|access-date=April 27, 2017}}</ref> |- style="background:#FAEB86;" | ''Nashville Skyline'' | Johnny Cash | Bob Dylan |- | ''Chicago Mess Around'' | John Dodds II | Johnny Dodds |- | ''David's Album'' | Joan Baez | Joan Baez |- | ''John Hartford'' | John Hartford | John Hartford |- | ''Mabel Mercer and Bobby Short at Town Hall'' | Rex Reed | Mabel Mercer and Bobby Short |- | rowspan="9" style="text-align: center;" | 1971<br><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1971-220.html|title=Grammy Award Nominees 1971 – Grammy Award Winners 1971|website=www.awardsandshows.com|access-date=April 27, 2017}}</ref> |- style="background:#FAEB86;" | ''The World's Greatest Blues Singer'' | Chris Albertson | Bessie Smith |- | ''As I See It'' | Billy Edd Wheeler | Jack Moran |- | ''Bitches Brew'' | Ralph J. Gleason | Miles Davis |- | ''Hold Back the World'' | Rod McKuen | Alexander's Greyhound Bass |- | ''I Do Not Play No Rock 'n Roll'' | Anthony D'Oberoff | Mississippi Fred McDowell |- | ''Judy. London. 1969.'' | Rex Reed | Judy Garland |- | ''Sixteen All Time Greatest Hits'' | James Goodfriend | Bill Monroe and the Blue Grass Boys |- | ''They Shoot Horses, Don't They?'' | Arthur Knight | John Green Orchestra |- | rowspan="9" style="text-align: center;" | 1972<br><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1972-221.html|title=Grammy Award Nominees 1972 – Grammy Award Winners 1972|website=www.awardsandshows.com|access-date=April 27, 2017}}</ref> |- style="background:#FAEB86;" | ''Sam, Hard and Heavy'' | Sam Samudio | Sam the Sham |- | ''The Genius of Louis Armstrong'' | Don DeMicheal | Louis Armstrong |- | ''Honky Tonkin' with Charlie Walker'' | Tom West | Charlie Walker |- | ''Louis Armstrong: July 4, 1900—July 6, 1971'' | Nat Hentoff | Louis Armstrong |- | ''Miles Davis'' | Colman Andrews | Miles Davis |- | ''Music of Varese'' | James Lyons | Konstantin Simonovitch |- | ''Piano Rags by Scott Joplin'' | Joshua Rifkin | Joshua Rifkin |- | ''This Is Benny Goodman'' | George T. Simon | Benny Goodman |- | rowspan=14 style="text-align:center" | 1973<br><ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1973-222.html|title=Grammy Award Nominees 1973 – Grammy Award Winners 1973|website=www.awardsandshows.com|access-date=April 28, 2017}}</ref> ! colspan="4"| Best Album Notes |-style="background:#FAEB86;" | ''Tom T. Hall's Greatest Hits'' | Tom T. Hall | Tom T. Hall |- | ''Bunny Berigan, His Trumpet and His Orchestra, Volume 1'' | Dan Morgenstern | Bunny Berigan |- | ''Lenny Bruce: Carnegie Hall'' | Albert Goldman | Lenny Bruce |- | ''Let My Children Hear Music'' | Charlie Mingus | Charlie Mingus |- | ''Super Chief'' | Michael Brooks | Count Basie |- ! colspan="4"| Best Album Notes — Classical |-style="background:#FAEB86;" | ''Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 2 (A London Symphony)'' | James Lyons | André Previn |- | ''Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini'' | David Cairns | Colin Davis |- | ''Haydn: Symphonies (Complete), Vols. 4 and 5'' | H. C. Robbins Landon | Antal Doráti |- | ''John Ogdon Plays Alkan'' | Sacheverell Sitwell | John Ogdon |- | ''Julian and John'' | Tom Eastwood | Julian Bream and John Williams |- | ''Michael Rabin: In Memoriam'' | Karolynne Gee | Michael Rabin |- | ''String Quartets of the New Viennese School'' | Ursula von Rauchhaupt | LaSalle Quartet |- | rowspan=17 style="text-align:center" | 1974<br><ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1974-223.html|title=Grammy Award Nominees 1974 – Grammy Award Winners 1974|website=www.awardsandshows.com|access-date=April 28, 2017}}</ref> ! colspan="4"| Best Album Notes |-style="background:#FAEB86;" | ''God Is in the House'' | Dan Morgenstern | Art Tatum |- | ''Lonesome, On'ry and Mean'' | Chet Flippo | Waylon Jennings |- | ''Ol' Blue Eyes Is Back'' | Stan Cornyn | Frank Sinatra |- | ''Remember Marilyn'' | Lionel Newman | Marilyn Monroe |- | ''This Is Jimmie Rodgers'' | William Ivey | Jimmie Rodgers |- ! colspan="4"| Best Album Notes — Classical |-style="background:#FAEB86;" | ''Hindemith: Sonatas for Piano'' | Glenn Gould | Glenn Gould |- | ''Bach: Brandenburg Concerti'' | Erik Smith | Neville Marriner |- | ''Berio: Recital 1 (For Cathy)'' | Misha Donat | Cathy Berberian |- | ''Bizet: Carmen'' | Harvey Phillips | Leonard Bernstein |- | ''Debussy: La mer/Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune and Ravel: Daphnis and Chloe Suite #2'' | Clair W. Van Ausdall | Eugene Ormandy |- | ''Dvorák: Piano Quartet in E Flat Major, Op. 87'' | Irving Kolodin | Guarneri Quartet and Arthur Rubinstein |- | ''Haydn: Symphony No. 20 in C Major – Symphony No. 35 in B Flat'' | H. C. Robbins Landon | Antal Doráti |- | ''Haydn: Symphony No. 36 and Symphony No. 48'' | H. C. Robbins Landon | Antal Doráti |- | ''Rachmaninov: Concerto No. 2 in C Minor for Piano'' | Alan Rich | Eugene Ormandy and Arthur Rubinstein |- | ''The Woods So Wild'' | Tom Eastwood | Julian Bream |- | rowspan=17 style="text-align:center" | 1975<br><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1975-240.html|title=Grammy Awards Nominee 1975 – Grammy Award Winners 1975|website=www.awardsandshows.com|access-date=April 28, 2017}}</ref> ! colspan="4"| Best Album Notes |-style="background:#FAEB86;" | ''For the Last Time'' <small>(TIE)</small> | Charles R. Townsend | Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys |-style="background:#FAEB86;" | ''The Hawk Flies'' <small>(TIE)</small> | Dan Morgenstern | Coleman Hawkins |- | ''50 Years of Film Music (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Recordings)'' | Rudy Behlmer | Various Artists |- | ''The Pianist'' | Ralph J. Gleason | Duke Ellington |- | ''The World Is Still Waiting for the Sunrise'' | J.R. Young | Les Paul and Mary Ford |- ! colspan="4"| Best Album Notes — Classical |-style="background:#FAEB86;" | ''Korngold: The Classic Erich Wolfgang Korngold'' | Rory Guy | Willy Mattes and Ulf Hoelscher |- | ''Berlioz: The Damnation of Faust'' | David Cairns | Colin Davis |- | ''Citizen Kane: The Classic Film Scores of Bernard Herrmann'' | Christopher Palmer | Various Artists |- | ''Humperdinck: Hansel and Gretel'' | George Jellinek | Kurt Eichhorn |- | ''Mahler: Symphony No. 10'' | Deryck Cooke | Wyn Morris |- | ''Mozart: Don Giovanni'' | Erik Smith | Colin Davis |- | ''Rachmaninoff: The Bells and Three Russian Songs'' | Clair W. Van Ausdall | Eugene Ormandy |- | ''Scriabin: Piano Music (Complete), Volume II'' | Donald Garvelmann | Michael Ponti |- | ''Verdi: I Vespri Siciliani'' | Irving Kolodin | James Levine |- | ''Weber: Der Freischütz'' | Wolfram Schwinger | Erich Kleiber |- | rowspan=16 style="text-align:center" | 1976<br><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1976-224.html|title=Grammy Award Nominees 1976 – Grammy Award Winners 1976|website=www.awardsandshows.com|access-date=April 27, 2017}}</ref> ! colspan="4"| Best Album Notes |-style="background:#FAEB86;" | ''Blood on the Tracks'' | Pete Hamill | Bob Dylan |- | ''Greatest Hits, Vol. 2'' | Tom T. Hall | Tom T. Hall |- | ''A Legendary Performer: Glenn Miller and His Orchestra'' | George T. Simon | Glenn Miller |- | ''The Real Lenny Bruce'' | Ralph J. Gleason | Lenny Bruce |- | ''The Tatum Solo Masterpieces'' | Benny Green | Art Tatum |- ! colspan="4"| Best Album Notes — Classical |-style="background:#FAEB86;" | ''Footlifters'' | Gunther Schuller | Gunther Schuller |- | ''The English Harpsichord (Byrd, Farnaby, Etc.)'' | Judith Robison | Igor Kipnis |- | ''Gagliano: La Dafne'' | James H. Moore | Paul Vorwerk |- | ''Gershwin: Gershwin's S'wonderful'' | Rory Guy | Ralph Grierson and Artie Kane |- | ''Haydn: Symphonies 93–104'' | H. C. Robbins Landon | Antal Doráti |- | ''Joplin: The Complete Works of Scott Joplin'' | Rudi Blesh | Dick Hyman |- | ''Joplin: The Easy Winners'' | Rory Guy and Itzhak Perlman | Itzhak Perlman and André Previn |- | ''Kodály: Orchestral Works (Complete)'' | Laszlo Eosze | Antal Doráti |- | ''Korngold: Die Tote Stadt'' | Christopher Palmer | Erich Leinsdorf |- | rowspan="6" style="text-align: center;" | 1977<br><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1977-225.html|title=Grammy Award Nominees 1977 – Grammy Award Winners 1977|website=www.awardsandshows.com|access-date=April 28, 2017}}</ref> |- style="background:#FAEB86;" | ''The Changing Face of Harlem: Savoy Sessions'' | Dan Morgenstern | Various Artists |- | ''Beethoven: The Five Piano Concertos'' | George R. Marek | Daniel Barenboim and Arthur Rubinstein |- | ''The Blue Sky Boys'' | Douglas B. Green | Bill and Earl Bolick |- | ''Caruso: A Legendary Performer'' | Francis Robinson | Enrico Caruso |- | ''The Complete Tommy Dorsey, Volume 1 – 1935'' | Mort Goode | Tommy Dorsey |- | rowspan="6" style="text-align: center;" | 1978<br><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1978-226.html|title=Grammy Award Nominees 1978 – Grammy Award Winners 1978|website=www.awardsandshows.com|access-date=April 28, 2017}}</ref> |- style="background:#FAEB86;" | ''Bing Crosby: A Legendary Performer'' | George T. Simon | Bing Crosby |- | ''Flight Log'' | Patrick Snyder | Jefferson Airplane |- | ''Guy Lombardo: A Legendary Performer'' | George T. Simon | Guy Lombardo |- | ''The Lester Young Story, Vol. I'' | Michael Brooks | Lester Young |- | ''Stormy Blues'' | Chris Albertson | Billie Holiday |- | rowspan="7" style="text-align: center;" | 1979<br><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1979-227.html|title=Grammy Award Nominees 1979 – Grammy Award Winners 1979|website=www.awardsandshows.com|access-date=April 28, 2017}}</ref> |- style="background:#FAEB86;" | ''A Bing Crosby Collection, Vols. I and II'' | Michael Brooks | Bing Crosby |- | ''Beethoven: 9 Symphonies'' | Bill Bender and Irving Kolodin | Herbert von Karajan |- | ''Ellington at Carnegie Hall, 1943'' | Leonard Feather | Duke Ellington |- | ''Georgia Sea Island Songs'' | Alan Lomax | Various Artists |- | ''The Individualism of Pee Wee Russell'' | Dan Morgenstern | Pee Wee Russell |- | ''Works of Carpenter/Gilbert/Weiss/Powell'' | David Baker and R. D. Darrell | Calvin Simmons, Lawrence Foster and Los Angeles Philharmonic |- |}
===1980s=== {| class="wikitable" |- bgcolor="#bebebe" ! width="5%" | Year{{ref|1|[I]}} ! width="35%" | Work ! width="35%" | Recipient(s) ! width="25%" | Performing artist(s) |- | rowspan="6" style="text-align: center;" | 1980<br><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1980-228.html|title=Grammy Award Nominees 1980 – Grammy Award Winners 1980|website=www.awardsandshows.com|access-date=April 27, 2017}}</ref> |- style="background:#FAEB86;" | ''Charlie Parker: The Complete Savoy Sessions'' | James Patrick and Bob Porter | Charlie Parker |- | ''Billie Holiday (Giants of Jazz)'' | Melvin Maddocks | Billie Holiday |- | ''Duke Ellington (Giants of Jazz)'' | Stanley Dance and Dan Morgenstern | Duke Ellington |- | ''Hoagy Carmichael: A Legendary Performer and Composer'' | Richard M. Sudhalter | Hoagy Carmichael |- | ''The Magical Music of Walt Disney'' | Dick Schory | Various Artists |- | rowspan="6" style="text-align: center;" | 1981<br><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1981-229.html|title=Grammy Award Nominees 1981 – Grammy Award Winners 1981|website=www.awardsandshows.com|access-date=April 27, 2017}}</ref> |- style="background:#FAEB86;" | ''Trilogy: Past Present Future'' | David McClintock | Frank Sinatra |- | ''Atlanta Blues: 1933'' | Bruce Bastin and David Evans | Blind Willie McTell, Curley Weaver and Buddy Moss |- | ''Chicago Concert, 1956'' | Dan Morgenstern | Louis Armstrong |- | ''Elvis Aron Presley'' | Lorene Lortie | Elvis Presley |- | ''Lester Young (Giants of Jazz)'' | John McDonough and Richard M. Sudhalter | Lester Young |- | rowspan="6" style="text-align: center;" | 1982<br><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1982-230.html|title=Grammy Award Nominees 1982 – Grammy Award Winners 1982|website=www.awardsandshows.com|access-date=April 27, 2017}}</ref> |- style="background:#FAEB86;" | ''Erroll Garner: Master of the Keyboard'' | Dan Morgenstern | Erroll Garner |- | ''Fats Waller (Giants of Jazz)'' | Philip W. Payne and David Thomson | Fats Waller |- | ''James P. Johnson (Giants of Jazz)'' | Frank Kappler, Willa Rouder and Dick Wellstood | James P. Johnson |- | ''The Mario Lanza Collection'' | Chick Crumpacker | Mario Lanza |- | ''Pee Wee Russell (Giants of Jazz)'' | John McDonough | Pee Wee Russell |- | rowspan="7" style="text-align: center;" | 1983<br><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1983-231.html|title=Grammy Award Nominees 1983 – Grammy Award Winners 1983|website=www.awardsandshows.com|access-date=April 27, 2017}}</ref> |- style="background:#FAEB86;" | ''Bunny Berigan (Giants of Jazz)'' | John Chilton and Richard M. Sudhalter | Bunny Berigan |- | ''Duke Ellington 1941'' | Gary Giddins | Duke Ellington and His Orchestra |- | ''An Experiment in Modern Music: Paul Whiteman at Aeolian Hall'' | Thornton Hagert | Paul Whiteman |- | ''The Greatest Country Music Recordings of All Time'' | William Ivey | Various Artists |- | ''Sixty Years of Country Music'' | William Ivey and Bob Pinson | Various Artists |- | ''Young Blood'' | Robert Palmer | The Coasters |- | rowspan="6" style="text-align: center;" | 1984<br><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1984-232.html|title=Grammy Award Nominees 1984 – Grammy Award Winners 1984|website=www.awardsandshows.com|access-date=April 27, 2017}}</ref> |- style="background:#FAEB86;" | ''The Interplay Sessions'' | Orrin Keepnews | Bill Evans |- | ''The Fugs Greatest Hits, Vol. I'' | Lester Bangs | The Fugs |- | ''The Okeh Sessions'' | Peter Guralnick | Big Maybelle |- | ''Joe Sullivan (Giants of Jazz)'' | Richard B. Hadlock | Joe Sullivan |- | ''Seven Come Eleven'' | John McDonough | Benny Goodman |- | rowspan="6" style="text-align: center;" | 1985<br><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1985-233.html|title=Grammy Award Nominees 1985 – Grammy Award Winners 1985|website=www.awardsandshows.com|access-date=April 27, 2017}}</ref> |- style="background:#FAEB86;" | ''Big Band Jazz'' | Gunther Schuller and Martin Williams | Various Artists |- | ''Amadeus (Original Soundtrack Recording)'' | Grover Sales | Neville Marriner |- | ''An Anthology of Sacred Carols for Classical Guitar'' | James Sundquist | James Sundquist |- | ''A Golden Celebration'' | Lorene Lortie and Z Factor | Elvis Presley |- | ''Virginia Traditions/Virginia Work Songs (Field Recordings 1936-1980)'' | Glenn Hinson | Various Artists |- | rowspan="6" style="text-align: center;" | 1986<br><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1986-234.html|title=Grammy Award Nominees 1986 – Grammy Award Winners 1986|website=www.awardsandshows.com|access-date=April 27, 2017}}</ref> |- style="background:#FAEB86;" | ''Sam Cooke Live at the Harlem Square Club, 1963'' | Peter Guralnick | Sam Cooke |- | ''American Popular Song'' | Dwight Blocker Bowers and James R. Morris | Various Artists |- | ''Bleecker and McDougal: The Folk Scene of the 60's'' | Lenny Kaye | Various Artists |- | ''Crossroads: White Blues in the 1960s'' | Lenny Kaye | Various Artists |- | ''The Girl from Ipanema: The Bossa Nova Years'' | Neil Tesser | Stan Getz |- | rowspan="6" style="text-align: center;" | 1987<br><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1987-235.html|title=Grammy Award Nominees 1987 – Grammy Award Winners 1987|website=www.awardsandshows.com|access-date=April 27, 2017}}</ref> |- style="background:#FAEB86;" | ''The Voice: The Columbia Years 1943–1952'' | Frank Conroy, Gary Giddins, Stephen Holden, Murray Kempton, Andrew Sarris, Jonathan Schwartz and Wilfrid Sheed | Frank Sinatra |- | ''Biograph'' | Cameron Crowe | Bob Dylan |- | ''Elektrock: The Sixties'' | Lenny Kaye | Various Artists |- | ''The Mapleson Cylinders'' | David Hall, David Hamilton, Tom Owen, John Stratton and Robert Tuggle | Various Metropolitan Opera Artists |- | ''Virtuosi'' | Richard Freed and Peter Eliot Stone | Various Artists |- | rowspan="6" style="text-align: center;" | 1988<br><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1988-236.html|title=Grammy Award Nominees 1988 – Grammy Award Winners 1988|website=www.awardsandshows.com|access-date=April 27, 2017}}</ref> |- style="background:#FAEB86;" | ''Thelonious Monk: The Complete Riverside Recordings'' | Orrin Keepnews | Thelonious Monk |- | ''The Bristol Sessions'' | Charles K. Wolfe | Various Artists |- | ''The Complete Sun Sessions'' | Peter Guralnick | Elvis Presley |- | ''Jimmie Rodgers on Record: America's Blue Yodeler'' | Nolan Porterfield | Jimmie Rodgers |- | ''Singers and Soloists of the Swing Bands'' | Mark Tucker | Various Artists |- | rowspan="6" style="text-align: center;" | 1989<br><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1989-237.html|title=Grammy Award Nominees 1989 – Grammy Award Winners 1989|website=www.awardsandshows.com|access-date=April 27, 2017}}</ref> |- style="background:#FAEB86;" | ''Crossroads'' | Anthony DeCurtis | Eric Clapton |- | ''The Classic Hoagy Carmichael'' | John Edward Hasse | Hoagy Carmichael |- | ''The Complete Commodore Jazz Recordings, Vol. I'' | Dan Morgenstern | Various Artists |- | ''Show Boat'' | Miles Kreuger | John McGlinn, Frederica von Stade, Jerry Hadley and Teresa Stratas |- | ''Virginia Traditions: Southwest Virginia Blues'' | Vaughn Webb | Various Artists |- |}
===1990s=== {| class="wikitable" |- bgcolor="#bebebe" ! width="5%" | Year{{ref|1|[I]}} ! width="35%" | Work ! width="35%" | Recipient(s) ! width="25%" | Performing artist(s) |- | rowspan="6" style="text-align: center;" | 1990<br><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.infoplease.com/arts-entertainment/grammy-awards/1990-grammy-awards|title=1990 Grammy Awards|website=www.infoplease.com|language=en|access-date=April 27, 2017}}</ref> |- style="background:#FAEB86;" | ''Bird: The Complete Charlie Parker on Verve'' | Phil Schaap | Charlie Parker |- | ''American Musical Theater: Shows, Songs and Stars'' | Dwight Blocker Bowers | Various Artists |- | ''The Complete Fantasy Recordings'' | Gene Lees | Bill Evans |- | ''Jazz Piano'' | Francis Davis, Dick Katz and Martin Williams | Various Artists |- | ''Now That's a Good Tune'' | Howard Wight Marshall, Amy Skillman and Charles Walden | Masters of Traditional Missouri Fiddling |- | rowspan="6" style="text-align: center;" | 1991<br><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.infoplease.com/arts-entertainment/grammy-awards/1991-grammy-awards|title=1991 Grammy Awards|website=www.infoplease.com|language=en|access-date=April 27, 2017}}</ref> |- style="background:#FAEB86;" | ''Brownie: The Complete Emarcy Recordings of Clifford Brown'' | Dan Morgenstern | Clifford Brown |- | ''Art Pepper: The Complete Galaxy Recordings'' | Gary Giddins | Art Pepper |- | ''Bo Diddley: The Chess Box'' | Robert Palmer | Bo Diddley |- | ''The Jack Kerouac Collection'' | David Perry | Jack Kerouac |- | ''Muddy Waters: The Chess Box'' | Mary Katherine Aldin and Robert Palmer | Muddy Waters |- | rowspan="6" style="text-align: center;" | 1992<br><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.infoplease.com/arts-entertainment/grammy-awards/1992-grammy-awards|title=1992 Grammy Awards|website=www.infoplease.com|language=en|access-date=April 27, 2017}}</ref> |- style="background:#FAEB86;" | ''Star Time'' | James Brown, Nelson George, Alan M. Leeds, Harry Weinger and Cliff White | James Brown |- | ''The Birth of Soul'' | Robert Palmer | Ray Charles |- | ''The Bootleg Series Volumes 1-3 (Rare and Unreleased)'' | John Bauldie | Bob Dylan |- | ''The Complete Stax/Volt Singles 1959–1968'' | Rob Bowman | Various Artists |- | ''The Original Singles Collection...Plus'' | Colin Escott | Hank Williams |- | rowspan="6" style="text-align: center;" | 1993<br><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.infoplease.com/arts-entertainment/grammy-awards/1993-grammy-awards|title=1993 Grammy Awards|website=www.infoplease.com|language=en|access-date=April 27, 2017}}</ref> |- style="background:#FAEB86;" | ''Queen of Soul: The Atlantic Recordings'' | Thulani Davis, Tom Dowd, Ahmet Ertegun, Arif Mardin, Dave Marsh, David Ritz and Jerry Wexler | Aretha Franklin |- | ''The Complete Capitol Recordings of the Nat King Cole Trio'' | Will Friedwald and Dick Katz | Nat King Cole Trio |- | ''Elvis: The King of Rock 'n' Roll — The Complete 50s Masters'' | Peter Guralnick | Elvis Presley |- | ''Roots 'N Blues: The Retrospective (1925–1950)'' | Lawrence Cohn and Pete Welding | Various Artists |- | ''You're the Top: Cole Porter in the 1930s'' | Robert Kimball and Richard M. Sudhalter | Various Artists |- | rowspan="6" style="text-align: center;" | 1994<br><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.infoplease.com/arts-entertainment/grammy-awards/1994-grammy-awards|title=1994 Grammy Awards|website=www.infoplease.com|language=en|access-date=April 27, 2017}}</ref> |- style="background:#FAEB86;" | ''The Complete Billie Holiday on Verve 1945-1959'' | Buck Clayton, Phil Schaap and Joel E. Siegel | Billie Holiday |- | ''King of the Blues'' | Colin Escott | B. B. King |- | ''The Complete Riverside Recordings'' | Jim Ferguson and Orrin Keepnews | Wes Montgomery |- | ''Elvis: From Nashville to Memphis — The Essential 60s Masters'' | Peter Guralnick | Elvis Presley |- | ''Sounds of the South: A Musical Journey from the Georgia Sea Islands to the Mississippi Delta Recorded in the Field by Alan Lomax'' | Alan Lomax and Robert Palmer | Various Artists |- | rowspan="6" style="text-align: center;" | 1995<br><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.infoplease.com/arts-entertainment/grammy-awards/1995-grammy-awards|title=1995 Grammy Awards|website=www.infoplease.com|language=en|access-date=April 27, 2017}}</ref> |- style="background:#FAEB86;" | ''Louis Armstrong: Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, 1923–1934'' | Dan Morgenstern and Loren Schoenberg | Louis Armstrong |- | ''Beauty Is a Rare Thing: The Complete Atlantic Recordings'' | Yves Beauvais, Don Cherry, Ornette Coleman and Robert Palmer | Ornette Coleman |- | ''The Complete Bud Powell on Verve'' | Celia Powell, Peter Pullman, Sonny Rollins and Horace Silver | Bud Powell |- | ''Otis! The Definitive'' | Carol Cooper, Steve Greenberg and Jaime Wolf | Otis Redding |- | ''Sam Cooke's SAR Records Story 1959-1965'' | Peter Guralnick | Sam Cooke |-
| rowspan="6" style="text-align: center;" | 1996<br><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.infoplease.com/arts-entertainment/grammy-awards/1996-grammy-awards|title=1996 Grammy Awards|website=www.infoplease.com|language=en|access-date=April 27, 2017}}</ref> |- style="background:#FAEB86;" | ''The Complete Stax/Volt Soul Singles, Vol. 3: 1972–1975'' | Rob Bowman | Various Artists |- | ''25th Anniversary: Retrospective'' | John Fricke | Judy Garland |- | ''Ella: The Legendary Decca Recordings'' | Geoffrey Mark Fidelman and James Gavin | Ella Fitzgerald |- | ''I'll Be Seeing You: A Tribute to Carmen McRae'' | Dan Morgenstern | Carmen McRae |- | ''Let's Do It: Best of the Verve Years'' | Dan Morgenstern | Louis Armstrong |- | rowspan="6" style="text-align: center;" | 1997<br><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.infoplease.com/arts-entertainment/grammy-awards/1997-grammy-awards|title=1997 Grammy Awards|website=www.infoplease.com|language=en|access-date=April 27, 2017}}</ref> |- style="background:#FAEB86;" | ''The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings'' | George Avakian, Bob Belden, Bill Kirchner and Phil Schaap | Miles Davis and Gil Evans |- | ''The Complete Capitol Singles Collection'' | Will Friedwald | Frank Sinatra |- | ''The Complete Recordings, Vol. 5: The Final Chapter'' | Chris Albertson | Bessie Smith |- | ''Mean Old World: The Blues from 1940 to 1994'' | Lawrence Hoffman | Various Artists |- | ''The Mel Tormé Collection: 1944-1985'' | Will Friedwald, Dave Kapp and Mel Tormé | Mel Tormé |- | rowspan="6" style="text-align: center;" | 1998<br><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.infoplease.com/arts-entertainment/grammy-awards/1998-grammy-awards|title=1998 Grammy Awards|website=www.infoplease.com|language=en|access-date=April 27, 2017}}</ref> |- style="background:#FAEB86;" | ''Anthology of American Folk Music: 1997 Expanded Edition'' | John Fahey, Luis Kemnitzer, Jon Pankake, Chuck Pirtle, Jeff Place, Neil V. Rosenberg, Lucy Sante, Peter Stampfel and Eric Von Schmidt | Various Artists |- | ''Anthology'' | Robert Gordon | Al Green |- | ''Farewells & Fantasies'' | Ben Edmonds, Mark Kemp, Meegan Lee Ochs and Michael Ventura | Phil Ochs |- | ''Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection'' | Dave Alvin, James Austin, Bill Dahl, Ahmet Ertegun, David Ritz, Billy Vera and Jerry Wexler | Ray Charles |- | ''Titanic: Music As Heard on the Fateful Voyage'' | Ian Whitcomb | Various Artists |- | rowspan="6" style="text-align: center;" | 1999<br><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.infoplease.com/arts-entertainment/grammy-awards/1999-grammy-awards|title=1999 Grammy Awards|website=www.infoplease.com|language=en|access-date=April 27, 2017}}</ref> |- style="background:#FAEB86;" | ''Miles Davis Quintet 1965-1968'' | Bob Belden, Todd Coolman and Michael Cuscuna | Miles Davis Quintet |- | ''Charles Mingus: Passions of a Man — The Complete Atlantic Recordings 1956-1961'' | Joel Dorn, Tom Dowd, Andrew Homzy, Patrick Milligan, Sue Mingus, Tina Marisa Rocchio and Stefano Zenni | Charles Mingus |- | ''The Complete Hank Williams'' | Daniel Cooper and Colin Escott | Hank Williams |- | ''From Where I Stand: The Black Experience in Country Music'' | Bill Ivey, Bill C. Malone, Claudia Perry, John W. Rumble and Ron Wynn | Various Artists |- | ''New York Philharmonic: The Historic Broadcasts 1923 to 1987'' | Sedgwick Clark, Barbara Haws, Kurt Masur, Alan Rich, Robert Sherman and Steven Smolian | New York Philharmonic |- |}
===2000s=== {| class="wikitable" |- bgcolor="#bebebe" ! width="5%" | Year{{ref|1|[I]}} ! width="35%" | Work ! width="35%" | Recipient(s) ! width="25%" | Performing artist(s) |- | rowspan="6" style="text-align: center;" | 2000<br><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.infoplease.com/arts-entertainment/grammy-awards/2000-grammy-awards|title=2000 Grammy Awards|website=www.infoplease.com|language=en|access-date=April 27, 2017}}</ref> |- style="background:#FAEB86;" | ''John Coltrane: The Classic Quartet — The Complete Impulse! Recordings'' | Bob Blumenthal | John Coltrane |- | ''Hank Williams: Live at the Grand Ole Opry'' | Rick Bragg | Hank Williams |- | ''The Last Soul Company'' | Rob Bowman | Various Artists |- | ''Ray Charles: The Complete Country & Western Recordings (1959-1986)'' | Daniel Cooper | Ray Charles |- | ''Sony Music 100 Years: Soundtrack for a Century'' | Marc Kirkeby | Various Artists |- | rowspan="7" style="text-align: center;" | 2001<br><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.infoplease.com/arts-entertainment/grammy-awards/2001-grammy-awards|title=2001 Grammy Awards|website=www.infoplease.com|language=en|access-date=April 27, 2017}}</ref> |- style="background:#FAEB86;" | ''Miles Davis & John Coltrane: The Complete Columbia Recordings 1955-1961'' | Bob Blumenthal | Miles Davis and John Coltrane |- | ''The Best of Broadside 1962–1988: Anthems of the American Underground from the Pages of Broadside Magazine'' | Jeff Place | Various Artists |- | ''The Complete Lester Young Studio Sessions on Verve'' | John Chilton | Lester Young |- | ''Hotcakes & Outtakes: 30 Years of Little Feat'' | Bud Scoppa | Little Feat |- | ''The Remains of Tom Lehrer'' | Dr. Demento | Tom Lehrer |- | ''Yes I Can! The Sammy Davis Jr. Story'' | Gerald Early | Sammy Davis Jr. |- | rowspan="6" style="text-align: center;" | 2002<br><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.infoplease.com/arts-entertainment/grammy-awards/2002-grammy-awards|title=2002 Grammy Awards|website=www.infoplease.com|language=en|access-date=April 27, 2017}}</ref> |- style="background:#FAEB86;" | ''...And It's Deep Too! The Complete Warner Bros. Recordings (1968–1992)'' <small>(TIE)</small> | Walter Mosley | Richard Pryor |- style="background:#FAEB86;" | ''Arhoolie Records 40th Anniversary Collection: 1960–2000 The Journey of Chris Strachwitz'' <small>(TIE)</small> | Elijah Wald | Various Artists |- | ''The Long Road to Freedom: An Anthology of Black Music'' | Mari Evans | Various Artists |- | ''Rhapsodies in Black: Music and Words from the Harlem Renaissance'' | Gerald Early | Various Artists |- | ''The Stax Story'' | Rob Bowman | Various Artists |- | rowspan="6" style="text-align: center;" | 2003<br><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.infoplease.com/arts-entertainment/grammy-awards/2003-grammy-awards|title=2003 Grammy Awards|website=www.infoplease.com|language=en|access-date=April 27, 2017}}</ref> |- style="background:#FAEB86;" | ''Screamin' and Hollerin' the Blues: The Worlds of Charley Patton'' | David H. Evans Jr. | Charlie Patton |- | ''Artie Shaw: Self Portrait'' | Artie Shaw | Artie Shaw |- | ''The Golden Road (1965-1973)'' | Dennis McNally | Grateful Dead |- | ''Sinatra in Hollywood (1940-1964)'' | Will Friedwald | Frank Sinatra |- | ''A State of Wonder: The Complete Goldberg Variations 1955 & 1981'' | Tim Page | Glenn Gould |- | rowspan="6" style="text-align: center;" | 2004<br><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.infoplease.com/arts-entertainment/grammy-awards/2004-grammy-awards|title=2004 Grammy Awards|website=www.infoplease.com|language=en|access-date=April 27, 2017}}</ref> |- style="background:#FAEB86;" | ''Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: A Musical Journey'' | Tom Piazza | Various Artists |- | ''Count Basie and His Orchestra: America's #1 Band! The Columbia Years'' | Loren Schoenberg | Count Basie and His Orchestra |- | ''Four Women: The Nina Simone Philips Recordings'' | Ashley Kahn | Nina Simone |- | ''Peggy Lee: The Singles Collection'' | Will Friedwald | Peggy Lee |- | ''Sam Cooke with the Soul Stirrers: The Complete Specialty Records Recordings'' | Daniel Wolff | Sam Cooke with The Soul Stirrers |- | rowspan="6" style="text-align: center;" | 2005<br><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/2005/grammys.htm|title=Rock On The Net: 47th Annual Grammy Awards – 2005|website=www.rockonthenet.com|access-date=April 27, 2017}}</ref> |- style="background:#FAEB86;" | ''The Complete Columbia Recordings of Woody Herman and His Orchestra & Woodchoppers (1945-1947)'' | Loren Schoenberg | Woody Herman and His Orchestra |- | ''The Bootleg Series Vol. 6: Bob Dylan Live 1964, Concert at Philharmonic Hall'' | Sean Wilentz | Bob Dylan |- | ''Carry It On'' | Barry Alfonso | Peter, Paul and Mary |- | ''Let the Buyer Beware'' | Paul Krassner | Lenny Bruce |- | ''No Thanks! The '70s Punk Rebellion'' | Chris Morris | Various Artists |- | rowspan="6" style="text-align: center;" | 2006<br><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/2006/grammys.htm|title=Rock On The Net: 48th Annual Grammy Awards – 2006|website=www.rockonthenet.com|access-date=April 27, 2017}}</ref> |- style="background:#FAEB86;" | ''The Complete Library of Congress Recordings by Alan Lomax'' | John Szwed | Jelly Roll Morton |- | ''Heaven Must Have Sent You: The Holland/Dozier/Holland Story'' | Adam White | Various Artists |- | ''The Legend'' | Patrick Carr | Johnny Cash |- | ''Pure Genius: The Complete Atlantic Recordings (1952-1959)'' | David Ritz | Ray Charles |- | ''You Ain't Talkin' to Me: Charlie Poole and the Roots of Country Music'' | Henry Sapoznik | Charlie Poole and Various Artists |- | rowspan="6" style="text-align: center;" | 2007<br><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/2007/grammys.htm|title=Rock On The Net: 49th Annual Grammy Awards – 2007|website=www.rockonthenet.com|access-date=April 27, 2017}}</ref> |- style="background:#FAEB86;" | ''If You Got to Ask, You Ain't Got It!'' | Dan Morgenstern | Fats Waller |- | ''Good for What Ails You: Music of the Medicine Shows, 1926-1937'' | Marshall Wyatt | Various Artists |- | ''Lost Sounds: Blacks and the Birth of the Recording Industry 1891-1922'' | Tim Brooks | Various Artists |- | ''Pirate Radio'' | Ben Edmonds | The Pretenders |- | ''There Is a Season'' | David Fricke | The Byrds |- | rowspan="6" style="text-align: center;" | 2008<br><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/2008/grammys.htm|title=Rock On The Net: 50th Annual Grammy Awards – 2008|website=www.rockonthenet.com|access-date=April 27, 2017}}</ref> |- style="background:#FAEB86;" | ''John Work, III: Recording Black Culture'' | Bruce Nemerov | Various Artists |- | ''Actionable Offenses: Indecent Phonograph Recordings from the 1890s'' | Patrick Feaster and David Giovannoni | Various Artists |- | ''Classic Chu Berry Columbia and Victor Sessions'' | Loren Schoenberg | Chu Berry |- | ''Off the Record: The Complete 1923 Jazz Band Recordings'' | David Sager | King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band |- | ''Ricky Jay Plays Poker'' | Ricky Jay | Various Artists |- | rowspan="6" style="text-align: center;" | 2009<br><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/2009/grammys.htm|title=Rock On The Net: 51st Annual Grammy Awards – 2009|website=www.rockonthenet.com|access-date=April 27, 2017}}</ref> |- style="background:#FAEB86;" | ''Kind of Blue: 50th Anniversary Collector's Edition'' | Francis Davis | Miles Davis |- | ''Art of Field Recording Volume I: Fifty Years of Traditional American Music Documented by Art Rosenbaum'' | Art Rosenbaum | Various Artists |- | ''Debate '08: Taft and Bryan Campaign on the Edison Phonograph'' | Patrick Feaster and David Giovannoni | William Jennings Bryan and William Howard Taft |- | ''Rare & Unreleased Recordings from the Golden Reign of the Queen of Soul'' | David Ritz and Jerry Wexler | Aretha Franklin |- | ''The Unsung Father of Country Music: 1925-1934'' | Henry Sapoznik | Ernest V. Stoneman |- |}
===2010s=== {| class="wikitable" |- bgcolor="#bebebe" ! width="5%" | Year{{ref|1|[I]}} ! width="35%" | Work ! width="35%" | Recipient(s) ! width="25%" | Performing artist(s) |- | rowspan="6" style="text-align: center;" | 2010<br><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://ew.com/article/2010/01/31/grammy-awards-2010-winners/|title=Grammy Awards 2010: The winners list|date=2010-01-31|work=EW.com|access-date=April 27, 2017|language=en-US}}</ref> |- style="background:#FAEB86;" | ''The Complete Louis Armstrong Decca Sessions (1935-1946)'' | Dan Morgenstern | Louis Armstrong |- | ''Dance-O-Mania: Harry Yerkes and the Dawn of the Jazz Age, 1919-1923'' | Mark Berresford | The Happy Six |- | ''Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson — Music from the Film'' | Douglas Brinkley and Johnny Depp | Various Artists |- | ''My Dusty Road'' | Ed Cray and Bill Nowlin | Woody Guthrie |- | ''Origins of the Red Hot Mama, 1910-1922'' | Lloyd Ecker and Susan Ecker | Sophie Tucker |-
| rowspan="6" style="text-align: center;" | 2011<br><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.latimes.com/la-et-env-grammys-nominees-2010-list-htmlstory.html|title=Grammy Awards 2011: Winners and nominees for 53rd Grammy Awards|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=April 27, 2017|language=en-US|issn=0458-3035}}</ref> |- style="background:#FAEB86;" | ''Keep an Eye on the Sky'' | Robert Gordon | Big Star |- | ''Alan Lomax in Haiti: Recordings for the Library of Congress, 1936-1937'' | Gage Averill | Various Artists |- | ''Side Steps'' | Ashley Kahn | John Coltrane |- | ''There Breathes a Hope: The Legacy of John Work II and His Fisk Jubilee Quartet, 1909-1916'' | Doug Seroff | Fisk University Jubilee Quartet |- | ''True Love Cast Out All Evil'' | Will Sheff | Roky Erickson with Okkervil River |- | rowspan="6" style="text-align: center;" | 2012<br><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/grammy-awards-2012-winners-whitney-houston-death-adele-289778|title=Grammy Awards 2012: Complete Winners And Nominees List|work=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=April 27, 2017|language=en}}</ref> |- style="background:#FAEB86;" | ''Hear Me Howling!: Blues, Ballads & Beyond as Recorded by the San Francisco Bay by Chris Strachwitz in the 1960s'' | Adam Machado | Various Artists |- | ''The Bang Years 1966–1968'' | Neil Diamond | Neil Diamond |- | ''The Bristol Sessions, 1927–1928: The Big Bang of Country Music'' | Ted Olson and Tony Russell | Various Artists |- | ''The Music City Story: Street Corner Doo Wop, Raw R&B and Soulful Sounds from Berkeley, California 1950–75'' | Alec Palao | Various Artists |- | ''Syl Johnson: Complete Mythology'' | Ken Shipley | Syl Johnson |- | rowspan="6" style="text-align: center;" | 2013<br><ref>{{Cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/events/grammys-2013/1537655/grammys-2013-winners-list|title=Grammys 2013: Winners List|magazine=Billboard|access-date=April 27, 2017}}</ref> |- style="background:#FAEB86;" | ''Singular Genius: The Complete ABC Singles'' | Billy Vera | Ray Charles |- | ''Banjo Diary: Lessons from Tradition'' | Stephen Wade | Stephen Wade |- | ''First Recordings: 50th Anniversary Edition'' | Hans Olof Gottfridsson | The Beatles with Tony Sheridan |- | ''The Pearl Sessions'' | Holly George-Warren | Janis Joplin |- | ''Piazzolla in Brooklyn'' | Fernando Gonzalez | Pablo Aslan Quintet |- | rowspan="7" style="text-align: center;" | 2014<br><ref>{{Cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/events/grammys-2014/5885341/grammy-awards-full-winners-list-2014-complete|title=56th GRAMMY Awards: Full Winners List|magazine=Billboard|access-date=April 27, 2017}}</ref> |- style="background:#FAEB86;" | ''Afro Blue Impressions (Remastered & Expanded)'' | Neil Tesser | John Coltrane |- | ''360 Sound: The Columbia Records Story'' | Sean Wilentz | Various Artists |- | ''Call It Art 1964–1965'' | Ben Young | New York Art Quartet |- | ''Electric Music for the Mind and Body'' | Alec Palao | Country Joe and the Fish |- | ''Stravinsky: Le Sacre du Printemps'' | Jonathan Cott | Leonard Bernstein and New York Philharmonic |- | ''Work Hard, Play Hard, Pray Hard: Hard Time, Good Time & End Time Music 1923–1936'' | Nathan Salsburg | Various Artists |- | rowspan="7" style="text-align: center;" | 2015<br><ref>{{Cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/events/grammys-2015/6465551/grammys-2015-winners-57th-annual|title=Grammys 2015: And the Winners Are ...|magazine=Billboard|access-date=April 27, 2017}}</ref> |- style="background:#FAEB86;" | ''Offering: Live at Temple University'' | Ashley Kahn | John Coltrane |- | ''Happy: The 1920 Rainbo Orchestra Sides'' | David Sager | Isham Jones Rainbo Orchestra |- | ''I'm Just Like You: Sly's Stone Flower 1969–70'' | Alec Palao | Various Artists |- | ''The Other Side of Bakersfield: 1950s & 60s Boppers and Rockers from 'Nashville West', Vol. 1'' | Scott B. Bomar | Various Artists |- | ''Purple Snow: Forecasting the Minneapolis Sound'' | Jon Kirby | Various Artists |- | ''The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume One (1917–27)'' | Scott Blackwood | Various Artists |- | rowspan="6" style="text-align: center;" | 2016<br><ref>{{Cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/grammys/6875260/grammy-awards-2016-full-winners-list|title=Grammy Awards 2016: See the Full Winners List|magazine=Billboard|access-date=April 27, 2017}}</ref> |- style="background:#FAEB86;" | ''Love Has Many Faces: A Quartet, a Ballet, Waiting to Be Danced'' | Joni Mitchell | Joni Mitchell |- | ''Folksongs of Another America: Field Recordings from the Upper Midwest, 1937–1946'' | James P. Leary | Various Artists |- | ''Lead Belly: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection'' | Jeff Place | Lead Belly |- | ''Portrait of an American Singer'' | Ted Olson | Tennessee Ernie Ford |- | ''Songs of the Night: Dance Recordings, 1916–1925'' | Ryan Barna | Joseph C. Smith's Orchestra |- | rowspan="6" style="text-align: center;" | 2017<br><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.grammy.com/nominees|title=59th Annual GRAMMY Awards Winners & Nominees|work=GRAMMY.com|access-date=April 27, 2017|language=en}}</ref><br /><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwmusic/article/Ken-Bloom-Wins-Grammy-Award-for-Best-Album-Notes-for-Shuffle-Along-CD-20170213-page2|title=Ken Bloom Wins Grammy Award for Best Album Notes – 'Shuffle Along' CD|author=BWW News Desk|access-date=April 28, 2017|language=en}}</ref> |- style="background:#FAEB86;" | ''Sissle and Blake Sing Shuffle Along'' | Ken Bloom and Richard Carlin | Eubie Blake and Noble Sissle |- | ''The Complete Monument & Columbia Album Collection'' | Mikal Gilmore | Kris Kristofferson |- | ''The Knoxville Sessions, 1929–1930: Knox County Stomp'' | Ted Olson and Tony Russell | Various Artists |- | ''Ork Records: New York, New York'' | Rob Sevier and Ken Shipley | Various Artists |- | ''Waxing the Gospel: Mass Evangelism and the Phonograph, 1890–1900'' | Richard Martin | Various Artists |- | rowspan="7" style="text-align: center;" | 2018<br><ref>[https://www.grammy.com/sites/com/files/60thpresslist11272017_0.pdf Grammy.com, 28 November 2017]</ref> |- style="background:#FAEB86;" | ''Live at the Whisky a Go Go: The Complete Recordings'' | Lynell George | Otis Redding |- | ''Arthur Q. Smith: The Trouble with the Truth'' | Wayne Bledsoe and Bradley Reeves | Various Artists |- | ''Big Bend Killing: The Appalachian Ballad Tradition'' | Ted Olson | Various Artists |- | ''The Complete Piano Works of Scott Joplin'' | Bryan S. Wright | Richard Dowling |- | ''Edouard-Léon Scott de Martinville, Inventor of Sound Recording: A Bicentennial Tribute'' | David Giovannoni | Various Artists |- | ''Washington Phillips and His Manzarene Dreams'' | Michael Corcoran | Washington Phillips |- | rowspan="7" style="text-align: center;" | 2019<br><ref>[https://www.grammy.com/news/2019-61st-annual-grammy-awards-nominations-complete-nominees-and-winners-list Grammy.com, 7 December 2018]</ref> |- style="background:#FAEB86;" | ''Voices of Mississippi: Artists and Musicians Documented by William Ferris'' | David Evans | Various Artists |- | ''4 Banjo Songs, 1891–1897: Foundational Recordings of America's Iconic Instrument'' | Richard Martin and Ted Olson | Charles A. Asbury |- | ''The 1960 Time Sessions'' | Ben Ratliff | Sonny Clark Trio |- | ''Alpine Dreaming: The Helvetia Records Story, 1920–1924'' | James P. Leary | Various Artists |- | ''The Product of Our Souls: The Sound and Sway of James Reese Europe's Society Orchestra'' | David Gilbert | Various Artists |- | ''Trouble No More: The Bootleg Series Vol. 13 / 1979–1981 (Deluxe Edition)'' | Amanda Petrusich | Bob Dylan |- |}
===2020s=== {| class="wikitable" |- bgcolor="#bebebe" ! width="5%" | Year{{ref|1|[I]}} ! width="35%" | Work ! width="35%" | Recipient(s) ! width="25%" | Performing artist(s) |- | rowspan="6" style="text-align: center;" | 2020<br><ref>[https://www.grammy.com/news/2020-grammy-awards-nominations-complete-winners-list 2020 Grammy Awards nominations list]</ref> |- style="background:#FAEB86;" | ''Stax '68: A Memphis Story'' | Steve Greenberg | Various Artists |- | ''The Complete Cuba Jam Sessions'' | Judy Cantor-Navas | Various Artists |- | ''The Gospel According to Malaco'' | Robert Marovich | Various Artists |- | ''Pedal Steal + Four Corners'' | Brendan Greaves | Terry Allen and the Panhandle Mystery Band |- | ''Pete Seeger: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection'' | Jeff Place | Pete Seeger |- | rowspan="6" style="text-align: center;" | 2021<br><ref>[https://www.grammy.com/news/2021-grammys-complete-winners-nominees-list 2021 Nominations List]</ref> |- style="background:#FAEB86;" | ''Dead Man's Pop'' | Bob Mehr | The Replacements |- | ''At the Minstrel Show: Minstrel Routines from the Studio, 1894–1926'' | Tim Brooks | Various Artists |- | ''The Bakersfield Sound: Country Music Capital of the West, 1940–1974'' | Scott B. Bomar | Various Artists |- | ''The Missing Link: How Gus Haenschen Got Us from Joplin to Jazz and Shaped the Music Business'' | Colin Hancock | Various Artists |- | ''Out of a Clear Blue Sky'' | David Sager | Nat Brusiloff |- | rowspan="6" style="text-align: center;" | 2022<br><ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-11-23|title=2022 GRAMMYs Awards: Complete Nominations List|url=https://www.grammy.com/news/2022-grammys-complete-winners-nominees-nominations-list|access-date=2021-11-26|website=GRAMMY.com|language=en}}</ref> |- style="background:#FAEB86;" | ''The Complete Louis Armstrong Columbia and RCA Victor Studio Sessions, 1946–1966'' | Ricky Riccardi | Louis Armstrong |- | ''Beethoven: The Last Three Sonatas'' | Ann-Katrin Zimmermann | Sunwook Kim |- | ''Creation Never Sleeps, Creation Never Dies: The Willie Dunn Anthology'' | Kevin Howes | Willie Dunn |- | ''Etching the Voice: Emile Berliner and the First Commercial Gramophone Discs, 1889–1895'' | David Giovannoni, Richard Martin and Stephan Puille | Various Artists |- | ''The King of Gospel Music: The Life and Music of Reverend James Cleveland'' | Robert Marovich | Various Artists |- | rowspan="6" style="text-align: center;" | 2023<br><ref>{{Cite web |title=2023 GRAMMY Nominations: See The Complete Nominees List |url=https://www.grammy.com/news/2023-grammy-nominations-complete-winners-nominees-list |access-date=2022-11-17 |website=www.grammy.com}}</ref> |- style="background:#FAEB86;" | ''Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (20th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition)'' | Bob Mehr | Wilco |- | ''The American Clavé Recordings'' | Fernando González | Astor Piazzolla |- | ''Andy Irvine & Paul Brady (Special Edition)'' | Gareth Murphy | Andy Irvine and Paul Brady |- | ''Harry Partch, 1942'' | John Schneider | Harry Partch |- | ''Life's Work: A Retrospective'' | Ted Olson | Doc Watson |- | rowspan="6" style="text-align: center;" | 2024 |- style="background:#FAEB86;" | ''Written in Their Soul: The Stax Songwriter Demos'' | Robert Gordon and Deanie Parker | Various Artists |- | ''Evenings at the Village Gate: John Coltrane with Eric Dolphy (Live)'' | Ashley Kahn | John Coltrane and Eric Dolphy |- | ''I Can Almost See Houston: The Complete Howdy Glenn'' | Scott B. Bomar | Howdy Glenn |- | ''Mogadishu's Finest: The Al Uruba Sessions'' | Vik Sohonie | Iftin Band |- | ''Playing for the Man at the Door: Field Recordings from the Collection of Mack McCormick, 1958–1971'' | Jeff Place and John Troutman | Various Artists |- | rowspan="6" style="text-align: center;" | 2025<br><ref>{{Cite web |title=2025 GRAMMYs: See The OFFICIAL Full Nominations List {{!}} GRAMMY.com |url=https://www.grammy.com/news/2025-grammys-nominations-full-winners-nominees-list |access-date=2024-11-10 |website=grammy.com}}</ref> |- style="background:#FAEB86;" | ''Centennial'' | Ricky Riccardi | King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band and Various Artists |- | ''After Midnight'' | Tim Brooks | Ford Dabney's Syncopated Orchestras |- | ''The Carnegie Hall Concert'' | Lauren Du Graf | Alice Coltrane |- | ''John Culshaw: The Art of the Producer – The Early Years 1948–55'' | Dominic Fyfe | John Culshaw |- | ''SONtrack Original de la Pelicula "Al Son de Beno"'' | Josh Kun | Various Artists |- | rowspan="7" style="text-align: center;" | 2026<br><ref>{{Cite web |title=2026 GRAMMYS: See The Full Nominations List {{!}} GRAMMY.com |url=https://grammy.com/news/2026-grammys-nominations-full-winners-nominees-list |access-date=2025-11-09 |website=grammy.com}}</ref> |- style="background:#FAEB86;" | ''Miles '55: The Prestige Recordings'' | Ashley Kahn | Miles Davis |- | ''Adios, Farewell, Goodbye, Good Luck, So Long: On Stage 1964–1974'' | Scott B. Bomar | Buck Owens and His Buckaroos |- | ''After the Last Sky'' | Adam Shatz | Anouar Brahem, Anja Lechner, Django Bates and Dave Holland |- | ''Árabe'' | Amanda Ekery | Amanda Ekery |- | ''The First Family: Live at Winchester Cathedral 1967'' | Alec Palao | Sly and the Family Stone |- | ''A Ghost Is Born (20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)'' | Bob Mehr | Wilco |- |}
==References== {{Reflist|30em}} {{Grammy Award categories}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Grammy Award For Best Album Notes}} Album Notes Category:Awards established in 1964