Artist

Al Schmitt

Wins

14

Nominations

42

Category

General Jazz Non-Classical Pop Production Surround Sound Traditional Pop

Biography

"As much as sound is important to me as an engineer, it is the performance and the feel that sell the record."

  • Born Albert Harry Schmitt April 17, 1930, in Brooklyn, New York.
     
  • Throughout his career, Al Schmitt has worked with a variety of artists from Henry Mancini, Steely Dan and Toto to Ray Charles, Diana Krall, Natalie Cole, and Paul McCartney. His patented engineering work on George Benson's 1976 album, Breezin', helped the album reach the top of Billboard's pop, jazz and R&B charts.
     
  • Schmitt won his first GRAMMY for Best Engineering Contribution for 1962 for Mancini's Hatari soundtrack.
     
  • Dating back to the 1960s, Schmitt has won GRAMMYs in six consecutive decades. In 2006 he was honored with a Recording Academy Trustees Award.
     
  • In 2013 the Recording Academy Producers & Engineers Wing honored Schmitt at An Evening of Jazz in recognition of his ongoing support for the art and craft of recorded music.
     
  • Schmitt is a co-chair of the annual Recording Industry Golf Tournament, which supports the music and recording program at A Place Called Home, a dynamic community center and safe haven in South Central Los Angeles.

 

All Grammy Awards and Nominations for Al Schmitt

  • Best Immersive Audio Album Winner

    Live Kisses

    Tommy LiPuma, Al Schmitt

  • Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical

    The Absence

    Bernie Grundman, Al Schmitt, Antonio "Moogie" Canazio

  • Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album Winner

    Kisses On The Bottom

    Paul McCartney, Tommy LiPuma, Al Schmitt

  • Best Jazz Vocal Album Winner

    Eleanora Fagan (1915-1959): To Billie With Love From Dee Dee

    Al Schmitt, Dee Dee Bridgewater

  • Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical

    My One And Only Thrill

    Helik Hadar, Al Schmitt

  • Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album Winner

    Still Unforgettable

    Gail Deadrick, Natalie Cole, Al Schmitt

  • Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical

    Just A Little Lovin'

    Al Schmitt

  • Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical

    Still Unforgettable

    Steve Genewick, Al Schmitt, Bill Schnee

  • Best Jazz Instrumental Album Winner

    The Ultimate Adventure

    Buck Snow, Chick Corea, Al Schmitt, Bernie Kirsh

  • Best Immersive Audio Album

    The Girl In The Other Room

    Doug Sax, Robert Hadley, Al Schmitt

  • Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical

    Rock Swings

    Al Schmitt

  • Album Of The Year Winner

    Genius Loves Company

    Joel Moss, Doug Sax, Phil Ramone, Ed Thacker, John R. Burk, Robert Fernandez, Ray Charles, Don Mizell, Robert Hadley, Terry Howard, Pete Karam, Al Schmitt, Seth Presant, Mark Fleming, John Harris, Herbert Waltl

  • Best Pop Vocal Album Winner

    Genius Loves Company

    John R. Burk, Ray Charles, Al Schmitt

  • Record Of The Year Winner

    Here We Go Again

    John R. Burk, Ray Charles, Terry Howard, Norah Jones, Al Schmitt, Mark Fleming

  • Best Immersive Audio Album Winner

    Genius Loves Company

    Doug Sax, Phil Ramone, John R. Burk, Robert Hadley, Al Schmitt, Herbert Waltl

  • Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical Winner

    Genius Loves Company

    Joel Moss, Ed Thacker, Robert Fernandez, Terry Howard, Pete Karam, Al Schmitt, Seth Presant, Mark Fleming, John Harris

  • Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical

    The Girl In The Other Room

    Al Schmitt

  • Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical

    Ask A Woman Who Knows

    Elliot Scheiner, Al Schmitt

  • Best Jazz Vocal Album Winner

    Live In Paris

    Diana Krall, Tommy LiPuma, Al Schmitt

  • Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical Winner

    The Look Of Love

    Al Schmitt

  • Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical

    Absolute Benson (Album)

    Jon Fausty, Al Schmitt, Bill Schnee, Steve Barkan

  • Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical

    Mindfields (Album)

    Steve MacMillan, Jess Sutcliffe, Elliot Scheiner, Al Schmitt

  • Album Of The Year

    When I Look In Your Eyes (Album)

    Diana Krall, Tommy LiPuma, Al Schmitt, Johnny Mandel

  • Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical Winner

    When I Look In Your Eyes

    Al Schmitt

  • Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical

    Breath Of Heaven (Album)

    Al Schmitt

  • Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical

    Two For The Road (Album)

    Elliot Scheiner, Al Schmitt

  • Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical Winner

    Q's Jook Joint

    Francis Buckley, Tommy Vicari, Al Schmitt, Bruce Swedien

  • Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical

    Stardust (Album)

    Erik Zobler, David Reitzas, Elliot Scheiner, Al Schmitt

  • Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical

    Tambu (Album)

    Bill Smith, Elliot Scheiner, Al Schmitt

  • Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical

    Afterglow (Album)

    Al Schmitt

  • Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical Winner

    Unforgettable With Love

    Woody Woodruff, David Reitzas, Armin Steiner, Al Schmitt

  • Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical

    Reflections (Single)

    Al Schmitt

  • Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical Winner

    Toto IV

    Greg Ladanyi, Al Schmitt, Tom Knox, David Leonard

  • Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical Winner

    FM (No Static At All)

    Roger Nichols, Al Schmitt

  • Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical Winner

    Aja

    Roger Nichols, Elliot Scheiner, Al Schmitt, Bill Schnee

  • Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical Winner

    Breezin'

    Al Schmitt

  • Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical

    Our Man In Hollywood

    Al Schmitt

  • Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical

    Great Band With Great Voices Swing The Great Voices Of The Great Bands (Album)

    Al Schmitt

  • Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical Winner

    Hatari

    Al Schmitt

  • Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical

    The Chipmunk Songbook

    Al Schmitt

  • Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical

    Breakfast At Tiffany's (Album)

    Al Schmitt

  • Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical

    Great Band With Great Voices

    Al Schmitt

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