Joe Sample

Best Traditional R&B Performance

All Night Long

Randy Crawford, Joe Sample

Contemporary Jazz Album

Rural Renewal

Steve Baxter, Wilton Felder, Dean Parks, Freddie Washington, Crusaders, Ray Parker Jr., Stix Hooper, Joe Sample, Lenny Castro

Contemporary Jazz Album

Sample This (Album)

Joe Sample

Contemporary Jazz Album

Ashes To Ashes (Album)

Joe Sample

Best Jazz Fusion Performance

Spellbound (Album)

Joe Sample

Best R&B Instrumental Performance

Ghetto Blaster (Album)

Wilton Felder, Crusaders, Joe Sample

R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals

Street Life (Track)

Wilton Felder, Josie James, Crusaders, Stix Hooper, Joe Sample, B.B. King

Best Inspirational Performance

I'm So Glad I'm Standing Here Today

Joe Cocker, Wilton Felder, Crusaders, Stix Hooper, Joe Sample

Best R&B Instrumental Performance

Images (Album)

Wilton Felder, Crusaders, Stix Hooper, Joe Sample

Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella

Free As The Wind

Joe Sample

Best R&B Instrumental Performance

Keep That Same Old Feeling (Album)

Wilton Felder, Crusaders, Stix Hooper, Joe Sample

Best R&B Instrumental Performance

Scratch (Album)

Wilton Felder, Crusaders, Stix Hooper, Joe Sample

Best R&B Instrumental Performance

2nd Crusade (Album)

Wilton Felder, Crusaders, Stix Hooper, Joe Sample

Best R&B Instrumental Performance

Crusaders I

Wilton Felder, Crusaders, Stix Hooper, Joe Sample