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1991 • 33rd Annual GRAMMY Awards
Honoring recordings released between Aug 31, 1989 and Aug 30, 1990
1991 Winner is Clifford Brown with "Brownie - The Complete Emarcy Recordings Of Clifford Brown"
Brownie - The Complete Emarcy Recordings Of Clifford Brown
Nominees 1991
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Art Pepper: The Complete Galaxy Recordings
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Bo Diddley - The Chess Box (Album)
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Muddy Waters - The Chess Box (Album)
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The Jack Kerouac Collection (Album)
Winners
| Year | Winner | Nomination | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Ashley Kahn | Miles '55: The Prestige Recordings | All Nominees |
| 2025 | Ricky Riccardi | Centennial | All Nominees |
| 2024 | Robert Gordon, Deanie Parker | Written In Their Soul: The Stax Songwriter Demos | All Nominees |
| 2023 | Bob Mehr | Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (20th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition) | All Nominees |
| 2022 | Ricky Riccardi | The Complete Louis Armstrong Columbia And RCA Victor Studio Sessions 1946-1966 | All Nominees |
| 2021 | Bob Mehr | Dead Man's Pop | All Nominees |
| 2020 | Steve Greenberg | Stax '68: A Memphis Story | All Nominees |
| 2019 | David Evans | Voices Of Mississippi: Artists And Musicians Documented By William Ferris | All Nominees |
| 2018 | Lynell George | Live At The Whisky A Go Go: The Complete Recordings | All Nominees |
| 2017 | Ken Bloom, Richard Carlin | Sissle And Blake Sing Shuffle Along | All Nominees |
| 2016 | Joni Mitchell | Love Has Many Faces: A Quartet, A Ballet, Waiting To Be Danced | All Nominees |
| 2015 | Ashley Kahn | Offering: Live At Temple University | All Nominees |
| 2014 | Neil Tesser | Afro Blue Impressions (Remastered & Expanded) | All Nominees |
| 2013 | Billy Vera | Singular Genius: The Complete ABC Singles | All Nominees |
| 2012 | Adam Machado | Hear Me Howling!: Blues, Ballads & Beyond As Recorded By The San Francisco Bay By Chris Strachwitz In The 1960s | All Nominees |
| 2011 | Robert Gordon | Keep An Eye On The Sky | All Nominees |
| 2010 | Dan Morgenstern | The Complete Louis Armstrong Decca Sessions (1935-1946) | All Nominees |
| 2009 | Francis Davis | Kind Of Blue: 50th Anniversary Collector's Edition | All Nominees |
| 2008 | Bruce Nemerov | John Work, III: Recording Black Culture | All Nominees |
| 2007 | Dan Morgenstern | If You Got To Ask, You Ain't Got It! | All Nominees |
| 2006 | John Szwed | The Complete Library Of Congress Recordings By Alan Lomax | All Nominees |
| 2005 | Loren Schoenberg | The Complete Columbia Recordings Of Woody Herman And His Orchestra & Woodchoppers (1945-1947) | All Nominees |
| 2004 | Tom Piazza | Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues: A Musical Journey | All Nominees |
| 2003 | David Evans | Screamin' And Hollerin' The Blues - The Worlds Of Charley Patton | All Nominees |
| 2002 | Walter Mosley | Richard Pryor...And It's Deep Too! - The Complete Warner Bros. Recordings (1968-1992) | All Nominees |
| 2002 | Elijah Wald | Arhoolie Records 40th Anniversary Collection - 1960-2000 The Journey Of Chris Strachwitz | All Nominees |
| 2001 | Bob Blumenthal | Miles Davis & John Coltrane - The Complete Columbia Recordings 1955-1961 | All Nominees |
| 2000 | Bob Blumenthal | John Coltrane - The Classic Quartet: Complete Impulse! Studio Recordings | All Nominees |
| 1999 | Bob Belden, Todd Coolman, Michael Cuscuna | Miles Davis Quintet 1965-1968 | All Nominees |
| 1998 | John Fahey, Luis Kemnitzer, Kip Lornell, Jon Pankake, Chuck Pirtle, Jeff Place, Neil V. Rosenberg, Luc Sante, Peter Stampfel, Eric von Schmidt | Anthology Of American Folk Music - 1997 Expanded Edition | All Nominees |
| 1997 | George Avakian, Bob Belden, Bill Kirchner, Phil Schaap | The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings | All Nominees |
| 1996 | Rob Bowman | The Complete Stax/Volt Soul Singles, Vol. 3: 1972-1975 | All Nominees |
| 1995 | Dan Morgenstern, Loren Schoenberg | Louis Armstrong - Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man 1923-1934 | All Nominees |
| 1994 | Buck Clayton, Phil Schaap, Joel E. Siegel | The Complete Billie Holiday On Verve 1945-1959 | All Nominees |
| 1993 | Thulani Davis, Tom Dowd, Ahmet Ertegun, Arif Mardin, Dave Marsh, David Ritz, Jerry Wexler | Queen Of Soul - The Atlantic Recordings | All Nominees |
| 1992 | James Brown, Nelson George, Alan M. Leeds, Harry Weinger, Cliff White | Star Time | All Nominees |
| 1991 | Dan Morgenstern | Brownie - The Complete Emarcy Recordings Of Clifford Brown | All Nominees |
| 1990 | Phil Schaap | Bird - The Complete Charlie Parker On Verve | All Nominees |
| 1989 | Anthony DeCurtis | Crossroads | All Nominees |
| 1988 | Orrin Keepnews | Thelonious Monk - The Complete Riverside Recordings | All Nominees |
| 1987 | Frank Conroy, Gary Giddins, Stephen Holden, Murray Kempton, Andrew Sarris, Jonathan Schwartz, Wilfrid Sheed | The Voice - The Columbia Years 1943-1952 | All Nominees |
| 1986 | Peter Guralnick | Sam Cooke Live At The Harlem Square Club, 1963 | All Nominees |
| 1985 | Gunther Schuller, Martin Williams | Big Band Jazz | All Nominees |
| 1984 | Orrin Keepnews | The Interplay Sessions | All Nominees |
| 1983 | John Chilton, Richard M. Sudhalter | Bunny Berigan - Giants Of Jazz | All Nominees |
| 1982 | Dan Morgenstern | Erroll Garner - Master Of The Keyboard | All Nominees |
| 1981 | David McClintick | Trilogy: Past, Present And Future | All Nominees |
| 1980 | James Patrick, Bob Porter | Charlie Parker - The Complete Savoy Sessions | All Nominees |
| 1979 | Michael Brooks | A Bing Crosby Collection, Vols. I & II | All Nominees |
| 1978 | George T. Simon | Bing Crosby - A Legendary Performer | All Nominees |
| 1977 | Dan Morgenstern | The Changing Face Of Harlem - The Savoy Sessions | All Nominees |
| 1976 | Gunther Schuller | Footlifters | All Nominees |
| 1976 | Pete Hamill | Blood On The Tracks | All Nominees |
| 1975 | Charles R. Townsend | For The Last Time | All Nominees |
| 1975 | Dan Morgenstern | The Hawk Flies | All Nominees |
| 1975 | Rory Guy | Korngold: The Classic Erich Wolfgang Korngold | All Nominees |
| 1974 | Dan Morgenstern | God Is In The House | All Nominees |
| 1974 | Glenn Gould | Hindemith: Sonatas For Piano | All Nominees |
| 1973 | Tom T. Hall | Tom T. Hall's Greatest Hits | All Nominees |
| 1973 | James Lyons | Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 2 (A London Symphony) | All Nominees |
| 1972 | Sam Samudio | Sam, Hard And Heavy | All Nominees |
| 1971 | Chris Albertson | The World's Greatest Blues Singer | All Nominees |
| 1970 | Johnny Cash | Nashville Skyline | All Nominees |
| 1969 | Johnny Cash | Johnny Cash At Folsom Prison | All Nominees |
| 1968 | John Loudermilk | Suburban Attitudes In Country Verse | All Nominees |
| 1967 | Stan Cornyn | Sinatra At The Sands | All Nominees |
| 1966 | Stan Cornyn | September Of My Years | All Nominees |
| 1965 | Carleton Beals, Stanton Catlin | Mexico (Legacy Collection) | All Nominees |
| 1964 | Stanley Dance, Leonard Feather | The Ellington Era | All Nominees |
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