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Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album

1981 • 23rd Annual GRAMMY Awards

Honoring recordings released between Aug 31, 1979 and Aug 30, 1980

1981 Winner is Count Basie with "On The Road"

On The Road

Count Basie

Nominees 1981

Winners

Year Winner Nomination
2026 Christian McBride, Christian McBride Big Band Without Further Ado, Vol 1 All Nominees
2025 Dan Pugach, Dan Pugach Big Band Bianca Reimagined: Music For Paws And Persistence All Nominees
2024 The Count Basie Orchestra, Scotty Barnhart Basie Swings The Blues All Nominees
2023 Steven Feifke, Steven Feifke, Bijon Watson, Generation Gap Jazz Orchestra, Bijon Watson Generation Gap Jazz Orchestra All Nominees
2022 Christian McBride, Christian McBride Big Band For Jimmy, Wes And Oliver All Nominees
2021 Maria Schneider, Maria Schneider Orch. Data Lords All Nominees
2020 Brian Lynch, Brian Lynch Big Band The Omni-American Book Club All Nominees
2019 John Daversa, John Daversa Big Band Featuring DACA Artists American Dreamers: Voices Of Hope, Music Of Freedom All Nominees
2018 Christian McBride, Christian McBride Big Band Bringin' It All Nominees
2017 Ted Nash, Ted Nash Big Band Presidential Suite: Eight Variations On Freedom All Nominees
2016 Maria Schneider, Maria Schneider Orch. The Thompson Fields All Nominees
2015 Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band, Gordon Goodwin Life In The Bubble All Nominees
2014 Randy Brecker, Włodek Pawlik, Włodek Pawlik Trio, Kalisz Philharmonic Night In Calisia All Nominees
2013 Arturo Sandoval Dear Diz (Every Day I Think Of You) All Nominees
2012 Christian McBride, Christian McBride Big Band The Good Feeling All Nominees
2011 Mingus Big Band Mingus Big Band Live At Jazz Standard All Nominees
2010 New Orleans Jazz Orchestra Book One All Nominees
2009 Vanguard Jazz Orchestra Monday Night Live At The Village Vanguard All Nominees
2008 Terence Blanchard A Tale Of God's Will (A Requiem For Katrina) All Nominees
2007 Randy Brecker, Michael Brecker, Jim Beard, Will Lee, Peter Erskine, Marcio Doctor, WDR Big Band Some Skunk Funk All Nominees
2006 Dave Holland Overtime All Nominees
2005 Maria Schneider Concert In The Garden All Nominees
2004 Michael Brecker, Michael Brecker Quindectet Wide Angles All Nominees
2003 Dave Holland What Goes Around All Nominees
2002 Bob Mintzer, Bob Mintzer Big Band Homage To Count Basie All Nominees
2001 Joe Lovano 52nd Street Themes All Nominees
2000 Bob Florence Serendipity 18 All Nominees
1999 Grover Mitchell Count Plays Duke All Nominees
1998 Joe Henderson Joe Henderson Big Band All Nominees
1997 Grover Mitchell Live At Manchester Craftsmen's Guild All Nominees
1996 Tom Scott All Blues All Nominees
1995 McCoy Tyner Journey All Nominees
1994 Miles Davis, Quincy Jones Miles And Quincy Live At Montreux All Nominees
1993 McCoy Tyner The Turning Point All Nominees
1992 Dizzy Gillespie Live At The Royal Festival Hall All Nominees
1991 Frank Foster Basie's Bag All Nominees
1990 Miles Davis Aura All Nominees
1989 Gil Evans Bud & Bird All Nominees
1988 Mercer Ellington Digital Duke All Nominees
1987 Doc Severinsen The Tonight Show Band With Doc Severinsen All Nominees
1986 John Barry, Bob Wilber The Cotton Club - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack All Nominees
1985 Count Basie 88 Basie Street All Nominees
1984 Rob McConnell All In Good Time All Nominees
1983 Count Basie Warm Breeze All Nominees
1982 Gerry Mulligan Walk On The Water All Nominees
1981 Count Basie On The Road All Nominees
1980 Duke Ellington Duke Ellington At Fargo, 1940 Live All Nominees
1979 Thad Jones, Mel Lewis Live In Munich All Nominees
1978 Count Basie Prime Time All Nominees
1977 Duke Ellington The Ellington Suites All Nominees
1976 Michel Legrand, Phil Woods Images All Nominees
1975 Woody Herman Thundering Herd All Nominees
1974 Woody Herman Giant Steps All Nominees
1973 Duke Ellington Toga Brava Suite All Nominees
1972 Duke Ellington New Orleans Suite All Nominees
1971 Miles Davis Bitches Brew All Nominees
1970 Quincy Jones Walking In Space All Nominees
1969 Duke Ellington And His Mother Called Him Bill All Nominees
1968 Duke Ellington Far East Suite All Nominees
1966 Duke Ellington Ellington '66 All Nominees
1965 Laurindo Almeida Guitar From Ipanema All Nominees
1964 Woody Herman Encore: Woody Herman, 1963 All Nominees
1963 Stan Kenton Adventures In Jazz All Nominees
1962 Stan Kenton West Side Story All Nominees
1961 Henry Mancini Blues And The Beat All Nominees

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