Grammy Award for Best Jazz Fusion Performance

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Grammy Award for Best Jazz Fusion Performance
Awarded for quality jazz fusion performances
Country United States
Presented by National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
First awarded 1980
Last awarded 1991
Official website grammy.com

The Grammy Award for Best Jazz Fusion Performance was an award presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards,[1] to recording artists for works (songs or albums) containing quality jazz fusion performances. Honors in several categories are presented at the ceremony annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to "honor artistic achievement, technical proficiency and overall excellence in the recording industry, without regard to album sales or chart position".[2]

Originally called the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Fusion Performance, Vocal or Instrumental, the award was first presented to the jazz band Weather Report at the 22nd Grammy Awards in 1980 for the album 8:30. In 1988, the category name changed to Best Jazz Fusion Performance and was moved to a newly created Fusion field.[3] The category name was retired before the 33rd Grammy Awards (1992) with the addition of the award for Best Contemporary Jazz Performance (currently known as Best Contemporary Jazz Album).[4]

Pat Metheny holds the record for the most wins in this category, with a total of five (four times with the Pat Metheny Group). David Sanborn is the only other musician to win the award more than once, with two. The composition "Birdland" earned two musicians the award—The Manhattan Transfer won in 1981 and Quincy Jones won in 1991 for the version that appears on the compilation album Back on the Block.[5] The award went to artists or groups originating from the United States each year it was presented. Metheny also holds the record for the most nominations, with seven (including five consecutive nominations between 1981 and 1985). The group Spyro Gyra holds the record for the most nominations without a win, with six. In 1990, Terri Lyne Carrington became the first solo female artist to be nominated for the award.[6] No female artists were nominated in 1991, the final year the award was presented, making Carrington the only female solo artist to be nominated throughout the category's lifetime.

Recipients

Four men performing various instruments on a stage, surrounded by a drum set and other audio equipment
1980 award-winning group Weather Report, performing in 1981
A man with his eyes closed playing a guitar
Five-time award recipient Pat Metheny performing in 2008
A man with his eyes closed, wearing a black dress shirt and playing a saxophone
Two-time award winner David Sanborn performing in 2008
File:Quincy Jones 2007.jpg
1991 award recipient Quincy Jones in 2008
Year[I] Performing artist(s) Work Nominees Ref.
1980 Weather Report 8:30 [7]
1981 The Manhattan Transfer "Birdland" [8]
1982 Grover Washington, Jr. Winelight [9]
1983 Pat Metheny Offramp [10]
1984 Pat Metheny Group Travels [11]
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1985 Pat Metheny Group First Circle [14]
1986 David Sanborn Straight to the Heart [15]
1987 Bob James and David Sanborn Double Vision [16]
1988 Pat Metheny Group Still Life (Talking) [17]
1989 Yellowjackets Politics [18]
1990 Pat Metheny Group Letter from Home [6]
1991 Quincy Jones "Birdland" [5]

^[I] Each year is linked to the article about the Grammy Awards held that year.

See also

References

General
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External links

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