Grammy Award for Best Album NotesCheck all the winners of Grammy Award for Best Album Notes. |
| Year | Winner | Winner Work | |
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| 2013 |
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Neil Tesser | Afro Blue Impressions |
| 2012 |
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Billy Vera | Singular Genius: The Complete ABC Singles |
| 2011 |
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Adam Machado | Hear Me Howling!: Blues, Ballads & Beyond |
| 2010 |
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Robert Gordon | Keep an Eye on the Sky (Album notes writer) |
| 2009 |
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Dan Morgenstern | The Complete Louis Armstrong Decca Sessions (1935\u20131946) (Album Notes Writer) |
| 2008 |
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Francis Davis | Kind Of Blue (50th Anniversary Collector's Edition) (disk 2) (Album Notes Writer) |
| 2007 |
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Bruce Nemerov | John Work, III: Recording Black Culture |
| 2006 |
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Dan Morgenstern | If You Got to Ask, You Ain't Got It! (Album notes writer) |
| 2005 |
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John F Szwed | The Complete Library of Congress Recordings |
| 2004 |
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Loren Schoenberg | The Complete Columbia Recordings of Woody Herman and His Orchestra & Woodchoppers (1945-1947) (Album Notes Writer) |
| 2003 |
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Tom Piazza | Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: A Musical Journey (album notes writer) |
| 2002 |
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David Evans | Screamin' and Hollerin' the Blues: The Worlds of Charley Patton |
| 2001 |
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Walter Mosley | ...And It's Deep Too! (Tie) |
| 2001 |
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Elijah Wald | Arhoolie Records 40th Anniversary Collection - 1960-2000 The Journey Of Chris Strachwitz (Tie) |
| 2000 |
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Bob Blumenthal | Miles Davis & John Coltrane: The Complete Columbia Recordings 1955-1961 |
| 1999 |
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Bob Blumenthal | The Classic Quartet: The Complete Impulse! Recordings |
| 1998 |
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Todd Coolman | Best of Miles Davis Quintet 1965 - 68 |
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Bob Belden | Best of Miles Davis Quintet 1965 - 68 | |
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Michael Cuscuna | Best of Miles Davis Quintet 1965 - 68 | |
| 1997 |
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Peter Stampfel | Anthology of American Folk Music (Harry Smith ed.) (Album Notes Writer) |
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Eric Von Schmidt | Anthology of American Folk Music (Harry Smith ed.) (Album Notes Writer) |
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Luc Sante | Anthology of American Folk Music (Harry Smith ed.) (Album Notes Writer) |
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Chuck Pirtle | Anthology of American Folk Music (Harry Smith ed.) (Album Notes Writer) |
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Kip Lornell | Anthology of American Folk Music (Harry Smith ed.) (Album Notes Writer) |
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Neil Rosenberg | Anthology of American Folk Music (Harry Smith ed.) (Album Notes Writer) |
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Luis Kemnitzer | Anthology of American Folk Music (Harry Smith ed.) (Album Notes Writer) |
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Jeff Place | Anthology of American Folk Music (Harry Smith ed.) (Album Notes Writer) |
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Jon Pankake | Anthology of American Folk Music (Harry Smith ed.) (Album Notes Writer) |
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John Fahey | Anthology of American Folk Music (Harry Smith ed.) (Album Notes Writer) |
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| 1996 |
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Phil Schaap | Miles Davis & Gil Evans: The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings |
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Bill Kirchner | Miles Davis & Gil Evans: The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings | |
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George Avakian | Miles Davis & Gil Evans: The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings | |
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Bob Belden | Miles Davis & Gil Evans: The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings | |
| 1995 |
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Rob Bowman | The Complete Stax-Volt Soul Singles, Volume 3: 1972-1975 |
| 1994 |
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Loren Schoenberg | Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (Album Notes Writers) |
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Dan Morgenstern | Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (Album Notes Writers) |
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| 1993 |
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Buck Clayton | The Complete Billie Holiday on Verve 1945-1959 (album notes writers) |
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Phil Schaap | The Complete Billie Holiday on Verve 1945-1959 (album notes writers) |
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Joel E. Siegel | The Complete Billie Holiday on Verve 1945-1959 (album notes writers) |
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| 1992 |
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Arif Mardin | Queen of Soul: The Atlantic Recordings |
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Jerry Wexler | Queen of Soul: The Atlantic Recordings | |
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Ahmet Ertegun | Queen of Soul: The Atlantic Recordings | |
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Dave Marsh | Queen of Soul: The Atlantic Recordings | |
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David Ritz | Queen of Soul: The Atlantic Recordings | |
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Thomas J. Dowd | Queen of Soul: The Atlantic Recordings | |
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Thulani Davis | Queen of Soul: The Atlantic Recordings | |
| 1991 |
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Harry Weinger | Star Time |
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James Brown | Star Time | |
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Cliff White | Star Time | |
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Alan Leeds | Star Time | |
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Nelson George | Star Time | |
| 1990 |
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Dan Morgenstern | Brownie: The Complete EmArcy Recordings of Clifford Brown (Album Notes Writer) |
| 1989 |
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Phil Schaap | Bird: The Complete Charlie Parker on Verve (Album Notes Writer) |
| 1988 |
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Anthony DeCurtis | Crossroads (Album notes writer) |
| 1987 |
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Orrin Keepnews | The Complete Riverside Recordings |
| 1986 |
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Andrew Sarris | The Voice: Frank Sinatra, the Columbia Years (album notes writers) |
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Stephen Holden | The Voice: Frank Sinatra, the Columbia Years (album notes writers) |
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Gary Giddins | The Voice: Frank Sinatra, the Columbia Years (album notes writers) |
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Frank Conroy | The Voice: Frank Sinatra, the Columbia Years (album notes writers) |
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Wilfrid Sheed | The Voice: Frank Sinatra, the Columbia Years (album notes writers) |
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Murray Kempton | The Voice: Frank Sinatra, the Columbia Years (album notes writers) |
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Jonathan Schwartz | The Voice: Frank Sinatra, the Columbia Years (album notes writers) |
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| 1985 |
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Peter Guralnick | Live at the Harlem Square Club, 1963 |
| 1984 |
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Gunther Schuller | Big Band Jazz From the Beginnings to the Fifties (Album Notes Writers) |
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Martin Williams | Big Band Jazz From the Beginnings to the Fifties (Album Notes Writers) |
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| 1983 |
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Orrin Keepnews | Interplay (Albun notes writer) |
| 1982 |
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John Chilton | Bunny Berigan - Giants Of Jazz |
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Dick Sudhalter | Bunny Berigan - Giants Of Jazz | |
| 1981 |
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Dan Morgenstern | Erroll Garner - Master Of The Keyboard (Album Notes Writer) |
| 1980 |
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David McClintick | Trilogy: Past Present Future |
| 1979 |
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Bob Porter | Complete Savoy Sessions (Album Notes Writers) |
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James Patrick | Complete Savoy Sessions (Album Notes Writers) |
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| 1978 |
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Michael Brooks | A Bing Crosby Collection - Vol. 1 & 2 (Album Notes Writer) |
| 1977 |
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George T. Simon | Bing Crosby - A Legendary Performer |
| 1976 |
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Dan Morgenstern | The Changing Face Of Harlem - The Savoy Sessions (Album notes writer) |
| 1975 |
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Pete Hamill | Blood on the Tracks (Album notes writer) |
| 1974 |
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Dan Morgenstern | The Hawk Flies High (Album Notes Writer) |
| 1974 |
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Charles Townsend | For the Last Time (Album Notes Writer) |
| 1973 |
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Dan Morgenstern | God Is in the House: Original 1940-41 Recordings (Album notes writer) |
| 1972 |
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Tom T. Hall | Greatest Hits (Album Notes Writer) |
| 1971 |
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Sam the Sham | Sam, Hard And Heavy (Album notes writer) |
| 1970 |
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Chris Albertson | Bessie Smith: The Greatest Blues Singer in the World (Album notes writer) |
| 1969 |
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Johnny Cash | Nashville Skyline |
| 1968 |
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Johnny Cash | At Folsom Prison (Album notes writer) |
| 1967 |
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John D. Loudermilk | Suburban Attitudes In Country Verse (Album Notes Writer) |
| 1966 |
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Stan Cornyn | Sinatra at the Sands |
| 1965 |
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Stan Cornyn | September of My Years |
| 1964 |
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Carleton Beals | Mexico (Legacy Collection) (Album notes writer) |
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Stanton L. Catlin | Mexico (Legacy Collection) (Album notes writer) |
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| 1963 |
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Leonard Feather | The Ellington Era (album notes writers) |
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Stanley Dance | The Ellington Era (album notes writers) |
