Grammy Award for Best Latin Recording

Award presented from 1976 to 1983

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The Grammy Award for Best Latin Recording was conceived and lobbied for by then NYC NARAS Chapter Board Member, salsa pianist, composer, arranger, and bandleader, Larry Harlow. Through his gathering of 100,000 signatures and protesting in front of the Uris Theater in Manhattan it finally became a reality. It was presented from 1976 to 1983 and primarily encompassed progressive salsa and Latin-oriented jazz recordings. Starting from 1984 the Latin field was expanded to Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Album, Best Tropical Performance (encompassing salsa and merengue), and Best Mexican/Mexican American Performance. Its first winner was Eddie Palmieri for the album, Sun of Latin Music.

Years reflect the year in which the Grammy Awards were presented, for works released in the previous year.

## 1980s

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Year  | Winner  | Nominations

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1983 | Machito and His Salsa Big Band '82 by Machito | Rhythm of Life by Ray Barretto
Canciones del Solar de los Aburridos by Willie Colón and Rubén Blades
Escenas de Amor by José Feliciano
Momentos by Julio Iglesias
1982 | Guajita Pa' La Jeva by Clare Fischer | Gózame! Pero Yu... by Cal Tjader
Summertime Digital at Montreaux, 1980 by Dizzy Gillespie with Mongo Santamaría
Eddie Palmieri by Eddie Palmieri
Brazilian Soul by Laurindo Almeida and Charlie Byrd
1981 | La Onda Va Bien by Cal Tjader Sextet | Irakere 2 by Irakere
Hey! by Julio Iglesias
Rican/Struction by Ray Barretto
Dancemania '80 by Tito Puente
1980 | Irakere by Irakere | Cross Over by Fania All-Stars
Touching You, Touching Me by Airto Moreira
Eternos by Celia Cruz and Johnny Pacheco

## 1970s

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Year  | Winner  | Nominations

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1979 | Homenaje a Beny Moré by Tito Puente | Lucumi, Macumba, Voodoo by Eddie Palmieri
Coro Miyare by Fania All-Stars
Laurindo Almeida Trio by Laurindo Almeida
Mongo a la Carte by Mongo Santamaría
La Raza Latina by Orchestra Harlow
1978 | Dawn by Mongo Santamaría | Muy Amigos/Close Friends by Eydie Gormé and Danny Rivera
Fire Works by Machito Orchestra with Lalo Rodríguez
Tomorrow: Barretto Live by Ray Barretto Band
La Leyenda by Tito Puente
1977 | Unfinished Masterpiece by Eddie Palmieri | La Gormé by Eydie Gormé
Salsa - Soundtrack by Fania All-Stars
Cocinando la Salsa by Joe Cuba
El Maestro by Johnny Pacheco
Sofrito by Mongo Santamaría
1976 | Sun of Latin Music by Eddie Palmieri | Paunetto's Point by Bobby Paunetto
"Quieres Ser Mi Amante" by Camilo Sesto
Fania All-Stars Live at Yankee Stadium, Vol. 1 by Fania All-Stars
Afro-Indio by Mongo Santamaría
Barretto by Ray Barretto
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly by Willie Colón

## See also

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* Latin music portal

* Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Album