Revised: Jan 5 2002
GRAMMY AWARDS & NOMINATIONS
The Grammy year runs from Oct 1 to Sep 30. The awards are presented in February of the following year. The year given here is the year that the nominations close.
Bela holds the record for nominations in the most categories. Pat Metheny holds the record for wins in the most categories (6), although by my count Bela also has 6.
| WINS | ||
| 2006 (49th) | Contemporary Jazz Album | BF&F: The Hidden Land |
| 2001 (44th) | Classical Crossover | Perpetual Motion |
| Instrumental Arrangement | Doctor Gradus..., from Perpetual Motion (with Edgar) | |
| 2000 (43rd) | Contemporary Jazz Album | BF&F: Outbound |
| Country Instrumental Performance | Leaving Cottendale, Alison Brown: Fair Weather | |
| 1998 (41st) | Instrumental Composition | Almost 12, BF&F: Left Of Cool |
| 1996 (39th) | Pop Instrumental | Sinister Minister, BF&F: Live Art |
| 1995 (38th) | Country Instrumental | Hightower, Asleep At the Wheel: The Wheel Keeps on Rolling |
| NOMINATIONS | ||
| 2006(49th) | Pop Instrumental | Subterfuge from The Hidden Land |
| 2005 (48th) | Country Instrumental | Who's Your Uncle from Jerry Douglas: Best Kept Secret |
| Contemporary Jazz Album | Bill Evans: Soulgrass | |
| 2002 (45th) | Country Instrumental Performance | Bear Mountain Hop from The Country Bears Soundtrack |
| 2000 (43rd) | Pop Instrumental | Zona Mona, BF&F: Outbound |
| 1999 (42nd) | Bluegrass | Bluegrass Sessions |
| 1998 (41st) | Pop Instrumental | Big Country, BF&F: Left Of Cool |
| Country Instrumental | The Ride, Jerry Douglas w BF: Restless On the Farm | |
| 1996 (39th) | World Music | Bela et al: Tabula Rasa |
| 1995 (38th) | Country Instrumental | Cheeseballs In Cowtown, Bela: Tales From the Acoustic Planet |
| 1994 (37th) | Spoken Word For Children | Amy Grant: The Creation |
| 1992 (35th) | Jazz Instrumental | Magic Fingers: BF&F: UFO Tofu |
| 1991 (34th) | Jazz Album | BF&F: Flight Of the Cosmic Hippo |
| Jazz Instrumental
or Instrumental Composition |
Blu-Bop | |
| 1990 (33rd) | Jazz Album | BF&F: BF&F |
| Jazz Instrumental
or Instrumental Composition |
??? | |
| 1989 (32nd) | Country Instrumental | Bigfoot, NGR: Friday Night In America |
| 1988 (31st) | Bluegrass album | Drive (First year of BG category; Bill Monroe Won) |
| 1987 (30th) | Country Instrumental | Metric Lips, NGR: Hold To a Dream |
| 1986 (29th) | Country Instrumental | Seven By Seven, NGR: New Grass Revival |
In the Apr 21 96 interview
by Nat Torkington, Bela lists 12 nominations
| Seven By Seven |
| Bigfoot |
| Drive |
| BF&F (2) |
| Hippo (2) |
| UFO Tofu |
| "one from the new one"-Cheeseballs |
| Hightower |
| Amy Grant |
| Can't remember |
There was one more for 1995, two for 1996, three for 1998, three for 2000, two for 2001, one in 2002 for a total of 24 nominations!
Remaining question: What were the songs and categories for the first two BF&F alblums?
OTHER AWARDS
| 1998 | Best Jazz Group | Playboy Reader's Poll |
| 1998 | Best Miscellaneous Instrument | Playboy Reader's Poll |
| 1998 | Best Miscellaneous Instrument | JazzTimes |
| 1998
1994 1993 |
Best Miscellaneous Instrument
" " |
JazzIz |
| 1984
1983 1982 +2 other years |
Best Country & Bluegrass Banjo
Best Dixieland and Jazz Banjo "" "" "" |
Frets Magazine |
| 1981 | Best Overall Album (Drive) | Fret's Magazine |
| VICTOR AWARDS | ||
| 1999 | Grammy Nomination: Yin-Yang | |
| 1998 | Bassist Of the Year | Bass Player Mag |
| 1998 | One of most influental bassists of the 90s | Bass Player Mag |
| 1998 | Talent Deserving wider Recognition | Down Beat |
| 1997 | Bassist Of the Year | Bass Player Mag |
| 1993 | Bassist Of the Year | Bass Player Mag |
| ??? | Best Jazz Bassist | Gitar Player Mag |
Please let me know of other awards that should be listed here. Thanks