This Saxophone Clarinet Grammy page lists winning and nominated saxophonists who also play clarinet. It is nearly impossible to keep track of every winning or nominated recording where saxophonists play a tune or a lick on clarinet. On these recordings, there is no guarantee these saxophonists played clarinet.
Probably the most notable is Paquito D’Rivera. Since this is a clarinet website, my Clarinet Grammy Award page holds a list of players who play clarinet only on their winning or nominated albums. Mr. D’Rivera plays clarinet on this list of albums but is primarily known as a saxophonist. His album The Clarinetist Volume One, nominated for the 2001 Grammy Awards, is listed on the Clarinet Grammy page as Mr. D’Rivera plays clarinet solely on that recording.
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Best Latin Jazz Album – Winner; 2008 Grammy Awards; Paquito D'Rivera – Funk Tango
Best Instrumental Composition – Winner; 2004 Grammy Awards; Paquito D’Rivera – Merengue
Best Traditional Tropical Latin Album – Winner; 2002 Grammy Awards; Paquito D’Rivera as Guest Artist with Bebo Valdes Trio -- El Arte Del Sabor
Best Latin Jazz Performance – Winner; 1996 Grammy Awards; Paquito D’Rivera – Portraits of Cuba
Best Jazz Instrumental Performance – Group – Winner; 1983 Grammy Awards; Phil Woods Quartet – At the Vanguard
Best Jazz Instrumental Performance - Group – Winner; 1982 Grammy Awards; Phil Woods Quartet - More Live
Best Latin Recording – Winner; 1979 Grammy Awards; Paquito D’Rivera -- Irakere
Best Historical Repackage Album – Winner; 1978 Grammy Awards; Lester Young Story, Vol. 3
Best Jazz Instrumental Performance - Group – Winner; 1977 Grammy Awards; Phil Woods - The Phil Woods Six - Live from the Showboat
Best Jazz Instrumental Solo – Nominee; 2006 Grammy Awards; Paquito D’Rivera -- Hilario Duran Album / From the Heart
Best Classical Crossover Album – Nominee; 2005 Grammy Awards; The Jazz Chamber Trio - Paquito D'Rivera & The Jazz Chamber Trio
Best Latin Jazz Album – Nominee; 2004 Grammy Awards; Conrad Herwig Nonet Paquito D’Rivera guest artist -- Another Kind of Blue: The Latin Side of Miles Davis
Best Album Notes – Nominee; 2000 Grammy Awards; The Complete Lester Young Studio Sessions on Verve - John Chilton
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album – Nominee; 2000 Grammy Awards; The Buddy Collette Big Band in Concert - The Music of William Buddy Collette - Buddy Collette Big Band
Best Boxed Recording Package – Nominee; 2000 Grammy Awards; The Complete Lester Young Studio Sessions on Verve - Hollis King
Instrumental Composition – Nominee; 1999 Grammy Awards; Tropicana Nights - Paquito D'Rivera
Latin Jazz Performance – Nominee; 1998 Grammy Awards; Paquito D'Rivera and the United Nations Orchestra - Paquito D'Rivera and the United Nations Orchestra
Best Jazz Instrumental Solo – Nominee; 1993 Grammy Awards; Phil Woods - Nostalgico
Best Jazz Instrumental Solo – Nominee; 1991 Grammy Awards; Phil Woods - All Bird's Children
Best Jazz Instrumental Performance - Group – Nominee; 1984 Grammy Awards; Phil Woods, Chris Swansen - Piper at the Gates of Dawn
Best Jazz Instrumental Performance - Soloist – Nominee; 1983 Grammy Awards; Phil Woods - At the Vanguard
Best Jazz Instrumental Performance - Group – Nominee; 1980 Grammy Awards; Phil Woods - The Phil Woods Quartet, Vol. 1
Best Latin Recording – Nominee; 1980 Grammy Awards; Paquito D’Rivera -- Irakere II
Best Jazz Instrumental Performance - Soloist – Nominee; 1980 Grammy Awards; Phil Woods - The Phil Woods Quartet, Vol. 1
Best Jazz Instrumental Performance - Group – Nominee; 1978 Grammy Awards; Phil Woods Quintet - Song for Sisyphus
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