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BOX 73, 75-81 Realia, 1955-1981
Plaques for Almeida's Grammy Award nominations, as well as a variety of lacquered, wood-mounted LP album covers. Asterisks next to titles denote Grammy Award winners.
BOX 75 Plaques, 1959-1964
10 plaques
  • 1959: Danzas. Best Classical Performance: Instrumental Soloist
  • 1960: Conversations with the Guitar.* Best Classical Performance: Chamber Music
  • 1960: The Spanish Guitars of Laurindo Almeida.* Best Classical Performance: Instrumental Soloist or Duo
  • 1961: Discantus.* Best Contemporary Classical Composition
  • 1961: Reverie for Spanish Guitars. Album of the Year: Classical
  • 1961: Reverie for Spanish Guitars.* Best Classical Performance: Instrumental Soloist or Duo
  • 1962: The Intimate Bach. Best Classical Performance: Chamber Music [with Virginia Majewski and Vincent de Rosa]
  • 1962: Viva Bossa Nova! Best Jazz Performance: Soloist or Small Group
  • 1962: Viva Bossa Nova! Best Performance by an Orchestra: For Dancing [this plaque has been altered to indicate Guitar from Ipanema, 1965]
  • 1964: Collaboration. Best Instrumental Jazz Performance: Small Group or Soloist with Small Group
BOX 73 Plaques, 1972-1981
3 plaques
  • 1972: The Art of Laurindo Almeida. Best Classical Performance: Instrumental Soloist or Soloists
  • 1978: Laurindo Almeida Trio. Best Latin Recording
  • 1981: Brazilian Soul. Best Latin Recording [with Charlie Byrd]
LP covers
BOX 76 Contemporary Creations for Spanish Guitar
BOX 76 Danzas!
BOX 77 Duets with the Spanish Guitar
BOX 77 Flamenco
BOX 78 For My True Love
BOX 78 Guitar Music of Spain
BOX 79 The Intimate Bach
BOX 79 It's a Bossa Nova World
BOX 80 Laurindo Almeida Quartet, vol. 2
BOX 80 Night in Madrid
BOX 81 Ole! Bossa Nova!
BOX 81 Softly, the Brazilian Sound

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