Grammy Award for Best Performance by an Orchestra or Instrumentalist with Orchestra

The Grammy Award for Best Performance by an Orchestra or Instrumentalist with Orchestra - Primarily Not Jazz or for Dancing was awarded from 1959 to 1964. The award had several minor name changes:

• From 1959 to 1960 the award was known as Best Performance by an Orchestra
• In 1961 it was awarded as Best Performance by an Orchestra - for Other Than Dancing
• From 1962 to 1964 it has been awarded as Best Performance by an Orchestra or Instrumentalist with Orchestra - Primarily Not Jazz or for Dancing

This award was presented alongside the award for Best Performance by an Orchestra – for Dancing.

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

Recipients

Year	Winner(s)	Title	Nominees	Ref.
1959	Billy May	"Billy May's Big Fat Brass"	George Shearing for Burnished Brass Buddy DeFranco for Cross Country Suite Johnny Mandel for I Want to Live! Jack Kane for Kane Is Able
1960	David Rose & His Orchestra with André Previn	"Like Young"	Bob Thompson & Orchestra for Just for Kicks Henry Mancini for More Music from Peter Gunn Esquivel for Strings Aflame Hugo Winterhalter for Two Sides of Winterhalter
1961	Henry Mancini	"Mr. Lucky"	Count Basie for The Count Basie Story Esquivel for Infinity in Sound Gerry Mulligan for The Concert Jazz Band Percy Faith for Theme from A Summer Place
1962	Henry Mancini	"Breakfast at Tiffany's"	Gerry Mulligan for A Concert in Jazz André Previn for A Touch of Elegance Al Hirt for The Greatest Horn in the World Stan Kenton for West Side Story
1963	Peter Nero	"The Colorful Peter Nero"	Henry Mancini for Hatari! Felix Slatkin for Hoedown! Mr. Acker Bilk for Stranger on the Shore Elmer Bernstein for Walk on the Wild Side
1964	Al Hirt	"Java"	André Previn for André Previn in Hollywood Peter Nero for Hail the Conquering Nero Kai Winding for More Henry Mancini for Our Man in Hollywood Percy Faith for Themes for Young Lovers