Note, which was a two-night recording that took place on May 31 and June 1 of that year, which would mark the first of a series of "Live Albums" for the artists on the label which would follow in later years with Chick Corea (Alive), The Rippingtons (Live in L.A.), and Dave Grusin Presents GRP All-Star Big Band Live!, which was the follow-up album to the original GRP All-Star Big Band from the label's 10th anniversary. The label also recorded the first of three Christmas albums featuring artists from the label entitled "A GRP Christmas Collection" that included jazz interpretations of classic Christmas songs and some that are obscure arranged in diverse ways by the artist recording on it. The label would produce two more albums in 1991 and 1993, which was the final one under Grusin and Rosen's supervision before they departed from the label in 1994. The artists that participated in the album included the likes of Grusin, Lee Ritenour, David Benoit, Gary Burton, Tom Scott, Diane Schuur, Nelson Rangell, Arturo Sandoval, Chick Corea, Eddie Daniels, New York Voices, George Howard, Ramsey Lewis, B.B. King, Russ Freeman and Yellowjackets among others. Grusin would win his first Academy Award for Robert Redford's 2nd film as a director, The Milagro Beanfield War, which would be released a year later as part of his last album for the label of the decade, Migration. The label also signed popular harpist, Deborah Henson-Conant to further diversify the label much like they had done in the late 1970s which got their label off and running. Signing her to a 4-album deal in which her 4th album for the label in 1993 called Budapest, was abruptly cancelled and released by another label. By the end of 1989, GRP is named the number one jazz label in the world by voters. Radio stations like New York NY's CD 101.9 on the East Coast and WNUA 95.5 in Chicago IL were up and running under the "smooth jazz" format where a lot of the label's stars began to shine and the label would create samplers on behalf of the record stations to promote the label and the artist. This gave them considerably strong airplay over the radio. The label would have a successful year with albums by David Benoit, Lee Ritenour, Dave Grusin, Chick Corea, Gary Burton, Diane Schuur and Nelson Rangell that would propel them into