Grammy Award al miglior album strumentale contemporaneo

Il Grammy Award al miglior album strumentale contemporaneo (Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Instrumental Album) è un premio dei Grammy Award conferito dalla National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences per la qualità del miglior album discografico di genere pop strumentale.

Il premio va all'artista, produttore e fonico/mixer di oltre il 50% del tempo di riproduzione dell'album vincitore. Un produttore o ingegnere/mixer che ha lavorato per meno del 50% del tempo di riproduzione, così come l'ingegnere di mastering, può richiedere un "certificato di vincitore".

Il premio è assegnato dal 2001 al 2014 con il nome Grammy Award al miglior album pop strumentale (Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Album).

Vincitori e candidati

Miglior album pop strumentale

Anni 2000

• 2001 ^[1]
  • Symphony No. 1 - Joe Jackson
  • Audio - Blue Man Group
  • Faith: A Holiday Album - Kenny G
  • Pieces in a Modern Style - William Orbit
  • Hymns in the Garden - Kirk Whalum
• 2002^[2]
  • No Substitutions - Live in Osaka - Larry Carlton e Steve Lukather
  • AArt - Acoustic Alchemy
  • A Smooth Jazz Christmas - Dave Koz and Friends
  • Voice - Neal Schon
  • Unconditional - Kirk Whalum
• 2003^[3]
  • Just Chillin' - Norman Brown
  • Paradise - Kenny G
  • Ride - Boney James
  • The Power of Love - John Tesh
  • The Christmas Message - Kirk Whalum
• 2004 ^[4]
  • Mambo Sinuendo - Ry Cooder e Manuel Galban
  • Peace - Jim Brickman
  • Wishes: A Holiday Album - Kenny G
  • N.E.W.S - Prince
  • Night Divides the Day – The Music of the Doors - George Winston
• 2005^[5]
  • Henry Mancini: Pink Guitar - AA.VV.
  • Pure - Boney James
  • Saxophonic - Dave Koz
  • Forever, for Always, for Luther - AA.VV.
  • EP 2003: Music for the Epicurean Harkener - Mason Williams
• 2006^[6]
  • At This Time - Burt Bacharach
  • Bloom - Eric Johnson
  • Naked Guitar - Earl Klugh
  • Belladonna - Daniel Lanois
  • Flipside - Jeff Lorber
• 2007^[7]
  • Fingerprints - Peter Frampton
  • New Beginnings - Gerald Albright
  • Fire Wire - Larry Carlton
  • X - Fourplay
  • Wrapped in a Dream - Spyro Gyra
• 2008^[8]
  • The Mix-Up - Beastie Boys
  • Italia - Chris Botti
  • At the Movies - Dave Koz
  • Good to Go-Go - Spyro Gyra
  • Roundtrip - Kirk Whalum
• 2009^[9]
  • Jingle All the Way - Béla Fleck and the Flecktones
  • Sax for Stax - Gerald Albright
  • Greatest Hits Rerecorded, Volume One - Larry Carlton
  • The Spice of Life - Earl Klugh
  • A Night Before Christmas - Spyro Gyra

Anni 2010

• 2010^[10]
  • Potato Hole - Booker T. Jones
  • Chris Botti In Boston - Chris Botti
  • Legacy - Hiroshima
  • Modern Art - The Rippingtons e Russ Freeman
  • Down the Wire - Spyro Gyra
• 2011^[11]
  • Take Your Pick - Larry Carlton e Tak Matsumoto
  • Pushing the Envelope - Gerald Albright
  • Heart and Soul - Kenny G
  • Singularity - Robby Krieger
  • Everything Is Everything: The Music of Donny Hathaway - Kirk Whalum
• 2012^[12]
  • The Road from Memphis - Booker T. Jones
  • Wish Upon a Star: A Tribute to the Music of Walt Disney - Jenny Oaks Baker
  • E Kahe Malie - Daniel Ho
  • Hello Tomorrow - Dave Koz
  • Setzer Goes Instru-Mental! - Brian Setzer
• 2013^[13]
  • Impressions - Chris Botti
  • 24/7 - Gerald Albright e Norman Brown
  • Four Hands and a Heart Volume One - Larry Carlton
  • Live at the Blue Note Tokyo - Dave Koz
  • Rumbadoodle - Arun Shenoy
• 2014^[14]
  • Steppin' Out - Herb Alpert
  • The Beat - Boney James
  • HandPicked - Earl Klugh
  • Summer Horns - Dave Koz, Gerald Albright, Mindi Abair e Richard Elliot
  • Hacienda - Jeff Lorber Fusion

Miglior album strumentale contemporaneo

Anni 2010

• 2015^[15]
  • Bass & Mandolin - Chris Thile e Edgar Meyer
  • Wild Heart - Mindi Abair
  • Slam Dunk - Gerald Albright
  • Nathan East - Nathan East
  • Jazz Funk Soul - Jeff Lorber, Chuck Loeb ed Everette Harp
• 2016^[16]
  • Sylva - Snarky Puppy e Metropole Orkest
  • Guitar in the Space Age! - Bill Frisell
  • Love Language - Wouter Kellerman
  • Afrodeezia - Marcus Miller
  • The Gospel According to Jazz, Chapter IV - Kirk Whalum
• 2017^[17]
  • Culcha Vulcha - Snarky Puppy
  • Human Nature - Herb Alpert
  • When You Wish Upon a Star - Bill Frisell
  • Way Back Home: Live from Rochester, NY - Steve Gadd Band
  • Unspoken - Chuck Loeb
• 2018
  • Prototype - The Jeff Lorber Fusion
  • What If - Jerry Douglas Band
  • Spirit - Alex Han
  • Mount Royal - Julian Lage e Chris Eldridge
  • Bad Hombre - Antonio Sanchez
• 2019^[18]
  • Steve Gadd Band - Steve Gadd Band
  • The Emancipation Procrastination - Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah
  • Modern Lore - Julian Lage
  • Laid Black - Marcus Miller
  • Protocol 4 - Simon Phillips

Anni 2020

• 2020^[19]
  • Mettaevolution - Rodrigo y Gabriela
  • Ancestral Recall - Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah
  • Star People Nation - Theo Croker
  • Beat Music! Beat Music! Beat Music! - Mark Guiliana
  • Elevate - Lettuce
• 2021^[20]
  • Live at the Royal Albert Hall - Snarky Puppy
  • Axiom - Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah
  • Chronology of a Dream: Live at the Village Vanguard - Jon Batiste
  • Take The Stairs - Black Violin
  • Americana - Grégoire Maret, Romain Collin e Bill Frisell
• 2022^[21]
  • Tree Falls - Taylor Eigsti
  • Double Dealin' - Randy Brecker ed Eric Marienthal
  • The Garden - Rachel Eckroth
  • At Blue Note Tokyo - Steve Gadd Band
  • Deep: The Baritone Sessions Vol. 2 - Mark Lettieri
• 2023^[22]
  • Empire Central - Snarky Puppy
  • Between Dreaming and Joy - Jeff Coffin
  • Not Tight - Domi and JD Beck
  • Blooz - Grant Geissman
  • Jacob's Ladder - Brad Mehldau
• 2024^[23][24]
  • As We Speak – Béla Fleck, Zakir Hussain, Edgar Meyer ft. Rakesh Chaurasia
  • On Becoming – House of Waters
  • Jazz Hands – Bob James
  • The Layers – Julian Lage
  • All One – Ben Wendel

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