Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Instrumental Album
| Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Instrumental Album | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Quality instrumental albums in the pop music genre |
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences |
| First awarded | 2001 |
| Currently held by | The Jeff Lorber Fusion, Prototype (2018) |
| Website | grammy.com |
The Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Instrumental Album (previously: Best Pop Instrumental Album) is an award presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards,[1] to recording artists for quality instrumental albums in the pop music genre. Honors in several categories are presented at the ceremony annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to "honor artistic achievement, technical proficiency and overall excellence in the recording industry, without regard to album sales or chart position".[2]
The award was first presented to Joe Jackson in 2001. According to the category description guide for the 52nd Grammy Awards, the award is presented to albums containing "at least 51% playing time of newly recorded pop instrumental tracks".[3] Award recipients often include the producers, engineers, and/or mixers associated with the nominated work in addition to the recording artists. In 2005, the producer of a compilation album was the only award recipient. As of 2018, Larry Carlton, Booker T. Jones and Snarky Puppy are the only musicians to receive the award more than once. Gerald Albright received the most nominations with six.
In 2015, the category was renamed Best Contemporary Instrumental Album and moved from the Pop category field to the Contemporary category field.[4] The category description did not change.
Contents
1 Recipients
2 See also
3 References
4 External links
Recipients
2002 award winner, Steve Lukather
2007 award winner, Peter Frampton
Béla Fleck of the 2009 award-winning group, Béla Fleck and the Flecktones
2010 award winner, Booker T. Jones
| Year[I] | Performing artist(s) | Work | Nominees | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2001 | Joe Jackson | Symphony No. 1 |
| [5] |
2002 | Larry Carlton and Steve Lukather | No Substitutions: Live in Osaka |
| [6] |
2003 | Norman Brown | Just Chillin' |
| [7] |
2004 | Ry Cooder and Manuel Galban | Mambo Sinuendo |
| [8] |
2005 | Various artists[II] | Henry Mancini: Pink Guitar |
| [9] |
2006 | Burt Bacharach | At This Time |
| [10] |
2007 | Peter Frampton | Fingerprints |
| [11] |
2008 | Beastie Boys | The Mix-Up |
| [12] |
2009 | Béla Fleck and the Flecktones | Jingle All the Way |
| [13] |
2010 | Booker T. Jones | Potato Hole |
| [14] |
2011 | Larry Carlton and Tak Matsumoto | Take Your Pick |
| [15] |
2012 | Booker T. Jones | The Road from Memphis |
| [16] |
2013 | Chris Botti | Impressions |
| [17] |
2014 | Herb Alpert | Steppin' Out |
| [18] |
2015 | Chris Thile and Edgar Meyer | Bass & Mandolin |
| [19] |
2016 | Snarky Puppy and Metropole Orkest | Sylva |
| [20] |
2017 | Snarky Puppy | Culcha Vulcha |
| [21] |
2018 | The Jeff Lorber Fusion | Prototype |
| [22] |
^[I] Each year is linked to the article about the Grammy Awards held that year.
^[II] An award was presented to James R. Jensen as the producer of the album.
See also
- Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance
- List of Grammy Award categories
References
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- General
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- Specific
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^ "The 51st Annual Grammy Awards Winners List". National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on January 24, 2010. Retrieved July 16, 2010.
^ "The 52nd Annual Grammy Awards Nominees List". National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on September 27, 2010. Retrieved July 16, 2010.
^ "53rd Annual Grammy Awards nominees list". Los Angeles Times. Tribune Company. Retrieved December 5, 2010.
^ 54th Grammy Awards nominees list
^ List of 2013 nominees Archived 2012-02-01 at the Wayback Machine.
^ 2014 Nominees
^ List of Nominees 2015
^ 15 February 2016
^ https://variety.com/2016/music/news/grammy-nominations-2017-full-list-nominees-grammys-1201934204/
^ Grammy.com, 28 November 2017
External links
- Official site of the Grammy Awards
