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 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 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 Just Chillin' - Norman Brown Paradise - Kenny G Ride - Boney James The Power of Love - John Tesh The Christmas Message - Kirk Whalum 2004 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 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 At This Time - Burt Bacharach Bloom - Eric Johnson Naked Guitar - Earl Klugh Belladonna - Daniel Lanois Flipside - Jeff Lorber 2007 Fingerprints - Peter Frampton New Beginnings - Gerald Albright Fire Wire - Larry Carlton X - Fourplay Wrapped in a Dream - Spyro Gyra 2008 The Mix-Up - Beastie Boys Italia - Chris Botti At the Movies - Dave Koz Good to Go-Go - Spyro Gyra Roundtrip - Kirk Whalum 2009 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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
2025 Plot Armor – Taylor Eigsti Rhapsody in Blue – Béla Fleck Orchestras (Live) – Bill Frisell featuring Alexander Hanson, Brussels Philharmonic, Rudy Royston & Thomas Morgan Mark – Mark Guiliana Speak to Me – Julian Lage 2026 Brightside – ARKAI Ones & Twos – Gerald Clayton BeaTrio – Béla Fleck, Edmar Castañeda, Antonio Sánchez Just Us – Bob James & Dave Koz Shayan – Charu Suri
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Collegamenti esterni
Album pop strumentale