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
Note
Collegamenti esterni
- Sito web ufficiale, su grammy.com.
