Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance

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Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance
Awarded forquality instrumental pop performances
CountryUnited States
Presented byNational Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
First awarded1969
Last awarded2011
Currently held byJeff Beck, "Nessun Dorma" (2011)
Websitegrammy.com

The Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance was awarded between 1969 and 2011.

  • In 1969 it was awarded as Best Contemporary-Pop Performance, Instrumental
  • From 1970 to 1971 it was awarded as Best Contemporary Instrumental Performance
  • In 1972 it was awarded as Best Pop Instrumental Performance
  • In 1973 it was awarded as Best Pop Instrumental Performance by an Instrumental Performer
  • From 1974 to 1975 it was again awarded as Best Pop Instrumental Performance
  • From 1986 to 1989 it was awarded as Best Pop Instrumental Performance (Orchestra, Group or Soloist)
  • Since 1990 it has again been awarded as Best Pop Instrumental Performance
  • The award was discontinued from 2011 in a major overhaul of Grammy categories. From 2012, all instrumental performances in the pop category (solo or with a duo/group) were shifted to either the newly formed Best Pop Solo Performance or Best Pop Duo/Group Performance categories.

A similar award for Best Instrumental Performance was awarded from 1965 to 1968. This was also in the pop field, but did not specify pop music.

Recipients[]

Year[I] Performing artist(s) Work Nominees Ref.
1969 Mason Williams "Classical Gas"
  • Wes Montgomery — "Eleanor Rigby"
  • Hugh Masekela — Grazing in the Grass
  • José Feliciano — "Here, There and Everywhere"
  • Hugo Montenegro — "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly"
 [1]
1970 Blood, Sweat & Tears "Variations on a Theme by Erik Satie"
  • Area Code 615 — "Area Code 615"
  • Boots Randolph — With Love
  • Ferrante & Teicher — "Midnight Cowboy"
  • Henry Mancini — "A Time for Us (Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet)"
 [2]
1971 Henry Mancini "Theme from Z and Other Film Music"
  • Vincent Bell — "Airport Love Theme"
  • Assembled Multitude — Overture from Tommy
  • Quincy Jones — "Soul Flower"
  • Jimi Hendrix — "The Star-Spangled Banner"
 [3]
1972 Quincy Jones Smackwater Jack [4]
1973 Billy Preston "Outa-Space"
  • Pipes & Drums & Military Band of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards — "Amazing Grace"
  • Doc Severinsen — Doc
  • Apollo 100 — "Joy"
  • Mahavishnu Orchestra with John McLaughlin — "The Inner Mounting Flame"
 [5]
1974 Eumir Deodato "Also Sprach Zarathustra (2001)" [6]
1975 Marvin Hamlisch "The Entertainer"
  • Quincy Jones — "Along Came Betty"
  • Herbie Hancock — Head Hunters
  • Rick Wakeman — "Journey to the Centre of the Earth"
  • Love Unlimited Orchestra — "Rhapsody in White"
 [7]
1976 Van McCoy "The Hustle" [8]
1977 George Benson Breezin' [9]
1978 John Williams & the London Symphony Orchestra Star Wars
  • Maynard Ferguson — "Gonna Fly Now (Theme from Rocky)"
  • Bill Conti — Gonna Fly Now (Theme from Rocky)
  • Barry De Vorzon — "Nadia's Theme (The Young and the Restless)"
  • Meco — "Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band"
 [10]
1979 Chuck Mangione Children of Sanchez
  • Chet Atkins, Les Paul — "Guitar Monsters"
  • Zubin Mehta conducting the Los Angeles Philharmonic — Star Wars and Close Encounters of the Third Kind
  • Henry Mancini — "The Pink Panther Theme ('78)"
  • John Williams — "Close Encounters of the Third Kind"
 [11]
1980 Herb Alpert "Rise"
  • Chuck Mangione — "An Evening of Magic"
  • Zubin Mehta with the New York Philharmonic — Manhattan
  • Frank Mills — "Music Box Dancer"
  • John Williams — "Theme from Superman"
 [12]
1981 Bob James and Earl Klugh One on One
  • Herb Alpert — Beyond
  • The Doobie Brothers — "South Bay Strut"
  • Henry Mancini — "Ravel's Bolero"
  • John Williams and the London Symphony Orchestra —"Yoda's Theme"
 [13]
1982 Larry Carlton and Mike Post "The Theme From Hill Street Blues"
  • Quincy Jones — "Velas"
  • Earl Klugh — Late Night Guitar
  • Lee Ritenour — Rit
  • Royal Philharmonic Orchestra — "Hooked on Classics"
 [14]
1983 Ernie Watts "Chariots of Fire Theme (Dance Version)"
  • Louis Clark conducting the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra — Hooked on Classics
  • Earl Klugh — Crazy for You
  • David Sanborn — As We Speak
  • John Williams — E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
 [15]
1984 George Benson "Being with You"
  • Herb Alpert — "Blow Your Own Horn"
  • Joe Jackson — "Breakdown"
  • Larry Carlton — "Friends"
  • Helen St. John — "Love Theme from Flashdance"
 [16]
1985 Ray Parker Jr. "Ghostbusters (Instrumental)"
  • Earl Klugh — Nightsongs
  • , Richard Perry and Howard Rice — "Jump (For My Love)"
  • Randy Newman — "The Natural"
  • Stevie Wonder — "I Just Called to Say I Love You"
 [17]
1986 Jan Hammer "Miami Vice Theme"
  • Harold Faltermeyer — "Axel F"
  • David Foster — "Love Theme from St. Elmo's Fire"
  • Dave Grusin and Lee Ritenour — Harlequin
  • Spyra Gyra — "Shake Down"
 [18]
1987 Harold Faltermeyer and Steve Stevens "Top Gun Anthem"
  • Stanley Clarke — "Overjoyed"
  • David Foster — David Foster
  • Genesis — "The Brazilian"
  • The Tonight Show Band — "Johnny's Theme"
 [19]
1988 Larry Carlton "Minute by Minute"
  • Herb Alpert — "Keep Your Eye on Me"
  • The Art of Noise — "Dragnet"
  • Chick Corea Elektric Band — "Light Years"
  • Dave Grusin — "It Might Be You"
 [20]
1989 David Sanborn "Close-Up"
  • Kenny G — "Silhouette"
  • MARRS — "Pump Up the Volume"
  • Mike Post — "Music from L.A., Law & Otherwise"
  • Joe Satriani — "Always with Me, Always with You"
 [21]
1990 The Neville Brothers "Healing Chant"
  • Kenny G — "Breadline Blues"
  • Earl Klugh — Whispers and Promises
  • Neal Schon — "Late Night"
  • Andreas Vollenweider — "Dancing with the Lion"
 [22]
1991 Angelo Badalamenti "Twin Peaks Theme"
  • Kenny G — "Going Home"
  • Phil Collins — "Saturday Night and Sunday Morning"
  • Quincy Jones — "Setembro (Brazilian Wedding Song)"
  • Stanley Jordan — "What's Goin' On"
 [23]
1992 Michael Kamen Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
  • Candy Dulfer — Saxuality
  • Kenny G — "Theme from Dying Young"
  • David Grusin — Havana
  • John Williams — The Star Wars Trilogy
 [24]
1993 "Beauty and the Beast"
  • The Chieftains and Chet Atkins — "Tahitian Skies"
  • Bruce Hornsby and Branford Marsalis — "Twenty Nine-Five"
  • Bob James and Earl Klugh — "Cool"
  • John Williams — "Hook"
 [25]
1994 Branford Marsalis and Bruce Hornsby "Barcelona Mona"
  • George Benson — "Got to Be There"
  • Kenny G — "Forever in Love"
  • James Galway — "Beauty and the Beast"
  • Anthony Inglis with The London Symphony Orchestra — "The Phantom of the Opera"
 [26]
1995 Booker T. & the M.G.'s "Cruisin'"
  • Kenny G — "Sentimental" (Kenny G composition)
  • Branford Marsalis and Bruce Hornsby — "The Star-Spangled Banner"
  • Mike Post — "Theme from 'NYPD Blue'"
  • Alan Silvestri — "I'm Forrest...Forrest Gump (The Feather Theme)"
 [27]
1996 Los Lobos "Mariachi Suite"
  • The Allman Brothers Band — "In Memory of Elizabeth Reed"
  • Bruce Hornsby — "Song B"
  • Kenny G — "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"
  • Dave Grusin — "Yesterday"
 [28]
1997 Béla Fleck and the Flecktones ""
  • Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen — "Theme from Mission: Impossible"
  • Lalo Schifrin with the London Philharmonic Orchestra — "Theme from Mission: Impossible"
  • The Smashing Pumpkins — "Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness"
  • Stevie Wonder — "Kiss Long Good Bye"
 [29]
1998 Sarah McLachlan "Last Dance"
  • George Benson — "Song for My Brother"
  • The Chieftains — "An Gaoth Arenas"
  • Kenny G — "Havana"
  • Grover Washington, Jr. — "Soulful Strut"
 [30]
1999 The Brian Setzer Orchestra "Sleepwalk"
  • The Dust Brothers — "The X-Files"
  • Béla Fleck and the Flecktones — "Big Country"
  • Kenny G — "My Heart Will Go On"
  • Pat Metheny Group — "Follow Me"
 [31]
2000 Santana "El Farol"
  • Herb Alpert — "The Look of Love
  • Jeff Beck — "A Day in the Life"
  • Bruce Hornsby — "Song C"
  • Willie Nelson — "Night and Day"
 [32]
2001 The Brian Setzer Orchestra "Caravan" [33]
2002 Eric Clapton "Reptile"
  • Larry Carlton and Steve Lukather — "Room 335"
  • Daft Punk — "Short Circuit"
  • Eric Johnson — "Rain"
  • Kirk Whalum — "You'll Be There"
 [34]
2003 B. B. King "Auld Lang Syne"
  • Dave Koz and — "Blackbird"
  • Pat Metheny Group — "As It Is"
  • Moby — "18"
  • Kirk Whalum — "Playing with Fire"
 [35]
2004 George Harrison "Marwa Blues"
  • Ry Cooder and Manuel Galbán — "Patricia"
  • Dave Koz — "Honey-Dipped"
  • Randy Newman — "Seabiscuit"
  • The Brian Setzer Orchestra — "The Nutcracker Suite"
 [36]
2005 Ben Harper "11th Commandment"
  • Herb Alpert, Russ Freeman, James Genus, Gene Lake and Jason Miles — ""
  • George Benson — "Take You Out"
  • Bruce Hornsby — "Song F"
  • Brian Setzer — "Rat Pack Boogie"
 [37]
2006 Les Paul "Caravan"
  • Burt Bacharach and Chris Botti — "In Our Time"
  • George Duke — "T-Jam"
  • Herbie Hancock and Trey Anastasio — "Gelo na Montanha"
  • Daniel Lanois — "Avage"
 [38]
2007 George Benson and Al Jarreau "Mornin'" [39]
2008 Joni Mitchell "One Week Last Summer"
  • Beastie Boys — "Off the Grid"
  • Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals — "Paris Sunshine #7"
  • Dave Koz — "Over the Rainbow"
  • Spyro Gyra — "Simple Pleasures"
 [40]
2009 Eagles "I Dreamed There Was No War"
  • Steve Cropper and Felix Cavaliere — "Love Appetite"
  • Fourplay — "Fortune Teller"
  • Stanley Jordan — "Steppin' Out"
  • Marcus Miller — "Blast!"
 [41]
2010 Béla Fleck "Throw Down Your Heart"
  • Herb Alpert — Bésame Mucho
  • Imogen Heap — ""
  • Maxwell — ""
  • Marcus Miller — "Funk Joint"
 [42]
2011 Jeff Beck "Nessun Dorma"
  • Laurie Anderson — "Flow"
  • Stanley Clarke — "No Mystery"
  • Gorillaz — "Orchestral Intro"
  • The Brian Setzer Orchestra — "Sleepwalk"
 [43]
  • ^[I] Each year is linked to the article about the Grammy Awards held that year.

See also[]

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