Grammy Award For Best Pop Instrumental Performance

Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance
Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance
Awarded for	quality instrumental pop performances
Country	United States
Presented by	National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
First awarded	1969
Last awarded	2011
Currently held by	Jeff Beck, "Nessun Dorma" (2011)
Website	grammy.com

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
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"
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)"
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"
1972	Quincy Jones	Smackwater Jack	Burt Bacharach — Burt Bacharach Henry Mancini — Theme from Love Story Peter Nero — "Theme from Summer of '42 (The Summer Knows)" Michel Legrand — "Theme from Summer of '42 (The Summer Knows)"
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"
1974	Eumir Deodato	"Also Sprach Zarathustra (2001)"	Mahavishnu Orchestra — "Birds of Fire" Edgar Winter — Frankenstein Billy Preston — "Space Race" Quincy Jones — "You've Got It Bad Girl"
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"
1976	Van McCoy	"The Hustle"	The Ritchie Family — "Brazil" Chuck Mangione — Chase the Clouds Away Mike Post — "The Rockford Files" Tom Scott & the L.A. Express — "Tom Cat"
1977	George Benson	Breezin'	Walter Murphy & the Big Apple Band — "A Fifth of Beethoven" The Brecker Brothers — Back to Back Stevie Wonder — "Contusion" Jeff Beck — Wired
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"
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
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"
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"
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"
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
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"
1985	Ray Parker Jr.	"Ghostbusters (Instrumental)"	Earl Klugh — Nightsongs Steve Mitchell, Richard Perry and Howard Rice — "Jump (For My Love)" Randy Newman — The Natural Stevie Wonder — "I Just Called to Say I Love You"
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 Spyro Gyra — "Shake Down"
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"
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"
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"
1990	The Neville Brothers	"Healing Chant"	Kenny G — "Breadline Blues" Earl Klugh — Whispers and Promises Paul Shaffer — "Late Night" Andreas Vollenweider — "Dancing with the Lion"
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"
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
1993	Richard Kaufman	"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
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"
1995	Booker T. & the M.G.'s	"Cruisin'"	Kenny G — "Sentimental" 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)"
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"
1997	Béla Fleck and the Flecktones	"The Sinister Minister"	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"
1998	Sarah McLachlan	"Last Dance"	George Benson — "Song for My Brother" The Chieftains — "An Gaoth Arenas" Kenny G — "Havana" Grover Washington, Jr. — "Soulful Strut"
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"
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"
2001	The Brian Setzer Orchestra	"Caravan"	Björk — "Overture (Selmasongs)" The Corrs — "Rebel Heart" Béla Fleck and the Flecktones — "Zona Mona" Grover Washington, Jr. — "Camaleao"
2002	Eric Clapton	"Reptile"	Larry Carlton and Steve Lukather — "Room 335" Daft Punk — "Short Circuit" Eric Johnson — "Rain" Kirk Whalum — "There You'll Be"
2003	B. B. King	"Auld Lang Syne"	Dave Koz and Jeff Koz — "Blackbird" Pat Metheny Group — "As It Is" Moby — "18" Kirk Whalum — "Playing with Fire"
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"
2005	Ben Harper	"11th Commandment"	Herb Alpert, Russ Freeman, James Genus, Gene Lake and Jason Miles — "Chasing Shadows" George Benson — "Take You Out" Bruce Hornsby — "Song F" Brian Setzer — "Rat Pack Boogie"
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 — "Agave"
2007	George Benson and Al Jarreau	"Mornin'"	Enya — "Drifting" Béla Fleck and the Flecktones — "Subterfuge" Bruce Hornsby — "Song H" The Brian Setzer Orchestra — "My Favorite Things"
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"
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!"
2010	Béla Fleck	"Throw Down Your Heart"	Herb Alpert — Bésame Mucho Imogen Heap — "The Fire" Maxwell — "Phoenix Rise" Marcus Miller — "Funk Joint"
2011	Jeff Beck	"Nessun Dorma"	Laurie Anderson — "Flow" Stanley Clarke — "No Mystery" Gorillaz — "Orchestral Intro" The Brian Setzer Orchestra — "Sleepwalk"

^{^[I]} Each year is linked to the article about the Grammy Awards held that year.

References

Official site of the Grammy Awards

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