Antonio Sanchez
Artist

Antonio Sanchez

Wins

5

Nominations

12

Category

Jazz Contemporary Instrumental Music New Age Pop

68th Annual Grammy Awards

Best Contemporary Instrumental Album - Nominee

BEATrio. Béla Fleck, Edmar Castañeda, Antonio Sanchez

66th Annual Grammy Awards

Best New Age, Ambient, Or Chant Album - Winner

So She Howls. Carla Patullo, Tonality, The Scorchio Quartet

60th Annual Grammy Awards

Best Contemporary Instrumental Album - Nominee

Bad Hombre. Antonio Sanchez

58th Annual Grammy Awards

Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media - Winner

56th Annual Grammy Awards

Best Jazz Instrumental Album - Nominee

Guided Tour. Gary Burton

55th Annual Grammy Awards

Best Jazz Instrumental Album - Winner

Unity Band. Pat Metheny

52nd Annual Grammy Awards

Best Jazz Instrumental Album - Nominee

Quartet Live. Gary Burton, Pat Metheny, Steve Swallow, Antonio Sanchez

51st Annual Grammy Awards

Best Jazz Instrumental Album - Nominee

Day Trip. Pat Metheny, Christian McBride, Antonio Sanchez

49th Annual Grammy Awards

Best Latin Jazz Album - Nominee

Viva. Diego Urcola, Edward Simon, Avishai Cohen, Antonio Sanchez, Pernell Saturnino

48th Annual Grammy Awards

Best Contemporary Jazz Performance, Instrumental - Also cont. Jazz Perf. Vocal or Instrumental - Winner

The Way Up. Pat Metheny

All Grammy Awards and
Nominations for Antonio Sanchez

Year Award Artists Work All Nominees
2026 Best Contemporary Instrumental Album Béla Fleck, Edmar Castañeda, Antonio Sanchez BEATrio All Nominees
2024 Best New Age, Ambient, Or Chant Album Carla Patullo, Tonality, The Scorchio Quartet So She Howls All Nominees
2018 Best Contemporary Instrumental Album Antonio Sanchez Bad Hombre All Nominees
2016 Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media Antonio Sanchez Birdman All Nominees
2014 Best Jazz Instrumental Album Gary Burton Guided Tour All Nominees
2013 Best Jazz Instrumental Album Pat Metheny Unity Band All Nominees
2010 Best Jazz Instrumental Album Gary Burton, Pat Metheny, Steve Swallow, Antonio Sanchez Quartet Live All Nominees
2009 Best Jazz Instrumental Album Pat Metheny, Christian McBride, Antonio Sanchez Day Trip All Nominees
2007 Best Latin Jazz Album Diego Urcola, Edward Simon, Avishai Cohen, Antonio Sanchez, Pernell Saturnino Viva All Nominees
2006 Best Contemporary Jazz Performance, Instrumental - Also cont. Jazz Perf. Vocal or Instrumental Pat Metheny The Way Up All Nominees
2003 Best Contemporary Jazz Performance, Instrumental - Also cont. Jazz Perf. Vocal or Instrumental Pat Metheny Speaking Of Now All Nominees
2003 Best Pop Instrumental Performance Pat Metheny As It Is All Nominees
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Antonio Sanchez News

The Impact Of A GRAMMY Win: Life After The Award

Oct 27, 2025 - 02:46 pm

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Your Weekly GRAMMY Social Roundup

Apr 16, 2016 - 12:04 am

GRAMMYs staff

The Pat Metheny Unity Group perform at the Center for the Arts in Buffalo, N.Y., on March 19

Pat Metheny Unity Group At The Center For The Arts

Dec 3, 2014 - 04:22 am

GRAMMYs staff