Best Contemporary Instrumental Album
The Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Instrumental Album recognizes excellence in contemporary instrumental music. Eligible albums emphasize instrumental performance, arrangement, and melodic content, containing contemporary stylistic elements that set them apart from well-established instrumental styles.
59th Annual Grammy Awards • 2017
Honoring recordings released between Aug 31, 2015 and Aug 30, 2016
Snarky Puppy won the 2017 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Instrumental Album with "Culcha Vulcha"
Winners & Nominees 2017
Winner
Nominees
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Culcha Vulcha
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Human Nature
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When You Wish Upon A Star
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Way Back Home: Live From Rochester, NY
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Unspoken
Previous Winners
| Year | Winner | Work | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | ARKAI | Brightside | All Nominees |
| 2025 | Taylor Eigsti | Plot Armor | All Nominees |
| 2024 | Béla Fleck, Zakir Hussain, Edgar Meyer, Rakesh Chaurasia | As We Speak | All Nominees |
| 2023 | Snarky Puppy | Empire Central | All Nominees |
| 2022 | Taylor Eigsti | Tree Falls | All Nominees |
| 2021 | Snarky Puppy | Live At The Royal Albert Hall | All Nominees |
| 2020 | Rodrigo y Gabriela | Mettavolution | All Nominees |
| 2019 | Steve Gadd | Steve Gadd Band | All Nominees |
| 2018 | Jeff Lorber | Prototype | All Nominees |
| 2017 | Snarky Puppy | Culcha Vulcha | All Nominees |
| 2016 | Snarky Puppy, Metropole Orkest | Sylva | All Nominees |
| 2015 | Chris Thile, Edgar Meyer | Bass & Mandolin | All Nominees |
