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.
61st Annual Grammy Awards • 2019
Honoring recordings released between Aug 31, 2017 and Aug 30, 2018
Steve Gadd Band won the 2019 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Instrumental Album with "Steve Gadd Band"
Winners & Nominees 2019
Winner
Nominees
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Steve Gadd Band
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The Emancipation Procrastination
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Modern Lore
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Laid Black
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Protocol 4
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 |
