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.
64th Annual Grammy Awards • 2022
Honoring recordings released between Aug 31, 2020 and Aug 30, 2021
Taylor Eigsti won the 2022 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Instrumental Album with "Tree Falls"
Winners & Nominees 2022
Winner
Nominees
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Tree Falls
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Double Dealin'
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The Garden
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At Blue Note Tokyo
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Deep: The Baritone Sessions, Vol. 2
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 |
