Best Pop Instrumental Performance

48th Annual Grammy Awards • 2006

Honoring recordings released between October 1, 2004 – September 30, 2005

Les Paul won the 2006 Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance with "Caravan"

Winners & Nominees 2006

Winner
Nominees

Previous Years

Year Winner Title
2011 Jeff Beck Nessun Dorma All Nominees
2010 Béla Fleck Throw Down Your Heart All Nominees
2009 Eagles I Dreamed There Was No War All Nominees
2008 Joni Mitchell One Week Last Summer All Nominees
2007 George Benson Mornin' All Nominees
2006 Les Paul Caravan All Nominees
2005 Ben Harper 11th Commandment All Nominees
2004 George Harrison Marwa Blues All Nominees
2003 B.B. King Auld Lang Syne All Nominees
2002 Eric Clapton Reptile All Nominees
2001 Brian Setzer Caravan All Nominees
2000 Santana El Farol All Nominees
1999 Brian Setzer Sleepwalk All Nominees
1998 Sarah McLachlan Last Dance All Nominees
1997 Béla Fleck The Sinister Minister All Nominees
1996 Los Lobos Mariachi Suite All Nominees
1995 Booker T & The MG's Cruisin' All Nominees
1994 Bruce Hornsby, Branford Marsalis Barcelona Mona All Nominees
1993 Richard Kaufman Beauty And The Beast All Nominees
1992 Michael Kamen Robin Hood - Prince Of Thieves All Nominees
1991 Angelo Badalamenti Twin Peaks Theme All Nominees
1990 Neville Brothers Healing Chant All Nominees
1985 Ray Parker, Jr. Ghostbusters (Instrumental) All Nominees
1984 George Benson Being With You All Nominees
1983 Ernie Watts Chariots Of Fire Theme (Dance Version) All Nominees
1982 Larry E. Carlton, Mike Post The Theme From Hill Street Blues All Nominees
1981 Bob James, Earl Klugh One On One All Nominees
1980 Herb Alpert Rise All Nominees
1979 Chuck Mangione Children Of Sanchez All Nominees
1977 George Benson Breezin' All Nominees
1976 Van McCoy The Hustle All Nominees
1975 Marvin Hamlisch The Entertainer All Nominees
1974 Eumir Deodato Also Sprach Zarathustra (2001) All Nominees
1972 Quincy Jones Smackwater Jack All Nominees
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