En İyi Çağdaş Enstrümantal Albüm Grammy Ödülü
Kazananlar

| Yıl | Sanatçı(lar) | Albüm | Adaylıklar | Kay>  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2001 | Jackson, JoeJoe Jackson | Symphony No. 1 |  Blue Man Group – Audio  Kenny G – Faith: A Holiday Album  William Orbit – Pieces in a Modern Style  Kirk Whalum – Hymns in the Garden |  |
| 2002 | Carlton, LarryLarry Carlton ve Steve Lukather | No Substitutions: Live in Osaka |  Acoustic Alchemy – AArt  Dave Koz and Friends – A Smooth Jazz Christmas  Neal Schon – Voice  Kirk Whalum – Unconditional |  |
| 2003 | Brown, NormanNorman Brown | Just Chillin' |  Kenny G – Paradise  Boney James – Ride  John Tesh – The Power of Love  Kirk Whalum – The Christmas Message |  |
| 2004 | Cooder, RyRy Cooder ve Manuel Galban | Mambo Sinuendo |  Jim Brickman – Peace  Kenny G – Wishes: A Holiday Album  Prince – N.E.W.S  George Winston – Night Divides the Day – The Music of the Doors |  |
| 2005 | Çeşitli sanatçılar [II] | Henry Mancini: Pink Guitar |  Boney James – Pure  Dave Koz – Saxophonic  Various artists – Forever, for Always, for Luther  Mason Williams – EP 2003: Music for the Epicurean Harkener |  |
| 2006 | Bacharach, BurtBurt Bacharach | At This Time |  Eric Johnson – Bloom  Earl Klugh – Naked Guitar  Daniel Lanois – Belladonna  Jeff Lorber – Flipside |  |
| 2007 | Frampton, PeterPeter Frampton | Fingerprints |  Gerald Albright – New Beginnings  Larry Carlton – Fire Wire  Fourplay – X  Spyro Gyra – Wrapped in a Dream |  |
| 2008 | Beastie Boys | The Mix-Up |  Chris Botti – Italia  Dave Koz – At the Movies  Spyro Gyra – Good to Go-Go  Kirk Whalum - Roundtrip |  |
| 2009 | Béla Fleck and the Flecktones | Jingle All the Way |  Gerald Albright – Sax for Stax  Larry Carlton – Greatest Hits Rerecorded, Volume One  Earl Klugh – The Spice of Life  Spyro Gyra – A Night Before Christmas |  |
| 2010 | Jones, Booker T.Booker T. Jones | Potato Hole |  Chris Botti – In Boston  Hiroshima – Legacy  The Rippingtons and Russ Freeman – Modern Art  Spyro Gyra – Down the Wire |  |
| 2011 | Carlton, LarryLarry Carlton ve Tak Matsumoto | Take Your Pick |  Gerald Albright – Pushing the Envelope  Kenny G – Heart and Soul  Robby Krieger – Singularity  Kirk Whalum – Everything Is Everything: The Music of Donny Hathaway |  |
| 2012 | Booker T. Jones | The Road from Memphis |  Jenny Oaks Baker – Wish Upon a Star: A Tribute to the Music of Walt Disney  Daniel Ho – E Kahe Malie  Dave Koz – Hello Tomorrow  Brian Setzer – Setzer Goes Instru-Mental! |  |
| 2013 | Chris Botti | Impressions |  Gerald Albright and Norman Brown – 24/7  Larry Carlton – Four Hands and a Heart Volume One  Dave Koz – Live at the Blue Note Tokyo  Arun Shenoy – Rumbadoodle |  |
| 2014 | Herb Alpert | Steppin' Out |  Boney James – The Beat  Earl Klugh – HandPicked  Dave Koz, Gerald Albright, Mindi Abair and Richard Elliot – Summer Horns Jeff Lorber Fusion – Hacienda |  |
| 2015 | Chris Thile ve Edgar Meyer | Bass & Mandolin |  Mindi Abair – Wild Heart  Gerald Albright – Slam Dunk  Nathan East – Nathan East Jeff Lorber, Chuck Loeb ve Everette Harp – Jazz Funk Soul |  |
| 2016 | Snarky Puppy ve Metropole Orkest | Sylva |  Bill Frisell – Guitar in the Space Age!  Wouter Kellerman – Love Language  Marcus Miller – Afrodeezia  Kirk Whalum – The Gospel According to Jazz, Chapter IV |  |
| 2017 | Snarky Puppy | Culcha Vulcha |  Herb Alpert – Human Nature  Bill Frisell – When You Wish Upon a Star  Steve Gadd Band – Way Back Home: Live from Rochester, NY  Chuck Loeb – Unspoken |  |
| 2018 | The Jeff Lorber Fusion | Prototype |  Jerry Douglas Band – What If  Alex Han – Spirit  Julian Lage & Chris Eldridge – Mount Royal  Antonio Sanchez – Bad Hombre |  |
| 2019 | Steve Gadd Band | Steve Gadd Band |  Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah – The Emancipation Procrastination  Julian Lage – Modern Lore  Marcus Miller – Laid Black  Simon Phillips – Protocol 4 |  |
| 2020 | Rodrigo y Gabriela | Mettavolution |  Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah – Ancestral Recall  Theo Croker – Star People Nation  Mark Guiliana – Beat Music! Beat Music! Beat Music!  Lettuce – Elevate |  |
| 2021 | 31 Ocak 2021'de açıklanacak |  |  Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah - Axiom  Jon Batiste - Chronology of a Dream: Live at the Village Vanguard  Black Violin - Take The Stairs  Grégoire Maret, Romain Collin & Bill Frisell - Americana  Snarky Puppy - Live at the Royal Albert Hall |  |
^[I] Her yıl, o yıl düzenlenen Grammy Ödülleri hakkındaki maddeye bağlantılıdır.
^[II] Ödül, albümün yapımcısı olan James R. Jensen'e takdim edildi.
2002 yılı kazananı Steve Lukather
2007 yılı kazananı, Peter Frampton
2009 yılı kazananı Béla Fleck ve the Flecktones grubundan Béla Fleck
2010 yılı kazananı, Booker T. Jones