Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement (Grammy Awards)

Grammy Awards

The Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement has been awarded since 1963. The award is presented to the arranger of the music. Only songs or tracks are eligible, no longer works. The performing artist does not receive a Grammy, except if he/she is also the arranger. There have been several minor changes to the name of the award: From 1963 to 1981 the award was known as Best Instrumental Arrangement From 1982 to 1983 it was awarded as Best Arrangement on an Instrumental Recording From 1984 to 1994 it was awarded as Best Arrangement on an Instrumental From 1995 to the present it has again been awarded as Best Instrumental Arrangement Years reflect the year in which the Grammy Awards were presented, for works released in the previous year.

Check all the winners of Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement presented under Grammy Awards since 1962 .

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Gordon Goodwin

Honored for : On Green Dolphin Street

Nominations 2013 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Kim Richmond	Invitation
Gordon Goodwin	On Green Dolphin Street
Chuck Owen	Side Hikes - A Ridge Away
Nan Schwartz	Skylark
Gil Goldstein	Wild Beauty

Gil Evans

Honored for : How About You

(Track from: Centennial - Newly Discovered Works Of Gil Evans (Gil Evans Project))

Nominations 2012 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Michael Philip Mossman	Afro-Cuban Jazz Suite For Ellington Track from: Multiverse (Bobby Sanabria Big Band)
Gil Evans	How About You Track from: Centennial - Newly Discovered Works Of Gil Evans (Gil Evans Project)
Bob Mintzer	Irrequieto Track from: For The Moment (Bob Mintzer Big Band)
Wally Minko	A Night In Tunisia (Actually An Entire Weekend!) Track from: Dear Diz (Every Day I Think Of You) (Arturo Sandoval)
Gordon Goodwin	Salt Peanuts! (Mani Salado) Track from: Dear Diz (Every Day I Think Of You) (Arturo Sandoval)

Gordon Goodwin

Honored for : Rhapsody In Blue

(Track from: That's How We Roll)

Nominations 2011 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Gordon Goodwin	Rhapsody In Blue Track from: That's How We Roll
Peter Jensen	All or Nothing at All Track from: The Jazz Ballad Song Book
Clare Fischer	In The Beginning Track from: Continuum
Bob Brookmeyer	Nasty Dance Track from: Forever Lasting - Live In Tokyo
Carlos Franzetti	Song Without Words Track from: Alborada

Vince Mendoza

Honored for : Carlos

(Track from: 54, Arranger)

Nominations 2010 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Vince Mendoza	Carlos Track from: 54","2011 Best Instrumental Arrangement
Gil Goldstein	Itsbynne Reel Track from: Kingston Morning
Ted Nash	Monet Track from: Portrait In Seven Shades
Frank Macchia	Skip To My Lou Track from: Folk Songs for Jazzers
Patrick Williams	Fanfare for a New Day Track from: Aurora

Bill Cunliffe

Honored for : West Side Story Medley

(Arranger)

Nominations 2009 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Bill Cunliffe	West Side Story Medley Track from: Resonance Big Band Plays Tribute To Oscar Peterson

Peter Gabriel, Thomas Newman

Honored for : Define Dancing

(Arrangers)

Nominations 2008 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Peter Gabriel	Define Dancing
Thomas Newman	Define Dancing
Frank Macchia	Down In The Valley
Gordon Goodwin	Yesterdays
Bob Brookmeyer	St. Louis Blues
Michael Abene	Duke Ellington's Sound Of Love