| Grammy Award for Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella | |
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| Awarded for | Quality arrangements of instrumental or a cappella compositions |
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences |
| First awarded | 1963 |
| Currently held by | John Beasley, "Scrapple From the Apple" (2023) |
| Website | grammy.com |
The Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement (and its subsequent name changes) has been awarded since 1963. The award is presented to the arranger(s) of the music. Only songs or tracks are eligible, no longer works (e.g. albums). 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:
Years reflect the year in which the Grammy Awards were presented, for works released in the previous year.
| Year[I] | Composer(s) | Work | Performing artist(s) | Nominees Performers are in parentheses |
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| 1963 | Henry Mancini | "Baby Elephant Walk" | Henry Mancini |
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| 1964 | Quincy Jones | "I Can't Stop Loving You" | Count Basie |
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| 1965 | Henry Mancini | "The Pink Panther Theme" | Henry Mancini |
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| 1966 | Herb Alpert | "A Taste of Honey" | Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass |
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| 1967 | "What Now My Love" |
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| 1968 | Burt Bacharach | "Alfie" | Burt Bacharach |
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| 1969 | Mike Post | "Classical Gas" | Mason Williams |
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| 1970 | Henry Mancini | "Love Theme" from Romeo and Juliet | Henry Mancini |
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| 1971 | Theme from Z |
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| 1972 | Isaac Hayes & Johnny Allen | Theme from Shaft | Isaac Hayes |
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| 1973 | Don Ellis | Theme from The French Connection | Don Ellis Big Band |
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| 1974 | Quincy Jones | "Summer in the City" | Quincy Jones |
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| 1975 | Pat Williams | Threshold | Pat Williams |
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| 1976 | Pete Clarence Carpenter & Mike Post | "The Rockford Files" | Mike Post |
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| 1977 | Chick Corea | "Leprechaun's Dream" | Chick Corea |
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| 1978 | Harry Betts, Perry Botkin Jr. & Barry De Vorzon | "Nadia's Theme" from The Young and the Restless | Barry De Vorzon |
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| 1979 | Quincy Jones & Robert Freedman | "Main Title - Overture Part One" from The Wiz | Various artists |
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| 1980 | Claus Ogerman | "Soulful Strut" | George Benson |
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| 1981 | Jerry Hey & Quincy Jones | "Dinorah, Dinorah" |
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| 1982 | Quincy Jones & Johnny Mandel | "Velas" | Quincy Jones |
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| 1983 | John Williams | "Flying" – Theme from E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | John Williams |
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| 1984 | Dave Grusin | "Summer Sketches '82" | Dave Grusin |
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| 1985 | Jeremy Lubbock & Quincy Jones | "Grace (Gymnastics Theme)" | Quincy Jones |
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| 1986 | Dave Grusin & Lee Ritenour | "Early A.M. Attitude" | Dave Grusin & Lee Ritenour |
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| 1987 | Patrick Williams | "Suite Memories" | Bill Watrous & Patrick Williams |
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| 1988 | Bill Holman | "Take The "A" Train" | The Tonight Show Band with Doc Severinsen |
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| 1989 | Roger Kellaway | "Memos from Paradise" | Eddie Daniels |
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| 1990 | Dave Grusin | "Suite" from The Milagro Beanfield War | Dave Grusin |
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| 1991 | Jerry Hey, Quincy Jones, Ian Prince & Rod Temperton | "Birdland" | Quincy Jones |
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| 1992 | Dave Grusin | "Medley: Bess You Is My Woman/I Loves You Porgy" | Dave Grusin |
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| 1993 | Rob McConnell | "Strike Up the Band" | Rob McConnell & The Boss Brass |
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| 1994 | Dave Grusin | "Mood Indigo" | Dave Grusin |
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| 1995 | "Three Cowboy Songs" |
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| 1996 | Robert Farnon | "Lament" | J. J. Johnson & the Robert Farnon Orchestra |
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| 1997 | Michael Kamen | "An American Symphony (Mr. Holland's Opus)" | Michael Kamen |
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| 1998 | Bill Holman | "Straight, No Chaser" | The Bill Holman Band |
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| 1999 | Don Sebesky | "Waltz for Debby" | Don Sebesky |
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| 2000 | Don Sebesky | "Chelsea Bridge" | Don Sebesky |
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| 2001 | Chick Corea | "Spain for Sextet & Orchestra" | Chick Corea |
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| 2002 | Béla Fleck & Edgar Meyer | "Debussy: Doctor Gradus Ad Parnassum" | Béla Fleck with Joshua Bell & Gary Hoffmann |
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| 2003 | Thomas Newman | "Title Theme" from Six Feet Under | Thomas Newman |
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| 2004 | Michael Brecker & Gil Goldstein | "Timbuktu" | Michael Brecker Quindectet |
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| 2005 | Slide Hampton | "Past Present and Future" | The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra |
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| 2006 | Gordon Goodwin | "The Incredits" from The Incredibles | Michael Giacchino |
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| 2007 | Chick Corea | "Three Ghouls" | Chick Corea |
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| 2008 | Vince Mendoza | "In A Silent Way" | Joe Zawinul |
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| 2009 | Thomas Newman and Peter Gabriel | "Define Dancing" from WALL-E | Thomas Newman |
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| 2010 | Bill Cunliffe | "West Side Story Medley" | Resonance Big Band |
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| 2011 | Vince Mendoza | "Carlos" | John Scofield, Vince Mendoza and Metropole Orchestra |
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| 2012 | Gordon Goodwin | "Rhapsody in Blue" | Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band |
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| 2013 | Gil Evans | "How About You" | The Gil Evans Project |
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| 2014 | Gordon Goodwin | "On Green Dolphin Street" | Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band |
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| 2015 | Ben Bram, Mitch Grassi, Scott Hoying, Avi Kaplan, Kirstin Maldonado & Kevin Olusola | "Daft Punk" | Pentatonix |
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| 2016 | "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy" |
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| 2017 | Jacob Collier | "You and I" | Jacob Collier |
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| 2018 | John Williams | "Escapades for Alto Saxophone and Orchestra from Catch Me If You Can" | John Williams |
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| 2019 | John Daversa | "Stars and Stripes Forever" | John Daversa Big Band featuring DACA Artists |
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| 2020 | Jacob Collier | "Moon River" | Jacob Collier |
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| 2021 | John Beasley | "Donna Lee" | John Beasley |
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| 2022 | Charlie Rosen & Jake Silverman | "Meta Knight's Revenge" from Kirby Super Star | The 8-Bit Big Band featuring Button Masher |
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| 2023 | John Beasley | "Scrapple From the Apple" | Magnus Lindgren, John Beasley & The SWR Big Band ft. Martin Auer |
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| 2024 | John Carter Cash, Tommy Emmanuel, Markus Illko, Janet Robin & Roberto Luis Rodriguez | "Folsom Prison Blues" | The String Revolution ft. Tommy Emmanuel |
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