Der Juno Award for the Instrumental Album of the Year wird seit 1976 an das erfolgreichste Instrumentalalbum eines kanadischen Künstlers vergeben. Bis 1998 hieß der Award Juno Award for the Instrumental Artist of the Year.
Gewinner
Instrumental Artist(s) of the Year (1976–1987) Jahr Gewinner Nominierungen Ref.1976 Hagood Hardy Liona Boyd François Dompierre André Gagnon Moe Koffman1977 Hagood Hardy Black Light Orchestra Al Cherney François Dompierre André Gagnon1978 André Gagnon Liona Boyd Hagood Hardy Moe Koffman1979 Liona Boyd Black Light Orchestra André Gagnon Hagood Hardy Frank Mills1980 Frank Mills Liona Boyd André Gagnon Hagood Hardy Gino Soccio1981 Frank Mills Liona Boyd Hagood Hardy Moe Koffman Claire Lawrence1982 Liona Boyd The Emeralds André Gagnon Hagood Hardy Frank Mills1983 Liona Boyd All-Star Swing Band The Emeralds Frank Mills The Spitfire Band1984 Liona Boyd Canadian Brass Hagood Hardy Frank Mills The Spitfire Band1985 Canadian Brass Hagood Hardy Frank Mills The Spitfire Band Zamfir1986 David Foster Liona Boyd Canadian Brass Moe Koffman Zamfir1987 David Foster Liona Boyd Canadian Brass Hagood Hardy Frank Mills
Instrumental Artist(s) of the Year (1989–1998) Jahr Gewinner Nominierung Ref.1989 David Foster Canadian Brass Manteca Frank Mills Zamfir1990 Manteca Liona Boyd Canadian Brass Frank Mills Tafelmusik Baroque Chamber Orchestra1991 Ofra Harnoy Exchange (Steve Sexton und Gerald O'Brien) Michael Jones Moe Koffman Ian Tamblyn1992 Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet John Arpin Jacques de Koninck David Foster Graham Townsend1993 Ofra Harnoy John Arpin Exchange (Steve Sexton und Gerald O'Brien) Manteca Skywalk1994 Ofra Harnoy John Arpin André Gagnon Jacques de Koninck Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet1995 André Gagnon Hennie Bekker Wayne Chaulk Marie-Andree Ostiguy Quartetto Gelato1996 Liona Boyd Richard Abel George Amatino Hennie Bekker André Gagnon1997 Ashley MacIsaac Richard Abel Hennie Bekker Samuel Reid und Ernest Lyons Sandule und Nikolai1998 Leahy Jesse Cook Oscar Lopez Robert Michaels Mythos
Best Instrumental Album (1999–2002) Jahr Gewinner Album Nominierung Ref.1999 Natalie MacMaster My Roots Are Showing Howard Baer und Dan Gibson, Celtic Awakening David Bradstreet und Dan Gibson, Whispering Woods Jesse Cook, Vertigo Casadh An tSúgáin (Oliver Schroer und John Herberman), Celtic Dance2000 Natalie MacMaster In My Hands David Bradstreet und Dan Gibson, Natural Sleep Inducement Rob Crabtree und Oliver Schroer, The Piper's Legacy John Herberman und Dan Gibson, Piano Cascades Robert Michaels, Utopia2001 Jesse Cook Free Fall Oliver Schroer, Celtic Devotion Pavlo, Fantasia Dan Gibson, Ron Allen und Dr. Lee Bartel, Natural Massage Therapy Dan Gibson, Ron Allen und Dr. Lee Bartel, Natural Relaxation2002 Oscar Lopez Armando's Fire Richard Abel, Inspiration Classique Dan Gibson und David Bradstreet, Angel's Embrace Dan Gibson und John Herberman, The English Country Garden Kenny Vehkavaara, Fiesta Del Sol
Instrumental Album of the Year (2003 – heute)
Jahr Gewinner Album Nominierung Ref.2003 Robert Michaels Allegro Howard Baer, Celtic Mystique Liona Boyd, Camino Latino / Latin Journey Oliver Schroer und Dan Gibson, Lakeside Retreat The Swingfield Big Band, Big Band Love Songs2004 I Sorenti Italian Love Songs Richard Abel, Romance George Carlaw, Stress Less The Covingtons, Country Christmas Michel Cusson, Un homme et son péché2005 Oscar Lopez Mi Destino/My Destiny Longhouse, A Warrior's Journey Loretto Reid und Dan Gibson, Celtic Reverie Montgomery Smith, Rest & Relaxation Kenny Vehkavaara und Rob Piltch, Mediterranean Nights2006 Daniel Lanois Belladonna George Carlaw, Christmas Serenity Bobby Creed & His Orchestra, Sentimental Strings Tomas Hamilton, Balance Nancy Walker, Rainy Days und Mondays2007 Sisters Euclid Run Neil Run Bell Orchestre, Recording a Tape the Colour of the Light Joël Fafard, ...and another thing Johannes Linstead, Café Tropical Natalie MacMaster, Yours Truly2008 Jayme Stone The Utmost Bob Lanois, Snake Road Amon Tobin, Foley Room Richard Underhill, Kensington Suite Joey Wright, Jalopy 2009 DJ Brace presents The Electric Nosehair Orchestra Nostomania Creaking Tree String Quartet, The Soundtrack Steve Dawson, Telescope Inhabitants, The Furniture Moves Underneath Tanya Tagaq, Auk/Blood2010 Bell Orchestre As Seen Through The Windows Beats on Canvas, Beats on Canvas The Hylozoists, L'île de Sept Villes Pavlo, Rik Emmett und Oscar Lopez, Trifecta Sultans of String, Yalla Yalla!2011 Fond of Tigers Continent & Western David Braid und Canadian Brass, Spirit Dance Creaking Tree String Quartet, Sundogs The Souljazz Orchestra, Rising Sun Jayme Stone, Room of Wonders2012 Stretch Orchestra Stretch Orchestra Andrew Collins, Cats & Dogs MAZ, Téléscope L'Orkestre des Pas Perdus, L'Âge du cuivre Colin Stetson, New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges2013 Pugs and Crows Fantastic Pictures Five Alarm Funk, Rock the Sky Ian McDougall, The Very Thought of You Ratchet Orchestra, Hemlock Hugh Sicotte und Jon Ballantyne, Twenty Accident Free Work Days2014 Esmerine Dalmak Petr Cancura, Down Home Mahogany Frog, Senna The Peggy Lee Band, Invitation Colin Stetson, New History Warfare Vol. 3: To See More Light2015 Quartango Encuentro Canadian Brass, Great Wall of China Daniel Lanois, Flesh and Machine John Stetch, Off with the Cuffs Sultans of String, Symphony!2016 Colin Stetson and Sarah Neufeld Never Were the Way She Was Afiara Quartet und Skratch Bastid, Spin Cycle Cris Derksen, Orchestral Powwow Esmerine, Lost Voices Jens Lindemann und Tommy Banks, Legacy Live2017 The Fretless Bird's Nest Blitz//Berlin, Movements 1 David Braid, Flow Sarah Neufeld, The Ridge Pugs & Crows und Tony Wilson, Everyone Knows Everyone2018 Do Make Say Think Stubborn Persistent Illusions Five Alarm Funk, Sweat Kristofer Maddigan, Cuphead Oktopus, Hapax Peregrine Falls, Peregrine Falls2019 Gordon Grdina China Cloud Aerialists, Group Manoeuvre Kevin Breit, Johnny Goldtooth and the Chevy Casanovas The Fretless, Live from the Art Farm Toninato/Thiessen, The Space Between Us2020 Alexandra Stréliski Inscape Kevin Hearn, Calm and Cents Bill McBirnie und Bernie Senesky, The Silent Wish Ron Davis' Symphronica, Symphronica Upfront Tanya Tagaq, Toothsayer2021 Blitz//Berlin Movements III Bruce Cockburn, Crowing Ignites David Foster, Eleven Words Flore Laurentienne, Volume 1 Gordon Grdina, Prior Street 2022 David Myles That Tall Distance Cœur de pirate, Perséides Frank Evans und Ben Plotnick, Madison Archives Jorane, Hemenetset Jens Lindemann mit Jon Kimura Parker, Matt Catingub und dem Canadian All Star JazzPops Orchestra, Then is Now Rhapsody in Blue2023 Esmerine Everything Was Forever Until It Was No More Jean-Michel Blais, Aubades The Canadian Brass, Canadiana Hard Rubber Orchestra, Iguana Stephan Moccio, Lionheart 2024 Colin Stetson When we were that what wept for the sea Meredith Bates, Tesseract Markus Floats, Fourth Album Haralabos (Harry) Stafylakis, Calibrating Friction Alexandra Stréliski, Néo-Romance 2025 Intervals Memory Palace Eric Bearclaw, Distant Places Disaster Pony, Disaster Pony Ginger Beef, Ginger Beef Lara Wong und Melón Jimenez, Confluencias 2026Aaron ParisLotusland Viviane Audet, Le piano et le torrent Jean-Michel Blais und Lara Somogyi, Désert (deluxe) Crown Lands, Ritual II Colin Stetson, The Love It Took to Leave You
Einzelnachweise
Kategorie:Juno Award Kategorie:Erstverleihung 1976