The Latin Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Album is an honor presented annually at the Latin Grammy Awards, a ceremony that recognizes excellence and creates a wider awareness of cultural diversity and contributions of Latin recording artists in the United States and internationally. The award goes to solo artists, duos or groups, producer(s), recording engineer(s) and mixing engineer(s) of 51% or more of the total playing time of the album.
The award was first presented in 2001 in the pop field under the name of Best Pop Instrumental Album when it was handed out to Nestor Torres for the album This Side Of Paradise. However it wasn't until the Latin Grammy Awards of 2004 when the instrumental field was created and the award received its current denomination Best Instrumental Album which was awarded to Yo-Yo Ma for Obrigado Brazil.
Chick Corea is the biggest winner in this category with two awards. Furthermore, musicians from the United States have received this award on four occasions. The rest of the winners come from Argentina, Cuba, Colombia and Puerto Rico. In 2013, the album Presente by Bajofondo became the first instrumental album to be nominated for Album of the Year.
History
At the first Latin Grammy Awards ceremony a category intended for instrumental recordings was presented in the pop field under the name of Best Pop Instrumental Performance for singles and tracks only. The winner was Mexican guitarist Santana for the song "El Farol", which also happened to win the Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance that same year, who competed against; Raul di Blasio for "El Despertar Escandalo", Ivan Lins for "Dois Córregos", Frankie Marcos featuring Arturo Sandoval for "Oh Havana, When I Think Of You" and Nestor Torres for "Luna Latina". The following year a category was created under the name of Best Pop Instrumental Album now intended for full albums. In 2004 the category was renamed Best Instrumental Album and moved to the newly created instrumental field which now includes all forms of Latin instrumental music.
Recipients
Year Performing artist(s) Work Nominees Ref.2001 Nestor Torres 2002 Chucho Valdés 2003 Bajofondo Tango Club Juan Campodónico & Gustavo Santaolalla, producers 2004 Yo-Yo Ma 2005 David Sánchez 2006 Bebo Valdés 2007 Chick Corea & Béla Fleck The Enchantment 2008 Orquesta Filarmónica de Bogotá 2009 Carlos Franzetti & Eddie Gómez 2010 Arturo Sandoval 2011 Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke & Lenny White 2012 Chick Corea, Paul Motian & Eddie Gómez 2013 Bajofondo 2014 Arturo O'Farrill and the Chico O'Farrill Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra Final Night at Birdland Ed Calle & Mamblue Dr. Ed Calle Presents Mamblue Hamilton de Holanda Samba de Chico Michel Camilo & Tomatito Spain Forever Miguel Siso Identidad Gustavo Casenave Balance Daniel Minimalia Terra 2021 Toquinho & Yamandu Costa Toquinho e Yamandu Costa - Bachianinha (Live at Rio Montreaux Jazz Festival) 2022 Hamilton de Holanda Maxixe Samba Groove 2023 Camilo Valencia & Richard Bravo Made in Miami 2024 Hamilton de Holanda & C4 Trio Tembla 2025 Rafael Serrallet & Lviv National Philharmonic Y el Canto de Todas
Each year is linked to the article about the Latin Grammy Awards held that year.
References
General Note: User must select the "Instrumental Field" category as the genre under the search feature.
Specific
External links Official site of the Latin Grammy Awards