Latin Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Album

Latin Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Album
Awarded for	quality albums of latin instrumental music
Country	United States
Presented by	Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences
First awarded	2001
Last awarded	2013
Official website	latingrammy.com

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.^[1] The award goes to the artists for releasing albums containing at least 51% or more of instrumental tracks of Latin instrumental recordings.^[2]

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.^[3] 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.^[4]

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

Mexican guitarist Carlos Santana won the peer category Best Pop Instrumental Performance for this award in 2000.

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".^[5] 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

Yo-Yo Ma, 2004 winner, the first recipient of this award under its current denomination.

Puerto Rican saxophonist David Sánchez won the award in 2005.

Bebo Valdés winner in 2006.

2010 winner Arturo Sandoval.

Year^[I]	Performing artist(s)	Nationality	Work	Nominees	Ref.
2001	Nestor Torres	Puerto Rico	This Side Of Paradise	Andrés Alén — Pianoforte Lara & Reyes — World Jazz Keith Lockhart conducting The Boston Pops Orchestra — The Latin Album Marcus Viana — Terra	[3]
2002	Chucho Valdés	Cuba	Canciones Inéditas	Gustavo Cerati — + Bien Rey Guerra — De Sindo A Silvio José Padilla — Navigator Roberto Perera — Sensual	[6]
2003	Bajofondo Tango Club	Argentina	Bajofondo Tango Club	Tango di Blasio — Gardel Orquestra Simfònica de Barcelona I Nacional de Catalunya — Historia Sinfonica Del Pop Español Spam Allstars — ¡Fuacata! Live Nestor Torres — Mi Alma Latina	[7]
2004	Yo-Yo Ma	United States	Obrigado Brazil Live In Concert	Armandinho — Retocando O Choro Paulo Moura — Estação Leopoldina Ricardo Silveira — Noite Clara Tanghetto — Emigrante (Electrotango)	[4]
2005	David Sánchez	Puerto Rico	Coral	Manuel Alejandro — Nuevos Caminos Ed Calle — Ed Calle Plays Santana Pedro Guzman — Ti ple Jazz Gonzalo Rubalcaba and New Cuban Quartet — Paseo	[8]
2006	Bebo Valdés	Cuba	Bebo	Banda Mantiqueira — Terra Amantiquira Paquito D'Rivera — The Jazz Chamber Trio Luis Salinas — Luis Salinas Y Amigos En España Mario Adnet & Zé Nogueira — Moacir Santos: Choros y Alegría	[9]
2007	Chick Corea and Béla Fleck	United States	Bebo	Ray Barretto — Standards Rican-ditioned Ed Calle — In The Zone Carlos Franzetti Trio — Live In Buenos Aires Hamilton de Holanda Quintet — Brasilianos	[10]
2008	Orquesta Filarmónica de Bogotá	Colombia	Orquesta Filarmómoca de Bogotá - 40 Años	Kenny G — Rhythm & Romance Paulo Moura — Pra Cá E Para Lá Gonzalo Rubalcaba — Avatar Bebo Valdés and Javier Colina — Live at the Village Vanguard	[11]
2009	Carlos Franzetti and Eddie Gómez	Argentina Puerto Rico	Duets	Jovino Santos Neto and Weber Lago — Live At Caramoor Mauro Senise — Lua Cheia Mauro Senise Toca Dolores Duran E Sueli Costa Omar Sosa — Across The Divide Bernie Williams — Moving Forward	[12]
2010	Arturo Sandoval	United States	A Time for Love	Yamandu Costa and Hamilton de Holanda — Luz Da Aurora Arthur Maia — O Tempo E a Musica Paulo Moura and Armandinho — Afrobossanova Soto 75 — Latin American Chillout	[13]
2011	Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke and Lenny White	United States	Forever	Al Di Meloa — Pursuit Of Radical Rhapsody Escalandrum — Piazzolla Plays Piazzolla Luis Salinas — Sin Tiempo Omar Sosa — Calma	[14]
2012	Chick Corea, Eddie Gómez and Paul Motian	United States Puerto Rico	Further Explorations	Paquito D'Rivera and Berta Rojas — Día y Medio Guinga + Quinteto Villa-Lobos — Rasgando Seda Hamilton de Holanda — Brasilianos 3 Miguel Zenón — Alma Adentro: The Puerto Rican Songbook
2013	Bajofondo	Argentina Uruguay	Presente	Huáscar Barradas and Leopoldo Betancourt — Dos Mundos 2 Hamilton de Holanda — Trio Paquito D'Rivera and Sérgio Assad & Odair Assad — Dances From The New World Theodore Kuchar conducting The Orquesta Sinfónica de Venezuela — Latin American Classics
2014				Antonio Adolfo — O Piano de Antonio Adolfo Yamandu Costa — Continente Hamilton de Holanda — Caprichos Mónica Fuquen — Esferas de Creación Arturo O'Farrill and the Chico O'Farrill Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra — Final Night at Birdland

^{^[I]} Each year is linked to the article about the Latin Grammy Awards held that year.

References

General

• "Latin Grammy Award Winners". National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved August 31, 2011. Note: User must select the "Instrumental Field" category as the genre under the search feature.

Specific

1. "Sobre La Academia Latina de la Grabación" (in Spanish). Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences. Retrieved August 22, 2011.
2. "Category Guide: Instrumental Field". Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences. Retrieved January 28, 2011.
3. "The Full List of Nominations". Los Angeles Times. Tribune Company. July 18, 2001. Retrieved January 28, 2011.
4. "Lista de nominados al los Grammy Latinos" (in Spanish). Terra Networks México. Retrieved January 28, 2011.
5. "Complete List Of Nominations For First-ever Latin Grammy Awards". AllBusiness.com. July 29, 2000. Retrieved January 28, 2011.
6. "Selected Nominees For The Third Latin Grammy Awards". AllBusiness.com. August 3, 2002. Retrieved January 28, 2011.
7. "The nominees are ...". Los Angeles Times. Tribune Company. July 23, 2003. Retrieved January 28, 2011.
8. "Complete list of 6th annual Latin Grammy nominations". USA Today. Gannett Company. November 2, 2005. Retrieved January 28, 2011.
9. Faber, Judy (September 26, 2006). "Shakira Leads Latin Grammy Nominations". CBS News. Retrieved January 28, 2011.
10. "Lista de nominados al Grammy Latino 2007" (in Spanish). Mujer Activa. August 31, 2007. Retrieved August 25, 2011.
11. "9th Annual Latin Grammy Awards". Los Angeles Times. Tribune Company. September 10, 2007. Retrieved January 28, 2011.
12. "Conoce a los nominados a los Grammy Latinos" (in Spanish). Terra Networks México. September 19, 2009. Retrieved January 28, 2011.
13. "Latin Grammy nominees announced: Alejandro Sanz and Camila among top contenders". Los Angeles Times. Tribune Company. September 8, 2010. Retrieved January 28, 2011.
14. "2011 Latin Grammys: Nominations (FULL LIST) Revealed". manila-paper.net. September 15, 2011. Retrieved September 15, 2011.

External links

• Official site of the Latin Grammy Awards