page_title: Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Instrumental Album
section_title: Recipients
hierarchical_section_title: Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Instrumental Album / Recipients
caption_attribution_description: Peter Frampton performing at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale, FL.
context_page_description: The Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Instrumental Album is an award presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, to recording artists for quality instrumental albums in the pop music genre. Honors in several categories are presented at the ceremony annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to "honor artistic achievement, technical proficiency and overall excellence in the recording industry, without regard to album sales or chart position".
  The award was first presented to Joe Jackson in 2001. According to the category description guide for the 52nd Grammy Awards, the award is presented to albums containing "at least 51% playing time of newly recorded pop instrumental tracks". As of 2020, Larry Carlton, Booker T. Jones and Snarky Puppy are the only musicians to receive the award more than once. Gerald Albright has received the most nominations, with six.
  The award goes to the artist, producer and engineer/mixer of more than 50% of playing time on the winning album.
context_section_description: Each year is linked to the article about the Grammy Awards held that year.
   An award was presented to James R. Jensen as the producer of the album.
caption: 2007 award winner, Peter Frampton
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