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Grammy Award for Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella
Awarded for	Quality arrangements of instrumental or a cappella compositions
Country	United States
Presented by	National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
First award	1963
Currently held by	Bryan Carter, Charlie Rosen & Matthew Whitaker – "Super Mario Praise Break" (The 8-Bit Big Band) (2026)
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 they are also the arranger.

There have been several minor changes to the name of the award:

• From 1963 to 1981 the award was known as Best Instrumental Arrangement
• From 1982 to 1983 it was awarded as Best Arrangement on an Instrumental Recording
• From 1984 to 1994 it was awarded as Best Arrangement on an Instrumental
• From 1995 to 2014 it was again awarded as Best Instrumental Arrangement
• Since 2015 it has been awarded as Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella, which also includes vocal arrangements for a cappella performances.

Years reflect the year in which the Grammy Awards were presented, for works released in the previous year.

Recipients

1960s

Year[I]	Nominee(s)	Work	Artist(s)
1963	Henry Mancini	"Baby Elephant Walk"	Henry Mancini
Robert Farnon	Sensuous Strings of Robert Farnon	Robert Farnon and His Orchestra
Joe Harnell	"Fly Me to the Moon Bossa Nova"	Joe Harnell and His Orchestra
Quincy Jones	The Quintessence	Quincy Jones
Nelson Riddle	Route 66 Theme	Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra
Dave Rose	"The Stripper"	Dave Rose
Eddie Sauter	"Focus"	Stan Getz
1964	Quincy Jones	"I Can't Stop Loving You"	Count Basie
Robert N. Enevoldsen	"Gravy Waltz"	Steve Allen
Marty Gold and Peter Nero	"Mountain Greenery"	Peter Nero
Claus Ogerman	"More"	Kai Winding
Joe Sherman	"Washington Square"	The Village Stompers
1965	Henry Mancini	"The Pink Panther Theme"	Henry Mancini
Bob Florence	"The Song Is You"	Bob Florence
Richard Hayman	"I Want to Hold Your Hand"	Arthur Fiedler and The Boston Pops
Quincy Jones	"Golden Boy" (String Version)	Quincy Jones
Anita Kerr	"Sugar Lips"	Al Hirt
Hugo Montenegro	"The Long Ships"	Hugo Montenegro
Billy Strayhorn	"A Spoonful of Sugar"	Duke Ellington
1966	Herb Alpert	"A Taste of Honey"	Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass
Bob Florence	"Mission to Moscow"	Si Zentner
Neal Hefti	"Girl Talk"	Neal Hefti
Horst Jankowski	"Walk in the Black Forest"	Horst Jankowski
Johnny Mandel	"The Shadow of Your Smile"	Robert Armbruster
Jack Mason	"A Hard Day's Night"	Arthur Fiedler conducting The Boston Pops
1967	Herb Alpert	"What Now My Love"	Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass
John Barry	"Born Free"	John Barry
Bob Florence	"Michelle"	Bud Shank
Neal Hefti	"Batman Theme"	Neal Hefti
Henry Mancini	"Arabesque"	Henry Mancini
1968	Burt Bacharach	"Alfie"	Burt Bacharach
Burt Bacharach	"Casino Royale"	Herb Alpert and The Tijuana Brass
Hutch Davie	"Music to Watch Girls By"	Bob Crewe Generation
Bill Holman	"Norwegian Wood"	Buddy Rich
Claus Ogerman	"Wave"	Antônio Carlos Jobim
Bill Reddie	"West Side Story Medley"	Buddy Rich
1969	Mike Post	"Classical Gas"	Mason Williams
Al Capps	"Baroque-A-Nova"	Mason Williams
Michel Legrand	"The Windmills of Your Mind"	Michel Legrand
Hugo Montenegro	"The Good, the Bad and the Ugly"	Hugo Montenegro
Don Sebesky	"Scarborough Fair"	Wes Montgomery

1970s

Year[I]	Nominee(s)	Work	Artist(s)
1970	Henry Mancini	"Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet"	Henry Mancini
Arthur Ferrante and Lou Teicher	"Midnight Cowboy"	Ferrante & Teicher
Dick Halligan	"Variations on a Theme by Eric Satie"	Blood, Sweat & Tears
Quincy Jones	"Walking in Space"	Quincy Jones
1971	Henry Mancini	"Theme from Z"	Henry Mancini
Miles Davis	"Bitches Brew"	Miles Davis
Quincy Jones	"Gula Matari"	Quincy Jones
Lalo Schifrin	"Theme from Medical Center"	Various Artists
Fred Selden	"The Magic Bus Ate My Doughnut"	Don Ellis
Tom Sellers	"Overture from Tommy"	The Assembled Multitude
1972	Johnny Allen and Isaac Hayes	"Theme from Shaft"	Isaac Hayes
Michel Colombier	"Earth"	Michel Colombier
Michel Legrand	"Theme from Summer of '42"	Michel Legrand
Joshua Rifkin	"Nightingale II"	Joshua Rifkin
Don Sebesky	"The Rite of Spring"	Hubert Laws
1973	Don Ellis	"Theme from The French Connection"	Don Ellis Big Band
Richard Carpenter	"Flat Baroque"	The Carpenters
Quincy Jones	"Money Runner"	Quincy Jones
Henry Mancini	"Theme from The Mancini Generation"	Henry Mancini
Don Sebesky	"Lonely Town"	Freddie Hubbard
1974	Quincy Jones	"Summer in the City"	Quincy Jones
Chick Corea	"Spain"	Chick Corea and Return to Forever
Lee Holdridge	"Prologue/Crunchy Granola Suite"	Neil Diamond
Bill Holman	"The Daily Dance"	Stan Kenton and His Orchestra
Bob James	"Easy Living/Ain't Nobody's Business If I Do"	Grover Washington Jr.
1975	Patrick Williams	"Threshold"	Patrick Williams
Les Hooper	"Circumvent"	Les Hooper
	"Look What They've Done"	Les Hooper Big Band
Bob James	"Night on Bald Mountain"	Bob James
Don Sebesky	"Firebird/Bird of Fire"	Don Sebesky
1976	Pete Clarence Carpenter and Mike Post	"The Rockford Files"	Mike Post
Randy Brecker	"Some Skunk Funk"	Brecker Brothers
Alan Broadbent	"Children of Lima"	Woody Herman
Thad Jones	"Living for the City"	Thad Jones and Mel Lewis
Ron McClure	"No Show"	Blood, Sweat & Tears
Herbert W. Spencer	"Theme from Jaws"	John Williams
1977	Chick Corea	"Leprechaun's Dream"	Chick Corea
Stanley Clarke	"Life Is Just a Game"	Stanley Clarke
Bob James	"Westchester Lady"	Bob James
Henry Mancini, Herbert W. Spencer, John Williams and Albert Woodbury	"The Disaster Movie Suite"	Henry Mancini conducting London Symphony
Claus Ogerman	"Saudades do Brasil"	Antonio Carlos Jobim
1978	Harry Betts, Perry Botkin Jr. and Barry De Vorzon	"Nadia's Theme (The Young and the Restless)"	Barry De Vorzon
Chick Corea	"Musicmagic"	Chick Corea and Return to Forever
Bob James	"Scheherezade"	Hubert Laws
Joe Sample	"Free as the Wind"	The Crusaders
Herbert W. Spencer	"Roots Mural Theme"	Quincy Jones
1979	Robert Freedman and Quincy Jones	"The Wiz Main Title — Overture, Part One"	Various Artists
Alan Broadbent	"Aja"	Woody Herman Band
Chick Corea	"Mad Hatter Rhapsody"	Chick Corea
Joe Roccisano	"Green Earrings"	Woody Herman Band
Tom Tom 84	"Runnin'"	Earth, Wind & Fire

1980s

Year[I]	Nominee(s)	Work	Artist(s)
1980	Claus Ogerman	"Soulful Strut"	George Benson
Jeremy Lubbock and Harvey Mason	"Wave"	Harvey Mason
Claus Ogerman	"Lazy Afternoon"	Freddie Hubbard
Don Sebesky	"Sebastian's Theme"	Don Sebesky
John Serry	"Sabotage"	John Serry
1981	Jerry Hey and Quincy Jones	"Dinorah, Dinorah"	George Benson
Bob Brookmeyer	"Skylark"	Mel Lewis
Jorge Calandrelli	"Forget the Woman"	Eddie Daniels
Dave Grusin	"Marcosinho"	Dave Valentin
Claus Ogerman	"Wave"	Antônio Carlos Jobim
1982	Quincy Jones and Johnny Mandel	"Velas"	Quincy Jones
Toshiko Akiyoshi	"A Bit Byas'd"	Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band
Jerry Goldsmith	"The Slaves"	Jerry Goldsmith
Dave Grusin	"Mountain Dance"	Dave Grusin
Billy May	"South Rampart Street Parade"	John Williams
1983	John Williams	"Flying — Theme from E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial"	John Williams
Clare Fischer, Ronnie Foster and Earl Klugh	"Balladina"	Earl Klugh
Les Hooper	"Pavanne"	Les Hooper Big Band
Lyle Mays and Pat Metheny	"Are You Going with Me?"	Pat Metheny Group
Claus Ogerman	"Pavane Pour Une Infante Defunte"	Claus Ogerman featuring Jan Akkerman
1984	Dave Grusin	"Summer Sketches '82"	Dave Grusin
Toshiko Akiyoshi	"Remembering Bud"	Toshiko Akiyoshi - Lew Tabackin Big Band
Bob Florence	"Afternoon of a Prawn"	Bob Florence
Rob McConnell	"I Got Rhythm"	Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass
Patrick Williams	"Too Hip for the Room"	Patrick Williams
1985	Quincy Jones and Jeremy Lubbock	"Grace (Gymnastics Theme)"	Quincy Jones
Stewart Copeland	"Brothers on Wheels"	Stewart Copeland
Robert Freedman	"Stardust"	Wynton Marsalis
Henry Mancini	"Cameo for Flute '...for James'"	James Galway and Henry Mancini
Don Sebesky	"Waltz for Debbie"	Don Sebesky
1986	Dave Grusin and Lee Ritenour	"Early A.M. Attitude"	Dave Grusin and Lee Ritenour
Toshiko Akiyoshi	"March of the Tadpoles"	Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band
William David Brohn	"Suite of Dances from Pacific Overtures"	Various Artists
Chip Davis	"Stille Nacht (Silent Night)"	Mannheim Steamroller
George Russell	The African Game	George Russell and the Living Time Orchestra
1987	Patrick Williams	"Suite Memories"	Bill Watrous and Patrick Williams
Jorge Calandrelli	"The First Letter"	Dick Hazard
	"Solfeggietto Metamorphosis"	Eddie Daniels
Bill Meyers	"AM/PM"	Bill Meyers
Don Sebesky	"Cherokee"	Don Sebesky
1988	Bill Holman	"Take the "A" Train"	The Tonight Show Band with Doc Severinsen
Jorge Calandrelli	"Any Time, Any Season"	Sam Most
Michael Convertino	Main Title (Children of a Lesser God)"	Shirley Walker
Dave Grusin	"The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter"	Dave Grusin
Patrick Williams	"Jive Samba"	Patrick Williams' New York Band
1989	Roger Kellaway	"Memos from Paradise"	Eddie Daniels
David Balakrishnan	"A Night in Tunisia"	Turtle Island String Quartet
Bill Barber, Jimmy Johnson and Dick Oatts	"Jazz Patrol"	Flim & the BB's
John Dankworth	"Caravan"	John Dankworth
Henry Mancini	"Suite from The Thorn Birds"	Henry Mancini

1990s

Year[I]	Nominee(s)	Work	Artist(s)
1990	Dave Grusin	"Suite from The Milagro Beanfield War"	Dave Grusin
Frank Foster	"The Count Basie Remembrance Suite"	Frank Foster
Les Hooper	"Anything Goes"	Les Hooper Big Band
Thad Jones	"Three in One"	Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra
Maxine Roach	"Extensions"	The Uptown String Quartet
1991	Jerry Hey, Quincy Jones, Ian Prince and Rod Temperton	"Birdland"	Quincy Jones
John Clayton	"Brush This"	Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra
Chick Corea	"Tale of Daring, Chapters 1-4"	Chick Corea Elektric Band
Henry Mancini	"Monster Movie Music Suite"	Henry Mancini conducting the Pops Orchestra
John Williams	"Born on the Fourth of July"	John Williams
1992	Dave Grusin	"Medley: Bess You Is My Woman/I Loves You Porgy"	Dave Grusin
Peter Apfelbaum	"Candles and Stones"	Peter Apfelbaum and the Hieroglyphics Ensemble
Mike Bogle	"Got a Match?"	University of North Texas One O'Clock Lab Band
Michael Kamen	"Maid Marian"	Michael Kamen
Henry Mancini	"The Untouchables"	Henry Mancini
Ed Neumeister	"A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square"	Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra
1993	Rob McConnell	"Strike Up the Band"	Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass
Michael Abene	"Airegin"	GRP All-Star Big Band
Russ Gershon	"Bennie Moten's Weird Nightmare"	Either/Orchestra
Gary Lindsay	"Cherokee"	Arturo Sandoval
Neil Slater	"Values"	University of North Texas One O'Clock Lab Band
1994	Dave Grusin	"Mood Indigo"	Dave Grusin
Michael Abene	"Oleo"	GRP All-Star Big Band
Arif Mardin	"Suite Fraternidad (1st and Second Movements)"	Vince Mendoza and Arif Mardin
Vince Mendoza	"Buleria"	Vince Mendoza and Arif Mardin
Lalo Schifrin	"Dizzy Gillespie Fireworks"	Lalo Schifrin
1995	Dave Grusin	"Three Cowboy Songs"	Dave Grusin
Toshiko Akiyoshi	"Bebop"	Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra
Louis Bellson	"Ellington-Strayhorn Suite"	Louis Bellson
Richard Eddy and Arturo Sandoval	"A Mis Abuelos"	Arturo Sandoval
Nan Schwartz Mishkin	"In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning"	John Williams and Boston Pops Orchestra
1996	Robert Farnon	"Lament"	J. J. Johnson and the Robert Farnon Orchestra
Michael Abene	"Cookin' at the Continental"	GRP All-Star Big Band
Jorge Calandrelli	"Atras Da Porta"	Ettore Stratta conducting The Royal Philharmonic
	"Manha De Carnaval"	Ettore Stratta
Marcus Miller	"Come Together"	Marcus Miller
1997	Michael Kamen	"An American Symphony (Mr. Holland's Opus)"	Michael Kamen
Jorge Calandrelli	"Summer"	Eddie Daniels
Jim McNeely	"Sing, Sing, Sing"	Carnegie Hall Jazz Band and Jon Faddis
Lalo Schifrin	"Charlie Parker: The Firebird (Medley)"	Lalo Schifrin
Wayne Shorter	"Children of the Night"	Wayne Shorter
1998	Bill Holman	"Straight, No Chaser"	The Bill Holman Band
Michael Abene	"America"	Dave Grusin
Robert Farnon	"Wild Is the Wind"	J. J. Johnson
Dave Grusin	"Peter Gunn"	Dave Grusin
Vince Mendoza	"Don't Talk (Put Your Head on My Shoulder)"	Vince Mendoza featuring John Abercrombie
1999	Don Sebesky	"Waltz for Debby"	Don Sebesky
Bill Holman	"Moon of Manakoorah"	Bill Holman and The Netherlands Metropole Orchestra
Michel Legrand	"Where or When"	Michel Legrand
Rob McConnell	"What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?"	Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass
Patrick Williams	"In the Still of the Night"	Patrick Williams and His Big Band

2000s

Year[I]	Nominee(s)	Work	Artist(s)
2000	Don Sebesky	"Chelsea Bridge"	Don Sebesky
Jorge Calandrelli	"Chelsea Bridge"	Don Sebesky
Dori Caymmi and Tom Scott	"Pink Panther"	Dori Caymmi
Lalo Schifrin	"Fiesta"	Lalo Schifrin
John Williams	"Stella by Starlight (from The Uninvited)"	Itzhak Perlman, John Williams and The Boston Pops Orchestra
2001	Chick Corea	"Spain for Sextet & Orchestra"	Chick Corea
Jorge Calandrelli	"The Summer Knows/Estate"	Ettore Stratta and His Orchestra
Gordon Goodwin	"Bach 2 Part Invention in D Minor"	Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band
Paul McCandless	"Round Robin"	Oregon with The Moscow Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra
Jim McNeely	"Nice Work If You Can Get It"	The Danish Radio Jazz Orchestra and Jim McNeely
2002	Béla Fleck and Edgar Meyer	"Debussy: Doctor Gradus Ad Parnassum"	Béla Fleck with Joshua Bell and Gary Hoffmann
George S. Clinton and Quincy Jones	"Soul Bossa Nova"	George S. Clinton
Bob Florence	"Take the "A" Train"	Bob Florence and the SWR Big Band
Gonzalo Rubalcaba	"En la Orilla del Mundo (At the Edge of the World)"	Charlie Haden
Lalo Schifrin	"Scheherazade Fantasy"	Lalo Schifrin
2003	Thomas Newman	"Six Feet Under Title Theme"	Thomas Newman
David Balakrishnan	"You've Changed"	Turtle Island String Quartet featuring Paquito D'Rivera
Bill Cunliffe	"Angel Eyes"	Alan Kaplan
Carlos Franzetti	"Plaza Oscura"	Carlos Franzetti and Allison Brewster Franzetti
Sammy Nestico	"Kiji Takes a Ride"	Sammy Nestico
2004	Michael Brecker and Gil Goldstein	"Timbuktu"	Michael Brecker Quindectet
Jorge Calandrelli	"Oblivion"	Regina Carter
John Fedchock	"Caribbean Fire Dance"	John Fedchock New York Big Band
Rob McConnell	"Autumn in New York"	Rob McConnell and the SWR Big Band
Jim McNeely	"Black Holes"	Renee Rosnes and the Danish Radio Big Band
2005	Slide Hampton	"Past Present & Future"	The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra
Jorge Calandrelli	"Libertango"	Yo-Yo Ma
Chick Corea	"The Long Passage"	Chick Corea Elektric Band
Phil Kelly	"Bella Luce"	Phil Kelly and the NW Prevailing Winds
Jim McNeely	"Sing, Sing, Sing"	David Liebman Big Band
2006	Gordon Goodwin	"The Incredits"	Michael Giacchino
Billy Childs	"Scarborough Faire"	Billy Childs Ensemble
John Clayton	"Lullaby of the Leaves"	The Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra
Bill Cunliffe	"Do It Again"	Bill Cunliffe
Chris Walden	"Cherokee"	The Chris Walden Big Band
2007	Chick Corea	"Three Ghouls"	Chick Corea
Gil Goldstein	"Three Women"	Gil Goldstein
Gordon Goodwin	"Attack of the Killer Tomatoes"	Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band
Jim McNeely	"Up from the Skies"	The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra
Patrick Williams	"Tom & Eddie"	The Henry Mancini Institute Orchestra and Big Band
2008	Vince Mendoza	"In a Silent Way"	Joe Zawinul
Harry Connick Jr.	"Ash Wednesday"	Harry Connick Jr.
Gordon Goodwin	"Yo Tannenbaum (from Bah, Humduck! A Looney Tunes Christmas)"	Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band
Frank Macchia	"Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair"	Frank Macchia and The Prague Orchestra
Steve Wiest	"Besame Mucho"	Maynard Ferguson
2009	Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman	"Define Dancing"	Thomas Newman
Michael Abene	"Duke Ellington's Sound of Love"	Joe Lovano with WDR Big Band and Rundfunk Orchestra
Robert E. Brookmeyer	"St. Louis Blues"	The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra
Gordon Goodwin	"Yesterdays"	Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band featuring Art Tatum
Frank Macchia	"Down in the Valley"	Frank Macchia and The Prague Orchestra

2010s

Year[I]	Nominee(s)	Work	Artist(s)
2010	Bill Cunliffe	"West Side Story Medley"	Resonance Big Band
Michael Giacchino and Tim Simonec	"Up with End Credits"	Michael Giacchino
Jeremy Lubbock	"Emmanuel"	Chris Botti and Lucia Micarelli
Vince Mendoza	"Hope"	Jim Beard with Vince Mendoza and The Metropole Orchestra
	"Slings and Arrows"	Chuck Owen and the Jazz Surge
2011	Vince Mendoza	"Carlos"	John Scofield, Vince Mendoza and Metropole Orkest
Gil Goldstein	"Itsbynne Reel"	Dave Eggar
Frank Macchia	"Skip to My Lou"	Frank Macchia
Ted Nash	"Monet"	Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra
Patrick Williams	"Fanfare for a New Day"	Patrick Williams, the Big Band
2012	Gordon Goodwin	"Rhapsody in Blue"	Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band
Bob Brookmeyer	"Nasty Dance"	Vanguard Jazz Orchestra
Clare Fischer	"In the Beginning"	The Clare Fischer Big Band
Carlos Franzetti	"Song Without Words"	Carlos Franzetti and Allison Brewster Franzetti
Peter Jensen	"All or Nothing at All"	Randy Brecker with DR Big Band
2013	Gil Evans	"How About You"	The Gil Evans Project
Gordon Goodwin	"Salt Peanuts! (Mani Salado)"	Arturo Sandoval
Wally Minko	"A Night in Tunisia (Actually an Entire Weekend!)"
Bob Mintzer	"Irrequieto"	Bob Mintzer Big Band
Michael Philip Mossman	"Afro-Cuban Jazz Suite for Ellington"	Bobby Sanabria Big Band
2014	Gordon Goodwin	"On Green Dolphin Street"	Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band
Gil Goldstein	"Wild Beauty"	Brussels Jazz Orchestra featuring Joe Lovano
Chuck Owen	"Side Hikes - A Ridge Away"	Chuck Owen and the Jazz Surge
Kim Richmond	"Invitation"	The Kim Richmond Concert Jazz Orchestra
Nan Schwartz	"Skylark"	Amy Dickson
2015	Ben Bram, Mitch Grassi, Scott Hoying, Avi Kaplan, Kirstin Maldonado and Kevin Olusola	"Daft Punk"	Pentatonix
Gordon Goodwin	"Get Smart"	Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band
Pete McGuinness	"Beautiful Dreamer"	The Pete McGuinness Jazz Orchestra
Alfredo Rodriguez	"Guantanamera"	Alfredo Rodriguez
Chris Walden	"Moon River"	Amy Dickson
2016	Ben Bram, Mitch Grassi, Scott Hoying, Avi Kaplan, Kirstin Maldonado and Kevin Olusola	"Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy"	Pentatonix
Paul Allen, Troy Hayes, Dwight Streets Levens, Evin Martin and J Moss	"Bruno Mars"	Vocally Challenged
John Fedchock	"You and the Night and the Music"	John Fedchock New York Big Band
Armand Hutton	"Do You Hear What I Hear?"	Committed
Bob James	"Ghost of a Chance"	Bob James and Nathan East
2017	Jacob Collier	"You and I"	Jacob Collier
John Beasley	"Ask Me Now"	John Beasley
John Daversa	"Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds"	John Daversa
Christian Jacob	"Linus & Lucy"	The Phil Norman Tentet
Ted Nash	"We Three Kings"	Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis
Sammy Nestico	"Good 'Swing' Wenceslas"	The Count Basie Orchestra
2018	John Williams	"Escapades for Alto Saxophone and Orchestra from Catch Me If You Can"	John Williams
John Beasley	"Ugly Beauty/Pannonica"	John Beasley
Chuck Owen	"All Hat, No Saddle"	Chuck Owen and the Jazz Surge
Nate Smith	"Home Free (For Peter Joe)"	Nate Smith
Chris Walden	"White Christmas"	Herb Alpert
2019	John Daversa	"Stars and Stripes Forever"	John Daversa Big Band featuring DACA Artists
Alexandre Desplat	"The Shape of Water"	Alexandre Desplat
Mark Kibble	"Change the World"	Take 6
John Powell	"Madrid Finale"	John Powell
Randy Waldman and Justin Wilson	"Batman Theme (TV)"	Randy Waldman featuring Wynton Marsalis

2020s

Year[I]	Nominee(s)	Work	Artist(s)
2020	Jacob Collier	"Moon River"	Jacob Collier
Kris Bowers	"Blue Skies"	Kris Bowers
Vince Mendoza	"Love, A Beautiful Force"	Vince Mendoza, Terell Stafford, Dick Oatts and the Temple University Studio Orchestra
Emilio Solla	"La Novena"	The Emilio Solla Tango Jazz Orchestra
John Williams	"Hedwig's Theme"	John Williams and Anne-Sophie Mutter
2021	John Beasley	"Donna Lee"	John Beasley
Alvin Chea and Jarrett Johnson	"Lift Every Voice and Sing"	Jarrett Johnson featuring Alvin Chea
Hildur Guðnadóttir	"Bathroom Dance"	Hildur Guðnadóttir
Remy Le Boeuf	"Honeymooners"	Remy Le Boeuf's Assembly of Shadows
Jeremy Levy	"Uranus: The Magician"	Jeremy Levy Jazz Orchestra
2022	Charlie Rosen and Jake Silverman	"Meta Knight's Revenge from Kirby Superstar"	The 8-Bit Big Band featuring Button Masher
Emile Mosseri	"Infinite Love"	Emile Mosseri
Bill O'Connell	"Chopsticks"	Richard Baratta
Gabriela Quintero and Rodrigo Sanchez	"The Struggle Within"	Rodrigo y Gabriela
Robin Smith	"For the Love of a Princess (from Braveheart)"	HAUSER, London Symphony Orchestra and Robin Smith
2023	John Beasley	"Scrapple from the Apple"	Magnus Lindgren, John Beasley and the SWR Big Band featuring Martin Auer
Matt Cusson	"How Deep Is Your Love"	Kings Return
Danny Elfman	"Main Titles (Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness)"	Danny Elfman
Armand Hutton	"As Days Go By (An Arrangement of the Family Matters Theme Song)"	Armand Hutton featuring Terrell Hunt and Just 6
Remy Le Boeuf	"Minnesota, WI"	Remy Le Boeuf
2024	John Carter Cash, Tommy Emmanuel, Markus Illko, Janet Robin and Roberto Luis Rodriguez	"Folsom Prison Blues"	The String Revolution featuring Tommy Emmanuel
Esin Aydingoz, Chris Bacon and Alana Da Fonseca	"Paint It Black"	Wednesday Addams
Hilario Durán	"I Remember Mingus"	Hilario Durán and His Latin Jazz Big Band featuring Paquito D'Rivera
Ludwig Göransson	"Can You Hear the Music"	Ludwig Göransson
Nkosilathi Emmanuel Sibanda	"Angels We Have Heard on High"	Just 6
2025	Jacob Collier, Tori Kelly and John Legend	"Bridge Over Troubled Water"	Jacob Collier featuring John Legend and Tori Kelly
Erin Bentlage, Alexander Lloyd Blake, Scott Hoying, A. J. Sealy and Amanda Taylor	"Rose Without the Thorns"	Scott Hoying featuring säje and Tonality
Erin Bentlage, Sara Gazarek, Johnnaye Kendrick and Amanda Taylor	"Silent Night"	säje
Béla Fleck and Ferde Grofé	"Rhapsody in Blue(grass)"	Béla Fleck featuring Michael Cleveland, Sierra Hull, Justin Moses, Mark Schatz and Bryan Sutton
Michael League	"Baby Elephant Walk — Encore"	Snarky Puppy
2026	Bryan Carter, Charlie Rosen and Matthew Whitaker	"Super Mario Praise Break"	The 8-Bit Big Band
Andy Clausen, Addison Maye-Saxon, Riley Mulherkar and Chloe Rowlands	"Fight On"	The Westerlies
Cynthia Erivo	"Be Okay"	Cynthia Erivo
Remy Le Boeuf	"A Child Is Born"	Nordkraft Big Band and Remy Le Boeuf

Multiple wins

6 wins

• Dave Grusin
• Quincy Jones

4 wins

• Henry Mancini

3 wins

• Jacob Collier
• Gordon Goodwin

2 wins

• Herb Alpert
• John Beasley
• Ben Bram
• Chick Corea
• Mitch Grassi
• Jerry Hey
• Bill Holman
• Scott Hoying
• Avi Kaplan
• Kirstin Maldonado
• Vince Mendoza
• Thomas Newman
• Kevin Olusola
• Mike Post
• Charlie Rosen
• Don Sebesky
• John Williams
• Patrick Williams

Multiple nominations

13 nominations

• Quincy Jones

11 nominations

• Jorge Calandrelli
• Henry Mancini

10 nominations

• Dave Grusin

9 nominations

• Gordon Goodwin
• Don Sebesky

8 nominations

• Chick Corea

7 nominations

• Vince Mendoza
• Claus Ogerman
• Patrick Williams

6 nominations

• John Williams

5 nominations

• Michael Abene
• Bob Florence
• Bill Holman
• Bob James
• Jim McNeely
• Lalo Schifrin

4 nominations

• Toshiko Akiyoshi
• John Beasley
• Gil Goldstein
• Les Hooper
• Rob McConnell

3 nominations

• Jacob Collier
• Bill Cunliffe
• Robert Farnon
• Scott Hoying
• Avi Kaplan
• Remy Le Boeuf
• Michel Legrand
• Jeremy Lubbock
• Frank Macchia
• Herbert W. Spencer
• Chris Walden

2 nominations

• Herb Alpert
• Burt Bacharach
• David Balakrishnan
• Erin Bentlage
• Ben Bram
• Alan Broadbent
• Bob Brookmeyer
• John Clayton
• John Daversa
• John Fedchock
• Clare Fischer
• Béla Fleck
• Carlos Franzetti
• Robert Freedman
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