Grammy Award for Best Arrangement, Instrumental and Vocals

The Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s) has been awarded since 1963. The award is presented to the arranger of the music, not to the performer(s), except if the performer is also the arranger.

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

From 1963 to 1964 the award was known as Best Background Arrangement
In 1965 it was awarded as Best Accompaniment Arrangement for Vocalist(s) or Instrumentalist(s)
From 1966 to 1967 it was awarded as Best Arrangement Accompanying a Vocalist or Instrumentalist
In 1968 it was awarded as Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)/Best Background Arrangement
From 1969 to 1978 and in 1981 it was awarded as Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)
From 1979 to 1980 it was awarded as Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocal(s)
From 1982 to 1994 and from 1998 to 1999 it was awarded as Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocal(s)
From 1995 to 1997 it was awarded as Best Instrumental Arrangement with Accompanying Vocals
From 2000 to 2014 it was awarded as Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)
As of 2015, it has been awarded as Best Arrangement, Instruments And Vocals, which will from then on also include vocal arrangers.

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

2010s

Grammy Awards of 2016
- Maria Schneider for Sue (Or in a Season of Crime), performed by David Bowie

Nominees

Shelly Berg for Be My Muse, performed by Lorraine Feather
Patrick Williams for 52nd & Broadway, performed by Patrick Williams ft. Patti Austin
Otmaro Ruiz for Garota de Ipanema, performed by Catina DeLuna ft. Otmaro Ruiz
Jimmy Greene for When I Come Home, performed by Jimmy Greene & Javier Colon
Grammy Awards of 2015^[1]
- Billy Childs for New York Tendaberry, performed by Billy Childs ft. Renée Fleming & Yo Yo Ma

Nominees

Jeremy Fox for All My Tomorrows, performed by Jeremy Fox ft. Kate McGarry
Vince Mendoza for Goodnight America, performed by Mary Chapin Carpenter
Gordon Goodwin for Party Rockers, performed by Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band
Pete McGuinness for What Are You Doing The Rest of Your Life?, performed by the Pete McGuinness Jazz Orchestra
Grammy Awards of 2014
- Gil Goldstein for "Swing Low," performed by Bobby McFerrin & Esperanza Spalding
- Nominees
  - Nan Schwarz for "La Vida Nos Espera," performed by Gian Marco
  - Chris Walden for "Let's Fall In Love," performed by Calabria Foti featuring Seth Justman
  - John Hollenbeck for "The Moon's A Harsh Mistress," performed by John Hollenbeck
  - Shelly Berg for "What a Wonderful World," performed by Gloria Estefan
Grammy Awards of 2013
- Thara Memory & Esperanza Spalding for "City of Roses," performed by Esperanza Spalding
- Nominees
  - Gil Evans for "Look to the Rainbow," performed by the Gil Evans Project & Luciana Souza
  - Shelly Berg for "Out There," performed by Lorraine Feather
  - Vince Mendoza for "Spain (I Can Recall)," performed by Al Jarreau & The Metropole Orchestra
  - Nan Schwartz for "Wild is the Wind," performed by Whitney Claire Kaufman & Andrew Playfoot
Grammy Awards of 2012
- Jorge Calandrelli for "Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me)"
- Nominees
  - Vince Mendoza for "Ao Mar" (Vince Mendoza - Night on Earth)
  - Rob Mathes for "Moon Over Bourbon Street" (Sting & The Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra - Sting Live in Berlin)
  - Kevin Axt, Ray Brinker, Trey Henry, Christian Jacob & Tierney Sutton for "On Broadway" (The Tierney Sutton Band - American Road)
  - Jorge Calandrelli for "Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me)" (Tony Bennett & Queen Latifah - Duets II)
  - William A. Ross for "The Windmills of Your Mind" (Barbra Streisand - What Matters Most - Barbra Streisand Sings The Lyrics of Alan and Marilyn Bergman)
Grammy Awards of 2011
- Christopher Tin for "Baba Yetu" performed by the Soweto Gospel Choir and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Grammy Awards of 2010
- Claus Ogerman for "Quiet Nights" performed by Diana Krall