Grammy Award for Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella

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.

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	Jacob Collier, Tori Kelly & John Legend – "Bridge Over Troubled Water" (Jacob Collier featuring John Legend & Tori Kelly) (2025)
Website	grammy.com

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.^[1]

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

Recipients

Year[I]	Composer(s)	Work	Performing artist(s)	Nominees Performers are in parentheses	Ref.
1963	Henry Mancini	"Baby Elephant Walk"	Henry Mancini	Dave Rose – The Stripper Robert Farnon – Sensuous Strings of Robert Farnon (Robert Farnon and His Orchestra) Nelson Riddle – Route 66 Theme and Other Great TV Themes (Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra) Quincy Jones – The Quintessence Eddie Sauter – "Focus" (Stan Getz) Joe Harnell – "Fly Me to the Moon Bossa Nova" (Joe Harnell and His Orchestra)
1964	Quincy Jones	"I Can't Stop Loving You"	Count Basie	Joe Sherman – "Washington Square" (The Village Stompers) Marty Gold & Peter Nero – "Mountain Greenery" (Peter Nero) Claus Ogerman – "More" (Kai Winding) Robert N. Enevoldsen – "Gravy Waltz" (Steve Allen)
1965	Henry Mancini	"The Pink Panther Theme"	Henry Mancini	Bob Florence – "The Song Is You" Hugo Montenegro – "The Long Ships" Anita Kerr – "Sugar Lips" (Al Hirt) Richard Hayman – "I Want to Hold Your Hand" (Arthur Fiedler and The Boston Pops) Quincy Jones – "Golden Boy (String Version)" Billy Strayhorn – "A Spoonful of Sugar" (Duke Ellington)
1966	Herb Alpert	"A Taste of Honey"	Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass	Horst Jankowski – "Walk in the Black Forest" Johnny Mandel – "The Shadow of Your Smile" (Robert Armbruster) Bob Florence – "Mission to Moscow" (Si Zentner) Neal Hefti – "Girl Talk" Jack Mason – "A Hard Day's Night" (Arthur Fiedler and The Boston Pops)
1967		"What Now My Love"		Bob Florence – "Michelle" (Bud Shank) John Barry – "Born Free" Neal Hefti – "Batman Theme" Henry Mancini – "Arabesque"
1968	Burt Bacharach	"Alfie"	Burt Bacharach	Bill Reddie – "West Side Medley" (Buddy Rich) Claus Ogerman – "Wave" (Antônio Carlos Jobim) Bill Holman – "Norwegian Wood" (Buddy Rich) Hutch Davie – "Music to Watch Girls By" (Bob Crewe Generation) Burt Bacharach – "Casino Royale" (Herb Alpert and The Tijuana Brass)
1969	Mike Post	"Classical Gas"	Mason Williams	Michel Legrand – "The Windmills of Your Mind" Hugo Montenegro – "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" Don Sebesky – "Scarborough Fair" (Wes Montgomery) Al Capps – "Baroque-A-Nova" (Mason Williams)
1970	Henry Mancini	"Love Theme" from Romeo and Juliet	Henry Mancini	Quincy Jones – "Walking in Space" Dick Halligan – "Variations on a Theme by Eric Satie" (Blood, Sweat & Tears) Arthur Ferrante & Lou Teicher – "Midnight Cowboy" (Ferrante & Teicher)
1971		Theme from Z		Lalo Schifrin – Theme from Medical Center (Various artists) Fred Selden – "The Magic Bus Ate My Donut" (Don Ellis) Tom Sellers – "Overture from Tommy" (The Assembled Multitude) Quincy Jones – "Gula Matari" Miles Davis – "Bitches Brew"
1972	Isaac Hayes & Johnny Allen	Theme from Shaft	Isaac Hayes	Michel Legrand – Theme from Summer of '42 Don Sebesky – "The Rite of Spring" (Hubert Laws) Joshua Rifkin – "Nightingale II" Michel Colombier – "Earth"
1973	Don Ellis	Theme from The French Connection	Don Ellis Big Band	Henry Mancini – "Theme from The Mancini Generation" Quincy Jones – "Money Runner" Don Sebesky – "Lonely Town" (Freddie Hubbard) Richard Carpenter – "Flat Baroque" (The Carpenters)
1974	Quincy Jones	"Summer in the City"	Quincy Jones	Bill Holman – "The Daily Dance" (Stan Kenton and His Orchestra) Chick Corea – "Spain" (Chick Corea and Return To Forever) Lee Holdridge – "Prologue/Crunchy Granola Suite" (Neil Diamond) Bob James – "Easy Living/Ain't Nobody's Business If I Do" (Grover Washington Jr.)
1975	Pat Williams	Threshold	Pat Williams	Bob James – "Night on Bald Mountain" Les Hooper – "Look What They've Done" (Les Hooper Big Band) Don Sebesky – "Firebird/Bird of Fire" Les Hooper – "Circumvent"
1976	Pete Clarence Carpenter & Mike Post	"The Rockford Files"	Mike Post	Herbert Spencer – Theme from Jaws (John Williams) Randy Brecker – "Some Skunk Funk" (Brecker Brothers) Ron McClure – "No Show" (Blood, Sweat & Tears) Thad Jones – "Living for the City" (Thad Jones and Mel Lewis) Alan Broadbent – "Children of Lima" (Woody Herman)
1977	Chick Corea	"Leprechaun's Dream"	Chick Corea	Bob James – "Westchester Lady" Henry Mancini, Herbert Spencer, John Williams & Al Woodbury – "The Disaster Movie Suite" (Henry Mancini conducting the London Symphony) Claus Ogerman – "Saudade Do Brazil" (Antonio Carlos Jobim) Stanley Clarke – "Life Is Just a Game"
1978	Harry Betts, Perry Botkin Jr. & Barry De Vorzon	"Nadia's Theme" from The Young and the Restless	Barry De Vorzon	Bob James – "Scheherezade" (Hubert Laws) Herbert Spencer – "Roots Mural Theme" (Quincy Jones) Chick Corea – "Musicmagic" (Chick Corea and Return to Forever) Joe Sample – "Free as the Wind" (The Crusaders)
1979	Quincy Jones & Robert Freedman	"Main Title - Overture Part One" from The Wiz	Various artists	Tom Tom 84 – "Runnin'" (Earth, Wind & Fire) Chick Corea – "Mad Hatter Rhapsody" Joe Roccisano – "Green Earrings" (Woody Herman Band) Alan Broadbent – "Aja" (Woody Herman Band)
1980	Claus Ogerman	"Soulful Strut"	George Benson	Jeremy Lubbock & Harvey Mason – "Wave" (Harvey Mason) Don Sebesky – "Sebastian's Theme" John Serry – "Sabotage" Claus Ogerman – "Lazy Afternoon" (Freddie Hubbard)
1981	Jerry Hey & Quincy Jones	"Dinorah, Dinorah"		Claus Ogerman – "Wave" (Antônio Carlos Jobim) Bob Brookmeyer – "Skylark" (Mel Lewis) Dave Grusin – "Marcosinho" (Dave Valentin) Jorge Calandrelli – "Forget the Woman" (Eddie Daniels)
1982	Quincy Jones & Johnny Mandel	"Velas"	Quincy Jones	Jerry Goldsmith – "The Slaves" Billy May – "South Rampart Street Parade" (John Williams) Dave Grusin – "Mountain Dance" Toshiko Akiyoshi – "A Bit Byas'd" (Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band)
1983	John Williams	"Flying" – Theme from E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial	John Williams	Les Hooper – "Pavanne" (Les Hooper Big Band) Claus Ogerman – "Pavane Pour Une Infante Defunte" (Claus Ogerman featuring Jan Akkerman) Clare Fischer, Ronnie Foster & Earl Klugh – "Balladina" (Earl Klugh) Lyle Mays & Pat Metheny – "Are You Going With Me?" (Pat Metheny Group)
1984	Dave Grusin	"Summer Sketches '82"	Dave Grusin	Patrick Williams – "Too Hip for the Room" Toshiko Akiyoshi – "Remembering Bud" (Toshiko Akiyoshi - Lew Tabackin Big Band) Rob McConnell – "I Got Rhythm" (Rob McConnell and The Boss Brass) Bob Florence – "Afternoon of a Prawn"
1985	Jeremy Lubbock & Quincy Jones	"Grace (Gymnastics Theme)"	Quincy Jones	Don Sebesky – "Waltz for Debbie" Robert Freedman – "Stardust" (Wynton Marsalis) Henry Mancini – "Cameo for Flute...For James" (James Galway and Henry Mancini) Stewart Copeland – "Brothers on Wheels"
1986	Dave Grusin & Lee Ritenour	"Early A.M. Attitude"	Dave Grusin & Lee Ritenour	George Russell – The African Game (George Russell and The Living Time Orchestra) William Brohn – "Suite of Dances" from Pacific Overtures (Various artists) Chip Davis – "Stille Nacht (Silent Night)" (Mannheim Steamroller) Toshiko Akiyoshi – "March of the Tadpoles" (Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band)
1987	Patrick Williams	"Suite Memories"	Bill Watrous & Patrick Williams	Jorge Calandrelli – "The First Letter" (Dick Hazard) Jorge Calandrelli – "Solfeggietto Metamorphosis" (Eddie Daniels) Don Sebesky – "Cherokee" Bill Meyers – "AM/PM"
1988	Bill Holman	"Take The "A" Train"	The Tonight Show Band with Doc Severinsen	Dave Grusin – "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" Michael Convertino – Theme from Children of a Lesser God (Shirley Walker) Patrick Williams – "Jive Samba" (Patrick Williams' New York Band) Jorge Calandrelli – "Any Time, Any Season" (Sam Most)
1989	Roger Kellaway	"Memos from Paradise"	Eddie Daniels	Henry Mancini – "Suite from The Thorn Birds" Bill Barber, Jimmy Johnson & Dick Oatts – "Jazz Patrol" (Flim & the BB's) John Dankworth – "Caravan" David Balakrishnan – "A Night in Tunisia" (Turtle Island String Quartet)
1990	Dave Grusin	"Suite" from The Milagro Beanfield War	Dave Grusin	Thad Jones – "Three in One" (Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra) Frank Foster – "The Count Basie Remembrance Suite" Maxine Roach – "Extensions" (The Uptown String Quartet) Les Hooper – "Anything Goes" (Les Hooper Big Band)
1991	Jerry Hey, Quincy Jones, Ian Prince & Rod Temperton	"Birdland"	Quincy Jones	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 Clayton – "Brush This" (Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra) John Williams – "Born on the Fourth Of July"
1992	Dave Grusin	"Medley: Bess You Is My Woman/I Loves You Porgy"	Dave Grusin	Henry Mancini – "The Untouchables" Michael Kamen – "Maid Marian" Mike Bogle – "Got a Match?" (University of North Texas One O'Clock Lab Band) Peter Apfelbaum – "Candles and Stones" (Peter Apfelbaum and The Hieroglyphics Ensemble) Ed Neumeister – "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square" (The Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra)
1993	Rob McConnell	"Strike Up the Band"	Rob McConnell & The Boss Brass	Neil Slater – "Values" (University of North Texas One O'Clock Lab Band) Gary Lindsay – "Cherokee" (Arturo Sandoval) Russ Gershon – "Bennie Moten's Weird Nightmare" (Either/Orchestra) Michael Abene – "Airegin" (GRP All-Star Big Band)
1994	Dave Grusin	"Mood Indigo"	Dave Grusin	Arif Mardin – "Suite Fraternidad (1st and Second Movements)" (Vince Mendoza and Arif Mardin) Michael Abene – "Oleo" (GRP All-Star Big Band) Lalo Schifrin – "Dizzy Gillespie Fireworks" Vincent Mendoza – "Buleria" (Vince Mendoza and Arif Mardin)
1995		"Three Cowboy Songs"		Nan Schwartz Mishkin – "In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning" (John Williams and Boston Pops Orchestra) Louis Bellson – "Ellington-Strayhorn Suite" Toshiko Akiyoshi – "Bebop" (Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra) Richard Eddy & Arturo Sandoval – "A Mis Abuelos" (Arturo Sandoval)
1996	Robert Farnon	"Lament"	J. J. Johnson & the Robert Farnon Orchestra	Jorge Calandrelli – "Manha De Carnaval" (Ettore Stratta) Michael Abene – "Cookin' at The Continental" (GRP All-Star Big Band) Marcus Miller – "Come Together" Jorge Calandrelli – "Atras Da Porta" (Ettore Stratta conducting The Royal Philharmonic)
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, Jon Faddis, Music Director) Wayne Shorter – "Children of the Night" Lalo Schifrin – "Charlie Parker: The Firebird (Medley)"
1998	Bill Holman	"Straight, No Chaser"	The Bill Holman Band	Robert Farnon – "Wild is the Wind" (J. J. Johnson) Dave Grusin – "Peter Gunn" Vincent Mendoza – "Don't Talk (Put Your Head on My Shoulder)" (Vince Mendoza featuring John Abercrombie) Michael Abene – "America" (Dave Grusin)
1999	Don Sebesky	"Waltz for Debby"	Don Sebesky	Michel Legrand – "Where or When" Rob McConnell – "What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?" (Rob McConnell and The Boss Brass) Bill Holman – "Moon of Manakoorah" (Bill Holman and The Netherlands Metropole Orchestra) Patrick Williams – "In the Still of the Night" (Patrick Williams and His Big Band)
2000	Don Sebesky	"Chelsea Bridge"	Don Sebesky	John Williams – "Stella by Starlight" (Itzhak Perlman, John Williams and The Boston Pops Orchestra) Dori Caymmi & Tom Scott – "Pink Panther" (Dori Caymmi) Lalo Schifrin – "Fiesta"
2001	Chick Corea	"Spain for Sextet & Orchestra"	Chick Corea	Jorge Calandrelli – "The Summer Knows/Estate" (Ettore Stratta & His Orchestra) 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 & Jim McNeely) Gordon Goodwin – "Bach 2 Part Invention in D Minor" (Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band)
2002	Béla Fleck & Edgar Meyer	"Debussy: Doctor Gradus Ad Parnassum"	Béla Fleck with Joshua Bell & Gary Hoffmann	Bob Florence – "Take the "A" Train" (Bob Florence & The SWR Big Band) George S. Clinton & Quincy Jones –v"Soul Bossa Nova" (George S. Clinton) Lalo Schifrin – "Scheherazade Fantasy" Gonzalo Rubalcaba – "En la Orilla del Mundo (At the Edge of the World)" (Charlie Haden)
2003	Thomas Newman	"Title Theme" from Six Feet Under	Thomas Newman	David Balakrishnan – "You've Changed" (Turtle Island String Quartet featuring Paquito D'Rivera) Carlos Franzetti – "Plaza Oscura" (Carlos Franzetti & Allison Brewster Franzetti) Sammy Nestico – "Kiki Takes a Ride" Bill Cunliffe – "Angel Eyes" (Alan Kaplan)
2004	Michael Brecker & Gil Goldstein	"Timbuktu"	Michael Brecker Quindectet	Jorge Calandrelli – "Oblivion" (Regina Carter) John Fedchock – "Caribbean Fire Dance" (John Fedchock New York Big Band) Jim McNeely – "Black Holes" (Renee Rosnes and The Danish Radio Big Band) Rob McConnell – "Autumn in New York" (Rob McConnell & The SWR Big Band)
2005	Slide Hampton	"Past Present and Future"	The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra	Jim McNeely – "Sing Sing Sing" (David Liebman Big Band) Chick Corea – "The Long Passage" (Chick Corea Elektric Band) Jorge Calandrelli – "Libertango" (Yo-Yo Ma) Phil Kelly – "Bella Luce" (Phil Kelly & The NW Prevailing Winds)
2006	Gordon Goodwin	"The Incredits" from The Incredibles	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" Chris Walden – "Cherokee" (The Chris Walden Big Band)
2007	Chick Corea	"Three Ghouls"	Chick Corea	Jim McNeely – "Up from the Skies" (The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra) Patrick Williams – "Tom & Eddie" (The Henry Mancini Institute Orchestra & Big Band) Gil Goldstein – "Three Women" Gordon Goodwin – "Attack of the Killer Tomatoes" (Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band)
2008	Vince Mendoza	"In A Silent Way"	Joe Zawinul	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' Hair" (Frank Macchia & The Prague Orchestra) Steve Wiest – "Besame Mucho" (Maynard Ferguson) Harry Connick Jr. – "Ash Wednesday"
2009	Thomas Newman and Peter Gabriel	"Define Dancing" from WALL-E	Thomas Newman	Gordon Goodwin – "Yesterdays" (Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band featuring Art Tatum) Robert E. Brookmeyer – "St. Louis Blues" (The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra) Michael Abene – "Duke Ellington's Sound of Love" (Joe Lovano with WDR Big Band & Rundfunk Orchestra) Frank Macchia – "Down in the Valley" (Frank Macchia & The Prague Orchestra)
2010	Bill Cunliffe	"West Side Story Medley"	Resonance Big Band	Jeremy Lubbock – "Emmanuel" (Chris Botti & Lucia Micarelli) Vince Mendoza – "Hope" (Jim Beard with Vince Mendoza & The Metropole Orchestra) Vince Mendoza – "Slings and Arrows" (Chuck Owen & The Jazz Surge) Michael Giacchino & Tim Simonec – "Up with End Credits" (Michael Giacchino)
2011	Vince Mendoza	"Carlos"	John Scofield, Vince Mendoza and Metropole Orchestra	Patrick Williams – "Fanfare for a New Day" (Patrick Williams The Big Band) Gil Goldstein – "Itsbynne Reel" (Dave Eggar) Ted Nash – "Monet" (Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra) Frank Macchia – "Skip to My Lou"
2012	Gordon Goodwin	"Rhapsody in Blue"	Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band	Peter Jensen – "All or Nothing At All" (Randy Brecker & The DR Big Band) Clare Fischer – "In The Beginning" (The Clare Fischer Big Band) Bob Brookmeyer – "Nasty Dance" (Vanguard Jazz Orchestra) Carlos Franzetti – "Song Without Words" (Carlos Franzetti & Allison Brewster Franzetti)
2013	Gil Evans	"How About You"	The Gil Evans Project	Michael Philip Mossman – "Afro-Cuban Jazz Suite For Ellington" (Bobby Sanabria Big Band) Bob Mintzer – "Irrequieto" (Bob Mintzer Big Band) Wally Minko – "A Night in Tunisia (Actually an Entire Weekend!)" (Arturo Sandoval) Gordon Goodwin – "Salt Peanuts! (Mani Salado)" (Arturo Sandoval)
2014	Gordon Goodwin	"On Green Dolphin Street"	Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band	Kim Richmond – "Invitation" (The Kim Richmond Concert Jazz Orchestra) Chuck Owen – "Side Hikes - A Ridge Away" (Chuck Owen & The Jazz Surge) Nan Schwartz – "Skylark" (Amy Dickson) Gil Goldstein – "Wild Beauty" (The Brussels Jazz Orchestra featuring Joe Lovano)
2015	Ben Bram, Mitch Grassi, Scott Hoying, Avi Kaplan, Kirstin Maldonado & Kevin Olusola	"Daft Punk"	Pentatonix	Pete McGuinness – "Beautiful Dreamer" (The Pete McGuinness Jazz Orchestra) Gordon Goodwin – "Get Smart" (Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band) Alfredo Rodriguez – "Guantanamera" Chris Walden – "Moon River" (Amy Dickson)	[2]
2016		"Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy"		Paul Allen, Troy Hayes, Evin Martin & J Moss – "Bruno Mars" (Vocally Challenged) Armand Hutton – "Do You Hear What I Hear?" (Committed) Bob James – "Ghost of a Chance" (Bob James & Nathan East) John Fedchock – "You and the Night and the Music" (John Fedchock New York Big Band)	[3]
2017	Jacob Collier	"You and I"	Jacob Collier	John Beasley – "Ask Me Now" Sammy Nestico – "Good 'Swing' Wenceslas" (The Count Basie Orchestra) Christian Jacob – "Linus & Lucy" (The Phil Norman Tentet) John Daversa – "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" Ted Nash – "We Three Kings" (The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis)	[4]
2018	John Williams	"Escapades for Alto Saxophone and Orchestra from Catch Me If You Can"	John Williams	Chuck Owen – "All Hat, No Saddle" (Chuck Owen & the Jazz Surge) Nate Smith – "Home Free (For Peter Joe)" John Beasley – "Ugly Beauty/Pannonica" Chris Walden – "White Christmas" (Herb Alpert)	[5]
2019	John Daversa	"Stars and Stripes Forever"	John Daversa Big Band featuring DACA Artists	Randy Waldman & Justin Wilson – "Batman Theme (TV)" (Randy Waldman featuring Wynton Marsalis) Mark Kibble – "Change The World" (Take 6) John Powell – "Madrid Finale" Alexandre Desplat – "The Shape of Water"	[6]
2020	Jacob Collier	"Moon River"	Jacob Collier	Kris Bowers – "Blue Skies" John Williams – "Hedwig's Theme" (John Williams & Anne-Sophie Mutter) Emilio Solla – "La Novena" (The Emilio Solla Tango Jazz Orchestra) Vince Mendoza – "Love, A Beautiful Force" (Vince Mendoza, Terell Stafford, Dick Oatts & the Temple University Studio Orchestra)	[7]
2021	John Beasley	"Donna Lee"	John Beasley	Hildur Guðnadóttir – "Bathroom Dance" Remy Le Boeuf – "Honeymooners" (Remy Le Boeuf's Assembly of Shadows) Alvin Chea & Jarrett Johnson – "Lift Every Voice and Sing" (Jarrett Johnson Featuring Alvin Chea) Jeremy Levy – "Uranus: The Magician" (Jeremy Levy Jazz Orchestra)	[8]
2022	Charlie Rosen & Jake Silverman	"Meta Knight's Revenge" from Kirby Super Star	The 8-Bit Big Band featuring Button Masher	Bill O'Connell – "Chopsticks" (Richard Baratta) Robin Smith – "For the Love of a Princess (from "Braveheart")" (HAUSER, the London Symphony Orchestra & Robin Smith) Emile Mosseri – "Infinite Love" Gabriela Quintero & Rodrigo Sanchez – "The Struggle Within" (Rodrigo y Gabriela)	[9]
2023	John Beasley	"Scrapple From the Apple"	Magnus Lindgren, John Beasley & The SWR Big Band featuring Martin Auer	Armand Hutton - "As Days Go By (An Arrangement Of The Family Matters Theme Song)" (Armand Hutton featuring Terrell Hunt & Just 6) Matt Cusson - "How Deep Is Your Love" (Kings Return) Danny Elfman - "Main Titles (Doctor Strange In The Multiverse of Madness)" (Danny Elfman) Remy Le Boeuf - "Minnesota, WI" (Remy Le Boeuf)	[10]
2024	John Carter Cash, Tommy Emmanuel, Markus Illko, Janet Robin & Roberto Luis Rodriguez	"Folsom Prison Blues"	The String Revolution featuring Tommy Emmanuel	Nkosilathi Emmanuel Sibanda - "Angels We Have Heard on High" (Just 6) Ludwig Göransson - "Can You Hear the Music" Hilario Duran- "I Remember Mingus" (Hilario Duran & his Latin Jazz Big Band featuring Paquito D'Rivera) Esin Aydingoz, Chris Bacon & Alana Da Fonseca - "Paint it Black" (Wednesday Addams)
2025	Jacob Collier, Tori Kelly & John Legend	"Bridge Over Troubled Water"	Jacob Collier featuring John Legend & Tori Kelly	Michael League - "Baby Elephant Walk - Encore" (Snarky Puppy) Béla Fleck & Ferde Grofé - "Rhapsody in Blue(grass)" (Béla Fleck featuring Michael Cleveland, Sierra Hull, Justin Moses, Mark Schatz & Bryan Sutton) Erin Bentlage, Alexander Lloyd Blake, Scott Hoying, A.J. Sealy & Amanda Taylor - "Rose Without the Thorns" (Scott Hoying featuring säje & Tonality) Erin Bentlage, Sara Gazarek, Johnnaye Kendrick & Amanda Taylor - "Silent Night" (säje)	[11]

Multiple wins

Wins	Arranger
6
	Dave Grusin
	Quincy Jones
4
	Henry Mancini
3
	Gordon Goodwin
	Jacob Collier
2
	Herb Alpert
	John Beasley
	Chick Corea
	Jerry Hey
	Bill Holman
	Vince Mendoza
	Pentatonix
	Mike Post
	Don Sebesky
	John Williams
	Patrick Williams