Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Album

The Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Album is an award that was first presented in 1959.

Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Album
Awarded forquality instrumental jazz albums
CountryUnited States
Presented byNational Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
First awarded1959
Currently held byBrad Mehldau, Finding Gabriel (2020)
Websitegrammy.com

History

From 1959 to 2011, the Award was called Best Instrumental Jazz Album, Individual or Group. In 2012, it was shortened to Best Jazz Instrumental Album, encompassing albums that previously fell under the categories Best Contemporary Jazz Album and Best Latin Jazz Album (both defunct as of 2012).[1] A year later, the Best Latin Jazz Album category returned, disallowing albums in that category to be nominated for Best Jazz Instrumental Album.

Years listed indicate the year in which the Grammy Awards were presented, for works released in the previous year. Before 1962 and from 1972 to 1978, the award title did not specify instrumental performances and was presented for instrumental or vocal performances. The award has had several name changes.

Name changes

  • 1959–1960: Best Jazz Performance, Group
  • 1961: Best Jazz Performance Solo or Small Group
  • 1962–1963: Best Jazz Performance Solo or Small Group (Instrumental)
  • 1964: Best Instrumental Jazz Performance – Soloist or Small Group
  • 1965–1966: Best Instrumental Jazz Performance – Small Group or Soloist
  • 1967: Best Instrumental Jazz Performance – Group or Soloist with Group
  • 1968–1971: Best Instrumental Jazz Performance, Small Group or Soloist with Small Group
  • 1972–1978: Best Jazz Performance by a Group
  • 1979–1992: Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Group
  • 1993–2000: Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Individual or Group
  • 2001–2011: Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group

2016–present

2021: Winner TBA on 31 January 2021 Nominees


2020: Brad Mehldau - Finding Gabriel (winner)


2019: Wayne Shorter Quartet - Emanon (winner)


2018: Billy Childs, Rebirth (winner)


2017: John Scofield, Country for Old Men (winner)


2016: John Scofield, Past Present (winner)

Winners 1959–2015

Year Performer Album
1959Count BasieBasie
1960Jonah JonesI Dig Chicks
1961André PrevinWest Side Story
1962André PrevinAndré Previn Plays Songs by Harold Arlen
1963Stan GetzDesafinado
1964Bill EvansConversations with Myself
1965Stan GetzGetz/Gilberto
1966Ramsey LewisThe In Crowd
1967Wes MontgomeryGoin' Out of My Head
1968Cannonball AdderleyMercy, Mercy, Mercy! Live at 'The Club'
1969Bill EvansBill Evans at the Montreux Jazz Festival
1970Wes MontgomeryWillow Weep for Me
1971Bill EvansAlone
1972Bill EvansThe Bill Evans Album
1973Freddie HubbardFirst Light
1974SupersaxSupersax Plays Bird
1975Joe Pass, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Oscar PetersonThe Trio
1976Chick Corea & Return to ForeverNo Mystery
1977Chick CoreaThe Leprechaun
1978Phil WoodsThe Phil Woods Six – Live from the Showboat
1979Chick CoreaFriends
1980Chick Corea & Gary BurtonDuet
1981Bill EvansWe Will Meet Again
1982Chick Corea & Gary BurtonChick Corea & Gary Burton in Concert - Zurich, October 28, 1979
1983Phil Woods"More" Live
1984Phil WoodsAt the Vanguard
1985Art BlakeyNew York Scene
1986Wynton MarsalisBlack Codes (From the Underground)
1987Wynton MarsalisJ Mood
1988Wynton MarsalisMarsalis Standard Time, Vol. I
1989Roy Haynes, Cecil McBee, David Murray, Pharoah Sanders, McCoy TynerBlues for Coltrane: A Tribute to John Coltrane
1990Chick CoreaChick Corea Akoustic Band
1991Oscar PetersonLive at the Blue Note
1992Oscar PetersonSaturday Night at the Blue Note
1993Branford MarsalisI Heard You Twice the First Time
1994Joe HendersonSo Near, So Far (Musings for Miles)
1995Ron Carter, Herbie Hancock, Wallace Roney, Wayne Shorter, Tony WilliamsA Tribute to Miles
1996McCoy Tyner Trio & Michael BreckerInfinity
1997Michael BreckerTales from the Hudson
1998Charlie Haden & Pat MethenyBeyond the Missouri Sky (Short Stories)
1999Herbie HancockGershwin's World
2000Gary Burton, Chick Corea, Roy Haynes, Dave Holland, Pat MethenyLike Minds
2001Branford MarsalisContemporary Jazz
2002Sonny RollinsThis Is What I Do
2003Herbie Hancock, Michael Brecker, Roy HargroveDirections in Music: Live at Massey Hall
2004Wayne ShorterAlegría
2005McCoy TynerIlluminations
2006Wayne ShorterBeyond the Sound Barrier
2007Chick CoreaThe Ultimate Adventure
2008Michael BreckerPilgrimage
2009Chick Corea & Gary BurtonThe New Crystal Silence
2010Chick Corea & John McLaughlinFive Peace Band Live
2011James MoodyMoody 4B
2012Corea, Clarke & WhiteForever
2013Pat MethenyUnity Band
2014Terri Lyne CarringtonMoney Jungle: Provocative in Blue
2015Chick CoreaTrilogy

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