Year
[I]
|
Performing artist(s)
|
Work
|
Nominees
|
Ref.
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1959
|
Count Basie
|
Basie
|
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1960
|
Jonah Jones
|
I Dig Chicks
|
|
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1961
|
André Previn
|
West Side Story
|
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1962
|
André Previn Plays Songs by Harold Arlen
|
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1963
|
Stan Getz
|
Desafinado
|
|
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1964
|
Bill Evans
|
Conversations with Myself
|
|
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1965
|
Stan Getz
|
Getz/Gilberto
|
|
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1966
|
Ramsey Lewis
|
The In Crowd
|
|
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1967
|
Wes Montgomery
|
Goin' Out of My Head
|
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1968
|
Cannonball Adderley
|
Mercy, Mercy, Mercy! Live at 'The Club'
|
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1969
|
Bill Evans
|
Bill Evans at the Montreux Jazz Festival
|
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1970
|
Wes Montgomery
|
Willow Weep for Me
|
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1971
|
Bill Evans
|
Alone
|
|
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1972
|
Bill Evans Trio
|
The Bill Evans Album
|
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|
1973
|
Freddie Hubbard
|
First Light
|
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1974
|
Supersax
|
Supersax Plays Bird
|
|
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1975
|
Joe Pass,
Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen,
Oscar Peterson
|
The Trio
|
|
|
1976
|
Chick Corea &
Return to Forever
|
No Mystery
|
|
|
1977
|
Chick Corea
|
The Leprechaun
|
|
|
1978
|
Phil Woods
|
The Phil Woods Six – Live from the Showboat
|
|
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1979
|
Chick Corea
|
Friends
|
|
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1980
|
Chick Corea &
Gary Burton
|
Duet
|
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1981
|
Bill Evans
|
We Will Meet Again
|
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|
1982
|
Chick Corea &
Gary Burton
|
Chick Corea & Gary Burton in Concert - Zurich, October 28, 1979
|
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1983
|
Phil Woods
|
"More" Live
|
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1984
|
At the Vanguard
|
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1985
|
Art Blakey
|
New York Scene
|
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|
1986
|
Wynton Marsalis
|
Black Codes (From the Underground)
|
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1987
|
J Mood
|
|
|
1988
|
Marsalis Standard Time, Vol. I
|
|
|
1989
|
Roy Haynes,
Cecil McBee,
David Murray,
Pharoah Sanders,
McCoy Tyner
|
Blues for Coltrane: A Tribute to John Coltrane
|
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|
1990
|
Chick Corea
|
Chick Corea Akoustic Band
|
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1991
|
Oscar Peterson Trio
|
The Legendary Oscar Peterson Trio Live at the Blue Note
|
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1992
|
Saturday Night at the Blue Note
|
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1993
|
Branford Marsalis
|
I Heard You Twice the First Time
|
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1994
|
Joe Henderson
|
So Near, So Far (Musings for Miles)
|
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1995
|
Ron Carter,
Herbie Hancock,
Wallace Roney,
Wayne Shorter,
Tony Williams
|
A Tribute to Miles
|
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1996
|
McCoy Tyner Trio &
Michael Brecker
|
Infinity
|
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1997
|
Michael Brecker
|
Tales from the Hudson
|
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1998
|
Charlie Haden &
Pat Metheny
|
Beyond the Missouri Sky (Short Stories)
|
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1999
|
Herbie Hancock
|
Gershwin's World
|
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2000
|
Gary Burton,
Chick Corea,
Roy Haynes,
Dave Holland and
Pat Metheny
|
Like Minds
|
|
[2]
|
2001
|
Branford Marsalis
|
Contemporary Jazz
|
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[3]
|
2002
|
Sonny Rollins
|
This Is What I Do
|
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[4]
|
2003
|
Herbie Hancock,
Michael Brecker and
Roy Hargrove
|
Directions in Music: Live at Massey Hall
|
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[5]
|
2004
|
Wayne Shorter
|
Alegría
|
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[6]
|
2005
|
McCoy Tyner with
Gary Bartz,
Terence Blanchard,
Christian McBride and
Lewis Nash
|
Illuminations
|
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2006
|
Wayne Shorter
|
Beyond the Sound Barrier
|
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[7]
|
2007
|
Chick Corea
|
The Ultimate Adventure
|
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[8]
|
2008
|
Michael Brecker
|
Pilgrimage
|
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[9]
|
2009
|
Chick Corea &
Gary Burton
|
The New Crystal Silence
|
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[10]
|
2010
|
Chick Corea &
John McLaughlin
|
Five Peace Band Live
|
|
[11]
|
2011
|
James Moody
|
Moody 4B
|
|
[11]
|
2012
|
Corea, Clarke & White
|
Forever
|
|
[12]
|
2013
|
Pat Metheny
|
Unity Band
|
|
[13]
|
2014
|
Terri Lyne Carrington
|
Money Jungle: Provocative in Blue
|
|
[14]
|
2015
|
Chick Corea
|
Trilogy
|
|
[15]
|
2016
|
John Scofield
|
Past Present
|
|
[16]
|
2017
|
John Scofield
|
Country for Old Men
|
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[17]
|
2018
|
Billy Childs
|
Rebirth
|
|
[18]
|
2019
|
Wayne Shorter Quartet
|
Emanon
|
|
[19]
|
2020
|
Brad Mehldau
|
Finding Gabriel
|
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[20]
|
2021
|
Chick Corea (posthumous),
Christian McBride &
Brian Blade
|
Trilogy 2
|
|
[21]
|
2022
|
Ron Carter,
Jack DeJohnette and
Gonzalo Rubalcaba
|
Skyline
|
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[22]
|
2023
|
Terri Lyne Carrington,
Kris Davis,
Linda May Han Oh,
Nicholas Payton, and
Matthew Stevens
|
New Standards Vol. 1
|
|
[23]
|
2024
|
Billy Childs
|
The Winds of Change
|
|
[24]
|