| Year | Winner | Album title |
1987
(1st) | - | - |
1987
(1st) | The George Golla Orchestra | Lush Life |
1987
(1st) | Various Artists | The Esso Australian Jazz Summit |
1987
(1st) | Dick Hughes | The Last Train For Casablanca Leaves Once In A Blue Moon |
1987
(1st) | Vince Jones | Tell Me a Secret |
1987
(1st) | Maree Montgomery | Woman of Mystery |
1988
(2nd) | Vince Jones | It All Ends Up in Tears |
1988
(2nd) | The Don Burrows Quintet with the Adelaide Connection | Nice 'n' Easy |
1989
(3rd) | - | - |
1989
(3rd) | Wizards of Oz | Soundtrack |
1989
(3rd) | Kate Ceberano & Wendy Matthews | You've Always Got The Blues |
1989
(3rd) | Cool Dudes | Cool Dudes |
1989
(3rd) | James Morrison | Postcards From Down Under |
1989
(3rd) | Various Artists | Jazz Live At Soup Plus |
1990
(4th) | - | - |
1990
(4th) | Paul Grabowsky Trio | Six by Three |
1990
(4th) | Allan Browne | Genre Jumping Jazz |
1990
(4th) | James Morrison Swiss Encounter | Live at the Montreaux Jazz Festival |
1990
(4th) | Various Artists | Jim McLeod's Jazz Tracks |
1990
(4th) | Vince Jones | Trustworthy Little Sweethearts |
1991
(5th) | - | - |
1991
(5th) | Clarion Fracture Zone | Blue Shift |
1991
(5th) | The Last Straw | The Last Straw |
1991
(5th) | Dale Barlow | Horn |
1991
(5th) | James Morrison | Snappy Doo |
1991
(5th) | Paul Grabowsky | The Moon And You |
1992
(6th) | - | - |
1992
(6th) | Dale Barlow | Hipnotation |
1992
(6th) | Ten Part Invention | Ten Part Invention |
1992
(6th) | Mike Nock Quartet | Dark And Curious |
1992
(6th) | James Morrison | Manner Dangerous |
1992
(6th) | Carl Orr | Seeking Spirit |
1993
(7th) | - | - |
1993
(7th) | Bernie McGann Trio | Bernie McGann Trio |
1993
(7th) | Vince Jones | Future Girl |
1993
(7th) | Paul Grabowsky | Tee Vee |
1993
(7th) | Judy Bailey | Notwithstanding |
1993
(7th) | James Morrison & Ray Brown | Two The Max! |
1994
(8th) | - | - |
1994
(8th) | Mike Bukovsky | Wanderlust |
1994
(8th) | Mike Nock | Touch |
1994
(8th) | Judy Bailey | Sundial |
1994
(8th) | The Catholics | The Catholics |
1994
(8th) | AtmaSphere | Flying |
1995
(9th) | - | - |
1995
(9th) | Mark Simmonds Freeboppers | Fire |
1995
(9th) | Bernie McGann Trio | McGann McGann |
1995
(9th) | Bobby Gebert Trio | The Sculptor |
1995
(9th) | Australian Art Orchestra | Ringing The Ball Backwards |
1995
(9th) | The Allan Browne Quartet | Birdcalls |
1996
(10th) | - | - |
1996
(10th) | Paul Grabowsky Trio | When Words Fail |
1996
(10th) | The Engine Room | Full Steam Ahead |
1996
(10th) | Bob Bertles Quintet | Rhythm Of The Heart |
1996
(10th) | Bob Barnard | Live At The Sydney Opera House |
1996
(10th) | Barney McAll | Exit |
1997
(11th) | - | - |
1997
(11th) | Bernie McGann Trio | Playground |
1997
(11th) | Scott Tinkler Trio | Dance Of Delulian |
1997
(11th) | Ian Chaplin Quartet | Tjapangati |
1997
(11th) | Col Nolan | Nolans Groove |
1997
(11th) | Clarion Fracture Zone | Less Stable Elements |
1997
(11th) | The Catholics | Life On Earth |
1998
(12th) | - | - |
1998
(12th) | Chaplin, Tinkler, Rex, Lambie | The Future In Today |
1998
(12th) | Shelley Scown & The Paul Grabowsky Trio | Angel |
1998
(12th) | Rolf Stube | The Jazz Police |
1998
(12th) | Kevin Hunt | Plays JS Bach |
1998
(12th) | Joe Chindamo | Anyone Who Had A Heart |
1999
(13th) | - | - |
1999
(13th) | Andrew Speight Quartet | Andrew Speight Quartet |
1999
(13th) | Scott Tinkler Trio | Sofa King |
1999
(13th) | Janet Seidel | The Way You Wear Your Hat |
1999
(13th) | Jamie Oehlers | Strut |
1999
(13th) | Browne Haywood Stevens | Sudden In A Shaft Of Sunlight |
2000
(14th) | - | - |
2000
(14th) | James Muller Trio | All Out |
2000
(14th) | Mike Nock & Marty Ehrlich | The Waiting Game |
2000
(14th) | Janet Seidel | Art Of Lounge Vol 2 |
2000
(14th) | The Catholics | Barefoot |
2000
(14th) | Australian Art Orchestra, Sruthi Laya Ensemble | Into The Fire |
2001
(15th) | - | - |
2001
(15th) | Bernie McGann Trio | Bundeena |
2001
(15th) | Paul Grabowsky Trio | Three |
2001
(15th) | Michelle Nicolle | After The Rain |
2001
(15th) | Joe Chindamo Trio | The Joy Of Standards |
2001
(15th) | Andrew Robson Trio | Sunman |
2001
(15th) | Allan Browne's New Rascals | East St Kilda Toodleoo |
2002
(16th) | - | - |
2002
(16th) | Andrea Keller | Thirteen Sketches |
2002
(16th) | The Umbrellas | Bravo Nino Rota |
2002
(16th) | James Muller | Thrum |
2002
(16th) | James Morrison | Scream Machine |
2002
(16th) | Dale Barlow | Dale Barlow Live |
2003
(17th) | - | - |
2003
(17th) | Andrea Keller | Mikrokosmos |
2003
(17th) | The World According To James | Wayback |
2003
(17th) | The Necks | Athenaeum, Homebush, Quay & Raab |
2003
(17th) | Kevin Hunt Trio | Love Walked In |
2003
(17th) | Andrew Robson | On |
2004
(18th) | - | - |
2004
(18th) | The Necks | Drive By |
2004
(18th) | Paul Grabowsky | Tales of Time and Space |
2004
(18th) | Mike Nock's Big Small Band | Big Small Band Live |
2004
(18th) | Michelle Nicolle | The Crying Game |
2004
(18th) | Alister Spence Trio | Flux |
2005
(19th) | - | - |
2005
(19th) | Paul Grabowsky & Katie Noonan | Before Time Could Change Us |
2005
(19th) | The Necks | Mosquito/See Through |
2005
(19th) | Oehlers & Keevers | Grace |
2005
(19th) | Aronas | Culture Tunnels |
2005
(19th) | Andrea Keller Quartet | Angels and Rascals |
2006
(20th) | - | - |
2006
(20th) | The Necks | Chemist |
2006
(20th) | Paul Grabowsky & Bernie McGann | Always |
2006
(20th) | Mark Sholtez | Real Street |
2006
(20th) | James Muller | Kaboom |
2006
(20th) | Don Burrows, The Mell-O-Tones & Phillip Sametz | Non Stop Flight - Great Music Of The Swing Era |
2007
(21st) | - | - |
2007
(21st) | Mike Nock & Dave Liebman | Duologue |
2007
(21st) | Mark Isaacs | Resurgence |
2007
(21st) | Joe Chindamo & Graeme Lyall | Smokingun |
2007
(21st) | Andrea Keller Quartet | Little Claps |
2007
(21st) | Alister Spence Trio | Mercury |
2008
(22nd) | - | - |
2008
(22nd) | Andrea Keller | Footprints |
2008
(22nd) | Oehlers, Grabowsky & Beck | Lost And Found |
2008
(22nd) | Mike Nock Project | Meeting Of The Waters |
2008
(22nd) | Joe Chindamo | Duende The Romantic Project |
2008
(22nd) | Grace Knight | Willow |
2008
(22nd) | Deni Hines & James Morrison | The Other Woman |
2009
(23rd) | - | - |
2009
(23rd) | Katie Noonan | Blackbird: The Music of Lennon and McCartney |
2009
(23rd) | Michelle Nicolle | The Loveliest Night |
2009
(23rd) | Mark Isaacs Resurgence Band | Tell It Like It Is |
2009
(23rd) | Kate Ceberano & Mark Isham | Bittersweet |
2009
(23rd) | Dale Barlow, George Coleman Jr, Mark Fitzgibbon & Sam Anning | Treat Me Gently |
2010
(24th) | - | - |
2010
(24th) | James Morrison & The Idea Of North | Feels Like Spring |
2010
(24th) | The Necks | Silverwater |
2010
(24th) | Joseph Tawadros | The Hour of Separation |
2010
(24th) | Joe Chindamo | Another Place Some Other Time |
2010
(24th) | Dick & Christa Hughes | Twenty First Century Blues |
2011
(25th) | - | - |
2011
(25th) | Elixir | First Seed Ripening |
2011
(25th) | The Idea of North | Extraordinary Tale |
2011
(25th) | Sarah McKenzie | Don't Tempt Me |
2011
(25th) | Kristin Berardi & The Jazzgroove Mothership Orchestra | Kristin Berardi Meets The Jazzgroove Mothership Orchestra |
2011
(25th) | Allan Browne, Marc Hannaford, Sam Anning | Shreveport Stomp |
2012
(26th) | - | - |
2012
(26th) | Sarah McKenzie | Close Your Eyes |
2012
(26th) | James Morrison | Snappy Too |
2012
(26th) | Bernie McGann | Wending |
2012
(26th) | Grace Knight | Keep Cool Fool |
2012
(26th) | Barney McAll | Graft |
2012
(26th) | Steven Rossitto | Night & Day |
2013
(27th) | - | - |
2013
(27th) | The Idea of North | Smile |
2013
(27th) | Tommy Emmanuel & Martin Taylor | The Colonel & The Governor |
2013
(27th) | Renee Geyer | Swing |
2013
(27th) | Jonathan Zwartz | The Remembering & Forgetting of the Air |
2013
(27th) | Andrea Keller | Family Portraits |
2014
(28th) | - | - |
2014
(28th) | Paul Grabowsky Sextet | The Bitter Suite |
2014
(28th) | Andrea Keller Quartet with Strings | Wave Rider |
2014
(28th) | Emma Pask | Season Of My Heart |
2014
(28th) | Graeme Lyall, John Hoffman, Tony Gould, Ben Robertson, Tony Floyd | The Hunters & Pointers |
2014
(28th) | Vince Jones | The Monash Sessions |
2015
(29th) | - | - |
2015
(29th) | Barney McAll | Mooroolbark |
2015
(29th) | Allan Browne Quintet | Ithaca Bound |
2015
(29th) | King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard | Quarters! |
2015
(29th) | Paul Grabowsky | Solo |
2015
(29th) | Sarah McKenzie | We Could Be Lovers |
2016
(30th) | - | - |
2016
(30th) | Vince Jones & Paul Grabowsky | Provanance |
2016
(30th) | Don Burrows & James Morrison | In Good Company |
2016
(30th) | Emma Pask | Cosita Divina |
2016
(30th) | Stu Hunter | The Migration |
2016
(30th) | The Idea of North | Ballads |
2017
(31st) | - | - |
2017
(31st) | James Morrison | The Great American Songbook |
2017
(31st) | Australian Art Orchestra | Water Pushes Sand |
2017
(31st) | James Morrison & James Morrison Academy Jazz Orchestra | James Morrison With His Academy Jazz Orchestra |
2017
(31st) | King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard | Sketches Of Brunswick East |
2017
(31st) | The Vampires | The Vampires meet Lionel Loueke |
2018
(32nd) | - | - |
2018
(32nd) | Jonathan Zwartz | Animarum |
2018
(32nd) | Barney McAll | Hearing the Blood |
2018
(32nd) | Elixir featuring Katie Noonan | Gratitude and Grief |
2018
(32nd) | Jake Mason Trio | The Stranger in the Mirror |
2018
(32nd) | James Morrison, Patti Austin, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra & Benjamin Northey | Ella and Louis |
2019
(33rd) | - | - |
2019
(33rd) | Kate Ceberano and Paul Grabowsky | Tryst |
2019
(33rd) | Andrea Keller | Transients Vol.1 |
2019
(33rd) | Angela Davis | Little Did They Know |
2019
(33rd) | Barney McAll | Zephyrix |
2019
(33rd) | Phil Slater | The Dark Pattern |
2020
(34th) | - | - |
2020
(34th) | Paul Kelly & Paul Grabowsky | Please Leave Your Light On |
2020
(34th) | Katie Noonan | The Sweetest Taboo |
2020
(34th) | Luke Howard | All That Is Not Solid |
2020
(34th) | Mike Nock, Hamish Stuart, Julien Wilson, Jonathan Zwartz | This World |
2020
(34th) | Nat Bartsch | Forever More |
2021
(35th) | - | - |
2021
(35th) | Mildlife | Automatic |
2021
(35th) | Australian Art Orchestra, Reuben Lewis, Tariro Mavondo & Peter Knight | Closed Beginnings |
2021
(35th) | Kristen Beradi, Sean Foran & Rafael Karlen | Haven |
2021
(35th) | Petra Haden and the Nick Haywood Quintet | Songs from my Father |
2021
(35th) | Vazesh | The Sacred Key |
2022
(36th) | - | - |
2022
(36th) | Mildlife | Live from South Channel Island |
2022
(36th) | Barney McAll | Precious Energy |
2022
(36th) | Mike Nock, Hamish Stuart, Julien Wilson & Jonathan Zwartz | Another Dance |
2022
(36th) | Sam Anning | Oaatchapai |
2022
(36th) | Springtime | Springtime |
2023
(37th) | - | - |
2023
(37th) | The Vampires featuring Chris Abrahams | Nightjar |
2023
(37th) | Lance Gurisik | Cull Portal |
2023
(37th) | Mike Nock | Hearing |
2023
(37th) | Sinj Clarke | The Height Of Love |
2023
(37th) | Surprise Chef | Education & Recreation |
2024
(38th) | - | - |
2024
(38th) | Mildlife | Chorus |
2024
(38th) | Audrey Powne | From the Fire |
2024
(38th) | Elixir | A Small Shy Truth |
2024
(38th) | Tourismo | Torque |
2024
(38th) | Vanessa Perica Orchestra | The Eye is the First Circle |
2025
(39th) | - | - |
2025
(39th) | Lucy Clifford | Between Spaces of Knowing |
2025
(39th) | Evans Robson Quartet | Zenith |
2025
(39th) | Lachlan McKenzie | Departures |
2025
(39th) | TL;DR and Peter Knight | Too Long; Didn't Read |
2025
(39th) | Touch Sensitive | In Paradise |