Grammy Award for Best Jazz Performance


The Grammy Award for Best Jazz Performance has been awarded since 1959. Before 1979 the award title did not specify instrumental performances and was presented for instrumental or vocal performances. The award has had several minor name changes:
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Recipients

YearPerforming artistWorkNomineesRef.
1959Ella FitzgeraldElla Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook
1960Ella FitzgeraldElla Swings Lightly
1972Bill Evans TrioThe Bill Evans Album
1973Gary BurtonAlone at Last
1974Art TatumGod Is in the House
1975Charlie ParkerFirst Recordings!
1976Dizzy GillespieOscar Peterson and Dizzy Gillespie
1977Count BasieBasie & Zoot
1978Oscar PetersonThe Giants
1979Oscar PetersonOscar Peterson Jam – Montreux '77
1980Oscar PetersonJousts
1981Bill EvansI Will Say Goodbye
1982John ColtraneBye Bye Blackbird
1983Miles DavisWe Want Miles
1984Wynton MarsalisThink of One
1985Wynton MarsalisHot House Flowers
1986Wynton MarsalisBlack Codes (From the Underground)
1987Miles DavisTutu
1988Dexter GordonThe Other Side of Round Midnight
1989Michael BreckerDon't Try This at Home
1990Miles DavisAura
1991Oscar PetersonThe Legendary Oscar Peterson Trio Live at the Blue Note
1992Stan Getz"I Remember You"
1993Joe Henderson"Lush Life"
1994Joe Henderson"Miles Ahead"
1995Benny Carter"Prelude to a Kiss"
1996Michael Brecker"Impressions"
1997Michael Brecker"Cabin Fever"
1998Doc Cheatham & Nicholas Payton"Stardust"
1999Gary Burton & Chick Corea"Rhumbata"
2000Wayne Shorter"In Walked Wayne"
2001Pat Metheny" Get It"
2002Michael Brecker"Chan's Song"
2003Herbie Hancock"My Ship"
2004Chick Corea"Matrix"
2005Herbie Hancock"Speak Like a Child"
2006Sonny Rollins"Why Was I Born?"
2007Michael Brecker"Some Skunk Funk"
2008Michael Brecker"Anagram"
2009Terence Blanchard"Be-Bop"
2010Terence Blanchard"Dancin' 4 Chicken"
2011Herbie Hancock"A Change Is Gonna Come"
  • Alan Broadbent – "Solar"
  • Keith Jarrett – "Body and Soul"
  • Hank Jones – "Lonely Woman"
  • Wynton Marsalis – "Van Gogh"
    • 2012Chick Corea"500 Miles High"
  • Randy Brecker – "All or Nothing at All"
  • Ron Carter – "You Are My Sunshine"
  • Fred Hersch – "Work"
  • Sonny Rollins – "Sonnymoon for Two"
    • 2013Gary Burton & Chick Corea"Hot House"
  • Ravi Coltrane – "Cross Roads"
  • Chick Corea – "Alice in Wonderland"
  • Kenny Garrett – "J. Mac"
  • Brad Mehldau – "Ode"
    • 2014Wayne Shorter"Orbits"
  • Terence Blanchard – "Don't Run"
  • Paquito D'Rivera – "Song for Maura"
  • Fred Hersch – "Song Without Words #4: Duet"
  • Donny McCaslin – "Stadium Jazz"
    • 2015Chick Corea"Fingerprints"
  • Kenny Barron – "The Eye of the Hurricane"
  • Fred Hersch – "You & the Night & the Music"
  • Joe Lovano – "Recorda Me"
  • Brad Mehldau – "Sleeping Giant"
    • 2016Christian McBride"Cherokee"
  • Joey Alexander – "Giant Steps"
  • Donny McCaslin – "Arbiters of Evolution"
  • Joshua Redman – "Friend or Foe"
  • John Scofield – "Past Present"
    • 2017John Scofield"I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry"
  • Joey Alexander – "Countdown"
  • Ravi Coltrane – "In Movement"
  • Fred Hersch – "We See"
  • Brad Mehldau – "I Concentrate on You"
    • 2018John McLaughlin"Miles Beyond"
  • Sara Caswell – "Can't Remember Why"
  • Billy Childs – "Dance of Shiva"
  • Fred Hersch – "Whisper Not"
  • Chris Potter – "Ilimba"
    • 2019John Daversa"Don't Fence Me In"
  • Regina Carter – "Some Of That Sunshine"
  • Fred Hersch – "We See"
  • Brad Mehldau – "De-Dah"
  • Miguel Zenón – "Cadenas"
    • 2020Randy Brecker"Sozinho"
  • Melissa Aldana – "Elsewhere"
  • Julian Lage – "Tomorrow Is The Question"
  • Branford Marsalis – "The Windup"
  • Christian McBride – "Sightseeing"
    • 2021Chick Corea"All Blues"
  • Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah – "Guinevere"
  • Regina Carter – "Pachamama"
  • Gerald Clayton – "Celia"
  • Joshua Redman – "Moe Honk"
    • 2022Chick Corea"Humpty Dumpty "
  • Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah – "Sackodougou"
  • Kenny Barron – "Kick Those Feet"
  • Jon Batiste – "Bigger Than Us"
  • Terence Blanchard – "Absence"
    • 2023Wayne Shorter & Leo Genovese "Endangered Species"
  • Ambrose Akinmusire – "Rounds "
  • Gerald Albright – "Keep Holding On"
  • Melissa Aldana – "Falling"
  • Marcus Baylor – "Call of the Drum"
  • John Beasley – "Cherokee/Koko"
    • 2024Samara Joy"Tight"
  • Adam Blackstone featuring the Baylor Project & Russell Ferranté – "Vulnerable "
  • Fred Hersch & Esperanza Spalding – "But Not for Me"
  • Jon Batiste – "Movement 18' (Heroes)"
  • Lakecia Benjamin – "Basquiat"
    • 2025Samara Joy featuring Sullivan Fortner"Twinkle Twinkle Little Me"
  • The Baylor Project – "Walk With Me, Lord "
  • Lakecia Benjamin featuring Randy Brecker, Jeff "Tain" Watts, & John Scofield – "Phoenix Reimagined "
  • Chick Corea & Béla Fleck – "Juno"
  • Dan Pugach Big Band featuring Nicole Zuraitis & Troy Roberts – "Little Fears"
    • 2026Winner TBA on 1 February 2026
  • Lakecia Benjamin ft. Immanuel Wilkins & Mark Whitfield - Noble Rise
  • Chick Corea, Christian McBride & Brian Blade - Windows - Live
  • Samara Joy - Peace Of Mind / Dreams Come True
  • Michael Mayo - Four
  • Nicole Zuraitis, Dan Pugach, Tom Scott, Idan Morim, Keyon Harrold & Rachel Eckroth - All Stars Lead To You - Live

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