GRAMMY Awards Winners & Nominees for Best Instrumental Jazz Album
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63rd Annual GRAMMY Awards (2020)
nominees
On The Tender Spot Of Every Calloused Moment
Waiting Game
Happening: Live At The Village Vanguard
RoundAgain
62nd Annual GRAMMY Awards (2019)
nominees
Christian McBride's New Jawn
Christian McBride’s New Jawn
Come What May
Joshua Redman Quartet
In The Key Of The Universe
The Secret Between The Shadow And The Soul
61st Annual GRAMMY Awards (2018)
nominees
Diamond Cut
Live In Europe
Seymour Reads The Constitution!
Still Dreaming
60th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2017)
nominees
Project Freedom
Open Book
The Dreamer Is The Dream
Uptown, Downtown
59th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2016)
nominees
Book Of Intuition
Dr. Um
Sunday Night At The Vanguard
Nearness
58th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2015)
nominees
Breathless
Covered: Recorded Live At Capitol Studios
Beautiful Life
My Favorite Things
57th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2014)
nominees
Landmarks
Floating
Enjoy The View
Bobby Hutcherson, David Sanborn, Joey DeFrancesco Featuring Billy Hart
All Rise: A Joyful Elegy For Fats Waller
56th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2013)
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Guided Tour
Life Forum
Pushing The World Away
Out Here
55th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2012)
nominees
Further Explorations
Hot House
Seeds From The Underground
Blue Moon
54th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2011)
winner
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Forever
Corea, Clarke & White
nominees
Alone At The Vanguard
Bird Songs
Road Shows Vol. 2
Timeline
Bond: The Paris Sessions
53rd Annual GRAMMY Awards (2010)
nominees
Positootly!
The New Song And Dance
Historicity
Providencia
Danilo Perez
52nd Annual GRAMMY Awards (2009)
nominees
Quartet Live
Brother To Brother
Remembrance
The Bright Mississippi
51st Annual GRAMMY Awards (2008)
nominees
History, Mystery
Bill Frisell
Brad Mehldau Trio: Live
Day Trip
Standards
Alan Pasqua, Dave Carpenter & Peter Erskine Trio
50th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2007)
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Live At The Village Vanguard
Kids: Live At Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola
Joe Lovano And Hank Jones
Line By Line
Back East
49th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2006)
nominees
Sonny, Please
Sound Grammar
Trio Beyond - Saudades
Beyond The Wall
48th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2005)
nominees
Flow
Lyric
Live At The House Of Tribes
What Now?
47th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2004)
winner
, , Illuminations
nominees
Somewhere
Fountain Of Youth
The Out-Of -Towners
Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock & Jack DeJohnette Trio
Eternal
46th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2003)
nominees
Rendezvous In New York
The Grand Unification Theory
Extended Play, Live At Birdland
Think Tank
45th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2002)
nominees
Plays John Coltrane - Live At The Village Vanguard
Triangulo
The Infinite
Footprints Live!
44th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2001)
nominees
Kindred
Birds Of A Feather - A Tribute To Charlie Parker
Roy Haynes With Dave Holland, Roy Hargrove, Dave Kikoski & Kenny Garrett
Not For Nothin'
Live At Yoshi's
43rd Annual GRAMMY Awards (2000)
nominees
In & Out (Album)
Prime Directive (Album)
Spirit Song (Album)
Time Is Of The Essence (Album)
42nd Annual GRAMMY Awards (1999)
nominees
Art Of The Trio 4 - Back At The Vanguard (Album)
Change (Album)
Inner Voyage (Album)
Requiem (Album)
41st Annual GRAMMY Awards (1998)
nominees
Native Sense - The New Duets (Album)
Night And The City (Album)
Points Of View (Album)
Tokyo '96 (Album)
40th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1997)
nominees
Celebrating Sinatra (Album)
Doc Cheatham And Nicholas Payton (Album)
Remembering Bud Powell (Album)
Chick Corea And Friends
Songbook (Album)
39th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1996)
nominees
The Hardbop Grandpop (Album)
Now Is The Hour (Album)
Quartets: Live At The Village Vanguard (Album)
The Child Within (Album)
38th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1995)
nominees
Double Rainbow - The Music Of Antonio Carlos Jobim (Album)
I Never Told You - Fred Hersch Plays Johnny Mandel (Album)
Steal Away (Album)
Wanton Spirit (Album)
Kenny Barron With Roy Haynes And Charlie Haden
37th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1994)
winner
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A Tribute To Miles
nominees
Rapsodia (Album)
Tenor Legacy (Album)
Always Say Goodbye (Album)
Elegy In Blue (Album)
36th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1993)
nominees
Dancing In The Dark
Joshua Redman (Album)
Sambao (Album)
Wes Bound (Album)
35th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1992)
nominees
I Remember Clifford (Album)
Lush Life (Album)
Benny Rides Again (Album)
Haunted Heart (Album)
34th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1991)
nominees
Alive (Album)
Another Hand (Album)
Lionel Hampton And The Golden Men Of Jazz Live At The Blue Note (Album)
Lionel Hampton And The Golden Men of Jazz
The Gershwin Connection (Album)
33rd Annual GRAMMY Awards (1990)
nominees
Max And Dizzy - Paris 1989 (Album)
Standard Time Vol. 3 The Resolution Of Romance (Album)
Wynton Marsalis Group
Again Never (Track)
Bluesiana Triangle
32nd Annual GRAMMY Awards (1989)
nominees
After Hours (Album)
The Majesty Of The Blues (Album)
Wynton Marsalis Group
The Spin (Album)
Trio Jeepy (Album)
31st Annual GRAMMY Awards (1988)
winner
, Blues For Coltrane - A Tribute To John Coltrane
nominees
Random Abstract (Album)
Branford Marsalis Quartet
Still Live (Album)
The Wynton Marsalis Quartet Live At Blues Alley (Album)
Wynton Marsalis Quartet
Amnesia (Track)
Chick Corea Elektric Band
30th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1987)
nominees
Last Nite (Album)
To Bird With Love (Album)
Trio Music, Live In Europe (Album)
Chick Corea, Miroslav Vitous And Roy Haynes
Michael Brecker (Album)
29th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1986)
nominees
Soft Lights And Sweet Music (Album)
Standards Live (Album)
Swing Reunion (Album)
Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers Live At Sweet Basil (Album)
Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers
28th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1985)
nominees
One Night With Blue Note (Album)
Herbie Hancock, Freddie Hubbard, Joe Henderson And Others
Standards, Vol. 2 (Album)
The Dream Of The Blue Turtles (Track)
Voyage (Album)
27th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1984)
nominees
Dameronia: Look Stop Listen (Album)
Piper At The Gates Of Dawn (Album)
Phil Woods And Chris Swansen
Two For The Blues (Album)
Frank Foster And Frank Weiss
Whose Woods Are These? (Album)
Clare Fischer With Woodwinds
26th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1983)
nominees
Keystone 3 (Album)
Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers
Quartet (Album)
Sprint (Album)
Think Of One (Album)
To Tadd With Love (Album)
25th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1982)
nominees
A Work Of Art (Album)
Dizzy Gillespie - Live With The Mitchell-Ruff Duo (Album)
Dizzy Gillespie With The Mitchell-Ruff Duo
Giant Steps (Album)
Straight Ahead (Album)
Art Blakey And Jazz Messengers
24th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1981)
nominees
Live At The Village Vanguard (Album)
Red Rodney Featuring Ira Sullivan
Nonpareil (Album)
The Swinger (Album)
Vic Dickenson Quintet (Album)
23rd Annual GRAMMY Awards (1980)
nominees
I Remember You (Album)
L.A. Bound (Album)
Live At The Public Theatre (Album)
The Heath Brothers
Phil Woods Quartet - Volume One (Album)
Bobby Shew, Outstanding In His Field (Album)
22nd Annual GRAMMY Awards (1979)
nominees
Affinity (Album)
Bill Evans And Jean "Toots" Thielemans
Arnett Cobb And The Muse All Stars/Live At Sandy's (Album)
Arnett Cobb And The Muse All Stars
Love For Sale (Album)
The Great Jazz Trio
The Gifted Ones (Album)
Dizzy Gillespie And Count Basie
Warm Tenor (Album)
21st Annual GRAMMY Awards (1978)
nominees
Rosewood (Album)
Woody Shaw Concert Ensemble
Song For Sisyphus
Phil Woods Quintet
The Peacocks (Album)
Heavy Love (Album)
Al Cohn And Jimmy Rowles
20th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1977)
nominees
Afro Blue Impressions (Album)
Eclypso (Album)
Homecoming - Live At The Village Vanguard (Album)
Mel Lewis And Friends (Album)
19th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1976)
nominees
The Paul Desmond Quartet Live (Album)
Paul Desmond Quartet
Basie And Zoot (Album)
Count Basie And Zoot Sims
Jaco Pastorius (Album)
Since We Met (Album)
The Bill Evans Trio
18th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1975)
nominees
Basie Jam (Album)
Dizzy Gillespie's Big 4 (Album)
Dizzy Gillespie Quartet
Giant Steps (First Release Of Alternate Take)
Supersax Plays Bird With Strings (Album)
17th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1974)
nominees
The Tokyo Concert (Album)
High Energy (Album)
Salt Peanuts (Album)
Sama Layuca (Album)
16th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1973)
nominees
Alone Together (Album)
Inside Straight
Cannonball Adderley Quintet
Light As A Feather (Album)
Music Of Another Present Era (Album)
15th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1972)
nominees
Sahara (Album)
The Chuck Mangione Quartet
Chuck Mangione Quartet
White Rabbit (Album)
I Sing The Body Electric
Outback
14th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1971)
nominees
Gary Burton And Keith Jarrett (Album)
Giants (Album)
Miles Davis At The Fillmore (Album)
Mwandishi (Album)
Phil Woods And His European Rhythm Machine At The Frankfurt Jazz Festival (Album)
Phil Woods And His European Rhythm Machine
The Nifty Cat (Album)
13th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1970)
nominees
That's The Way It Is
Milt Jackson Quintet With Ray Brown
Coltrane Legacy
Fat Albert Rotunda
Feeling Is Believing (Album)
Good-Vibes
Swiss Movement
12th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1969)
nominees
The Great Oscar Peterson On Prestige (Album)
Violin Summit
Stephane Grappelli, Stuff Smith, Sven Asmussen, Jean Luc-Ponty
What's New
Bill Evans With Jeremy Steig
In A Silent Way
Memphis Underground (Album)
The 86 Years Of Eubie Blake (Album)
11th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1968)
nominees
Compadres
Gary Burton Quartet In Concert
Gary Burton Quartet
Jazz For Sunday Afternoon-Vol. I (Album)
Various (Miles Davis, Chick Corea, Dizzy Gillespie, Elvin Jones, Buddy Rich, Etc.)
Miles In The Sky
The Electrifying...Eddie Harris (Album)
10th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1967)
nominees
Miles Smiles
Sweet Rain
Duster
Gary Burton Quartet
Further Conversations With Myself
Happenings
9th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1966)
nominees
Bill Evans Trio With Symphony Orchestra (Album)
Bill Evans Trio
Concert Of Sacred Music (Album)
Intermodulation
Bill Evans And Jim Hall
John Handy Recorded Live At The Monterey Jazz Festival (Album)
John Handy Quintet
Stan Kenton Conducts The Los Angeles Neophonic Orchestra (Album)
Woody's Winners
Woody Herman Orchestra
At The "Golden Circle"
Ornette Coleman Trio
8th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1965)
nominees
A Love Supreme
Cycle
Glad To Be Unhappy
Paul Desmond And Jim Hall
Soft Samba (Single)
Gary McFarland Group
Soul Sauce
The Power Of Positive Swinging
Clark Terry And The Bob Brookmeyer Quintet
Trio '65 (Album)
Bill Evans Trio
7th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1964)
nominees
Sweet September (Album)
Collaboration (Album)
The Modern Jazz Quartet With Laurindo Almeida
Miles Davis In Europe
Mumbles
My Fair Lady (Album)
6th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1963)
nominees
Criss-Cross
Dave Brubeck At Carnegie Hall
Dave Brubeck Quartet
Our Man In New Orleans
Peter Nero In Person
Seven Steps To Heaven
4 To Go! (Album)
5th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1962)
nominees
A Taste Of Honey
Nat "King" Cole Sings, George Shearing Plays (Album)
George Shearing Quintet
Tijuana Moods
Undercurrent (Single)
Viva Bossa Nova!
West Side Story
4th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1961)
nominees
Dreamstreet
European Concert
The Greatest Horn In The World
Bill Evans At The Village Vanguard (Album)
Bill Evans Trio
3rd Annual GRAMMY Awards (1960)
nominees
Back To Back - Duke Ellington And Johnny Hodges Play The Blues
The Hottest New Group In Jazz
Lambert, Hendricks And Ross
Greatest Piano Of Them All (Album)
Jazz Track
Pyramid
The Greatest Trumpet Of Them All
Dizzy Gillespie And His Octet
White Satin (Album)
2nd Annual GRAMMY Awards (1959)
nominees
Chances Are It Swings
Ellington Jazz Party (Album)
More Music From Peter Gunn (Album)
Red Norvo In Hi-Fi (Album)
1st Annual GRAMMY Awards (1958)
nominees
Baubles, Bangles And Beads
Burnished Brass (Album)
Four Freshmen In Person (Album)
The Four Freshmen
