Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Jazz Album

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Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Jazz Album
Awarded forQuality contemporary
National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
First awarded1992
Last awarded2011
Websitegrammy.com

The Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Jazz Album was an award presented at the

Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards,[1] to recording artists for works (songs or albums) containing quality contemporary jazz performances. Honors in several categories are presented at the ceremony annually by The Recording Academy to "honor artistic achievement, technical proficiency and overall excellence in the recording industry, without regard to album sales or chart position".[2]

Originally called the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Jazz Performance, the award was first presented to

engineers, and/or mixers
associated with the nominated work in addition to the recording artists.

As of 2011,

Best Jazz Instrumental Album
category.

Recipients

A man with his eyes closed playing a guitar.
Six-time award winner Pat Metheny
A man on a stage wearing all black and a cap on his head, playing a trumpet into a microphone. Behind him is a man holding a saxophone and another man sitting in a chair. Music stands and additional microphone stands are on the stage in front of them.
Four-time award winner and member of Brecker Brothers, Randy Brecker
A man wearing a dress shirt and glasses, playing a banjo. A light is shining down on him from above, casting a blue shade over him.
Béla Fleck of the two-time award-winning group, Béla Fleck and the Flecktones
2005 award winner, Bill Frisell
2008 award winner, Herbie Hancock
2010 award winner, Joe Zawinul
Year[I] Performing artist(s) Work Nominees Ref.
1992
 The Manhattan Transfer "Sassy" [4]
1993
 Pat Metheny Secret Story [5]
1994
 Pat Metheny Group The Road to You [6]
1995
 Brecker Brothers Out of the Loop [7]
1996
 Pat Metheny Group We Live Here [8]
1997
 Wayne Shorter High Life
1998
 Randy Brecker Into the Sun
[9]
1999
 Pat Metheny Group Imaginary Day
[10]
2000
 David Sanborn Inside
2001
 Béla Fleck and the Flecktones Outbound
[11]
2002
 Marcus Miller M²
[12]
2003
 Pat Metheny Group Speaking of Now
[13]
2004
 Randy Brecker 34th N Lex
[14]
2005
 Bill Frisell Unspeakable
[15]
2006
 Pat Metheny Group The Way Up [16]
2007
 Béla Fleck and the Flecktones The Hidden Land
[17]
2008
 Herbie Hancock River: The Joni Letters
[18]
2009
 Randy Brecker Randy in Brasil
[19]
2010
 Joe Zawinul and The Zawinul Syndicate 75 [20]
[21]
2011
 The Stanley Clarke Band The Stanley Clarke Band [22]

^[I] Each year is linked to the article about the Grammy Awards held that year.

References

  1. ^ "Grammy Awards at a Glance". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on March 9, 2012. Retrieved April 24, 2010.
  2. National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original
    on January 3, 2011. Retrieved April 24, 2010.
  3. ^ "52nd OEP Category Description Guide" (PDF). National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 27, 2009. Retrieved June 30, 2010.
  4. ^ Campbell, Mary (January 9, 1992). "R.E.M., Raitt tops in Grammy nominations". The Tuscaloosa News. Tuscaloosa, Alabama: The New York Times Company. p. 6B. Retrieved July 1, 2010.
  5. ^ Macdonald, Patrick (January 8, 1993). "Grammys Show Influence Of Seattle Music". The Seattle Times. The Seattle Times Company. Archived from the original on October 28, 2011. Retrieved July 1, 2010.
  6. ^ "Hundreds Nominated For Grammys". Deseret News. Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret News Publishing Company. January 10, 1994. p. 3. Archived from the original on October 20, 2012. Retrieved July 9, 2010.
  7. ^ "The 37th Grammy Nominations". Los Angeles Times. January 6, 1995. p. 5. Archived from the original on October 25, 2012. Retrieved July 1, 2010.
  8. ^ "List of Grammy nominees". CNN. January 4, 1996. Archived from the original on December 7, 2012. Retrieved June 30, 2010.
  9. ^ Campbell, Mary (January 7, 1998). "Rock veterans Dylan, McCartney face off for album of year". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Block Communications. Archived from the original on December 5, 2012. Retrieved July 1, 2010.
  10. ^ "Academy's Complete List of Nominees". Los Angeles Times. January 6, 1999. p. 6. Archived from the original on October 25, 2012. Retrieved July 1, 2010.
  11. ^ "43rd Grammy Awards". CNN. February 21, 2001. Archived from the original on November 6, 2008. Retrieved July 1, 2010.
  12. ^ "Complete List Of Grammy Nominees". CBS News. January 4, 2002. Archived from the original on October 10, 2003. Retrieved July 1, 2010. Note: This source lists CAB band members Dennis Chambers, Tony MacAlpine, Brian Auger and Bunny Brunel individually.
  13. Hearst Corporation. January 8, 2003. p. 3. Archived from the original
    on July 16, 2011. Retrieved July 1, 2010.
  14. ^ "Nominee list for the 46th Annual Grammy Awards". LiveDaily. December 4, 2003. Archived from the original on January 2, 2010. Retrieved July 1, 2010.
  15. ^ "Nominee list for the 47th Annual Grammy Awards". LiveDaily. December 7, 2004. Archived from the original on January 7, 2010. Retrieved July 1, 2010.
  16. ^ "The Complete List of Grammy Nominations". The New York Times. December 8, 2005. p. 3. Retrieved June 30, 2010.
  17. ^ "49th Annual Grammy Awards Winners List". National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on December 20, 2006. Retrieved July 1, 2010.
  18. Reed Business Information. December 6, 2007. Archived
    from the original on December 8, 2007. Retrieved July 1, 2010.
  19. ^ "The 51st Annual Grammy Awards Winners List". National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on January 2, 2010. Retrieved July 1, 2010.
  20. ^ "The 52nd Annual Grammy Awards Nominees List". National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on June 18, 2010. Retrieved July 1, 2010.
  21. ^ Relative, Saul (January 31, 2010). "2010 Grammy Awards: Michael Jackson Tribute, Lady Gaga and Elton John Duet Highlight". Yahoo! Voices. Archived from the original on January 16, 2014. Retrieved January 15, 2014.
  22. ^ "53rd Annual Grammy Awards nominees list". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on July 13, 2011. Retrieved December 5, 2010.

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