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 | | |
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1976 | Chick Corea & Return to Forever | No Mystery | | |
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1977 | Chick Corea | The Leprechaun | | |
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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 | | |
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1988 | Marsalis Standard Time, Vol. I | | |
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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] |
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2001 | Branford Marsalis | Contemporary Jazz | | [3] |
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2002 | Sonny Rollins | This Is What I Do | | [4] |
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2003 | Herbie Hancock, Michael Brecker and Roy Hargrove | Directions in Music: Live at Massey Hall | | [5] |
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2004 | Wayne Shorter | Alegría | | [6] |
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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 | | [7] |
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2007 | Chick Corea | The Ultimate Adventure | | [8] |
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2008 | Michael Brecker | Pilgrimage | | [9] |
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2009 | Chick Corea & Gary Burton | The New Crystal Silence | | [10] |
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2010 | Chick Corea & John McLaughlin | Five Peace Band Live | | [11] |
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2011 | James Moody | Moody 4B | | [11] |
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2012 | Corea, Clarke & White | Forever | | [12] |
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2013 | Pat Metheny | Unity Band | | [13] |
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2014 | Terri Lyne Carrington | Money Jungle: Provocative in Blue | | [14] |
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2015 | Chick Corea | Trilogy | | [15] |
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2016 | John Scofield | Past Present | | [16] |
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2017 | John Scofield | Country for Old Men | | [17] |
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2018 | Billy Childs | Rebirth | | [18] |
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2019 | Wayne Shorter Quartet | Emanon | | [19] |
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2020 | Brad Mehldau | Finding Gabriel | | [20] |
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2021 | Chick Corea (posthumous), Christian McBride & Brian Blade | Trilogy 2 | | [21] |
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2022 | Ron Carter, Jack DeJohnette and Gonzalo Rubalcaba | Skyline | | [22] |
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2023 | Terri Lyne Carrington, Kris Davis, Linda May Han Oh, Nicholas Payton, and Matthew Stevens | New Standards Vol. 1 | | [23] |
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2024 | Billy Childs | The Winds of Change | | [24] |
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2025 | Chick Corea and Béla Fleck | Remembrance | | [25] |
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