Juno Award for Jazz Album of the Year – Solo

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The Juno Award for "Jazz Album of the Year - Solo" has been awarded since 2015, as recognition each year for the best jazz album of a solo artist in Canada. [1]

Winners

YearWinner(s)AlbumNomineesRef.
2015 Kirk MacDonald Vista Obscura
  • Jim Head, Zoetrope
  • Lenny Breau, LA Bootleg 1984
  • Marianne Trudel, La vie commence ici
  • Owen Howard, Drum Lore Vol. 2 – More Lore
2016 Robi Botos Movin' Forward
  • Al Muirhead, It's About Time
  • Curtis Nowosad, Dialectics
  • Rich Brown, Abend
  • Tara Davidson, Duets
2017 Renee Rosnes Written in the Rocks
2018 Mike Downes Root Structure
2019 Robi Botos Old Soul [2]
2020 Jacques Kuba Séguin Migrations
  • The Mark Kelso Jazz Project, The Chronicles of Fezziwig
  • Joel Miller, Unstoppable
  • Ted Quinlan, Absolutely Dreaming
  • John Stetch, Black Sea Suite
 [3]
2021 Jocelyn Gould Elegant Traveler [4]
2022 Will Bonness Change of Plans
  • Efajemue, Aesthetics
  • Jon Gordon, Stranger Than Fiction
  • Jesse Ryan, Bridges
  • Andrés Vial, When Is Ancient?
 [5]
2023 Renee Rosnes Kinds of Love [6]
2024 Christine Jensen Day Moon [7]

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References

  1. ↑ "Juno Award winners list by year". Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences . Retrieved March 18, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Shawn Mendes and the Weeknd lead the 2019 Juno nominations". CBC Music, January 29, 2019.
  3. ↑ Melody Lau, "Alessia Cara and Tory Lanez lead the 2020 Juno nominations". CBC Music, January 28, 2019.
  4. ↑ Holly Gordon and Andrea Warner, "Here are the 2021 Juno Award winners". CBC Music, June 4, 2021.
  5. ↑ "Gala des prix JUNO 2022 | Charlotte Cardin devance Justin Bieber et The Weeknd dans les nominations!". sorstu.ca, March 1, 2022.
  6. ↑ Jenna Benchetrit and Arti Patel, "The Weeknd picks up 4 wins on Junos 2023 opening night". CBC News, March 11, 2023.
  7. ↑ "Junos 2024: full list of winners". CBC Music, March 23, 2024.


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