Juno Award for Traditional Jazz Album of the Year

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The Juno Award for Traditional Jazz Album of the Year was presented as recognition each year for the best traditional jazz album in Canada. It was first presented in 1994, after the Juno Awards split the former award for Best Jazz Album into separate categories for traditional and contemporary jazz, [1] and was discontinued after 2014, when the traditional and contemporary jazz categories were replaced with new categories for Jazz Album - Solo and Jazz Album - Group.

The Juno Awards are presented annually to Canadian musical artists and bands to acknowledge their artistic and technical achievements in all aspects of music. New members of the Canadian Music Hall of Fame are also inducted as part of the awards ceremonies.

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The Juno Award for Best Jazz Album was an award, presented by the Juno Awards to the year's best jazz album by a Canadian artist. It was presented from 1997 until 1993, following which it was discontinued and replaced with separate categories for Contemporary Jazz and Mainstream/Traditional Jazz.

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Winners

Best Mainstream Jazz Album (1994 – 1999)

YearWinner(s)AlbumNomineesRef.
1994 Dave Young and the Phil Dwyer Quartet Fables and Dreams [1]
1995 Renee Rosnes Free Trade [2]
1996 Ingrid Jensen Vernal Fields
1997 Renee Rosnes Ancestors
1998 Hugh Fraser Quintet In the Mean Time
1999 Kirk MacDonald The Atlantic Sessions

Best Traditional Jazz Album – Instrumental (2000 – 2002)

YearWinner(s)AlbumNomineesRef.
2000 Pat LaBarbera Deep in a Dream
2001 Rob McConnell Tentet Rob McConnell Tentet
2002 Mike Murley, Ed Bickert and Steve Wallace Live at the Senator

Traditional Jazz Album of the Year (2003 – 2014)

YearWinner(s)AlbumNomineesRef.
2003 Renee Rosnes Life on Earth
2004 Guido Basso Lost in the Stars
2005 David Braid Vivid: The David Braid Sextet Live
2006 Don Thompson Quartet Ask Me Later
2007 Jon Ballantyne Avenue Standard
2008 Brandi Disterheft Debut
2009 Oliver Jones Second Time Around
2010 Terry Clarke It's About Time
2011 John MacLeod's Rex Hotel Orchestra Our First Set
2012 David Braid Verge
2013 Mike Murley, Ed Bickert and Steve Wallace Test of Time
2014 Mike Downes Ripple Effect

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References

  1. 1 2 "Quirky mix of nominees for 1994 Junos". The Globe and Mail , February 9, 1994.
  2. ↑ "Juno categories make unlikely bedfellows". Edmonton Journal , March 19, 1995.
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