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

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  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.