Juno Award for Best Jazz Album

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 1977 until 1993, following which it was discontinued and replaced with separate categories for Contemporary Jazz and Mainstream/Traditional Jazz.[1]

Winners

Year Winner Album Nominees Ref.
1977 Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six The Atlantic Suite
1978 Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass Big Band Jazz
1979 Tommy Banks Big Band feat. Big Miller Jazz Canada Montreux 1978
  • Big Band Jazz, Vol. IIHumber College Jazz Ensemble
  • Things Are Looking UpMoe Koffman
  • Bones BluesPete Magadini
  • More Than EverTed Moses
1980 Ed Bickert and Don Thompson Sackville 4005
1981 Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass Present Perfect
1982 The Brass Connection The Brass Connection
1983 Fraser MacPherson and Oliver Gannon I Didn't Know About You
  • Bells - Don Thompson and Rob Piltch
  • Blues Tales in Time - Paul Cram
  • Sometime in Another Life - Peter Leitch and George McFetridge
  • Time Warp - Time Warp
1984 Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass All in Good Time
1985 Don Thompson A Beautiful Friendship
1986 Oliver Jones Lights of Burgundy
1987 Oscar Peterson If You Could See Me Now
1989 The Hugh Fraser Quintet Looking Up
  • Beyond Benghazi - Paul Cram Orchestra
  • Contredanse - Karen Young and Michael Donato
  • In Dew Time - Jane Bunnett
  • Jean Beaudet Quartet - Jean Beaudet Quartet
1990 Jon Ballantyne Trio feat. Joe Henderson Skydance
  • Friday the 14thBernie Senesky
  • Off CentreTime Warp
  • Pas de ProblemeThe Hugh Fraser Quintet
  • Something's HereThe Edmonton Jazz Ensemble
1991 Mike Murley Two Sides
  • The Dave McMurdo Jazz OrchestraDave McMurdo
  • Oscar Peterson LiveOscar Peterson
  • Renee RosnesRenee Rosnes
  • Time Warp Live at George's Jazz RoomTime Warp
1992 Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass The Brass Is Back
  • ClimbingBarry Elmes
  • GlidingStan Samole
Brian Dickinson In Transition
Renee Rosnes For the Moment
1993 P. J. Perry My Ideal [2]

References

  1. "Quirky mix of nominees for 1994 Junos". The Globe and Mail, February 9, 1994.
  2. "Worth waiting for: A Juno award in March for best jazz album was one more indication that P.J. Perry's career, more than 35 years on, is finally unfolding as it should". The Globe and Mail, June 26, 1993.
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