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Grammy Award for Best Jazz Performance
Grammy Award for Best Jazz Performance
Awarded forquality performances in the jazz music genre
CountryUnited States
Presented byNational Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
First award1959
Currently held bySamara Joy featuring Sullivan Fortner,
"Twinkle Twinkle Little Me" (2025)
Websitegrammy.com

The Grammy Award for Best Jazz Performance has been awarded since 1959. Before 1979 the award title did not specify instrumental performances and was presented for instrumental or vocal performances. The award has had several minor name changes:

  • In 1959 the award was known as Best Jazz Performance, Individual
  • In 1960 it was awarded as Best Jazz Performance - Soloist
  • From 1961 to 1971 the award was combined with the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group
  • From 1972 to 1978 it was awarded as Best Jazz Performance by a Soloist
  • From 1979 to 1988 it was awarded as Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Soloist
  • From 1989 to 1990 it was awarded as Best Jazz Instrumental Performance Soloist (on a jazz recording)
  • In 1991 it was awarded as Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Soloist
  • From 1992 to 2008 it was awarded as Best Jazz Instrumental Solo
  • From 2009 to 2023, it was awarded as Best Improvised Jazz Solo
  • Since 2024, it has been awarded as Best Jazz Performance[1]

Recipients

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Two-time winner Ella Fitzgerald.
Two-time winner Bill Evans.
1974 award-winner Art Tatum.
Two-time winner Dizzy Gillespie.
Four-time winner Oscar Peterson.
1982 winner John Coltrane.
Three-time winner Miles Davis.
Three-time winner Wynton Marsalis.
Six-time winner Michael Brecker.
Three-time winner Herbie Hancock.
Two-time winner Terence Blanchard.
Seven-time winner Chick Corea.
Year[I] Performing artist(s) Work Nominees Ref.
1959 Ella Fitzgerald Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook
1960 Ella Swings Lightly
1972 Bill Evans Trio The Bill Evans Album
1973 Gary Burton Alone at Last
1974 Art Tatum God Is in the House
1975 Charlie Parker First Recordings!
1976 Dizzy Gillespie Oscar Peterson and Dizzy Gillespie
1977 Count Basie Basie & Zoot
1978 Oscar Peterson The Giants
1979 Oscar Peterson Jam – Montreux '77
1980 Jousts
1981 Bill Evans I Will Say Goodbye
1982 John Coltrane Bye Bye Blackbird
1983 Miles Davis We Want Miles
1984 Wynton Marsalis Think of One
1985 Hot House Flowers
1986 Black Codes (From the Underground)
1987 Miles Davis Tutu
1988 Dexter Gordon The Other Side of Round Midnight
1989 Michael Brecker Don't Try This at Home
1990 Miles Davis Aura
1991 Oscar Peterson The Legendary Oscar Peterson Trio Live at the Blue Note
1992 Stan Getz "I Remember You"
1993 Joe Henderson "Lush Life"
1994 "Miles Ahead"
1995 Benny Carter "Prelude to a Kiss"
1996 Michael Brecker "Impressions"
1997 "Cabin Fever"
1998 Doc Cheatham & Nicholas Payton "Stardust"
1999 Gary Burton & Chick Corea "Rhumbata"
2000 Wayne Shorter "In Walked Wayne"
2001 Pat Metheny "(Go) Get It"
2002 Michael Brecker "Chan's Song"
2003 Herbie Hancock "My Ship"
2004 Chick Corea "Matrix"
2005 Herbie Hancock "Speak Like a Child"
2006 Sonny Rollins "Why Was I Born?"
2007 Michael Brecker "Some Skunk Funk"
2008 "Anagram"
2009 Terence Blanchard "Be-Bop"
2010 "Dancin' 4 Chicken"
2011 Herbie Hancock "A Change Is Gonna Come"
2012 Chick Corea "500 Miles High" [2]
2013 Gary Burton & Chick Corea "Hot House" [3]
2014 Wayne Shorter "Orbits" [4]
2015 Chick Corea "Fingerprints" [5]
2016 Christian McBride "Cherokee" [6]
2017 John Scofield "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" [7]
2018 John McLaughlin "Miles Beyond" [8]
2019 John Daversa "Don't Fence Me In" [9]
2020 Randy Brecker "Sozinho" [10]
2021 Chick Corea "All Blues" [11]
2022 "Humpty Dumpty (Set 2)" [12]
2023 Wayne Shorter & Leo Genovese (soloist) "Endangered Species" [13]
2024 Samara Joy "Tight" [14]
2025 Samara Joy featuring Sullivan Fortner "Twinkle Twinkle Little Me" [15]

Artists with multiple wins

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7 wins
4 wins
3 wins
2 wins

Artists with multiple nominations

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14 nominations
10 nominations
8 nominations
7 nominations
6 nominations
5 nominations
4 nominations
3 nominations
2 nominations

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