Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Jazz Album

The Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Jazz Album (German: “Grammy Award for the best contemporary jazz album”) is the music prize awarded annually from 1992 to 2011 at the Grammy Awards . With it, high-quality works from jazz music were honored.

By 2010 Pat Metheny had been honored with six of these prizes, making him the most successful artist in this category.

Background and story

The Grammy Awards (actually Grammophone Awards), which have been presented since 1958, are presented annually in numerous categories by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS) in the United States of America for artistic achievement, technical competence and excellent overall performance regardless of the album - Honor sales or chart position.

This award was first given to The Manhattan Transfer in 1992 as the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Jazz Performance . In 1993 and 1994 the award was given as the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Jazz Performance (Instrumental) , in 1995 the addition was dropped again. The next name change took place in 2001 with a change of criteria: While singles and albums could previously be awarded, the Grammy as Grammy for Best Contemporary Jazz Album was only awarded to albums with an instrumental share of more than 51% of the total playing time.

At the Grammy Awards in 2012, this prize was no longer awarded because it was awarded to the Best Jazz Instrumental Album category together with the Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Jazz Album, Individual or Group and the Grammy Award for Best Latin Jazz Album .

statistics

The artist with the most awards is Pat Metheny , who has been honored a total of six times. Randy Brecker won the award four times, including one time together with his brother Michael Brecker as a duo. With the exception of the Austrian Joe Zawinul , all of the award winners were American . The band with the most nominations without distinction are the Yellowjackets , which have been nominated seven times.

Award winners

year	Artist / band	nationality	plant	Other nominees	Picture of the winner
1992 February 26, 1992	The Manhattan Transfer	United States	Sassy	Béla Fleck and the Flecktones - Flight of the Cosmic Hippo Bobby McFerrin - Medicine Music Claus Ogerman and Michael Brecker - Claus Ogerman Featuring Michael Brecker Joe Sample - Ashes to Ashes Yellowjackets - Greenhouse
1993 February 24, 1993	Pat Metheny	United States	Secret story	Bob Berg - Back Roads Brecker Brothers - Return of the Brecker Brothers Bob Mintzer - One Music David Sanborn - Upfront
1994 March 1, 1994	Pat Metheny Group	United States	The Road to You	Chick Corea Elektric Volume II - Paint the World Fourplay - Between the Sheets John Patitucci - Another World Yellowjackets - Like a River
1995 March 1, 1995	Brecker Brothers	United States	Out of the loop	Jan Garbarek Group - Twelve Moons Marcus Miller - The Sun Don't Lie Mike Stern - Is What It Is Yellowjackets - Run for Your Life
1996 February 28, 1996	Pat Metheny Group	United States	We Live Here	Fourplay - Elixir Marcus Miller - Tales Lee Ritenour and Larry Carlton - Larry & Lee Yellowjackets - Dreamland
1997 February 26, 1997	Wayne Shorter	United States	High life	Bob James and Kirk Whalum - Joined at the Hip TJ Kirk - If Four Was One Harvey Mason - Ratamacue Mike Stern - Between the Lines
1998 February 25, 1998	Randy Brecker	United States	Into the Sun	Lee Ritenour - Alive in LA Patrice Rushen - Signature Joe Sample - Sample This Grover Washington - Breath of Heaven: A Holiday Collection
1999 February 24, 1999	Pat Metheny Group	United States	Imaginary Day	George Duke - After Hours Marcus Miller - Live & More Yellowjackets - Club Nocturne Joe Zawinul and The Zawinul Syndicate - World Tour
2000 February 23, 2000	David Sanborn	United States	Inside	Russell Gunn - Ethnomusicology, Volume 1 Tim Hagans - animation / imagination Bob James - Joy Ride Victor Wooten - Yin-Yang
2001 February 21, 2001	Béla Fleck and the Flecktones	United States	Outbound	Fourplay - Yes, Please! Tim Hagans and Bob Belden - Re-Animation: Live! Ronny Jordan - A Brighter Day Liquid Soul - Here's the Deal
2002 February 27, 2002	Marcus Miller	United States	M²	CAB - CAB 2 Bill Evans - Soul Insider Russell Gunn - Ethnomusicology, Volume 2 Mike Stern - Voices
2003 February 27, 2003	Pat Metheny Group	United States	Speaking of Now	Larry Carlton - Deep Into It John Scofield Band - Überjam Yellowjackets - Mint Jam Joe Zawinul - Faces & Places
2004 February 4, 2004	Randy Brecker	United States	34th N Lex	Nicholas Payton - Sonic Trance David Sanborn - Time Again The Crusaders - Rural Renewal
2005 February 13, 2005	Bill Frisell	United States	Unspeakable	Fourplay - Journey Jan Garbarek - In Praise of Dreams Don Grusin - The Hang Roy Hargrove - Strength
2006 February 8, 2006	Pat Metheny Group	United States	The way up	Dave Douglas - Keystone Bill Evans - Soulgrass Joshua Redman Elastic Band - Momentum Meshell Ndegeocello - The Spirit Music Jamia: Dance of the Infidel
2007 February 11, 2007	Béla Fleck and the Flecktones	United States	The Hidden Land	Groove Collective - People People Music Music Christian Scott - Rewind That Sex Mob - Sexotica Mike Stern - Who Let The Cats Out?
2008 February 10, 2008	Herbie Hancock	United States	River: The Joni Letters	Will Bernard - Party Hats Brian Bromberg - Downright Upright Eldar - re-imagination Jeff Lorber - He Had a Hat
2009 February 8, 2009	Randy Brecker	United States	Randy in Brazil	John McLaughlin - Floating Point Yellowjackets and Mike Stern - Lifecycle Various Artists - Cannon Re-Loaded: All-Star Celebration of Cannonball Adderley Various Artists - Miles from India
2010 January 31, 2010	Joe Zawinul and The Zawinul Syndicate	Austria	75	Stefon Harris and Blackout - Urbanus Julian Lage - Sounding Point Philippe Saisse - At World's Edge Mike Stern - Big Neighborhood
2011 February 13, 2011	The Stanley Clarke Band	United States	The Stanley Clarke Band	Joey DeFrancesco - Never Can Say Goodbye Jeff Lorber Fusion - Now Is the Time John McLaughlin - To the One Trombone Shorty - Backatown

Web links

• Official website of the Grammy Awards

Individual evidence

1. ↑ “ honor artistic achievement, technical proficiency and overall excellence in the recording industry, without regard to album sales or chart position ” Overview . National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences . Retrieved September 11, 2014.
2. ^ Grammy Awards at a Glance . In: Los Angeles Times . Retrieved July 19, 2010.
3. ↑ 52nd OEP Category Description Guide (PDF; 85 kB) National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on October 27, 2009. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved June 30, 2010. 
4. ↑ Awards Category Comparison Chart ( PDF ; 80 kB) National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved April 8, 2011.

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