Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Jazz Album, Individual or Group

Chick Corea has received the Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Jazz Album, Individual or Group ten times, most recently in 2010 together with John McLaughlin .

The Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Jazz Album, Individual or Group , in German "Grammy Award for the best jazz instrumental album, individual artist or group", is a music prize that was awarded from 1959 to 2011 by the American Recording Academy . The award went to musicians for albums in the field of jazz music .

History and background

Since 1959, the Grammy Awards are presented annually in numerous categories by the Recording Academy in the United States to recognize artistic achievement, technical competence, and overall excellence regardless of album sales or chart position.

One of these categories is the Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Jazz Album, Individual or Group . The award was first given to Count Basie in 1959 for his album Basie . Since it was first awarded, the award has had numerous minor name changes:

• From 1959 to 1960 the award was called the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Performance, Group
• In 1961 he called himself the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Performance Solo or Small Group
• From 1962 to 1963 the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Performance Solo or Small Group (Instrumental) was presented
• In 1964 it was renamed the Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Jazz Performance - Soloist or Small Group
• From 1965 to 1966 the award was called the Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Jazz Performance - Small Group or Soloist
• In 1967 the title was Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Jazz Performance - Group or Soloist with Group
• From 1968 to 1971 the award category was called the Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Jazz Performance, Small Group or Soloist with Small Group
• From 1972 to 1978 the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Performance by a Group was presented
• From 1979 to 1992, the award designation was the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Group
• From 1993 to 2000 the category was named Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Individual or Group
• From 2001 to 2011 it was called the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group.

Before 1962 and from 1972 to 1978 the category was awarded for both instrumental and vocal performances.

After an extensive revision of the Grammy Award categories, the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Album was presented in 2012 .

Winners and nominees

year	winner	nationality	album	Nominees	Picture of the winner (s)
1959	Count Basie	United States	Basie
1960	Jonah Jones	United States	I dig chicks
1961	André Previn	United States	West Side Story
1962	André Previn	United States	André Previn Plays Songs by Harold Arlen
1963	Stan Getz	United States	Desafinado
1964	Bill Evans	United States	Conversations with Myself
1965	Stan Getz	United States	Getz / Gilberto
1966	Ramsey Lewis	United States	The In Crowd
1967	Wes Montgomery	United States	Goin 'out of my head
1968	Cannonball Adderley	United States	Mercy, Mercy, Mercy! Live at 'The Club'
1969	Bill Evans	United States	Bill Evans at the Montreux Jazz Festival
1970	Wes Montgomery	United States	Willow Weep for Me
1971	Bill Evans	United States	Alone
1972	Bill Evans	United States	The Bill Evans album
1973	Freddie Hubbard	United States	First light
1974	Supersax	United States	Supersax Plays Bird
1975	Joe Pass , Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen , Oscar Peterson	United States Denmark   Canada	The trio
1976	Chick Corea and Return to Forever	United States	No mystery
1977	Chick Corea	United States	The Leprechaun
1978	Phil Woods	United States	The Phil Woods Six - Live from the Showboat
1979	Chick Corea	United States	Friends
1980	Chick Corea & Gary Burton	United States	Duet
1981	Bill Evans	United States	We will meet again
1982	Chick Corea & Gary Burton	United States	Chick Corea & Gary Burton in Concert - Zurich, October 28, 1979
1983	Phil Woods	United States	"More" Live
1984	Phil Woods	United States	At the Vanguard
1985	Kind of Blakey	United States	New York Scene
1986	Wynton Marsalis	United States	Black Codes (From the Underground)
1987	Wynton Marsalis	United States	J Mood
1988	Wynton Marsalis	United States	Marsalis Standard Time, Vol. I.
1989	Roy Haynes , Cecil McBee , David Murray , Pharoah Sanders , McCoy Tyner	United States	Blues for Coltrane: A Tribute to John Coltrane
1990	Chick Corea	United States	Chick Corea Akoustic Band
1991	Oscar Peterson	Canada	Live at the Blue Note
1992	Oscar Peterson	Canada	Saturday Night at the Blue Note
1993	Branford Marsalis	United States	I Heard You Twice the First Time
1994	Joe Henderson	United States	So Near, So Far (Musings for Miles)
1995	Ron Carter , Herbie Hancock , Wallace Roney , Wayne Shorter , Tony Williams	United States	A Tribute to Miles
1996	McCoy Tyner Trio and Michael Brecker	United States	Infinity
1997	Michael Brecker	United States	Tales from the Hudson
1998	Charlie Haden and Pat Metheny	United States	Beyond the Missouri Sky (Short Stories)
1999	Herbie Hancock	United States	Gershwin's World
2000	Gary Burton, Chick Corea, Roy Haynes , Dave Holland , Pat Metheny	United States United Kingdom	Like Minds
2001	Branford Marsalis	United States	Contemporary jazz
2002	Sonny Rollins	United States	This Is What I Do
2003	Herbie Hancock, Michael Brecker, Roy Hargrove	United States	Directions in Music: Live at Massey Hall
2004	Wayne Shorter	United States	Alegría
2005	McCoy Tyner	United States	Illuminations
2006	Wayne Shorter	United States	Beyond the Sound Barrier
2007	Chick Corea	United States	The Ultimate Adventure
2008	Michael Brecker	United States	Pilgrimage
2009	Chick Corea and Gary Burton	United States	The New Crystal Silence
2010	Chick Corea and John McLaughlin	United States United Kingdom	Five Peace Band Live
2011	James Moody	United States	Moody 4B

Web links

• Official website of the Grammy Awards - Recording Academy, Los Angeles (English)
• Winner of the Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Jazz Album, Individual or Group at grammy.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Grammy Awards. Accessed April 27, 2019 . 
2. ^ The Official Site of the Grammy Awards - Overview. Accessed April 27, 2019 . 
3. ^ Winners Best Instrumental Jazz Album. Accessed April 27, 2019 .