Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Album

The Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Album , in German "Grammy Award for the best jazz instrumental album", is a music prize that has been presented at the annual Grammy Awards since 2012 . The award goes to artists for new outstanding albums in the field of jazz .

The Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Album was first presented on February 12, 2012. It was merged from the Grammies awarded until 2011 for Best Instrumental Jazz Album, Individual or Group , Best Contemporary Jazz Album and the Best Latin Jazz Album .

The American jazz trio Corea , Clarke & White , which emerged from the formation Return to Forever , won the first Grammy in this category .

Winner and nominated artist

year	Artist / band	nationality	plant	Other nominated artists	Pictures of the artists
2012 February 12, 2012	Corea , Clarke & White	United States	Forever	Gerald Clayton - Bond: The Paris Sessions Fred Hersch - Alone at The Vanguard Joe Lovano Us Five - Bird Songs Sonny Rollins - Road Shows Vol. 2 Yellowjackets - Timeline
2013 February 10, 2013	Pat Metheny Unity Band	United States	Unity band	Chick Corea , Eddie Gomez & Paul Motian - Further Explorations Chick Corea & Gary Burton - Hot House Kenny Garrett - Seeds From The Underground Ahmad Jamal - Blue Moon
2014 January 26, 2014	Terri Lyne Carrington	United States	Money Jungle: Provocative in Blue	New Gary Burton Quartet - Guided Tour Gerald Clayton - Life Forum Kenny Garrett - Pushing the World Away Christian McBride Trio - Out Here
2015 February 8, 2015	Chick Corea Trio	United States	Trilogy	Brian Blade & the Fellowship Band - Landmarks Fred Hersch Trio - Floating Bobby Hutcherson , David Sanborn , Joey DeFrancesco featuring Billy Hart - Enjoy the View Jason Moran - All Rise: A Joyful Elegy for Fats Waller
2016 February 15, 2016	John Scofield	United States	Past Present	Joey Alexander - My Favorite Things Terence Blanchard featuring the E-Collective - Breathless Robert Glasper - Covered: The Robert Glasper Trio Recorded Live at Capitol Studios Jimmy Greene - Beautiful Life
2017 February 13, 2017	John Scofield	United States	Country for Old Men	Kenny Barron Trio - Book of Intuition Peter Erskine - Dr. Around Fred Hersch Trio - Sunday Night at the Vanguard Joshua Redman & Brad Mehldau - Nearness
2018 January 28, 2018	Billy Childs	United States	Rebirth	Bill Charlap Trio - Uptown, Downtown Billy Childs - Rebirth Joey DeFrancesco & the People Project Freedom Fred Hersch - Open Book Chris Potter - The Dreamer Is the Dream
2019 February 10, 2019	Wayne Shorter	United States	Emanon	Regina Carter ( Karrin Allyson ) - Some of That Sunshine Fred Hersch - We See Brad Mehldau (Brad Behldau Trio) - De-dah Miguel Zenón (Miguel Zenón featuring Spectral Quartet) - Cadenas
2020 January 26th, 2020	Brad Mehldau	United States	Finding Gabriel	Joey DeFrancesco - In the Key of the Universe Branford Marsalis Quartet - The Secret Between the Shadow and the Soul Christian McBride - Christian McBride's New Jawn Joshua Redman Quartet - Come What May

supporting documents

1. ↑ Awards Category Comparison Chart (PDF; 80 kB) National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. S. 1. Retrieved April 8, 2011.
2. ^ Dan Auerbach: Fun., Jay-Z, Mumford & Sons, Frank Ocean, Kanye West Lead 55th GRAMMY Nominations , Recording Academy press release, December 5, 2012.
3. ↑ 55th Annual GRAMMY Awards Nominees. From: grammy.com, accessed December 6, 2012.

Web links

• Official site of the Grammy Awards