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	Jingle Man — Moe Koffman Travelin' On — Oscar Peterson The Jazz Album — Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass Nowhere But Here — Joel Shulman
1978	Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Big Band Jazz	Ed Bickert — Ed Bickert Museum Pieces — Moe Koffman Transformations/Invocation — Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Country Place — Don Thompson
1979	Tommy Banks Big Band feat. Big Miller	Jazz Canada Montreux 1978	Big Band Jazz, Vol. II — Humber College Jazz Ensemble Things Are Looking Up — Moe Koffman Bones Blues — Pete Magadini More Than Ever — Ted Moses
1980	Ed Bickert and Don Thompson	Sackville 4005	Determination — Michael Stewart, Keith Blackley Night Child — Oscar Peterson Rob McConnell & The Boss Brass Again — Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass Walking on Air — Jim Galloway
1981	Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Present Perfect	The Book of the Heart — Glen Hall Circles — Don Thompson Entre Amis — Bob Stroup Live in Jazz City — Bob Stroup Tommy Ambrose at Last — Tommy Ambrose with the Doug Riley Band
1982	The Brass Connection	The Brass Connection	Au Privave — Wray Downes and Dave Young Clear Vision — Joe Sealy Jump Street — Peter Leitch Live in Digital — Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass
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	A New Look — Doug Hamilton and The Brass Connection Bye Bye Baby — Ed Bickert Indian Summer — Fraser MacPherson The Lion's Eyes — Steve Holt
1985	Don Thompson	A Beautiful Friendship	Avenue B — The Bill King Quintet Free For Now — The Oliver Whitehead Quintet MacPherson — Fraser MacPherson The Many Moods of Oliver Jones — Oliver Jones
1986	Oliver Jones	Lights of Burgundy	Atras De Porta — Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass Boss Brass & Woods — Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass featuring Phil Woods Doomsday Machine — Denny Christianson Big Band The Rob McConnell Sextet Old Friends/New Music — The Rob McConnell Sextet
1987	Oscar Peterson	If You Could See Me Now	Cafe Alto - Dave Turner Speak Low, Swing Hard - Oliver Jones Trio Streetniks - The Shuffle Demons Trio Jon Ballantyne - Jon Ballantyne
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 14th — Bernie Senesky Off Centre — Time Warp Pas de Probleme — The Hugh Fraser Quintet Something's Here — The Edmonton Jazz Ensemble
1991	Mike Murley	Two Sides	The Dave McMurdo Jazz Orchestra — Dave McMurdo Oscar Peterson Live — Oscar Peterson Renee Rosnes — Renee Rosnes Time Warp Live at George's Jazz Room — Time Warp
1992	Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	The Brass Is Back	Climbing — Barry Elmes Gliding — Stan Samole
	Brian Dickinson	In Transition
	Renee Rosnes	For the Moment
1993	P. J. Perry	My Ideal	Brassy and Sassy — Rob McConnell and The Boss Brass Last Call at the Blue Note — Oscar Peterson Trio Rectangle Man — John Stetch Time & Tide — Mike Murley	^[2]

References

^ "Quirky mix of nominees for 1994 Junos". The Globe and Mail, February 9, 1994.
^ "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.

[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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v t e Juno Awards
Awards to individuals	Artist of the Year Fan Choice Group of the Year Breakthrough Artist of the Year Breakthrough Group of the Year Producer Recording Engineer Songwriter
Awards for recordings	Album of the Year Adult Alternative Adult Contemporary Alternative Blues Children's Comedy Classical – Large Ensemble Classical – Small Ensemble Classical – Solo Classical Composition CCM/Gospel Contemporary Indigenous Artist Contemporary R&B/Soul Contemporary Roots Country Dance Electronic Francophone Global Music Heavy Metal Instrumental International Jazz – Solo Jazz – Group Jazz – Vocal Pop Rap Album/EP Rap Single Reggae Rock Single of the Year Traditional Indigenous Artist Traditional R&B/Soul Traditional Roots Underground Dance
Awards for technicality	Music DVD Recording Package Video
Discontinued categories	Classical Album of the Year (1977–1985) Classical – Solo or Chamber Ensemble (1985–2021) Classical – Vocal or Choral Performance (1994–2021) Indigenous Artist or Group (1994–2021) Jazz Album (1977–1993) Jazz – Contemporary (1994–2014) Jazz – Traditional (1994–2014) Rap Recording (1991–2021) R&B/Soul Recording (1985–2020) Roots and Traditional Album (1989–1995) Roots & Traditional Album – Solo (1996–2015) Roots & Traditional Album – Group (1996–2015)
Special awards	Canadian Music Hall of Fame Walt Grealis Special Achievement Award Juno Humanitarian Award
Years	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1989¹ 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Leadership	Walt Grealis Stan Klees Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
Notes	¹ Due to the rescheduling of the ceremony from late fall to early spring, no ceremony was held in 1988.
See also Music of Canada Polaris Music Prize Much Music Video Awards Félix Awards East Coast Music Awards Western Canadian Music Awards