Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Jazz Album

Template:Short description Template:Infobox award The Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Jazz Album was an award presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards,<ref name=Grammy>Template:Cite news</ref> to recording artists for works (songs or albums) containing quality contemporary jazz performances. Honors in several categories are presented at the ceremony annually by The Recording Academy to "honor artistic achievement, technical proficiency and overall excellence in the recording industry, without regard to album sales or chart position".<ref name=Overview>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Originally called the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Jazz Performance, the award was first presented to the Manhattan Transfer in 1992. From 1993 to 1994 the category was known as Best Contemporary Jazz Performance (Instrumental), from 1995 to 2000 the name changed to Best Contemporary Jazz Performance, and since 2001 the name of the category has been Best Contemporary Jazz Album. Until 2001, both albums and singles were eligible for this award. According to the category description guide for the 52nd Grammy Awards, the award is presented for albums containing "at least 51% playing time of newly recorded contemporary jazz instrumental tracks".<ref name=52nd>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Beginning in 2001, award recipients included the producers, engineers, and/or mixers associated with the nominated work in addition to the recording artists.

As of 2011, Pat Metheny holds the record for the most wins in this category, with a total of six (five times with the Pat Metheny Group). Randy Brecker has received the award four times total, once along with his brother Michael as the duo known as Brecker Brothers. The group Béla Fleck and the Flecktones has received the award twice. American artists have been presented with the award more than any other nationality, though it has been presented once to Joe Zawinul, born in Austria. The group Yellowjackets holds the record for the most nominations without a win, with a total of seven. In 2012, the award was discontinued in a major overhaul of Grammy categories. From 2012, contemporary jazz recordings were shifted to the newly formed Best Jazz Instrumental Album category.

Recipients

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Six-time award winner Pat Metheny

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Four-time award winner and member of Brecker Brothers, Randy Brecker

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Béla Fleck of the two-time award-winning group, Béla Fleck and the Flecktones

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2005 award winner, Bill Frisell

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2008 award winner, Herbie Hancock

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2010 award winner, Joe Zawinul

Year{{#if:[I]|[I]|[1]}}	Performing artist(s)	Work	Nominees	Ref.
1992	The Manhattan Transfer	Template:Sort	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name=Grammy1992>Template:Cite news</ref>
1993	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name=Grammy2993>Template:Cite news</ref>
1994	Pat Metheny Group	Template:Sort	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name=Grammy1994>Template:Cite news</ref>
1995	Brecker Brothers	Template:Sort	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name=Grammy1995>Template:Cite news</ref>
1996	Pat Metheny Group	Template:Sort	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name=Grammy1996>Template:Cite news</ref>
1997	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	Template:Smalldiv
1998	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name=Grammy1998>Template:Cite news</ref>
1999	Pat Metheny Group	Template:Sort	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name=Grammy1999>Template:Cite news</ref>
2000	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	Template:Smalldiv
2001	Béla Fleck and the Flecktones	Template:Sort	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name=Grammy2001>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2002	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name=Grammy2002>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }} Note: This source lists CAB band members Dennis Chambers, Tony MacAlpine, Brian Auger and Bunny Brunel individually.</ref>
2003	Pat Metheny Group	Template:Sort	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name=Grammy2003>Template:Cite news</ref>
2004	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name=Grammy2004>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2005	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name=Grammy2005>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2006	Pat Metheny Group	Template:Sort	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name=Grammy2006>Template:Cite news</ref>
2007	Béla Fleck and the Flecktones	Template:Sort	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name=Grammy2007>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2008	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name=Grammy2008>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2009	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name=Grammy2009>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2010	Template:Sortname and The Zawinul Syndicate	Template:Sort	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name=Grammy2010>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> <ref name="Grammy2010 nom">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2011	The Stanley Clarke Band	Template:Sort	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name=Grammy2011>Template:Cite news</ref>

^{^[I]{{#if:| }}} Each year is linked to the article about the Grammy Awards held that year.

References

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