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Grammy Award for Best Jazz Performance

Grammy award category for jazz

Grammy award category for jazz

FieldValue
nameGrammy Award for Best Jazz Performance
awarded_forquality performances in the jazz music genre
imagesize100px
altA gold gramophone trophy with a plaque set on a table
captionGilded gramophone trophy presented to Grammy Award winners
presenterNational Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
countryUnited States
year1959
holderSamara Joy featuring Sullivan Fortner, "Twinkle Twinkle Little Me" (2025)
websitegrammy.com

The Grammy Award for Best Jazz Performance has been awarded since 1959. Before 1979 the award title did not specify instrumental performances and was presented for instrumental or vocal performances. The award has had several minor name changes:

  • In 1959 the award was known as Best Jazz Performance, Individual
  • In 1960 it was awarded as Best Jazz Performance - Soloist
  • From 1961 to 1971 the award was combined with the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group
  • From 1972 to 1978 it was awarded as Best Jazz Performance by a Soloist
  • From 1979 to 1988 it was awarded as Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Soloist
  • From 1989 to 1990 it was awarded as Best Jazz Instrumental Performance Soloist (on a jazz recording)
  • In 1991 it was awarded as Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Soloist
  • From 1992 to 2008 it was awarded as Best Jazz Instrumental Solo
  • From 2009 to 2023, it was awarded as Best Improvised Jazz Solo
  • Since 2024, it has been awarded as Best Jazz Performance

Recipients

YearPerforming artist(s)WorkNomineesRef.195919601972197319741975197619771978197919801981198219831984198519861987198819891990199119921993199419951996199719981999200020012002200320042005200620072008200920102011201220132014201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026
Ella FitzgeraldElla Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook{{smalldiv
Ella Swings Lightly{{smalldiv
Bill Evans TrioThe Bill Evans Album{{smalldiv
Gary BurtonAlone at Last{{smalldiv
Art TatumGod Is in the House{{smalldiv
Charlie ParkerFirst Recordings!{{smalldiv
Dizzy GillespieOscar Peterson and Dizzy Gillespie{{smalldiv
Count BasieBasie & Zoot{{smalldiv
Oscar PetersonThe Giants{{smalldiv
Oscar Peterson Jam – Montreux '77{{smalldiv
Jousts{{smalldiv
Bill EvansI Will Say Goodbye{{smalldiv
John ColtraneBye Bye Blackbird{{smalldiv
Miles DavisWe Want Miles{{smalldiv
Wynton MarsalisThink of One{{smalldiv
Hot House Flowers{{smalldiv
Black Codes (From the Underground){{smalldiv
Miles DavisTutu{{smalldiv
Dexter GordonThe Other Side of Round Midnight{{smalldiv
Michael BreckerDon't Try This at Home{{smalldiv
Miles DavisAura{{smalldiv
Oscar PetersonThe Legendary Oscar Peterson Trio Live at the Blue Note{{smalldiv
Stan Getz"I Remember You"{{smalldiv
Joe Henderson"Lush Life"{{smalldiv
"Miles Ahead"{{smalldiv
Benny Carter"Prelude to a Kiss"{{smalldiv
Michael Brecker"Impressions"{{smalldiv
"Cabin Fever"{{smalldiv
Doc Cheatham & Nicholas Payton"Stardust"{{smalldiv
Gary Burton & Chick Corea"Rhumbata"{{smalldiv
Wayne Shorter"In Walked Wayne"{{smalldiv
Pat Metheny"(Go) Get It"{{smalldiv
Michael Brecker"Chan's Song"{{smalldiv
Herbie Hancock"My Ship"{{smalldiv
Chick Corea"Matrix"{{smalldiv
Herbie Hancock"Speak Like a Child"{{smalldiv
Sonny Rollins"Why Was I Born?"{{smalldiv
Michael Brecker"Some Skunk Funk"{{smalldiv
"Anagram"{{smalldiv
Terence Blanchard"Be-Bop"{{smalldiv
"Dancin' 4 Chicken"
Herbie Hancock"A Change Is Gonna Come"
Chick Corea"500 Miles High"
Gary Burton & Chick Corea"Hot House"
Wayne Shorter"Orbits"
Chick Corea"Fingerprints"
Christian McBride"Cherokee"
John Scofield"I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry"
John McLaughlin"Miles Beyond"
John Daversa"Don't Fence Me In"
Randy Brecker"Sozinho"
Chick Corea"All Blues"
"Humpty Dumpty (Set 2)"
Wayne Shorter & Leo Genovese (soloist)"Endangered Species"
Samara Joy"Tight"
Samara Joy featuring Sullivan Fortner"Twinkle Twinkle Little Me"
Winner TBA on 1 February 2026

Artists with multiple wins

;7 wins

  • Chick Corea

;4 wins

  • Oscar Peterson

;3 wins

  • Gary Burton
  • Miles Davis
  • Wynton Marsalis
  • Herbie Hancock
  • Wayne Shorter

;2 wins

  • Ella Fitzgerald
  • Dizzy Gillespie
  • Joe Henderson
  • Samara Joy

Artists with multiple nominations

;14 nominations

  • Chick Corea

;10 nominations

  • Wynton Marsalis

;8 nominations

  • Phil Woods

;7 nominations

  • Miles Davis
  • Branford Marsalis
  • Kenny Barron
  • Herbie Hancock

;6 nominations

  • Gary Burton

;5 nominations

  • Dizzy Gillespie
  • Hank Jones
  • Randy Brecker

;4 nominations

  • Keith Jarrett
  • Oscar Peterson
  • Stan Getz
  • Pepper Adams
  • Tommy Flanagan
  • Wayne Shorter

;3 nominations

  • John Coltrane
  • Freddie Hubbard
  • Dexter Gordon
  • Jimmy Rowles
  • Ira Sullivan
  • Pete Christlieb
  • Charlie Haden
  • Pat Metheny
  • Alan Broadbent

;2 nominations

  • Ella Fitzgerald
  • Jonah Jones
  • Andre Previn
  • Bill Evans
  • Jim Hall
  • Art Tatum
  • Sonny Stitt
  • McCoy Tyner
  • Hubert Laws
  • Jaco Pastorius
  • Zoot Sims
  • Eddie Daniels
  • Joe Henderson
  • Benny Carter
  • Joe Lovano
  • Pat Martino
  • Sonny Rollins
  • Samara Joy

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