The Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Jazz Album has been handed out since 1992. Over the years the award has had many minor changes in the name. The award was known as Best Contemporary Jazz Performance in the year of its inception. It was awarded as Best Contemporary Jazz Performance (Instrumental) from 1993 to 1994. For the next five years from 1995 to 2000 it was awarded as Best Contemporary Jazz Performance and finally in 2001 it was changed to the present title. Till 2001 both albums and singles were eligible for the award. In three years 1992, 1995 and 1996, the award went to individual tracks rather than albums.
Winners: Grammys Best Contemporary Jazz Album
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Year
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Winner/s
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Album
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2010
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Joe Zawinul & The Zawinul Syndicate
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75
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2009
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Randy Brecker(Artist) & Ruria Duprat (Producer)
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Randy in Brasil'
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2008
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Herbie Hancock (Artist featuring Leonard Cohen, Norah Jones, Joni Mitchell, Corinne Bailey Rae, Luciana Souza & Tina Turner) & Larry Klein (Producer)
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River: The Joni Letters
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2007
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Béla Fleck and the Flecktones
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The Hidden Land
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2006
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Pat Metheny Group
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The Way Up
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2005
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Bill Frisell
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Unspeakable
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2004
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George Whitty (engineer/mixer & producer) & Randy Brecker (producers & artist)
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34th N Lex
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2003
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Rob Eaton (engineer/mixer), Lyle Mays, Pat Metheny, Steve Rodby (producers) & the Pat Metheny Group
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Speaking of Now
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2002
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David Isaac, Khaliq-O-Vision, Ray Bardani (engineers), David Isaac (producer) & Marcus Miller (producer & artist)
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M²
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2001
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Richard Battaglia, Robert Battaglia (engineers/mixers), Béla Fleck (engineer/mixer & producer) & Béla Fleck and the Flecktones
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Outbound
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2000
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David Sanborn
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Inside
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1999
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Pat Metheny Group
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Imaginary Day
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1998
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Randy Brecker
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Into the Sun
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1997
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Wayne Shorter
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High Life
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1996
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Pat Metheny Group
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"We Live Here"
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1995
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The Brecker Brothers (Randy and Michael Brecker)
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"Out of the Loop"
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1994
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Pat Metheny Group
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The Road to You
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1993
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Pat Metheny
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Secret Story
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1992
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The Manhattan Transfer
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"Sassy"
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