The Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Solo has been handed out since 1959. Until 1979 the award was presented to instrumental and vocal performances. Over the years the award has had several minor changes in the title. It was known as Best jazz Performance, Individual in the year of its introduction. In 1960 it was known as Best Jazz Performance - Soloist. For the next ten years the award was known as with the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group. It was awarded as Best Jazz Performance by a Soloist from 1972 to 1978.In 1979 it was changed once again to Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Soloist. It was changed twice more before the Academy changed the title to the presently used Best Jazz Instrumental Solo. Michael Brecker was presented the award six times making him the most awarded artist in the category.
Winners: Grammys Best Jazz Instrumental Solo
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Year
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Winner/s
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Album
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2008
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Michael Brecker
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Anagram
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2007
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Michael Brecker
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Some Skunk Funk
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2006
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Sonny Rollins
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"Why Was I Born?"
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2005
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Herbie Hancock
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"Speak Like a Child"
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2004
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Chick Corea
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"Matrix"
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2003
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Herbie Hancock
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"My Ship"
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2002
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Michael Brecker
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"Chan's Song"
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2001
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Pat Metheny
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"(Go) Get It"
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2000
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Wayne Shorter
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"In Walked Wayne"
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1999
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Gary Burton & Chick Corea
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"Rhumbata"
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1998
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Doc Cheatham & Nicholas Payton
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"Stardust"
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1997
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Michael Brecker
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"Cabin Fever"
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1996
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Michael Brecker
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"Impressions"
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1995
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Benny Carter
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"Prelude to a Kiss"
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1994
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Joe Henderson
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"Miles Ahead"
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1993
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Joe Henderson
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"Lush Life"
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1992
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Stan Getz
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"I
Remember You"
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1991
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Oscar Peterson
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The Legendary Oscar Peterson Trio Live at the Blue Note
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1990
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Miles Davis
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Aura
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1989
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Michael Brecker
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Don't Try This at Home
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1988
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Dexter Gordon
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The Other Side of Round Midnight
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1987
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Miles Davis
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Tutu
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1986
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Wynton Marsalis
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Black Codes From the Underground
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1985
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Wynton Marsalis
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Hot House Flowers
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1984
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Wynton Marsalis
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Think of One
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1983
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Miles Davis
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We Want Miles
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1982
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John Coltrane
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Bye Bye Blackbird
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1981 - Bill Evans - I Will Say Goodbye
1980 - Oscar Peterson - Jousts
1979 - Oscar Peterson - Oscar Peterson Jam - Montreux '77
1978 - Oscar Peterson - The Giants
1977 - Count Basie - Basie and Zoot
1976 - Dizzy Gillespie - Oscar Peterson and Dizzy Gillespie
1975 - Charlie Parker - First Recordings!
1974 - Art Tatum - God Is in the House
1973 - Gary Burton - "Alone at Last"
1972 - Bill Evans - The Bill Evans Album performed by the Bill Evans Trio
1960 - Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Swings Lightly
1959 - Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook
