The Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album has been handed out since 1961. The title of the award had specified instrumental performances from 1962 to 1971 and again from 1979 to 1991. Over the years the title of the award has had numerous minor changes. It was known as Best Jazz Performance Large Group in the year of its inception. It was changed twice before it was awarded as Best Instrumental Jazz Performance - Large Group or Soloist with Large Group from 1965 to 1971. It was awarded from 1972 to 1978 as Best Jazz Performance by a Big Band. From 1992 to 2000 it was awarded as Best Large Jazz Ensemble Performance and in 2001 the present title of the award was introduced. American composer, pianist, and big band leader Duke Ellington won the award seven times making him the most awarded artist in the category.
Winners: Grammys Best Large Jazz Ensemble 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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New Orleans Jazz Orchestra
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Book One
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2008
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Terence Blanchard
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A Tale of God's Will (A Requiem - Katrina)
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2006
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Dave Holland
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Overtime
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2005
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Maria Schneider
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Concert in the Garden
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2004
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Michael Brecker
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Wide Angles
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2003
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Dave Holland
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What Goes Around
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2002
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Bob Mintzer
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Homage to Count Basie
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2001
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Joe Lovano
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52nd Street Themes
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2000
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Bob Florence
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Serendipity
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1999
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Grover Mitchell (director)
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Count Plays Duke performed by the Count Basie Orchestra
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1998
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Joe Henderson
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Big Band
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1997
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Grover Mitchell
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Live at Manchester Craftsmen's Guild
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1996
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Tom Scott
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All Blues performed by the GRP All-Star Big Band
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1995
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McCoy Tyner
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Journey
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1994
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Miles Davis & Quincy Jones
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Miles & Quincy Live at Montreux
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1993
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McCoy Tyner
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The Turning Point
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1992
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Dizzy Gillespie
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Live at the Royal Festival Hall
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1991
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Frank Foster
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Basie's Bag
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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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Gil Evans
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Bud & Bird performed by Gil Evans & the Monday Night Orchestra
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1988
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Mercer Ellington
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Digital Duke
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1987
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Doc Severinsen
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The Tonight Show Band With Doc Severinsen
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1986
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Bob Wilber & John Barry
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The Cotton Club - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
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1985
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Count Basie
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88 Basie Street
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1984
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Rob McConnell
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All in Good Time
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1983
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Count Basie
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Warm Breeze
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1982
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Gerry Mulligan
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Walk on the Water
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1981
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Count Basie
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On the Road
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1980
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Duke Ellington
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Duke Ellington at Fargo, 1940 Live
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1979
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Mel Lewis & Thad Jones
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Live in Munich
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1978
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Count Basie
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Prime Time
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1977
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Duke Ellington
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The Ellington Suites
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1976
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Phil Woods
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Images performed by Michel Legrand & Phil Woods
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1975
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Woody Herman
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Thundering Herd
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1974
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Woody Herman
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Giant Steps
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1973
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Duke Ellington
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Toga Brava Suite
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1972
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Duke Ellington
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"New Orleans Suite"
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1971
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Miles Davis
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Bitches Brew
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1970
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Quincy Jones
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"Walking in Space"
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1969
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Duke Ellington
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...And His Mother Called Him Bill
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1968
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Duke Ellington
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The Far East Suite
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1967
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none
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1966
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Duke Ellington
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Ellington '66
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1965
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Laurindo Almeida
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Guitar From Ipanema
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1964
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Woody Herman
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Encore: Woody Herman, 1963
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1963
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Stan Kenton
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Adventures in Jazz
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1962
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Stan Kenton
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West Side Story
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1961
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Henry Mancini
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Blues and the Beat
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