The Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Jazz Album, Individual or Group has been handed out since 1959. For the first four years and from 1972 to 1978 the award was presented to for instrumental or vocal performances as the title did not specify instrumental performances. Over the years the title has had many minor changes. For the first two years the award was known as Best Jazz Performance, Group. In 1961 it was presented as Best Jazz Performance Solo or Small Group. From 1962 to 1963 the award was known as Best Jazz Performance Solo or Small Group (Instrumental), in the following years numerous minor changes were added to the title. It was only in 2001 that the Academy came up with the presently followed title:Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group. 15 time Grammy award winner Armando Anthony "Chick" Corea won the award ten times making him the most awarded artist in the category.
Winners: Grammys Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group
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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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Chick Corea & John McLaughlin Five Peace Band
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Five Peace Band Live
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2009
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Chick Corea and Gary Burton
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The New Crystal Silence
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2008
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Michael Brecker
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Pilgrimage
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2007
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Chick Corea
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The Ultimate Adventure
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2006
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Wayne Shorter
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Beyond the Sound Barrier
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2005
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McCoy Tyner
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Illuminations
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2004
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Wayne Shorter
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Alegría
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2003
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Herbie Hancock, Michael Brecker and Roy Hargrove
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Directions in Music: Live at Masey Hall
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2002
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Sonny Rollins
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This Is What I Do
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2001
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Branford Marsalis
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Contemporary Jazz
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2000
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Gary Burton, Chick Corea, Roy Haynes, Dave Holland & Pat Metheny
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Like Minds
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1999
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Herbie Hancock
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Gershwin's World
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1998
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Charlie Haden & Pat Metheny
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Beyond the Missouri Sky (Short Stories)
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1997
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Michael Brecker
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Tales from the Hudson
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1996
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McCoy Tyner Trio & Michael Brecker
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Infinity
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1995
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Ron Carter, Herbie Hancock, Wallace Roney, Wayne Shorter & Tony Williams
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A Tribute to Miles
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1994
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Joe Henderson
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So Near, So Far (Musings - Miles)
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1993
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Branford Marsalis
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I Heard You Twice the First Time
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1992
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Oscar Peterson
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Saturday Night at the Blue Note
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1991
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Oscar Peterson
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Live at the Blue Note
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1990
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Chick Corea
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Chick Corea Akoustic Band
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1989
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Roy Haynes, Cecil McBee, David Murray, Pharoah Sanders & McCoy Tyner
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Blues - Coltrane: A Tribute to John Coltrane
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1988
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Wynton Marsalis
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Marsalis Standard Time - Volume I
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1987
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Wynton Marsalis
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J Mood
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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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Art Blakey
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New York Scene
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1984
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Phil Woods
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At the Vanguard
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1983
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Phil Woods
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"More" Live
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1982
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Chick Corea & Gary Burton
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Chick Corea & Gary Burton in Concert - Zurich, October 28, 1979
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1981
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Bill Evans
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We Will Meet Again
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1980
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Chick Corea & Gary Burton
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Duet
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1979
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Chick Corea
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Friends
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1978
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Phil Woods
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The Phil Woods Six - Live From the Showboat
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1977
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Chick Corea
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The Leprechaun
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1976
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Chick Corea & Return to Forever
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No Mystery
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1975
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Joe Pass, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen & Oscar Peterson
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The Trio
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1974
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Supersax
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Supersax Plays Bird
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1973
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Freddie Hubbard
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First Light
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1972
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Bill Evans
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The Bill Evans Album
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1971
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Bill Evans
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Bill Evans Alone
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1970
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Wes Montgomery
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Willow Weep - Me
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1969
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Bill Evans
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Bill Evans at the Montreux Jazz Festival
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1968
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Cannonball Adderly
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Mercy, Mercy, Mercy! Live at 'The Club'
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1967
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Wes Montgomery
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Goin' Out of My Head
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1966
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Ramsey Lewis
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The "In" Crowd
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1965
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Stan Getz
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Getz/Gilberto
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1964
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Bill Evans
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Conversations with Myself
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1963
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Stan Getz
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Desafinado
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1962
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André Previn
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André Previn Plays Songs by Harold Arlen
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1961
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André Previn
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West Side Story
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1960
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Jonah Jones
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I Dig Chicks
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1959
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Count Basie
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Basie
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