The Juno Award for Best Jazz Album was an award, presented by the Juno Awards to the year's best jazz album by a Canadian artist. It was presented from 1977 until 1993, following which it was discontinued and replaced with separate categories for Contemporary Jazz and Mainstream/Traditional Jazz."Quirky mix of nominees for 1994 Junos". The Globe and Mail, February 9, 1994.
Winners Year Winner Album Nominees Ref.1977Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus SixThe Atlantic SuiteJingle Man — Moe Koffman Travelin' On — Oscar Peterson The Jazz Album — Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass Nowhere But Here — Joel Shulman1978Rob McConnell and the Boss BrassBig Band JazzEd Bickert — Ed Bickert Museum Pieces — Moe Koffman Transformations/Invocation — Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Country Place — Don Thompson1979Tommy Banks Big Band feat. Big MillerJazz Canada Montreux 1978Big Band Jazz, Vol. II — Humber College Jazz Ensemble Things Are Looking Up — Moe Koffman Bones Blues — Pete Magadini More Than Ever — Ted Moses1980Ed Bickert and Don ThompsonSackville 4005Determination — Michael Stewart, Keith Blackley Night Child — Oscar Peterson Rob McConnell & The Boss Brass Again — Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass Walking on Air — Jim Galloway1981Rob McConnell and the Boss BrassPresent Perfect The Book of the Heart — Glen Hall Circles — Don Thompson Entre Amis — Bob Stroup Live in Jazz City — Bob Stroup Tommy Ambrose at Last — Tommy Ambrose with the Doug Riley Band1982The Brass ConnectionThe Brass Connection Au Privave — Wray Downes and Dave Young Clear Vision — Joe Sealy Jump Street — Peter Leitch Live in Digital — Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass1983Fraser MacPherson and Oliver GannonI Didn't Know About You Bells - Don Thompson and Rob Piltch Blues Tales in Time - Paul Cram Sometime in Another Life - Peter Leitch and George McFetridge Time Warp - Time Warp1984Rob McConnell and the Boss BrassAll in Good Time A New Look — Doug Hamilton and The Brass Connection Bye Bye Baby — Ed Bickert Indian Summer — Fraser MacPherson The Lion's Eyes — Steve Holt1985Don ThompsonA Beautiful Friendship Avenue B — The Bill King Quintet Free For Now — The Oliver Whitehead Quintet MacPherson — Fraser MacPherson The Many Moods of Oliver Jones — Oliver Jones1986Oliver JonesLights of Burgundy Atras De Porta — Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass Boss Brass & Woods — Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass featuring Phil Woods Doomsday Machine — Denny Christianson Big Band The Rob McConnell Sextet Old Friends/New Music — The Rob McConnell Sextet1987Oscar PetersonIf You Could See Me Now Cafe Alto - Dave Turner Speak Low, Swing Hard - Oliver Jones Trio Streetniks - The Shuffle Demons Trio Jon Ballantyne - Jon Ballantyne1989 The Hugh Fraser QuintetLooking Up Beyond Benghazi - Paul Cram Orchestra Contredanse - Karen Young and Michael Donato In Dew Time - Jane Bunnett Jean Beaudet Quartet - Jean Beaudet Quartet1990Jon Ballantyne Trio feat. Joe HendersonSkydance Friday the 14th — Bernie Senesky Off Centre — Time Warp Pas de Probleme — The Hugh Fraser Quintet Something's Here — The Edmonton Jazz Ensemble1991Mike MurleyTwo Sides The Dave McMurdo Jazz Orchestra — Dave McMurdo Oscar Peterson Live — Oscar Peterson Renee Rosnes — Renee Rosnes Time Warp Live at George's Jazz Room — Time Warp1992Rob McConnell and the Boss BrassThe Brass Is Back Climbing — Barry Elmes Gliding — Stan SamoleBrian DickinsonIn TransitionRenee RosnesFor the Moment1993P. J. PerryMy Ideal Brassy and Sassy — Rob McConnell and The Boss Brass Last Call at the Blue Note — Oscar Peterson Trio Rectangle Man — John Stetch Time & Tide — Mike Murley"Worth waiting for: A Juno award in March for best jazz album was one more indication that P.J. Perry's career, more than 35 years on, is finally unfolding as it should". The Globe and Mail, June 26, 1993.
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