Juno Award for Contemporary Jazz Album of the Year

The Juno Award for Contemporary Jazz Album of the Year was presented as recognition each year for the best contemporary jazz album in Canada. It was first presented in 1994, after the Juno Awards split the former award for Best Jazz Album into separate categories for contemporary and traditional jazz,"Quirky mix of nominees for 1994 Junos". The Globe and Mail, February 9, 1994. and was discontinued after 2014, when the traditional and contemporary jazz categories were replaced with new categories for Jazz Album - Solo and Jazz Album - Group.

Winners

Best Contemporary Jazz Album (1994 – 1999) Year Winner(s) Album Nominees Ref.1994Holly Cole TrioDon't Smoke in Bed Michael Farquharson, Michael Farquharson Five After Four feat. Vito Razza, Notorious Garbo's Hat, Face the Music David Mott, The Standard Line1995Jim Hillman and The Merlin FactorThe Merlin Factor Mark Duggan, We Were Talking Sonny Greenwich, Hymn to the Earth Joe Sealy and Paul Novotny, Dual Vision John Stetch, Carpathian Blues"Juno categories make unlikely bedfellows". Edmonton Journal, March 19, 1995.1996Neufeld-Occhipinti Jazz OrchestraNOJO Jane Bunnett, Rendez-vous Brazil Cuba Rich Shadrach Lazar and Montuno Police, Touch The Merlin Factor, Frontier Tunes Carol Welsman, Lucky to Be Me1997Joe SealyAfricville Suite Paul Bley and Kenny Wheeler, Touché James Gelfand, Time Zones Sonny Greenwich, Spirit in the Air Neufeld-Occhipinti Jazz Orchestra, FireWater1998MetalwoodMetalwoodStefan Bauer, Best of Two Worlds D.D. Jackson, Paired Down, Volume One Ted Quinlan, As If Carol Welsman, Inclined1999MetalwoodMetalwood 2 Hard Rubber Orchestra, Cruel Yet Fair François Houle, In the Vernacular: The Music of John Carter Phil Dwyer, Road Stories Neufeld-Occhipinti Jazz Orchestra, You Are Here

Best Contemporary Jazz Album – Instrumental (2000 – 2002) Year Winner(s) Album Nominees Ref.2000D. D. Jackson...So Far Jeff Johnston, The Field Joe Sealy and Paul Novotny, Blue Jade Bob Shaw and Freeflight, Freeflight Jean-Pierre Zanella, Puzzle City2001François Carrier TrioCompassion Knut Haaugsoen, Step and a Half Michael Kaeshammer, No Strings Attached Metalwood, Metalwood 3 Michael Occhipinti, Creation Dream2002François Bourassa Trio and André LerouxLiveD.D. Jackson, Sigame Jeff Johnston, Nuage Metalwood, The Recline Chris Tarry, Of Battles Unknown Mysteries

Contemporary Jazz Album of the Year (2003 – 2014) Year Winner(s) Album Nominees Ref.2003Richard UnderhillTales from the Blue LoungeMark Duggan's Vuja dé, Mistura Warren Hill, Love Songs Neufeld-Occhipinti Jazz Orchestra, Highwire Jean-Pierre, Mother Tree2004Great Uncles of the RevolutionBlow the House DownFrançois Bourassa Quartet, Indefinite Time D. D. Jackson, Suite for New York Michael Kaeshammer, Strut Metalwood, Chronic2005Hilario Durán TrioNew DanzonNeufeld-Occhipinti Jazz Orchestra with Sam Rivers, City of Neighbourhoods Alain Caron, 5 Jane Bunnett, Red Dragonfly (aka Tombo) Sekoya, Sekoya2006Jane BunnettRadio Guantánamo (Guantánamo Blues Project Vol. 1) Hilario Durán and Perspectiva, Encuentro en la Habana Marc Rogers, Robi Botos, Phil Dwyer and Terri Lyne Carrington, One Take: Volume Two David Buchbinder, Shurum Burum Jazz Circus Roberto Occhipinti, Yemaya2007Hilario Durán and His Latin Jazz Big BandFrom the Heart Ingrid Jensen, At Sea Hugh Marsh, Hugmars Richard Underhill, Moment in Time Kent Sangster, Obsession2008The Chris Tarry GroupAlmost Certainly Dreaming Michael Occhipinti and Creation Dream, Chasing After Light David Occhipinti, Forty Revolutions Altered Laws, Metaphora Manteca, Onward!2009Jane BunnettEmbracing VoicesRoberto Occhipinti, A Bend in the River Barry Romberg's Random Access Large Ensemble, Existential Detective François Bourassa Quartet, Rasstones Michael Occhipinti, The Sicilian Jazz Project2010Charles SpearinThe Happiness Project Darcy James Argue's Secret Society, Infernal Machines Hilario Durán, Motion John Roney with the Silver Birch String Quartet, Silverbirch Kirk MacDonald Quartet, Songbook Vol. 12011Christine Jensen Jazz OrchestraTreelines Chet Doxas, Big Sky Matt Herskowitz, Jerusalem Trilogy Kelly Jefferson Quartet, Next Exit Adrean Farrugia, Ricochet2012Phil Dwyer Orchestra feat. Mark FewerChanging SeasonsHilario Durán and Jane Bunnett, Cuban Rhapsody François Bourassa Quartet, Idiosyncrasie Colin Stetson, New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges Chris Tarry, Rest of the Story2013Joel MillerSwimAlex Goodman Quintet, Bridges Allison Au Quartet, The Sky Was Pale Blue, Then Grey François Houle 5+1, Genera Rafael Zaldivar, Drawing2014Christine Jensen Jazz OrchestraHabitatBrandi Disterheft, Gratitude Darcy James Argue's Secret Society, Brooklyn Babylon Earl MacDonald, Mirror of the Mind Trifolia, Le refuge

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