Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Jazz Album
The Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Jazz Album has been presented since 1992. The award has had several minor name changes:
- In 1992 the award was known as Best Contemporary Jazz Performance
- From 1993 to 1994 it was awarded as Best Contemporary Jazz Performance (Instrumental)
- From 1995 to 2000 it was awarded as Best Contemporary Jazz Performance
- Since 2001 it has been awarded as Best Contemporary Jazz Album
Years reflect the year in which the Grammy Awards were presented, for works released in the previous year.
2000s
- Grammy Awards of 2005
- Bill Frisell for Unspeakable
- Grammy Awards of 2004
- George Whitty (engineer/mixer & producer) & Randy Brecker (producers & artist) for 34th N Lex
- Grammy Awards of 2003
- Rob Eaton (engineer/mixer), Lyle Mays, Pat Metheny, Steven Rodby (producers) & the Pat Metheny Group for Speaking of Now
- Grammy Awards of 2002
- Khaliq-O-Vision, Ray Bardani (engineers), David Isaac (producer) & Marcus Miller (producer & artist) for M<sum>
- Grammy Awards of 2001
- Richard Battaglia, Robert Battaglia (engineers/mixers), Béla Fleck (engineer/mixer & producer) & Béla Fleck and the Flecktones for Outbound
- Grammy Awards of 2000
- David Sanborn for Inside
1990s
- Grammy Awards of 1999
- Pat Metheny Group for Imaginary Day
- Grammy Awards of 1998
- Randy Brecker for Into the Sun
- Grammy Awards of 1997
- Wayne Shorter for High Life
- Grammy Awards of 1996
- Pat Metheny Group for We Live Here
- Grammy Awards of 1995
- The Brecker Brothers for Out of the Loop
- Grammy Awards of 1994
- Pat Metheny Group for The Road to You
- Grammy Awards of 1993
- Pat Metheny for Secret Story
- Grammy Awards of 1992
- The Manhattan Transfer for "Sassy"