Best Jazz Instrumental Album
1991 • 33rd Annual GRAMMY® Awards
Honoring recordings released between Aug 31, 1989 and Aug 30, 1990
1991 Winner is The Oscar Peterson Trio with "The Legendary Oscar Peterson Trio Live At The Blue Note"
The Legendary Oscar Peterson Trio Live At The Blue Note
Oscar Peterson
Winners
| Year |
Winner |
Nomination |
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| 2026 |
Sullivan Fortner, Peter Washington, Marcus Gilmore |
Southern Nights |
All Nominees
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| 2025 |
Chick Corea, Béla Fleck |
Remembrance |
All Nominees
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| 2024 |
Billy Childs |
The Winds Of Change |
All Nominees
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| 2023 |
Terri Lyne Carrington, Kris Davis, Linda May Han Oh, Nicholas Payton, Matthew Stevens |
New Standards Vol. 1 |
All Nominees
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| 2022 |
Ron Carter, Jack DeJohnette, Gonzalo Rubalcaba |
Skyline |
All Nominees
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| 2021 |
Chick Corea, Christian McBride, Brian Blade |
Trilogy 2 |
All Nominees
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| 2020 |
Brad Mehldau |
Finding Gabriel |
All Nominees
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| 2019 |
Wayne Shorter |
Emanon |
All Nominees
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| 2018 |
Billy Childs |
Rebirth |
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| 2017 |
John Scofield |
Country For Old Men |
All Nominees
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| 2016 |
John Scofield |
Past Present |
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| 2015 |
Chick Corea |
Trilogy |
All Nominees
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| 2014 |
Terri Lyne Carrington |
Money Jungle: Provocative In Blue |
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| 2013 |
Pat Metheny |
Unity Band |
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| 2012 |
Stanley Clarke, Chick Corea, Lenny White |
Forever |
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| 2011 |
James Moody |
Moody 4B |
All Nominees
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| 2010 |
John McLaughlin |
Five Peace Band - Live |
All Nominees
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| 2009 |
Chick Corea, Gary Burton |
The New Crystal Silence |
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| 2008 |
Michael Brecker |
Pilgrimage |
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| 2007 |
Chick Corea |
The Ultimate Adventure |
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| 2006 |
Wayne Shorter |
Beyond The Sound Barrier |
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| 2005 |
McCoy Tyner, Gary Bartz, Terence Blanchard, Christian McBride, Lewis Nash |
Illuminations |
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| 2004 |
Wayne Shorter |
Alegría |
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| 2003 |
Herbie Hancock, Michael Brecker, Roy Hargrove |
Directions In Music |
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| 2002 |
Sonny Rollins |
This Is What I Do |
All Nominees
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| 2001 |
Branford Marsalis |
Contemporary Jazz |
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| 2000 |
Gary Burton, Chick Corea, Pat Metheny, Roy Haynes, Dave Holland |
Like Minds |
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| 1999 |
Herbie Hancock |
Gershwin's World |
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| 1998 |
Charlie Haden, Pat Metheny |
Beyond The Missouri Sky |
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| 1997 |
Michael Brecker |
Tales From The Hudson |
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| 1996 |
McCoy Tyner |
Infinity |
All Nominees
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| 1995 |
Ron Carter, Herbie Hancock, Wallace Roney, Wayne Shorter, Tony Williams |
A Tribute To Miles |
All Nominees
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| 1994 |
Joe Henderson |
So Near, So Far (Musings For Miles) |
All Nominees
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| 1993 |
Branford Marsalis |
I Heard You Twice The First Time |
All Nominees
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| 1992 |
Oscar Peterson |
Saturday Night At The Blue Note |
All Nominees
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| 1991 |
Oscar Peterson |
The Legendary Oscar Peterson Trio Live At The Blue Note |
All Nominees
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| 1990 |
Chick Corea |
Chick Corea Akoustic Band |
All Nominees
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| 1989 |
David Murray, McCoy Tyner, Pharoah Sanders, Cecil McBee, Roy Haynes |
Blues For Coltrane - A Tribute To John Coltrane |
All Nominees
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| 1988 |
Wynton Marsalis |
Marsalis Standard Time - Volume I |
All Nominees
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| 1987 |
Wynton Marsalis |
J Mood |
All Nominees
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| 1986 |
Wynton Marsalis |
Black Codes From The Underground |
All Nominees
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| 1985 |
Art Blakey |
New York Scene |
All Nominees
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| 1984 |
Phil Woods |
At The Vanguard |
All Nominees
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| 1983 |
Phil Woods |
"More" Live |
All Nominees
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| 1982 |
Gary Burton, Chick Corea |
Chick Corea & Gary Burton In Concert - Zurich, October 28, 1979 |
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| 1981 |
Bill Evans |
We Will Meet Again |
All Nominees
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| 1980 |
Chick Corea, Gary Burton |
Duet |
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| 1979 |
Chick Corea |
Friends |
All Nominees
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| 1978 |
Phil Woods |
The Phil Woods Six - Live From The Showboat |
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| 1977 |
Chick Corea |
The Leprechaun |
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| 1976 |
Chick Corea |
No Mystery |
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| 1975 |
Joe Pass, Oscar Peterson, Niels Pedersen |
The Trio |
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| 1974 |
Supersax |
Supersax Plays Bird |
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| 1973 |
Freddie Hubbard |
First Light |
All Nominees
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| 1972 |
Bill Evans |
The Bill Evans Album |
All Nominees
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| 1971 |
Bill Evans |
Alone |
All Nominees
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| 1970 |
Wes Montgomery |
Willow Weep For Me |
All Nominees
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| 1969 |
Bill Evans |
Bill Evans At The Montreux Jazz Festival |
All Nominees
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| 1968 |
Cannonball Adderley |
Mercy, Mercy, Mercy |
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| 1967 |
Wes Montgomery |
Goin' Out Of My Head |
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| 1966 |
Ramsey Lewis |
The "In" Crowd |
All Nominees
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| 1965 |
Stan Getz |
Getz/Gilberto |
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| 1964 |
Bill Evans |
Conversations With Myself |
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| 1963 |
Stan Getz |
Desafinado |
All Nominees
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| 1962 |
Andre Previn |
Andre Previn Plays Harold Arlen |
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| 1961 |
Andre Previn |
West Side Story |
All Nominees
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| 1960 |
Jonah Jones |
I Dig Chicks |
All Nominees
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| 1959 |
Count Basie |
Basie |
All Nominees
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