RIAA's "Grammy Award Winners for Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group"

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Recipients of the award that has historically been the bastion of traditional jazz at the Grammys. Notable for ignoring the big milestones in jazz (<i>Kind of Blue</i>, <i>A Love Supreme</i> most glaringly).

  1. 1959
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    Basie by Count Basie

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  2. 1960
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    I Dig Chicks
    by Jonah Jones

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  3. 1961
    West Side Story
    by Andre Previn And His Pals

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  4. 1962
    Andre Previn Plays Harold Arlen
    by Andre Previn

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  5. 1963
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    Desafinado

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  6. 1964
    Conversations With Myself
    by Bill Evans

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  7. 1965
    Getz/Gilberto
    by Stan Getz

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  8. 1966
    The In Crowd
    by Ramsey Lewis

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  9. 1967
    Goin' out of My Head
    by Wes Montgomery

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  10. 1968
    Mercy, Mercy, Mercy! Live at 'The Club'
    by Cannonball Adderley Quintet

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  11. 1969
    Bill Evans at the Montreux Jazz Festival
    by Bill Evans

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  12. 1970
    Willow Weep for Me
    by Wes Montgomery

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  13. 1971
    Bill Evans Alone
    by Bill Evans

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  14. 1972
    Bill Evans Album
    by Bill Evans

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  15. 1973
    First Light
    by Freddie Hubbard

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  16. 1974
    Supersax Plays Bird
    by Supersax

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  17. 1975
    The Trio
    by Oscar Peterson With Joe Pass and Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen

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  18. 1976
    No Mystery
    by Return to Forever

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  19. 1977
    The Leprechaun
    by Chick Corea

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  20. 1978
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    Live from the Showboat
    by Phil Six Woods

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  21. 1979
    Friends
    by Chick Corea

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  22. 1980
    Duet
    by Gary Burton & Chick Corea

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  23. 1981
    We Will Meet Again
    by Bill Evans

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  24. 1982
    Chick Corea and Gary Burton in Concert (Zurich, October 28, 1979)
    by Chick Corea with Gary Burton

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  25. 1983
    More Live
    by Phil Woods Quartet

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  26. 1984
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    At the Vanguard
    by Phil Woods

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  27. 1985
    New York Scene
    by Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers

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  28. 1986
    Black Codes (From the Underground)
    by Wynton Marsalis

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  29. 1987
    J Mood
    by Wynton Marsalis

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  30. 1988
    Marsalis Standard Time, Vol.1
    by Wynton Marsalis

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  31. 1989
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    Blues for Coltrane: A Tribute to John Coltrane
    by Various Artists

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  32. 1990
    Akoustic Band
    by Chick Corea's Akoustic Band

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  33. 1991
    Oscar Peterson Trio Live at the Blue Note
    by Oscar Peterson

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  34. 1992
    Saturday Night at the Blue Note
    by Oscar Peterson Trio

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  35. 1993
    I Heard You Twice the First Time
    by Branford Marsalis

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  36. 1994
    So Near, So Far (Musings for Miles)
    by Joe Henderson

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  37. 1995
    Tribute to Miles
    by Various Artists

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  38. 1996
    Infinity
    by McCoy Tyner Trio

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  39. 1997
    Tales from the Hudson
    by Michael Brecker

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  40. 1998
    Beyond The Missouri Sky (Short Stories)
    by Charlie Haden & Pat Metheny

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  41. 1999
    Gershwin's World
    by Herbie Hancock

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  42. 2000
    Like Minds
    by Gary Burton

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  43. 2001
    Contemporary Jazz
    by Branford Marsalis

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  44. 2002
    This Is What I Do
    by Sonny Rollins

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  45. 2003
    Directions in Music: Live at Massey Hall
    by Herbie Hancock

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  46. 2004
    Alegria
    by Wayne Shorter

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  47. 2005
    Illuminations
    by McCoy Tyner

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  48. 2006
    Beyond the Sound Barrier
    by Wayne Shorter

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