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,[1] 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.
Year | Winner(s) | Album | Nominees | Ref. |
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1994 | Holly Cole Trio | Don't Smoke in Bed |
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1995 | Jim Hillman and The Merlin Factor | The Merlin Factor |
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1996 | Neufeld-Occhipinti Jazz Orchestra | NOJO |
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1997 | Joe Sealy | Africville Suite |
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1998 | Metalwood | Metalwood |
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1999 | Metalwood | Metalwood 2 |
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Year | Winner(s) | Album | Nominees | Ref. |
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2000 | D. D. Jackson | ...So Far |
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2001 | François Carrier Trio | Compassion |
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2002 | François Bourassa Trio and André Leroux | Live |
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Year | Winner(s) | Album | Nominees | Ref. |
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2003 | Richard Underhill | Tales from the Blue Lounge |
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2004 | Great Uncles of the Revolution | Blow the House Down |
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2005 | Hilario Durán Trio | New Danzon |
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2006 | Jane Bunnett | Radio Guantánamo (Guantánamo Blues Project Vol. 1) |
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2007 | Hilario Durán and His Latin Jazz Big Band | From the Heart |
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2008 | The Chris Tarry Group | Almost Certainly Dreaming |
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2009 | Jane Bunnett | Embracing Voices |
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2010 | Charles Spearin | The Happiness Project |
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2011 | Christine Jensen Jazz Orchestra | Treelines |
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2012 | Phil Dwyer Orchestra feat. Mark Fewer | Changing Seasons |
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2013 | Joel Miller | Swim |
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2014 | Christine Jensen Jazz Orchestra | Habitat |
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