# Juno Award for Best Jazz Album

The Juno Award for Best Jazz Album was an award, presented by the Juno Awards to the year's best jazz album by a Canadian artist. It was presented from 1977 until 1993, following which it was discontinued and replaced with separate categories for Contemporary Jazz and Mainstream/Traditional Jazz.

## Winners

| Year | Winner | Album | Nominees |
| 1977 | Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six | The Atlantic Suite | Jingle Man — Moe Koffman Travelin' On — Oscar Peterson The Jazz Album — Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass Nowhere But Here — Joel Shulman |
| 1978 | Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass | Big Band Jazz | Ed Bickert — Ed Bickert Museum Pieces — Moe Koffman Transformations/Invocation — Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Country Place — Don Thompson |
| 1979 | Tommy Banks Big Band feat. Big Miller | Jazz Canada Montreux 1978 | Big Band Jazz, Vol. II — Humber College Jazz Ensemble Things Are Looking Up — Moe Koffman Bones Blues — Pete Magadini More Than Ever — Ted Moses |
| 1980 | Ed Bickert and Don Thompson | Sackville 4005 | Determination — Michael Stewart, Keith Blackley Night Child — Oscar Peterson Rob McConnell & The Boss Brass Again — Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass Walking on Air — Jim Galloway |
| 1981 | Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass | Present Perfect | The Book of the Heart — Glen Hall Circles — Don Thompson Entre Amis — Bob Stroup Live in Jazz City — Bob Stroup Tommy Ambrose at Last — Tommy Ambrose with the Doug Riley Band |
| 1982 | The Brass Connection | The Brass Connection | Au Privave — Wray Downes and Dave Young Clear Vision — Joe Sealy Jump Street — Peter Leitch Live in Digital — Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass |
| 1983 | Fraser MacPherson and Oliver Gannon | I Didn't Know About You | Bells - Don Thompson and Rob Piltch Blues Tales in Time - Paul Cram Sometime in Another Life - Peter Leitch and George McFetridge Time Warp - Time Warp |
| 1984 | Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass | All in Good Time | A New Look — Doug Hamilton and The Brass Connection Bye Bye Baby — Ed Bickert Indian Summer — Fraser MacPherson The Lion's Eyes — Steve Holt |
| 1985 | Don Thompson | A Beautiful Friendship | Avenue B — The Bill King Quintet Free For Now — The Oliver Whitehead Quintet MacPherson — Fraser MacPherson The Many Moods of Oliver Jones — Oliver Jones |
| 1986 | Oliver Jones | Lights of Burgundy | Atras De Porta — Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass Boss Brass & Woods — Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass featuring Phil Woods Doomsday Machine — Denny Christianson Big Band The Rob McConnell Sextet Old Friends/New Music — The Rob McConnell Sextet |
| 1987 | Oscar Peterson | If You Could See Me Now | Cafe Alto - Dave Turner Speak Low, Swing Hard - Oliver Jones Trio Streetniks - The Shuffle Demons Trio Jon Ballantyne - Jon Ballantyne |
| 1989 | The Hugh Fraser Quintet | Looking Up | Beyond Benghazi - Paul Cram Orchestra Contredanse - Karen Young and Michael Donato In Dew Time - Jane Bunnett Jean Beaudet Quartet - Jean Beaudet Quartet |
| 1990 | Jon Ballantyne Trio feat. Joe Henderson | Skydance | Friday the 14th — Bernie Senesky Off Centre — Time Warp Pas de Probleme — The Hugh Fraser Quintet Something's Here — The Edmonton Jazz Ensemble |
| 1991 | Mike Murley | Two Sides | The Dave McMurdo Jazz Orchestra — Dave McMurdo Oscar Peterson Live — Oscar Peterson Renee Rosnes — Renee Rosnes Time Warp Live at George's Jazz Room — Time Warp |
| 1992 | Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass | The Brass Is Back | Climbing — Barry Elmes Gliding — Stan Samole |
| 1992 | Brian Dickinson | In Transition | Climbing — Barry Elmes Gliding — Stan Samole |
| 1992 | Renee Rosnes | For the Moment | Climbing — Barry Elmes Gliding — Stan Samole |
| 1993 | P. J. Perry | My Ideal | Brassy and Sassy — Rob McConnell and The Boss Brass Last Call at the Blue Note — Oscar Peterson Trio Rectangle Man — John Stetch Time & Tide — Mike Murley |