| Grammy Award for Best Jazz Performance | |
| Awarded For: | quality performances in the jazz music genre |
| Presenter: | National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences |
| Country: | United States |
| Year: | 1959 |
| Holder: | Samara Joy, "Tight" (2024) |
| Website: | grammy.com |
The Grammy Award for Best Jazz Performance has been awarded since 1959. Before 1979 the award title did not specify instrumental performances and was presented for instrumental or vocal performances. The award has had several minor name changes:
| Year | Performing artist(s) | Work | Nominees | Ref. | ||
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| 1959 | Ella Fitzgerald | Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook | ||||
| 1960 | Ella Swings Lightly | |||||
| 1972 | The Bill Evans Album | |||||
| 1973 | Alone at Last | |||||
| 1974 | God Is in the House | |||||
| 1975 | First Recordings! | |||||
| 1976 | Oscar Peterson and Dizzy Gillespie | |||||
| 1977 | Basie & Zoot | |||||
| 1978 | Oscar Peterson | The Giants | ||||
| 1979 | Oscar Peterson Jam – Montreux '77 | |||||
| 1980 | Jousts | |||||
| 1981 | I Will Say Goodbye | |||||
| 1982 | Bye Bye Blackbird | |||||
| 1983 | We Want Miles | |||||
| 1984 | Wynton Marsalis | Think of One | ||||
| 1985 | Hot House Flowers | |||||
| 1986 | Black Codes (From the Underground) | |||||
| 1987 | Tutu | |||||
| 1988 | The Other Side of Round Midnight | |||||
| 1989 | Don't Try This at Home | |||||
| 1990 | Aura | |||||
| 1991 | The Legendary Oscar Peterson Trio Live at the Blue Note | |||||
| 1992 | "I Remember You" | |||||
| 1993 | Joe Henderson | "Lush Life" | ||||
| 1994 | "Miles Ahead" | |||||
| 1995 | "Prelude to a Kiss" | |||||
| 1996 | Michael Brecker | "Impressions" | ||||
| 1997 | "Cabin Fever" | |||||
| 1998 | "Stardust" | |||||
| 1999 | "Rhumbata" | |||||
| 2000 | "In Walked Wayne" | |||||
| 2001 | Pat Metheny | "(Go) Get It" | ||||
| 2002 | Michael Brecker | "Chan's Song" | ||||
| 2003 | "My Ship" | |||||
| 2004 | Chick Corea | "Matrix" | ||||
| 2005 | Herbie Hancock | "Speak Like a Child" | ||||
| 2006 | "Why Was I Born?" | |||||
| 2007 | "Some Skunk Funk" | |||||
| 2008 | "Anagram" | |||||
| 2009 | "Be-Bop" | |||||
| 2010 | "Dancin' 4 Chicken" |
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| 2011 | "A Change Is Gonna Come" |
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| 2012 | "500 Miles High" |
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| 2013 | "Hot House" |
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| 2014 | "Orbits" |
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| 2015 | Chick Corea | "Fingerprints" |
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| 2016 | Christian McBride | "Cherokee" |
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| 2017 | John Scofield | "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" |
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| 2018 | John McLaughlin | "Miles Beyond" |
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| 2019 | John Daversa | "Don't Fence Me In" |
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| 2020 | Randy Brecker | "Sozinho" |
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| 2021 | Chick Corea | "All Blues" |
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| 2022 | "Humpty Dumpty (Set 2)" |
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| 2023 | Wayne Shorter & Leo Genovese (soloist) | "Endangered Species" |
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| 2024 | Samara Joy | "Tight" |
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| 2025 | TBA | TBA |
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