Year[I] | Performing artist(s) | Work | Nominees | Ref. |
1961 | Henry Mancini | The Blues and the Beat | | |
1962 | Stan Kenton | Kenton's West Side Story | | |
1963 | Adventures in Jazz | | |
1964 | Woody Herman | Encore: Woody Herman, 1963 | | |
1965 | Laurindo Almeida | Guitar from Ipanema | | |
1966 | Duke Ellington | Ellington '66 | | |
1967 | Not awarded | |
1968 | Duke Ellington | The Far East Suite | | |
1969 | Duke Ellington | ...And His Mother Called Him Bill | | |
1970 | Quincy Jones | Walking in Space | | |
1971 | Miles Davis | Bitches Brew | | |
1972 | Duke Ellington | New Orleans Suite | | |
1973 | Togo Brava Suite | | |
1974 | Woody Herman | Giant Steps | | |
1975 | Thundering Herd | | |
1976 | Michel Legrand & Phil Woods | Images | | |
1977 | Duke Ellington | The Ellington Suites | | |
1978 | Count Basie | Prime Time | | |
1979 | The Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra | Live in Munich | | |
1980 | Duke Ellington | Duke Ellington at Fargo, 1940 Live | | |
1981 | Count Basie | On the Road | | |
1982 | Gerry Mulligan | Walk on the Water | | |
1983 | Count Basie | Warm Breeze | | |
1984 | Rob McConnell | All in Good Time | | |
1985 | Count Basie | 88 Basie Street | | |
1986 | Bob Wilber & John Barry | The Cotton Club | | |
1987 | Doc Severinsen | The Tonight Show Band with Doc Severinsen | | |
1988 | Mercer Ellington | Digital Duke | | |
1989 | Gil Evans | Bud and Bird | | |
1990 | Miles Davis | Aura | | |
1991 | Frank Foster | "Basie's Bag" | | |
1992 | Dizzy Gillespie | Live at the Royal Festival Hall | | |
1993 | McCoy Tyner | The Turning Point | | |
1994 | Miles Davis & Quincy Jones | Miles & Quincy Live at Montreux | | |
1995 | McCoy Tyner | Journey | | |
1996 | Tom Scott, GRP All-Star Big Band | All Blues | | |
1997 | Grover Mitchell | Live at Manchester Craftsmen's Guild | | |
1998 | Joe Henderson | Big Band | | |
1999 | Grover Mitchell, Count Basie Orchestra | Count Plays Duke | | |
2000 | Bob Florence | Serendipity 18 | | |
2001 | Joe Lovano | 52nd Street Themes | | |
2002 | Bob Mintzer Big Band | Homage to Count Basie | | |
2003 | Dave Holland | What Goes Around | | |
2004 | Michael Brecker | Wide Angles | | |
2005 | Maria Schneider | Concert in the Garden | | |
2006 | Dave Holland | Overtime | | |
2007 | Randy Brecker with Michael Brecker, Jim Beard, Will Lee, Peter Erskine, Marcio Doctor & Vince Mendoza conducting The WDR Big Band Köln | Some Skunk Funk | | |
2008 | Terence Blanchard | A Tale of God's Will (A Requiem for Katrina) | | |
2009 | Vanguard Jazz Orchestra | Monday Night Live at the Village Vanguard | | |
2010 | New Orleans Jazz Orchestra | Book One | | |
2011 | Mingus Big Band | Mingus Big Band Live at Jazz Standard | | |
2012 | Christian McBride Big Band | The Good Feeling | | |
2013 | Arturo Sandoval | Dear Diz (Every Day I Think of You) | | |
2014 | Randy Brecker, Włodek Pawlik Trio, Kalisz Philharmonic | Night in Calisia | | |
2015 | Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band | Life in the Bubble | | |
2016 | Maria Schneider Orchestra | The Thompson Fields | | |
2017 | Ted Nash Big Band | Presidential Suite: Eight Variations on Freedom | | |
2018 | Christian McBride Big Band | Bringin' It | - John Beasley – Monk'estra Vol. 2
- Alan Ferber Big Band – Jigsaw
- Vince Mendoza & the WDR Big Band Cologne – Homecoming
- Chuck Owen & the Jazz Surge – Whispers on the Wind
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2019 | John Daversa Big Band featuring DACA Artists | American Dreamers: Voices of Hope, Music of Freedom | | |
2020 | Brian Lynch Big Band | The Omni-American Book Club | | |
2021 | Maria Schneider Orchestra | Data Lords | | |
2022 | Christian McBride Big Band | For Jimmy, Wes and Oliver | | |
2023 | Steven Feifke, Bijon Watson & the Generation Gap Jazz Orchestra | The Generation Gap Jazz Orchestra | | |
2024 | Count Basie Orchestra conducted by Scotty Barnhart | Basie Swings The Blues | | |