Juno Award for Traditional Jazz Album of the Year

The Juno Award for Traditional Jazz Album of the Year was presented as recognition each year for the best traditional 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 traditional and contemporary 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.

Winners

Best Mainstream Jazz Album (1994 – 1999)

Year	Winner(s)	Album	Nominees	Ref.
1994	Dave Young and the Phil Dwyer Quartet	Fables and Dreams	Sonny Greenwich, Standard Idioms Oliver Jones, Just BB Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass, Our 25th Year Bernie Senensky, Wheel Within a Wheel	^[1]
1995	Renee Rosnes	Free Trade	Jane Bunnett, The Water Is Wide Ranee Lee, I Thought About You... Lorne Lofsky, Bill, Please Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass, Overtime	^[2]
1996	Ingrid Jensen	Vernal Fields	Jeri Brown, A Timeless Place D.D. Jackson, Peace Song Oliver Jones, From Lush to Lively Normand Guilbeault Ensemble, Basso Continuo
1997	Renee Rosnes	Ancestors	Lenny Breau with Dave Young, Live at Bourbon St. Oscar Peterson, Oscar Peterson Meets Roy Hargrove and Ralph Moore Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass, Even Canadians Get the Blues Dave Young, Two by Two, Piano Bass Duets Vol II
1998	Hugh Fraser Quintet	In the Mean Time	Ingrid Jensen, Here on Earth Oliver Jones, Have Fingers, Will Travel Diana Krall, Love Scenes Renee Rosnes, As We Are Now
1999	Kirk MacDonald	The Atlantic Sessions	François Bourassa, Cactus Dave Young Trio, Inner Urge The Kenny Wheeler, Sonny Greenwich Quintet, Kenny and Sonny Live at the Montreal Bistro Kenny Wheeler, Norma Winstone, John Taylor and the Maritime Jazz Orchestra, Siren's Song

Best Traditional Jazz Album – Instrumental (2000 – 2002)

Year	Winner(s)	Album	Nominees
2000	Pat LaBarbera	Deep in a Dream	Bernie Senensky Quintet, New Horizons P.J. Perry, P.J. Perry & The Edmonton Symphony Orchestra Renee Rosnes, Art & Soul Time Warp, Time Warp Plays the Music of Duke Ellington
2001	Rob McConnell Tentet	Rob McConnell Tentet	Alive and Well, Way Out East Ingrid Jensen, Higher Grounds Kirk MacDonald, New Beginnings Brad Turner, Brad Turner Quartet
2002	Mike Murley, Ed Bickert and Steve Wallace	Live at the Senator	The Brigham Phillips Big Band, And It Really Was... Campbell Ryga, Spectacular Don Thompson, Forgotten Memories Paul Tobey, Street Culture

Traditional Jazz Album of the Year (2003 – 2014)

Year	Winner(s)	Album	Nominees
2003	Renee Rosnes	Life on Earth	Jane Bunnett, Dewey Redman, Dean Bowman, Larry Cramer, Stanley Cowell, Kieran Overs and Mark McLean, Spirituals and Dedications Oliver Jones and Skip Bey, Then and Now Rob McConnell Tentet, Thank You, Ted Bernard Primeau and the Montreal Jazz Ensemble, Evolution
2004	Guido Basso	Lost in the Stars	Mike Murley and David Occhipinti, Duologue One Take, One Take, Vol. 1 Sandro Dominelli Quintet, Café Varzé Jazz John Stetch, Standards
2005	David Braid	Vivid: The David Braid Sextet Live	Ryga/Rosnes Quartet, Deep Cove François Théberge, Elenar John Stetch, Exponentially Monk The Mike Murley Quintet, Extra Time
2006	Don Thompson Quartet	Ask Me Later	Ian McDougall Quintet, In a Sentimental Mood Phil Dwyer with Alan Jones and Rodney Whitaker, Let Me Tell You About My Day Dave Young Quintet, Mainly Mingus P.J. Perry, Time Flies
2007	Jon Ballantyne	Avenue Standard	Mike Murley and The David Braid Quartet, Mnemosyne's March Jake Langley, Movin' and Groovin' William Carn, Other Stories David Braid, ZHEN: The David Braid Sextet Live, Volume II
2008	Brandi Disterheft	Debut	David Braid and Matt Brubeck, Brubeck Braid: twotet/deuxtet Tara Davidson, Code Breaking Jodi Proznick Quartet, Foundations Oliver Jones, PJ Perry, Ian MacDougall, Terry Clarke and Michel Donato, Live Jazz Legends
2009	Oliver Jones	Second Time Around	Don Thompson Quartet, For Kenny Wheeler Brad Turner Quartet, Small Wonder Chris Donnelly, Solo John Stetch, TV Trio
2010	Terry Clarke	It's About Time	Alain Bédard, Bluesy Lunedi Oliver Jones and Hank Jones, Pleased to Meet You Al Henderson Septet, Regeneration Darren Sigesmund, Strands II
2011	John MacLeod's Rex Hotel Orchestra	Our First Set	Owen Howard, Drum Lore Félix Stüssi 5 and Ray Anderson, Hieronymus Earl MacDonald, Re: Visions, Works for Jazz Orchestra Kirk MacDonald Quartet, Songbook Vol. 2
2012	David Braid	Verge	Dave Young Quintet, Aspects of Oscar Oliver Jones, Live in Baden Kirk MacDonald Orchestra, Deep Shadows Mike Murley Septet, Still Rollin'
2013	Mike Murley, Ed Bickert and Steve Wallace	Test of Time	Shirantha Beddage, Identity Brian Dickinson Quartet, Other Places Cory Weeds Quartet, Up a Step Dave Young/Terry Promane Octet, Volume One
2014	Mike Downes	Ripple Effect	Carn Davidson 9, Nine Ian McDougall 12-tet, The Ian McDougall 12tet LIVE John MacLeod & His Rex Hotel Orchestra, Our Second Set Phil Dwyer and Don Thompson, Look for the Silver Lining

References

^ ^a ^b "Quirky mix of nominees for 1994 Junos". The Globe and Mail, February 9, 1994.
^ "Juno categories make unlikely bedfellows". Edmonton Journal, March 19, 1995.

[quirky-1] "Quirky mix of nominees for 1994 Junos". The Globe and Mail, February 9, 1994.

[2] "Juno categories make unlikely bedfellows". Edmonton Journal, March 19, 1995.

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Juno Awards
Awards to individuals	Artist of the Year Fan Choice Group of the Year Breakthrough Artist or Group of the Year Producer Recording Engineer Songwriter Songwriter (Non-Performer)
Awards for recordings	Album of the Year Adult Alternative Adult Contemporary Alternative Blues Children's Comedy Classical – Large Ensemble Classical – Small Ensemble Classical – Solo Classical Composition CCM/Gospel Contemporary Indigenous Artist Contemporary R&B/Soul Contemporary Roots Country Dance Electronic Francophone Global Music Heavy Metal Instrumental Jazz – Solo Jazz – Group Jazz – Vocal Pop Rap Album/EP Rap Single Reggae Rock Single of the Year South Asian Music Traditional Indigenous Artist Traditional R&B/Soul Traditional Roots Underground Dance
Awards for technicality	Music DVD Recording Package Video
Discontinued categories	Breakthrough Artist of the Year (1974–2024) Breakthrough Group of the Year (1974–2024) Classical Album of the Year (1977–1985) Classical – Solo or Chamber Ensemble (1985–2021) Classical – Vocal or Choral Performance (1994–2021) Indigenous Artist or Group (1994–2021) International (1975–2024) Jazz Album (1977–1993) Jazz – Contemporary (1994–2014) (1994–2014) Rap Recording (1991–2021) R&B/Soul Recording (1985–2020) Roots and Traditional Album (1989–1995) Roots & Traditional Album – Solo (1996–2015) Roots & Traditional Album – Group (1996–2015)
Special awards	Canadian Music Hall of Fame Walt Grealis Special Achievement Award Juno Humanitarian Award
Years	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1989¹ 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Leadership	Walt Grealis Stan Klees Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
Notes	¹ Due to the rescheduling of the ceremony from late fall to early spring, no ceremony was held in 1988.
See also Music of Canada Polaris Music Prize Much Music Video Awards Félix Awards East Coast Music Awards Western Canadian Music Awards