Juno Award for Jazz Album of the Year – Solo

The Juno Award for "Jazz Album of the Year - Solo" has been awarded since 2015, as recognition each year for the best jazz album of a solo artist in Canada.{{cite web|title=Juno Award winners list by year|url=http://junoawards.ca/awards/yearly-summary/?group_id=212&category_ids=212&from_year=&to_year=&submit=Search|work=Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences|access-date=March 18, 2015|archive-date=April 2, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402205643/http://junoawards.ca/awards/yearly-summary/?group_id=212&category_ids=212&from_year=&to_year=&submit=Search|url-status=dead}}

Winners

class="wikitable sortable" ! scope="col" style="width:5em;" \| Year ! scope="col" \| Winner(s) ! scope="col" \| Album ! scope="col" class="unsortable" \| Nominees ! scope="col" class="unsortable" \| Ref.
scope="row"\|2015 \| Kirk MacDonald \| Vista Obscura \| Jim Head, Zoetrope Lenny Breau, LA Bootleg 1984 Marianne Trudel, La vie commence ici Owen Howard, Drum Lore Vol. 2 – More Lore \|
scope="row"\|2016 \| Robi Botos \| Movin' Forward \| Al Muirhead, It's About Time Curtis Nowosad, Dialectics Rich Brown, Abend Tara Davidson, Duets \|
scope="row"\|2017 \| Renee Rosnes \| Written in the Rocks \| Shirantha Beddage, Momentum Seamus Blake, Superconductor Brandi Disterheft, Blue Canvas Mike Janzen, Nudging Forever \|
scope="row"\|2018 \|Mike Downes \|Root Structure \| Brad Cheeseman, The Tide Turns Chet Doxas, Rich in Symbols Hilario Durán, Contumbao Ralph Bowen, Ralph Bowen \|
scope="row"\|2019 \|Robi Botos \|Old Soul \| Alexis Baro, Sandstorm Larnell Lewis, In the Moment Renee Rosnes, Beloved of the Sky Alison Young, So Here We Are \|[https://www.cbc.ca/music/junos/news/shawn-mendes-and-the-weeknd-lead-the-2019-juno-nominations-1.4992669 "Shawn Mendes and the Weeknd lead the 2019 Juno nominations"]. CBC Music, January 29, 2019.
scope="row"\|2020 \|Jacques Kuba Séguin \|Migrations \| The Mark Kelso Jazz Project, The Chronicles of Fezziwig Joel Miller, Unstoppable Ted Quinlan, Absolutely Dreaming John Stetch, Black Sea Suite \|Melody Lau, [https://www.cbc.ca/music/junos/news/alessia-cara-and-tory-lanez-lead-the-2020-juno-nominations-1.5436386 "Alessia Cara and Tory Lanez lead the 2020 Juno nominations"]. CBC Music, January 28, 2019.
style="text-align:center;" scope="row"\|2021 \|Jocelyn Gould \|Elegant Traveler \| Elmer Ferrer, Básico, No Básico y Dirigido Junior Santos, Conpambiche Rachel Therrien, Vena Andrés Vial, Gang of Three \|Holly Gordon and Andrea Warner, [https://www.cbc.ca/music/junos/news/here-are-the-2021-juno-award-winners-1.6036001 "Here are the 2021 Juno Award winners"]. CBC Music, June 4, 2021.
style="text-align:center;" scope="row"\|2022 \| Will Bonness \| Change of Plans \| Efajemue, Aesthetics Jon Gordon, Stranger Than Fiction Jesse Ryan, Bridges Andrés Vial, When Is Ancient? \|align="center"\|[https://sorstu.ca/gala-des-prix-juno-2022-charlotte-cardin-devance-justin-bieber-et-the-weeknd-dans-les-nominations/ "Gala des prix JUNO 2022 \| Charlotte Cardin devance Justin Bieber et The Weeknd dans les nominations!"]. sorstu.ca, March 1, 2022.
scope="row"\|2023 \| Renee Rosnes \| Kinds of Love \| Ernesto Cervini, Joy Luis Deniz, El Tinajon Lauren Falls, A Little Louder Now Rafael Zaldivar, Rumba \|align="center"\| Jenna Benchetrit and Arti Patel, [https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/junos-2023-opening-night-winners-list-1.6776262 "The Weeknd picks up 4 wins on Junos 2023 opening night"]. CBC News, March 11, 2023.
scope="row"\|2024 \| Christine Jensen \| Day Moon \| Gentiane MG, Walls Made of Glass Jocelyn Gould, Sonic Bouquet Noam Lemish, Twelve Russ Macklem, The South Detroit Connection \|align="center"\| [https://www.cbc.ca/music/junos/juno-awards-2024-full-list-winners-1.7149545 "Junos 2024: full list of winners"]. CBC Music, March 23, 2024.
scope="row"\|2025 \| André Leroux \| Montreal Jazz Series 1 (Échanges Synaptiques) \| Jocelyn Gould, Portrait of Right Now Mark Kelso, The Antrim Coast Larnell Lewis, Slice of Life Audrey Ochoa, The Head of a Mouse \|align="center"\| [https://www.cbc.ca/music/junos/juno-awards-2025-full-list-winners-1.7497072 "Junos 2025: full list of winners"]. CBC Music, March 30, 2025.

class="wikitable sortable"

! scope="col" style="width:5em;" | Year

! scope="col" | Winner(s)

! scope="col" | Album

! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Nominees

! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Ref.

scope="row"|2015

| Kirk MacDonald

| Vista Obscura

Jim Head, Zoetrope
Lenny Breau, LA Bootleg 1984
Marianne Trudel, La vie commence ici
Owen Howard, Drum Lore Vol. 2 – More Lore

scope="row"|2016

| Robi Botos

| Movin' Forward

Al Muirhead, It's About Time
Curtis Nowosad, Dialectics
Rich Brown, Abend
Tara Davidson, Duets

scope="row"|2017

| Renee Rosnes

| Written in the Rocks

Shirantha Beddage, Momentum
Seamus Blake, Superconductor
Brandi Disterheft, Blue Canvas
Mike Janzen, Nudging Forever

scope="row"|2018

|Mike Downes

|Root Structure

Brad Cheeseman, The Tide Turns
Chet Doxas, Rich in Symbols
Hilario Durán, Contumbao
Ralph Bowen, Ralph Bowen

scope="row"|2019

|Robi Botos

|Old Soul

Alexis Baro, Sandstorm
Larnell Lewis, In the Moment
Renee Rosnes, Beloved of the Sky
Alison Young, So Here We Are

|[https://www.cbc.ca/music/junos/news/shawn-mendes-and-the-weeknd-lead-the-2019-juno-nominations-1.4992669 "Shawn Mendes and the Weeknd lead the 2019 Juno nominations"]. CBC Music, January 29, 2019.

scope="row"|2020

|Jacques Kuba Séguin

|Migrations

The Mark Kelso Jazz Project, The Chronicles of Fezziwig
Joel Miller, Unstoppable
Ted Quinlan, Absolutely Dreaming
John Stetch, Black Sea Suite

|Melody Lau, [https://www.cbc.ca/music/junos/news/alessia-cara-and-tory-lanez-lead-the-2020-juno-nominations-1.5436386 "Alessia Cara and Tory Lanez lead the 2020 Juno nominations"]. CBC Music, January 28, 2019.

style="text-align:center;" scope="row"|2021

|Jocelyn Gould

|Elegant Traveler

Elmer Ferrer, Básico, No Básico y Dirigido
Junior Santos, Conpambiche
Rachel Therrien, Vena
Andrés Vial, Gang of Three

|Holly Gordon and Andrea Warner, [https://www.cbc.ca/music/junos/news/here-are-the-2021-juno-award-winners-1.6036001 "Here are the 2021 Juno Award winners"]. CBC Music, June 4, 2021.

style="text-align:center;" scope="row"|2022

| Will Bonness

| Change of Plans

Efajemue, Aesthetics
Jon Gordon, Stranger Than Fiction
Jesse Ryan, Bridges
Andrés Vial, When Is Ancient?

|align="center"|[https://sorstu.ca/gala-des-prix-juno-2022-charlotte-cardin-devance-justin-bieber-et-the-weeknd-dans-les-nominations/ "Gala des prix JUNO 2022 | Charlotte Cardin devance Justin Bieber et The Weeknd dans les nominations!"]. sorstu.ca, March 1, 2022.

scope="row"|2023

| Renee Rosnes

| Kinds of Love

Ernesto Cervini, Joy
Luis Deniz, El Tinajon
Lauren Falls, A Little Louder Now
Rafael Zaldivar, Rumba

|align="center"| Jenna Benchetrit and Arti Patel, [https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/junos-2023-opening-night-winners-list-1.6776262 "The Weeknd picks up 4 wins on Junos 2023 opening night"]. CBC News, March 11, 2023.

scope="row"|2024

| Christine Jensen

| Day Moon

Gentiane MG, Walls Made of Glass
Jocelyn Gould, Sonic Bouquet
Noam Lemish, Twelve
Russ Macklem, The South Detroit Connection

|align="center"| [https://www.cbc.ca/music/junos/juno-awards-2024-full-list-winners-1.7149545 "Junos 2024: full list of winners"]. CBC Music, March 23, 2024.

scope="row"|2025

| André Leroux

| Montreal Jazz Series 1 (Échanges Synaptiques)

Jocelyn Gould, Portrait of Right Now
Mark Kelso, The Antrim Coast
Larnell Lewis, Slice of Life
Audrey Ochoa, The Head of a Mouse

|align="center"| [https://www.cbc.ca/music/junos/juno-awards-2025-full-list-winners-1.7497072 "Junos 2025: full list of winners"]. CBC Music, March 30, 2025.

References

Jazz Album of the Year - Solo

Category:Jazz awards

Category:Awards established in 2015

Category:2015 establishments in Canada

Category:Album awards