The Juno Award for Contemporary Jazz Album of the Year was presented as recognition each year for the best contemporary jazz album in

Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot ...

. It was first presented in 1994, after the Juno Awards split the former award for Best Jazz Album into separate categories for contemporary and

traditional A tradition is a belief or behavior (folk custom) passed down within a group or society with symbolic meaning or special significance with origins in the past. A component of cultural expressions and folklore, common examples include holidays or ...

jazz,"Quirky mix of nominees for 1994 Junos". ''

The Globe and Mail ''The Globe and Mail'' is a Canadian newspaper printed in five cities in western and central Canada. With a weekly readership of approximately 2 million in 2015, it is Canada's most widely read newspaper on weekdays and Saturdays, although it ...

'', February 9, 1994. 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 Contemporary Jazz Album (1994 – 1999)

Best Contemporary Jazz Album – Instrumental (2000 – 2002)

Contemporary Jazz Album of the Year (2003 – 2014)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Juno Award For Contemporary Jazz Album Of The Year

Contemporary Album Of The Year Contemporary history, in English-language historiography, is a subset of modern history that describes the historical period from approximately 1945 to the present. Contemporary history is either a subset of the late modern period, or it i ...

Jazz awards Album awards