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Best Improvised Jazz Solo Performance

2026 • 68th Annual Grammy Awards

Honoring recordings released between Aug 31, 2024 and Aug 30, 2025

2026 Winner is Chick Corea, Christian McBride & Brian Blade with "Windows - Live"

Nominees 2026

Winners

Year Winner Work
2026 Chick Corea, Christian McBride, Brian Blade Windows - Live
2025 Samara Joy, Sullivan Fortner Twinkle Twinkle Little Me
2024 Samara Joy Tight
2023 Wayne Shorter, Wayne Shorter & Leo Genovese, Leo Genovese Endangered Species
2022 Chick Corea Humpty Dumpty (Set 2)
2021 Chick Corea All Blues
2020 Randy Brecker Sozinho
2019 John Daversa Don't Fence Me In
2018 John McLaughlin Miles Beyond
2017 John Scofield I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry
2016 Christian McBride Cherokee
2015 Chick Corea Fingerprints
2014 Wayne Shorter Orbits
2013 Gary Burton, Chick Corea Hot House
2012 Chick Corea 500 Miles High
2011 Herbie Hancock A Change Is Gonna Come
2010 Terence Blanchard Dancin' 4 Chicken
2009 Terence Blanchard Be-Bop
2008 Michael Brecker Anagram
2007 Michael Brecker Some Skunk Funk
2006 Sonny Rollins Why Was I Born?
2005 Herbie Hancock Speak Like A Child
2004 Chick Corea Matrix
2003 Herbie Hancock My Ship
2002 Michael Brecker Chan's Song
2001 Pat Metheny (Go) Get It
2000 Wayne Shorter In Walked Wayne
1999 Gary Burton, Chick Corea Rhumbata
1998 Doc Cheatham, Nicholas Payton Stardust
1997 Michael Brecker Cabin Fever
1996 Michael Brecker Impressions
1995 Benny Carter Prelude To A Kiss
1994 Joe Henderson Miles Ahead
1993 Joe Henderson Lush Life
1992 Stan Getz I Remember You
1991 Oscar Peterson The Legendary Oscar Peterson Trio Live At The Blue Note
1990 Miles Davis Aura
1989 Michael Brecker Don't Try This At Home
1988 Dexter Gordon The Other Side Of Round Midnight
1987 Miles Davis Tutu
1986 Wynton Marsalis Black Codes From The Underground
1985 Wynton Marsalis Hot House Flowers
1984 Wynton Marsalis Think Of One
1983 Miles Davis We Want Miles
1982 John Coltrane Bye Bye Blackbird
1981 Bill Evans I Will Say Goodbye
1980 Oscar Peterson Jousts
1979 Oscar Peterson Montreaux '77 - Oscar Peterson Jam
1978 Oscar Peterson The Giants
1977 Count Basie Basie And Zoot
1976 Dizzy Gillespie Oscar Peterson And Dizzy Gillespie
1975 Charlie Parker First Recordings!
1974 Art Tatum God Is In The House
1973 Gary Burton Alone At Last
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