The Ultimate Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Jazz Album - American History Information Guide and Reference

The Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Jazz Album has been presented since 1992. The award has had several minor name changes:

In 1992 the award was known as Best Contemporary Jazz Performance
From 1993 to 1994 it was awarded as Best Contemporary Jazz Performance (Instrumental)
From 1995 to 2000 it was awarded as Best Contemporary Jazz Performance
Since 2001 it has been awarded as Best Contemporary Jazz Album

Years reflect the year in which the Grammy Awards were presented, for works released in the previous year.

2000s

Grammy Awards of 2005
- Bill Frisell for Unspeakable
Grammy Awards of 2004
- George Whitty (engineer/mixer & producer) & Randy Brecker (producers & artist) for 34th N Lex
Grammy Awards of 2003
- Rob Eaton (engineer/mixer), Lyle Mays, Pat Metheny, Steven Rodby (producers) & the Pat Metheny Group for Speaking of Now
Grammy Awards of 2002
- Khaliq-O-Vision , Ray Bardani (engineers), David Isaac (producer) & Marcus Miller (producer & artist) for M<sum>
Grammy Awards of 2001
- Richard Battaglia , Robert Battaglia (engineers/mixers), Béla Fleck (engineer/mixer & producer) & Béla Fleck and the Flecktones for Outbound
Grammy Awards of 2000
- David Sanborn for Inside