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.^[1]

Winners

Year	Winner(s)	Album	Nominees	Ref.
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
2016	Robi Botos	Movin' Forward	Al Muirhead, It's About Time Curtis Nowosad, Dialectics Rich Brown, Abend Tara Davidson, Duets
2017	Renee Rosnes	Written in the Rocks	Shirantha Beddage, Momentum Seamus Blake, Superconductor Brandi Disterheft, Blue Canvas Mike Janzen, Nudging Forever
2018	Mike Downes	Root Structure	Brad Cheeseman, The Tide Turns Chet Doxas, Rich in Symbols Hilario Durán, Contumbao Ralph Bowen, Ralph Bowen
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	[2]
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	[3]
2021	Jocelyn Gould	Elegant Traveler	Elmer Ferrer, Básico, No Básico y Dirigido Junior Santos, Conpambiche Rachel Therrien, Vena Andrés Vial, Gang of Three	[4]
2022	Will Bonness	Change of Plans	Efajemue, Aesthetics Jon Gordon, Stranger Than Fiction Jesse Ryan, Bridges Andrés Vial, When Is Ancient?	[5]
2023	Renee Rosnes	Kinds of Love	Ernesto Cervini, Joy Luis Deniz, El Tinajon Lauren Falls, A Little Louder Now Rafael Zaldivar, Rumba	[6]
2024	Christine Jensen	Day Moon	Gentiane MG, Walls Made of Glass Jocelyn Gould, Sonic Bouquet Noam Lemish, Twelve Russ Macklem, The South Detroit Connection	[7]

References

1. "Juno Award winners list by year". Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved March 18, 2015.
2. "Shawn Mendes and the Weeknd lead the 2019 Juno nominations". CBC Music, January 29, 2019.
3. Melody Lau, "Alessia Cara and Tory Lanez lead the 2020 Juno nominations". CBC Music, January 28, 2019.
4. Holly Gordon and Andrea Warner, "Here are the 2021 Juno Award winners". CBC Music, June 4, 2021.
5. "Gala des prix JUNO 2022 | Charlotte Cardin devance Justin Bieber et The Weeknd dans les nominations!". sorstu.ca, March 1, 2022.
6. Jenna Benchetrit and Arti Patel, "The Weeknd picks up 4 wins on Junos 2023 opening night". CBC News, March 11, 2023.
7. "Junos 2024: full list of winners". CBC Music, March 23, 2024.