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]

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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]
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	^[8]
2026	Renee Rosnes	Crossing Paths	Anthony D'Alessandro, City Lights Justin Gray, Immersed Aretha Tillotson, Kinda Out West Nancy Walker, Deeper Down	^[9]

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