Grammy Award for Best Jazz Performance

The Grammy Award for Best Jazz Performance has been awarded since 1959.

Before 1979 the award title did not specify instrumental performances and was presented for instrumental or vocal performances.

The award has had several minor name changes:

Two-time winner Ella Fitzgerald .
Two-time winner Bill Evans .
1974 award-winner Art Tatum .
Two-time winner Dizzy Gillespie .
Four-time winner Oscar Peterson .
1982 winner John Coltrane .
Three-time winner Miles Davis .
Three-time winner Wynton Marsalis .
Six-time winner Michael Brecker .
Three-time winner Herbie Hancock .
Two-time winner Terence Blanchard .
Seven-time winner Chick Corea .