| Year
|
Winner(s)
|
Album title
|
1987
(1st)
|
| The George Golla Orchestra
|
Lush Life
|
| Various Artists
|
The Esso Australian Jazz Summit
|
| Dick Hughes
|
The Last Train For Casablanca Leaves Once In A Blue Moon
|
| Vince Jones
|
Tell Me a Secret
|
| Maree Montgomery
|
Woman of Mystery
|
1988
(2nd)
|
Vince Jones
|
It All Ends Up in Tears
|
| The Don Burrows Quintet with the Adelaide Connection
|
Nice 'n' Easy
|
1989
(3rd)
|
| Wizards of Oz
|
Soundtrack
|
| Kate Ceberano & Wendy Matthews
|
You've Always Got The Blues
|
| Cool Dudes
|
Cool Dudes
|
| James Morrison
|
Postcards From Down Under
|
| Various Artists
|
Jazz Live At Soup Plus
|
1990
(4th)
|
| Paul Grabowsky Trio
|
Six by Three
|
| Allan Browne
|
Genre Jumping Jazz
|
| James Morrison Swiss Encounter
|
Live at the Montreaux Jazz Festival
|
| Various Artists
|
Jim McLeod's Jazz Tracks
|
| Vince Jones
|
Trustworthy Little Sweethearts
|
1991
(5th)
|
| Clarion Fracture Zone[6]
|
Blue Shift
|
| The Last Straw[6]
|
The Last Straw
|
| Dale Barlow
|
Horn
|
| James Morrison
|
Snappy Doo
|
| Paul Grabowsky
|
The Moon And You
|
1992
(6th)
|
| Dale Barlow
|
Hipnotation
|
| Ten Part Invention
|
Ten Part Invention
|
| Mike Nock Quartet
|
Dark And Curious
|
| James Morrison
|
Manner Dangerous
|
| Carl Orr
|
Seeking Spirit
|
1993
(7th)
|
| Bernie McGann Trio
|
Bernie McGann Trio
|
| Vince Jones
|
Future Girl
|
| Paul Grabowsky
|
Tee Vee
|
| Judy Bailey
|
Notwithstanding
|
| James Morrison & Ray Brown
|
Two The Max!
|
1994
(8th)
|
| Mike Bukovsky
|
Wanderlust
|
| Mike Nock
|
Touch
|
| Judy Bailey
|
Sundial
|
| The Catholics
|
The Catholics
|
| AtmaSphere
|
Flying
|
1995
(9th)
|
| Mark Simmonds Freeboppers
|
Fire
|
| Bernie McGann Trio
|
McGann McGann
|
| Bobby Gebert Trio
|
The Sculptor
|
| Australian Art Orchestra
|
Ringing The Ball Backwards
|
| The Allan Browne Quartet
|
Birdcalls
|
1996
(10th)
|
| Paul Grabowsky Trio
|
When Words Fail
|
| The Engine Room
|
Full Steam Ahead
|
| Bob Bertles Quintet
|
Rhythm Of The Heart
|
| Bob Barnard
|
Live At The Sydney Opera House
|
| Barney McAll
|
Exit
|
1997
(11th)
|
| Bernie McGann Trio
|
Playground
|
| Scott Tinkler Trio
|
Dance Of Delulian
|
| Ian Chaplin Quartet
|
Tjapangati
|
| Col Nolan
|
Nolans Groove
|
| Clarion Fracture Zone
|
Less Stable Elements
|
| The Catholics
|
Life On Earth
|
1998
(12th)
|
| Chaplin, Tinkler, Rex, Lambie
|
The Future In Today
|
| Shelley Scown & The Paul Grabowsky Trio
|
Angel
|
| Rolf Stube
|
The Jazz Police
|
| Kevin Hunt
|
Plays JS Bach
|
| Joe Chindamo
|
Anyone Who Had A Heart
|
1999
(13th)
|
| Andrew Speight Quartet
|
Andrew Speight Quartet
|
| Scott Tinkler Trio
|
Sofa King
|
| Janet Seidel
|
The Way You Wear Your Hat
|
| Jamie Oehlers
|
Strut
|
| Browne Haywood Stevens
|
Sudden In A Shaft Of Sunlight
|
2000
(14th)
|
| James Muller Trio
|
All Out
|
| Mike Nock & Marty Ehrlich
|
The Waiting Game
|
| Janet Seidel
|
Art Of Lounge Vol 2
|
| The Catholics
|
Barefoot
|
| Australian Art Orchestra, Sruthi Laya Ensemble
|
Into The Fire
|
2001
(15th)
|
| Bernie McGann Trio
|
Bundeena
|
| Paul Grabowsky Trio
|
Three
|
| Michelle Nicolle
|
After The Rain
|
| Joe Chindamo Trio
|
The Joy Of Standards
|
| Andrew Robson Trio
|
Sunman
|
| Allan Browne's New Rascals
|
East St Kilda Toodleoo
|
2002
(16th)
|
| Andrea Keller
|
Thirteen Sketches
|
| The Umbrellas
|
Bravo Nino Rota
|
| James Muller
|
Thrum
|
| James Morrison
|
Scream Machine
|
| Dale Barlow
|
Dale Barlow Live
|
2003
(17th)
|
| Andrea Keller
|
Mikrokosmos
|
| The World According To James
|
Wayback
|
| The Necks
|
Athenaeum, Homebush, Quay & Raab
|
| Kevin Hunt Trio
|
Love Walked In
|
| Andrew Robson
|
On
|
2004
(18th)
|
| The Necks
|
Drive By
|
| Paul Grabowsky
|
Tales of Time and Space
|
| Mike Nock's Big Small Band
|
Big Small Band Live
|
| Michelle Nicolle
|
The Crying Game
|
| Alister Spence Trio
|
Flux
|
2005
(19th)
|
| Paul Grabowsky & Katie Noonan
|
Before Time Could Change Us
|
| The Necks
|
Mosquito/See Through
|
| Oehlers & Keevers
|
Grace
|
| Aronas
|
Culture Tunnels
|
| Andrea Keller Quartet
|
Angels and Rascals
|
2006
(20th)
|
| The Necks
|
Chemist
|
| Paul Grabowsky & Bernie McGann
|
Always
|
| Mark Sholtez
|
Real Street
|
| James Muller
|
Kaboom
|
| Don Burrows, The Mell-O-Tones & Phillip Sametz
|
Non Stop Flight - Great Music Of The Swing Era
|
2007
(21st)
|
| Mike Nock & Dave Liebman
|
Duologue
|
| Mark Isaacs
|
Resurgence
|
| Joe Chindamo & Graeme Lyall
|
Smokingun
|
| Andrea Keller Quartet
|
Little Claps
|
| Alister Spence Trio
|
Mercury
|
2008
(22nd)
|
| Andrea Keller
|
Footprints
|
| Oehlers, Grabowsky & Beck
|
Lost And Found
|
| Mike Nock Project
|
Meeting Of The Waters
|
| Joe Chindamo
|
Duende The Romantic Project
|
| Grace Knight
|
Willow
|
| Deni Hines & James Morrison
|
The Other Woman
|
2009
(23rd)
|
| Katie Noonan
|
Blackbird: The Music of Lennon and McCartney
|
| Michelle Nicolle
|
The Loveliest Night
|
| Mark Isaacs Resurgence Band
|
Tell It Like It Is
|
| Kate Ceberano & Mark Isham
|
Bittersweet
|
| Dale Barlow, George Coleman Jr, Mark Fitzgibbon & Sam Anning
|
Treat Me Gently
|
2010
(24th)
|
| James Morrison & The Idea Of North
|
Feels Like Spring
|
| The Necks
|
Silverwater
|
| Joseph Tawadros
|
The Hour of Separation
|
| Joe Chindamo
|
Another Place Some Other Time
|
| Dick & Christa Hughes
|
Twenty First Century Blues
|
2011
(25th)
|
| Elixir
|
First Seed Ripening
|
| The Idea of North
|
Extraordinary Tale
|
| Sarah McKenzie
|
Don't Tempt Me
|
| Kristin Berardi & The Jazzgroove Mothership Orchestra
|
Kristin Berardi Meets The Jazzgroove Mothership Orchestra
|
| Allan Browne, Marc Hannaford, Sam Anning
|
Shreveport Stomp
|
2012
(26th)
|
| Sarah McKenzie
|
Close Your Eyes
|
| James Morrison
|
Snappy Too
|
| Bernie McGann
|
Wending
|
| Grace Knight
|
Keep Cool Fool
|
| Barney McAll
|
Graft
|
| Steven Rossitto
|
Night & Day
|
2013
(27th)
|
| The Idea of North
|
Smile
|
| Tommy Emmanuel & Martin Taylor
|
The Colonel & The Governor
|
| Renee Geyer
|
Swing
|
| Jonathan Zwartz
|
The Remembering & Forgetting of the Air
|
| Andrea Keller
|
Family Portraits
|
2014
(28th)
|
| Paul Grabowsky Sextet
|
The Bitter Suite
|
| Andrea Keller Quartet with Strings
|
Wave Rider
|
| Emma Pask
|
Season Of My Heart
|
| Graeme Lyall, John Hoffman, Tony Gould, Ben Robertson, Tony Floyd
|
The Hunters & Pointers
|
| Vince Jones
|
The Monash Sessions
|
2015
(29th)
|
| Barney McAll
|
Mooroolbark
|
| Allan Browne Quintet
|
Ithaca Bound
|
| King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard
|
Quarters!
|
| Paul Grabowsky
|
Solo
|
| Sarah McKenzie
|
We Could Be Lovers
|
2016
(30th)
|
| Vince Jones & Paul Grabowsky
|
Provanance
|
| Don Burrows & James Morrison
|
In Good Company
|
| Emma Pask
|
Cosita Divina
|
| Stu Hunter
|
The Migration
|
| The Idea of North
|
Ballads
|
2017
(31st)
|
| James Morrison (with BBC Concert Orchestra and Keith Lockhart)
|
The Great American Songbook
|
| Australian Art Orchestra
|
Water Pushes Sand
|
| James Morrison & James Morrison Academy Jazz Orchestra
|
James Morrison With His Academy Jazz Orchestra
|
| King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard
|
Sketches Of Brunswick East
|
| The Vampires
|
The Vampires meet Lionel Loueke
|
2018
(32nd)
|
| Jonathan Zwartz
|
Animarum
|
| Barney McAll
|
Hearing the Blood
|
| Elixir featuring Katie Noonan
|
Gratitude and Grief
|
| Jake Mason Trio
|
The Stranger in the Mirror
|
| James Morrison, Patti Austin, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra & Benjamin Northey
|
Ella and Louis
|
2019
(33rd)
|
| Kate Ceberano and Paul Grabowsky
|
Tryst
|
| Andrea Keller
|
Transients Vol.1
|
| Angela Davis
|
Little Did They Know
|
| Barney McAll
|
Zephyrix
|
| Phil Slater
|
The Dark Pattern
|
2020
(34th)
|
| Paul Kelly & Paul Grabowsky
|
Please Leave Your Light On
|
| Katie Noonan
|
The Sweetest Taboo
|
| Luke Howard
|
All That Is Not Solid (Live At Tempo Rubato, Australia / 2020)
|
| Mike Nock, Hamish Stuart, Julien Wilson, Jonathan Zwartz
|
This World
|
| Nat Bartsch
|
Forever More
|
2021
(35th)
|
| Mildlife
|
Automatic
|
| Australian Art Orchestra, Reuben Lewis, Tariro Mavondo & Peter Knight
|
Closed Beginnings
|
| Kristen Beradi, Sean Foran & Rafael Karlen
|
Haven
|
| Petra Haden and the Nick Haywood Quintet
|
Songs from my Father
|
| Vazesh
|
The Sacred Key
|
2022
(36th)
|
| Mildlife
|
Live from South Channel Island
|
| Barney McAll
|
Precious Energy
|
| Mike Nock, Hamish Stuart, Julien Wilson & Jonathan Zwartz
|
Another Dance
|
| Sam Anning
|
Oaatchapai
|
| Springtime
|
Springtime
|
2023
(37th)
|
| The Vampires featuring Chris Abrahams
|
Nightjar
|
| Lance Gurisik
|
Cull Portal
|
| Mike Nock
|
Hearing
|
| Sinj Clarke
|
The Height Of Love
|
| Surprise Chef
|
Education & Recreation
|
2024
(38th)
|
| Audrey Powne
|
From the Fire
|
| Elixir (featuring Katie Noonan, Zac Hurren & Ben Hauptmann)
|
A Small Shy Truth
|
| Mildlife
|
Chorus
|
| Tourismo
|
Torque
|
| Vanessa Perica Orchestra
|
The Eye is the First Circle
|