Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Soloist
23rd Annual Grammy Awards • 1981
Honoring recordings released between October 1, 1979 – September 30, 1980
Bill Evans won the 1981 Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Soloist with "I Will Say Goodbye"
Winners & Nominees 1981
Winner
Nominees
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I Will Say Goodbye
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Chasin' The Bird (Album)
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Cunningbird (Album)
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I Remember You (Album)
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The Phil Woods Quartet - Volume One (Album)
Previous Years
| Year | Winner | Title | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Oscar Peterson | The Legendary Oscar Peterson Trio Live At The Blue Note | All Nominees |
| 1988 | Dexter Gordon | The Other Side Of Round Midnight | All Nominees |
| 1987 | Miles Davis | Tutu | All Nominees |
| 1986 | Wynton Marsalis | Black Codes From The Underground | All Nominees |
| 1985 | Wynton Marsalis | Hot House Flowers | All Nominees |
| 1984 | Wynton Marsalis | Think Of One | All Nominees |
| 1983 | Miles Davis | We Want Miles | All Nominees |
| 1982 | John Coltrane | Bye Bye Blackbird | All Nominees |
| 1981 | Bill Evans | I Will Say Goodbye | All Nominees |
| 1980 | Oscar Peterson | Jousts | All Nominees |
| 1979 | Oscar Peterson | Montreaux '77 - Oscar Peterson Jam | All Nominees |