Congratulations to the Paul Grabowsky Sextet, winner of the ARIA awards Best Jazz Album for The Bitter Suite (ABC Jazz/UMA)
Other nominees were
Andrea Keller Quartet with Strings – Wave Rider (Jazzhead/MGM)
Emma Pask – Season Of My Heart (Mercury Records Australia/Universal Music Australia)
Graeme Lyall, John Hoffman, Tony Gould, Ben Robertson, Tony Floyd – The Hunters & Pointers (Which Way Music/Fuse Group)
Vince Jones – The Monash Sessions (Jazzhead/MGM)