Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album
Awarded forQuality performances in the vocal jazz music genre
CountryUnited States
Presented byNational Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
First awarded1977
Currently held bySamara Joy – Linger Awhile (2023)
Websitegrammy.com

The Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album is an award presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards,[1] to recording artists for quality works (songs or albums) in the vocal jazz music genre. Awards in several categories are presented at the ceremony annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to "honor artistic achievement, technical proficiency and overall excellence in the recording industry, without regard to album sales or chart position".[2]

History

Until 2001 this award was titled the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Performance. From 1981 to 1991 (except for 1985) this category was presented as separate awards for Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female and Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Male.

Years reflect the year in which the Grammy Awards were presented, for works released in the previous year.

Recipients

Two-time winner Ella Fitzgerald.
Two-time winner Al Jarreau.
Two-time winner Diana Krall.
Five-time winner Dianne Reeves.
Two-time winner Nancy Wilson.
Two-time winner Kurt Elling.
Two-time winner Gregory Porter.
Three-time winner Cécile McLorin Salvant.
Three-time winner Esperanza Spalding.
Year[I] Performing artist(s) Work Nominees Ref.
1977 Ella Fitzgerald Fitzgerald and Pass... Again
1978 Al Jarreau Look to the Rainbow
1979 All Fly Home
1980 Ella Fitzgerald Fine and Mellow
1985 Joe Williams Nothin' but the Blues
1992 Take 6 He Is Christmas [3]
1993 Bobby McFerrin "Round Midnight" from Play [4]
1994 Natalie Cole Take a Look [5]
1995 Etta James Mystery Lady: Songs of Billie Holiday [6]
1996 Lena Horne An Evening with Lena Horne [7]
1997 Cassandra Wilson New Moon Daughter
[8]
1998 Dee Dee Bridgewater Dear Ella [9]
1999 Shirley Horn I Remember Miles
[10]
2000 Diana Krall When I Look in Your Eyes [11]
2001 Dianne Reeves In the Moment - Live in Concert [12]
2002 Dianne Reeves The Calling: Celebrating Sarah Vaughan
[13]
2003 Diana Krall Live in Paris
[14]
2004 Dianne Reeves A Little Moonlight
[15]
2005 Nancy Wilson R.S.V.P. (Rare Songs, Very Personal)
2006 Dianne Reeves Good Night, and Good Luck [16]
2007 Nancy Wilson Turned to Blue
[17]
2008 Patti Austin Avant Gershwin
[18]
2009 Cassandra Wilson Loverly
[19]
2010 Kurt Elling Dedicated to You: Kurt Elling Sings the Music of Coltrane and Hartman
[20]
2011 Dee Dee Bridgewater Eleanora Fagan (1915–1959): To Billie with Love from Dee Dee Bridgewater
[20]
2012 Terri Lyne Carrington & Various Artists The Mosaic Project [21]
2013 Esperanza Spalding Radio Music Society [22]
2014 Gregory Porter Liquid Spirit
[23]
2015 Dianne Reeves Beautiful Life
[24]
2016 Cécile McLorin Salvant For One to Love [25]
2017 Gregory Porter Take Me to the Alley [26]
2018 Cécile McLorin Salvant Dreams and Daggers
[27]
2019 Cécile McLorin Salvant The Window
[28]
2020 Esperanza Spalding 12 Little Spells [29]
2021 Kurt Elling ft. Danilo Pérez Secrets Are the Best Stories
[30]
2022 Esperanza Spalding Songwrights Apothecary Lab [31]
2023 Samara Joy Linger Awhile [32]
2024 Nicole Zuraitis How Love Begins [33]

References

General
  • "Past Winners Search". National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved March 4, 2011D. Note: User must select the "Jazz" category as the genre under the search feature.
Specific
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  21. ^ "Grammys Awards 2012: Complete Winners and Nominees List". The Hollywood Reporter. Prometheus Global Media. February 12, 2012. Retrieved March 1, 2013.
  22. ^ "Grammys 2013: complete list of nominees and winners". Los Angeles Times. February 10, 2013. Retrieved March 1, 2013.
  23. ^ "2014 Nominees" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-12-16. Retrieved 2013-12-08.
  24. ^ List of Nominees 2015
  25. ^ "58th Grammy Nominees". Grammy. Archived from the original on February 1, 2012. Retrieved December 7, 2015.
  26. ^ List of Nominees 2017
  27. ^ Grammy.com, 28 November 2017
  28. ^ Grammy.com, 7 December 2018
  29. ^ "2019 Grammy Winners & Nominees". Grammy. Retrieved July 15, 2020.
  30. ^ 2021 Nominations List
  31. ^ Grammy.com, 23 November 2021
  32. ^ "Grammy Awards 2023: The Full List of Nominees". The New York Times. November 15, 2022. Retrieved November 24, 2022.
  33. ^ "2024 GRAMMY Nominations: See The Full Nominees List | GRAMMY.com". www.grammy.com. Retrieved 2023-11-14.

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