This article lists the winners and nominees for the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Jazz Artist. The award was first given during the 1980 ceremony and was later retired in 2011. Quincy Jones holds the record for most wins in this category with four.
Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.
| Year | Artist | Ref |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | ||
| Count Basie | [1] | |
| 1981 – 82 | — | |
| 1983 | ||
| Al Jarreau | [2] | |
| 1984 – 86 | — | |
| 1987 | ||
| Miles Davis | [3] | |
| Dexter Gordon | ||
| George Howard | ||
| Al Jarreau | ||
| Najee | ||
| 1988 | ||
| Ella Fitzgerald | [4] | |
| 1989 | ||
| Miles Davis | [5][6] | |
| Larry Jackson | ||
| Bobby Lyle | ||
| Joe Sample | ||
| Sherry Winston | ||
| Year | Artist | Ref |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 – 91 | — | |
| 1992 | ||
| Natalie Cole | [7][8] | |
| Shirley Horn | ||
| Earl Klugh | ||
| Wynton Marsalis | ||
| Dianne Reeves | ||
| 1993 | ||
| Wynton Marsalis | [9] | |
| 1994 | ||
| Kenny G | [10] | |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1996 | ||
| Quincy Jones | [11] | |
| Gerald Albright | ||
| George Duke | ||
| Rachelle Farrell | ||
| Dianne Reeves | ||
| 1997 | ||
| Quincy Jones | [12][13] | |
| Cassandra Wilson | ||
| Dianne Reeves | ||
| George Benson | ||
| Branford Marsalis | ||
| 1998 | ||
| Kenny G | [14] | |
| 1999 | ||
| Lena Horne | [15][16] | |
| Carmen McRae | ||
| Herbie Hancock | ||
| Najee | ||
| Will Downing & Gerald Albright | ||
| Year | Artist | Ref |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | ||
| Quincy Jones | [17] | |
| Branford Marsalis | ||
| Wynton Marsalis | ||
| Dianne Reeves | ||
| Cassandra Wilson | ||
| 2001 | ||
| Grover Washington, Jr. | [18] | |
| 2002 | ||
| Quincy Jones | [19] | |
| 2003 | ||
| Natalie Cole | [20] | |
| 2004 | ||
| Ramsey Lewis | [21] | |
| 2005 | ||
| Nancy Wilson | [22] | |
| Gerald Albright | ||
| Regina Belle | ||
| Al Jarreau | ||
| Wynton Marsalis | ||
| 2006 | ||
| Najee | [23] | |
| Jermaine Gardner | ||
| Onaje Allan Gumbs | ||
| Billy Miles | ||
| Mike Phillips | ||
| 2007 | ||
| Gladys Knight | [24] | |
| Gerald Albright | ||
| Regina Carter | ||
| George Duke | ||
| Take 6 | ||
| 2008 – 09 | — | |
| Year | Artist | Ref |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | — | |
| 2011 | ||
| Stanley Jordan | [25] | |
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