Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album






























Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album
Awarded for Quality performances in the vocal jazz music genre
Country United States
Presented by National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
First awarded 1977
Last awarded present
Website grammy.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]




Contents






  • 1 History


  • 2 Recipients


  • 3 References


  • 4 External links





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




  • 1977: Ella Fitzgerald, Fitzgerald and Pass... Again


  • 1978: Al Jarreau, Look to the Rainbow


  • 1979: Al Jarreau, All Fly Home


  • 1980: Ella Fitzgerald, Fine and Mellow


  • 1985: Joe Williams, Nothin' but the Blues
















































































































































































































Year[I]
 Performing artist(s)
 Work
 Nominees
 Ref.

1992
Take 6

He Is Christmas



  • Mel Tormé – "Ellington Medley" from Mel and George "Do" World War II


  • Natalie Cole – "Long 'Bout Midnight" from Garfield


  • The Manhattan Transfer – The Offbeat of Avenues


  • Shirley Horn – You Won't Forget Me



 [3]

1993
Bobby McFerrin
"Round Midnight" from Play



  • Shirley Horn – Here's to Life


  • Abbey Lincoln – "You Gotta Pay the Band"


  • Jimmy Scott – "All the Way"


  • Take 6 - "I'm Always Chasing Rainbows" from Glengarry Glen Ross



[4]

1994
Natalie Cole
Take a Look



  • Ernestine Anderson – Now and Then


  • Shirley Horn – Light Out of Darkness


  • Bobby McFerrin – "The Pink Panther Theme"


  • Bobby Short with the Alden-Barrett Quintet – Swing That Music



[5]

1995
Etta James
Mystery Lady: Songs of Billie Holiday



  • Dee Dee Bridgewater – Keeping Tradition


  • Shirley Horn – I Love You, Paris


  • Lena Horne – We'll Be Together Again


  • Cassandra Wilson – Blue Light 'til Dawn



[6]

1996
Lena Horne
An Evening with Lena Horne



  • Dee Dee Bridgewater – Love and Peace: A Tribute to Horace Silver


  • Kurt Elling – Close Your Eyes


  • Abbey Lincoln – A Turtle's Dream


  • Dianne Reeves – Quiet After the Storm



[7]

1997
Cassandra Wilson
New Moon Daughter



  • Ernestine Anderson – Blues, Dues and Love News


  • Nnenna Freelon – Shaking Free


  • Shirley Horn – The Main Ingredient


  • Diana Krall – All for You



[8]

1998
Dee Dee Bridgewater
Dear Ella



  • Kurt Elling – The Messenger


  • Shirley Horn – Loving You


  • Diana Krall – Love Scenes


  • Mark Murphy – Song for the Geese



[9]

1999
Shirley Horn
I Remember Miles



  • Kurt Elling – This Time It's Love


  • Nnenna Freelon – Maiden Voyage


  • Etta Jones – My Buddy – Etta Jones Sings the Songs of Buddy Johnson


  • Dianne Reeves – That Day...



[10]

2000
Diana Krall
When I Look in Your Eyes



  • Carla Cook – It's All About Love


  • Etta James – Heart of a Woman


  • Dianne Reeves – Bridges


  • Cassandra Wilson – Traveling Miles



[11]

2001
Dianne Reeves
In the Moment - Live in Concert



  • Dee Dee Bridgewater – Live at Yoshi's


  • Freddy Cole – Merry Go Round


  • Kurt Elling – Live in Chicago


  • Nnenna Freelon – Soulcall



[12]

2002
Dianne Reeves
The Calling: Celebrating Sarah Vaughan



  • Mose Allison – The Mose Chronicles – Live in London, Vol. 1


  • Karrin Allyson – Ballads – Remembering John Coltrane


  • Kurt Elling – Flirting with Twilight


  • Shirley Horn – You're My Thrill



[13]

2003
Diana Krall
Live in Paris



  • Patti Austin – For Ella


  • Natalie Cole – Ask a Woman Who Knows


  • Etta Jones – Etta Jones Sings Lady Day


  • Luciana Souza – Brazilian Duos



[14]

2004
Dianne Reeves
A Little Moonlight



  • Kurt Elling – Man in the Air


  • Shirley Horn – May the Music Never End


  • Aaron Neville – Nature Boy – The Standards Album


  • Luciana Souza – North and South



[15]

2005
Nancy Wilson
R.S.V.P. (Rare Songs, Very Personal)



  • Andy Bey – American Song


  • Jamie Cullum – Twentysomething


  • Al Jarreau – Accentuate the Positive


  • Queen Latifah – The Dana Owens Album





2006
Dianne Reeves
Good Night, and Good Luck



  • Dee Dee Bridgewater – J'ai Deux Amours


  • Nnenna Freelon – Blueprint of a Lady – Sketches of Billie Holiday


  • Luciana Souza – Duos II


  • Tierney Sutton – I'm with the Band



[16]

2007
Nancy Wilson
Turned to Blue



  • Diana Krall – From This Moment On


  • Karrin Allyson – Footprints


  • Roberta Gambarini – Easy to Love


  • Nancy King – Live at Jazz Standard with Fred Hersch



[17]

2008
Patti Austin
Avant Gershwin



  • Dee Dee Bridgewater – Red Earth


  • Freddy Cole – Music Maestro Please


  • Kurt Elling – Nightmoves


  • Tierney Sutton – On the Other Side



[18]

2009
Cassandra Wilson
Loverly



  • Karrin Allyson – Imagina: Songs of Brazil


  • Stacey Kent – Breakfast on the Morning Tram


  • Kate McGarry – If Less is More...Nothing is Everything


  • Norma Winstone – Distances



[19]

2010
Kurt Elling
Dedicated to You: Kurt Elling Sings the Music of Coltrane and Hartman



  • Randy Crawford and Joe Sample – No Regrets


  • Roberta Gambarini – So in Love


  • Luciana Souza – Tide


  • Tierney Sutton – Desire



 [20]

2011
Dee Dee Bridgewater
Eleanora Fagan (1915-1959): To Billie with Love from Dee Dee Bridgewater



  • Freddy Cole – Freddy Cole Sings Mr. B


  • Denise Donatelli – When Lights are Low


  • Lorraine Feather – Ages


  • Gregory Porter – Water



 [20]

2012
Terri Lyne Carrington & Various Artists
The Mosaic Project



  • Karrin Allyson – Round Midnight


  • Kurt Elling – The Gate


  • Tierney Sutton Band – American Road


  • Roseanna Vitro – The Music of Randy Newman



[21]

2013
Esperanza Spalding
Radio Music Society



  • Denise Donatelli – Soul Shadows


  • Kurt Elling – 1619 Broadway – The Brill Building Project


  • Al Jarreau & Metropole Orchestra – Live


  • Luciana Souza – The Book of Chet



[22]

2014
Gregory Porter
Liquid Spirit



  • Andy Bey – The World According to Andy Bey


  • Lorraine Feather – Attachments


  • Cécile McLorin Salvant – Womanchild


  • Tierney Sutton – After Blue



 [23]

2015
Dianne Reeves
Beautiful Life



  • Billy Childs and others – Map to the Treasure: Reimagining Laura Nyro


  • René Marie – I Wanna Be Evil (With Love to Eartha Kitt


  • Gretchen Parlato – Live in NYC


  • Tierney Sutton – Paris Sessions



 [24]

2016
Cécile McLorin Salvant
For One to Love



  • Karrin Allyson – Many a New Day: Karrin Allyson Sings Rodgers & Hammerstein


  • Denise Donatelli – Find a Heart


  • Lorraine Feather – Flirting with Disaster


  • Jamison Ross – Jamison



 [25]

2017
Gregory Porter
Take Me to the Alley



  • René Marie – Sound of Red


  • Branford Marsalis Quartet & Kurt Elling – Upward Spiral


  • Catherine Russell – Harlem on My Mind

  • The Tierney Sutton Band – The Sting Variations



 [26]

2018
Cécile McLorin Salvant
Dreams and Daggers


  • The Baylor Project - The Journey


  • Jazzmeia Horn - A Social Call


  • Raul Midón - Bad Ass and Blind

  • Randy Porter Trio & Nancy King - Porter Plays Porter



 [27]

2019
Cécile McLorin Salvant
The Window



  • Freddy Cole - My Mood Is You


  • Kurt Elling - The Questions


  • Kate McGarry with Keith Ganz & Gary Versace - The Subject Tonight Is Love


  • Raul Midón with the Metropole Orkest conducted by Vince Mendoza - If You Really Want



 [28]


References


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General


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Specific





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  2. ^ "Overview". National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on January 3, 2011. Retrieved April 24, 2010.


  3. ^ "The Grammy Nominations". Los Angeles Times. Tribune Company. January 9, 1992. Retrieved March 1, 2013.


  4. ^ "The 35th Grammy Awards Nominations : General Categories". Los Angeles Times. Tribune Company. January 8, 1993. Retrieved March 1, 2013.


  5. ^ "36th Grammy Nominees". The Baltimore Sun. Tribune Company. January 7, 1994. Retrieved March 1, 2013.


  6. ^ "The 37th Grammy Nominations". Los Angeles Times. Tribune Company. January 6, 1995. Retrieved March 1, 2013.


  7. ^ "THE 38TH ANNUAL GRAMMY NOMINATIONS : The Complete List of Nominees". Los Ángeles Times. Tribune Company. January 5, 1996. Retrieved March 1, 2013.


  8. ^ Kot, Greg (January 8, 1997). "Pumpkins A Smash With 7 Grammy Nominations". Chicago Tribune. Tribune Company. Retrieved March 1, 2013.


  9. ^ "40th Annual Grammy Awards Nominations Coverage". Digital Hit. Retrieved March 1, 2013.


  10. ^ "41st Annual Grammy Awards Nominations Coverage". Digital Hit. Retrieved March 1, 2013.


  11. ^ "42nd Annual Grammy Awards Nominations Coverage". Digital Hit. Retrieved March 1, 2013.


  12. ^ "43rd Annual Grammy Awards Nominations Coverage". Digital Hit. Retrieved March 1, 2013.


  13. ^ "Complete list of Grammys nominees". CBS News. January 4, 2002. Retrieved March 1, 2013.


  14. ^ "Grammys 2003: complete list". FoxNews. January 3, 2003. Retrieved March 1, 2013.


  15. ^ "46th Annual GRAMMY Awards Final Nominations List" (PDF). www.dolanart.com. 2004. Retrieved March 1, 2013.


  16. ^ "Complete list of Grammy Award nominations". USA Today. Gannett Company. December 8, 2005. Retrieved March 1, 2013.


  17. ^ "Grammys 2007: clist (part 1)". Variety. February 7, 2007. Retrieved March 1, 2013.


  18. ^ Staff, Variety (6 December 2007). "50th annual Grammy Awards nominations". variety.com. Retrieved 1 March 2013.


  19. ^ "Grammys 2009 - Nominees and Winners". Music Lovers Group. February 9, 2009. Retrieved March 1, 2013.


  20. ^ ab "2011 Grammy Awards- complete list of nominees". LA Daily News. Los Angeles Newspaper Group. February 12, 2010. Archived from the original on December 27, 2010. Retrieved March 1, 2013.


  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. Tribune Company. February 10, 2013. Retrieved March 1, 2013.


  23. ^ 2014 Nominees


  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




External links


  • Official site of the Grammy Awards








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