Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album
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, to recording artists for quality works 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".
History
Until 2001 this award was titled the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Performance. From 1981 to 1991 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
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| 2012 | Terri Lyne Carrington & Various Artists | |||
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| 2014 | Gregory Porter | Liquid Spirit | ||
| 2015 | Dianne Reeves | Beautiful Life | ||
| 2016 | Cécile McLorin Salvant | For One to Love | ||
| 2017 | Gregory Porter | Take Me to the Alley | ||
| 2018 | Cécile McLorin Salvant | Dreams and Daggers | ||
| 2019 | Cécile McLorin Salvant | The Window | ||
| 2020 | Esperanza Spalding | 12 Little Spells |