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
Artists with multiple wins
;5 wins;3 wins
;2 wins
- Ella Fitzgerald
- Al Jarreau
- Dee Dee Bridgewater
- Cassandra Wilson
- Kurt Elling
- Diana Krall
- Nancy Wilson
- Gregory Porter
- Samara Joy
Artists with multiple nominations
;15 nominations;9 nominations
;8 nominations
;7 nominations
;6 nominations
;5 nominations
;4 nominations
;3 nominations
- Irene Kral
- Sarah Vaughan
- Mel Tormé
- Natalie Cole
- Patti Austin
- Denise Donatelli
- Lorraine Feather
- Gregory Porter
- Catherine Russell
- Gretchen Parlato
- The Baylor Project
- Abbey Lincoln
- Andy Bey
- Bobby McFerrin
- Carmen Lundy
- Carmen McRae
- Eddie Jefferson
- Ella Fitzgerald
- Ernestine Anderson
- Etta James
- Fred Hersch
- Jazzmeia Horn
- Joe Williams
- Kate McGarry
- Lena Horne
- Metropole Orchestra
- Nancy King
- Nancy Wilson
- Raul Midón
- Ray Charles
- René Marie
- Roberta Gambarini
- Samara Joy
- Take 6
- The Manhattan Transfer