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

YearPerforming artistWorkNomineesRef.
1977Ella FitzgeraldFitzgerald and Pass... Again
1978Al JarreauLook to the Rainbow
1979Al JarreauAll Fly Home
1980Ella FitzgeraldFine and Mellow
1985Joe WilliamsNothin' but the Blues
1992
1993 from Play
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012Terri Lyne Carrington & Various Artists
2013
2014Gregory PorterLiquid Spirit
2015Dianne ReevesBeautiful Life
2016Cécile McLorin SalvantFor One to Love
2017Gregory PorterTake Me to the Alley
2018Cécile McLorin SalvantDreams and Daggers
2019Cécile McLorin SalvantThe Window
2020Esperanza Spalding12 Little Spells
2021Kurt Elling ft. Danilo PérezSecrets Are the Best Stories
2022Esperanza SpaldingSongwrights Apothecary Lab
2023Samara JoyLinger Awhile
  • The Baylor Project – The Evening: Live at APPARATUS
  • Carmen Lundy – Fade to Black
  • The Manhattan Transfer with the WDR Funkhausorchester – Fifty
  • Cécile McLorin Salvant – Ghost Song
    • 2024Nicole ZuraitisHow Love Begins
    2025Samara JoyA Joyful Holiday
    2026Winner TBA on 1 February 2026

    Artists with multiple wins

    ;5 wins
    • Dianne Reeves
    ;3 wins
    • Cécile McLorin Salvant
    • Esperanza Spalding
    ;2 wins
    ;15 nominations
    • Kurt Elling
    ;9 nominations
    ;8 nominations
    ;7 nominations
    ;6 nominations
    • Cécile McLorin Salvant
    ;5 nominations
    ;4 nominations
    ;3 nominations
    ;2 nominations