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	2015
Official 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. Honors 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]

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

All nominees and winners are albums, except noted cases.

• Grammy Awards of 1977
  • Ella Fitzgerald for Fitzgerald and Pass... Again
• Grammy Awards of 1978
  • Al Jarreau for Look to the Rainbow
• Grammy Awards of 1979
  • Al Jarreau for All Fly Home
• Grammy Awards of 1980
  • Ella Fitzgerald for Fine and Mellow
• Grammy Awards of 1985
  • Joe Williams for Nothin' but the Blues

Year^[I]	Performing artist(s)	Work	Nominees	Ref.
1992	, Take 6Take 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	McFerrin, BobbyBobby 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	Cole, NatalieNatalie 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	James, EttaEtta 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	Horne, LenaLena 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	Wilson, CassandraCassandra 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	Bridgewater, Dee DeeDee Dee Bridgewater	Dear Ella	Kurt Elling – The Messenger Shirley Horn – Loving You Diana Krall – Love Scenes Mark Murphy – Song for the Geese	[9]
1999	Horn, ShirleyShirley 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	Krall, DianaDiana 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	Reeves, DianneDianne 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	Reeves, DianneDianne 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	Krall, DianaDiana 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	Reeves, DianneDianne 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	Wilson, NancyNancy 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	Reeves, DianneDianne 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	Wilson, NancyNancy 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	Austin, PattiPatti Austin	Avant Gershwin	Dee Dee Bridgewater – Red Earth Freddy Cole – Music Maestro Please Kurt Elling – Nightmoves Tierney Sutton – On the Other Side	[18]
2009	Wilson, CassandraCassandra 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	Elling, KurtKurt 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	Bridgewater, Dee DeeDee 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	Lyne, TerriTerri Lyne & 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	Spalding, EsperanzaEsperanza 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

References

General

• "Past Winners Search". National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved March 4, 2011D. Note: User must select the "Jazz" category as the genre under the search feature.

Specific

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23. 2014 Nominees
24. List of Nominees 2015

External links

• Official site of the Grammy Awards