Grammy Award for Best Latin Jazz Album

{{Short description|Honor presented to recording artists for quality Latin jazz albums}}

{{Infobox award

| name = Grammy Award for Best Latin Jazz Album

| awarded_for = Quality performances in the Latin jazz music genre

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| presenter = National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences

| country = United States

| year = 1995

| holder = Luques Curtis, Zaccai Curtis, Willie Martinez, Camilo Molina & Reinaldo de Jesus – Cubop Lives! (2025)

| website = [http://www.grammy.com/ grammy.com]

}}

The Grammy Award for Best Latin Jazz Album is an award presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards,{{cite news|url=http://theenvelope.latimes.com/awards/grammys/env-grammy_awards_info,0,5279018.htmlstory?track=center|title=Grammy Awards at a Glance|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=April 24, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120309064412/http://theenvelope.latimes.com/factsheets/env-grammy_awards_info%2C0%2C5838827.htmlstory|archive-date=March 9, 2012|url-status=live}} to recording artists for quality works (songs or albums) in the Latin 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".{{cite web|url=http://www2.grammy.com/Recording_Academy/ |title=Overview |access-date=April 24, 2010 |publisher=National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110103173212/http://www2.grammy.com/Recording_Academy/ |archive-date=January 3, 2011 }}

Originally called the Grammy Award for Best Latin Jazz Performance, the award was first presented to Arturo Sandoval in 1995. The name of the category was changed to Best Latin Jazz Album in 2001, the same year producers, engineers, and/or mixers associated with the winning work became award recipients in addition to the recording artists. According to the category description guide for the 52nd Grammy Awards, the award is presented to "vocal or instrumental albums containing at least 51% playing time of newly recorded material", with the intent to recognize the "blending" of jazz music with Argentinian, Brazilian, Iberian-American, and Latin tango music.{{cite web|url=http://www2.grammy.com/PDFs/Recording_Academy/52guide.pdf |title=52nd OEP Category Description Guide |access-date=November 4, 2010 |page=3 |publisher=National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091027172820/http://www.grammy.com/PDFs/Recording_Academy/52guide.pdf |archive-date=October 27, 2009 }} Beginning in 1998, members of the Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences (LARAS) are eligible to vote in the Latin categories including Best Latin Jazz Album.{{cite magazine|last=Lannert|first=John|title=Mauricio Abaroa|magazine=Billboard|date=August 29, 1998|volume=110|issue=35|page=LMQ-4|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DwoEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA72|access-date=October 15, 2016|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|issn=0006-2510}}

As of 2023, Chucho Valdés has the most wins in this category, with five. Arturo O’Farrill has won four, Paquito D'Rivera has won three, and two-time recipients include Sandoval, Eliane Elias, Charlie Haden, and Eddie Palmieri (once as a collaboration called The Brian Lynch/Eddie Palmieri Project). Since its inception, the award has been presented to musicians or groups originating from Brazil, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, and the United States.

The award was not presented in 2012 as part of a major overhaul of Grammy categories; Latin jazz recordings were shifted to either the Best Jazz Instrumental Album or Best Jazz Vocal Album categories. However following protests and a lawsuit made by Latin jazz musicians Bobby Sanabria, Eugene Marlow, Ben Lapidus, and Mark Levine filed by attorney Roger Maldonado, the Recording Academy reinstated the category the following year 2013 for the 55th Grammy Awards.{{cite web|url=http://www.salon.com/2012/06/08/grammys_add_changes_to_jazz_latin_rb_fields/singleton/|title=Grammys add changes to jazz, Latin, R&B fields|last=Fekadu|first=Mesfin|date=8 June 2012|access-date=June 11, 2012|publisher=Salon Media Group|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120609003100/http://www.salon.com/2012/06/08/grammys_add_changes_to_jazz_latin_rb_fields/singleton/|archive-date=9 June 2012}}

Recipients

Image:Arturo Sandoval photo.jpg, performing in 2008]]

Image:RoyHargrove.jpg award winner Roy Hargrove, performing at the North Sea Jazz Festival in Rotterdam in 2006]]

Image:Chucho Valdes.jpg in 2007]]

Image:Paquito D'Rivera.jpg]]

Image:Charlie Haden.jpg, performing in 2007]]

Image:Michel Camilo.jpg award winner Michel Camilo in 2007]]

Image:Arturo O’Farrill Oslo Jazzfestival 2018 (221903).jpg has won four times alongside the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra.]]

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! width="35%" class=unsortable|Nominees

! width="5%" class=unsortable|Ref.

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|1995

| {{sortname|Arturo|Sandoval}}

| {{sort|Danzon (Dance On)|Danzón (Dance On)}}

|{{smalldiv|

| style="text-align:center;"|{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-01-06-ca-17089-story.html|title=The 37th Grammy Nominations|date=January 6, 1995|access-date=October 18, 2010|work=Los Angeles Times|page=5|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025050609/http://articles.latimes.com/1995-01-06/entertainment/ca-17089_1_vocal-performance/5|archive-date=October 25, 2012|url-status=live}}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|1996

| Jobim

| {{sort|Antonio Brasileiro|Antônio Brasileiro}}

|{{smalldiv|

| style="text-align:center;"|{{cite news|title=List of Grammy nominees|url=http://www.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/Music/9601/grammy_noms/grammy_list.html|access-date=November 2, 2010|date=January 4, 1996|publisher=CNN|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121207073959/http://www.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/Music/9601/grammy_noms/grammy_list.html|archive-date=December 7, 2012|url-status=live}}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|1997

| {{sortname|Paquito|D'Rivera}}

| {{sort|Portraits of Cuba|Portraits of Cuba}}

|{{smalldiv|

| style="text-align:center;"|{{cite news|title=The Complete List of Nominees|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-01-08-ca-16471-story.html|access-date=November 4, 2010|date=January 8, 1997|page=6|work=Los Angeles Times|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103113816/http://articles.latimes.com/1997-01-08/entertainment/ca-16471_1_video-producer/6|archive-date=November 3, 2012|url-status=live}}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|1998

| Roy Hargrove's Crisol

| {{sort|Habana|Habana}}

|{{smalldiv|

| style="text-align:center;"|{{cite news|last=Carlozo|first=Lou|title=Chicago Artists Are Well-represented In Grammy Nominations|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1998/01/07/chicago-artists-are-well-represented-in-grammy-nominations/|access-date=November 4, 2010|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|date=January 7, 1998|page=5|publisher=Tribune Company|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120616054110/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1998-01-07/news/9801070058_1_jazz-vocal-performance-grammy-award-nominations-year-and-best-r-b/5|archive-date=June 16, 2012|url-status=live}}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|1999

| {{sortname|Arturo|Sandoval}}

| {{sort|Hot House|Hot House}}

|{{smalldiv|

| style="text-align:center;"|{{cite news|title=Academy's Complete List of Nominees|url=https://articles.latimes.com/1999/jan/06/entertainment/ca-60928/6|access-date=November 4, 2010|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=January 6, 1999|page=6|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025050712/http://articles.latimes.com/1999/jan/06/entertainment/ca-60928/6|archive-date=October 25, 2012|url-status=dead}}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|2000

| {{sortname|Poncho|Sanchez}}

| {{sort|Latin Soul|Latin Soul}}

|{{smalldiv|

  • Al McKibbonTumbao Para los Congueros di Mi Vida
  • Bobby Rodríguez – Latin Jazz Explosion
  • Gonzalo Rubalcaba and Cuban Quartet – Antiguo
  • Chucho ValdésBriyumba Palo Congo – Religion of the Congo}}

| style="text-align:center;"|{{cite news|title=The Nominees for the Grammy Awards |url=https://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/2000-01-05/entertainment/17634952_1_sogno-andrea-bocelli-beautiful-stranger-madonna-unpretty-dallas-austin/3 |access-date=November 4, 2010 |newspaper=San Francisco Chronicle |date=January 5, 2000 |page=3 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110816074608/http://articles.sfgate.com/2000-01-05/entertainment/17634952_1_sogno-andrea-bocelli-beautiful-stranger-madonna-unpretty-dallas-austin/3 |archive-date=August 16, 2011 }}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|2001

| {{sortname|Chucho|Valdés}}

| {{sort|Live at the Village Vanguard|Live at the Village Vanguard}}

|{{smalldiv|

| style="text-align:center;"|{{cite news|url=http://archives.cnn.com/2001/SHOWBIZ/Music/02/21/grammy.winners/ |title=43rd Grammy Awards |date=February 21, 2001 |access-date=November 9, 2010 |publisher=CNN |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081106040823/http://archives.cnn.com/2001/SHOWBIZ/Music/02/21/grammy.winners/ |archive-date=November 6, 2008 }}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|2002

| {{sortname|Charlie|Haden}}

| {{sort|Nocturne|Nocturne}}

|{{smalldiv|

| style="text-align:center;"|{{cite news|title=Complete List Of Grammy Nominees|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/complete-list-of-grammy-nominees/|access-date=November 4, 2010|date=January 4, 2002|work=CBS News|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031010122104/http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/01/04/entertainment/main323197.shtml|archive-date=October 10, 2003|url-status=live}}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|2003

| {{sortname|Dave|Samuels}} and the Caribbean Jazz Project

| {{sort|The Gathering|The Gathering}}

|{{smalldiv|

| style="text-align:center;"|{{cite news|url=https://www.foxnews.com/story/grammy-nominations-complete-list|title=Grammy Nominations: Complete List|date=January 3, 2003|access-date=November 9, 2010|publisher=Fox News Channel|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022004258/http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,74846,00.html|archive-date=2012-10-22|url-status=live}}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|2004

| Michel Camilo, Charles Flores, and Horacio Hernández

| {{sort|Live at the Blue Note|Live at the Blue Note}}

|{{smalldiv|

| style="text-align:center;"|{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/ref/arts/music/08grammy-list.html|title=Grammy Award Winners|work=The New York Times|year=2004|access-date=November 9, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101211072900/http://www.nytimes.com/ref/arts/music/08grammy-list.html|archive-date=December 11, 2010|url-status=live}}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|2005

| {{sortname|Charlie|Haden}}

| {{sort|Land of the Sun|Land of the Sun}}

|{{smalldiv|

  • Raphael Cruz – Bebop Timba
  • Jerry Gonzalez y los Piratas del Flamenco – Jerry Gonzalez y los Piratas del Flamenco
  • Conrad Herwig Nonet – Another Kind of Blue: The Latin Side of Miles Davis
  • Diego Urcola – Soundances}}

| style="text-align:center;"|{{cite news|title=Grammy Award nominees in top categories|url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/music/news/2004-12-07-grammy-nominee-list_x.htm|access-date=November 4, 2010|newspaper=USA Today|date=December 7, 2004|publisher=Gannett Company|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110628185751/http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/news/2004-12-07-grammy-nominee-list_x.htm|archive-date=June 28, 2011|url-status=live}}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|2006

| {{sortname|Eddie|Palmieri}}

| {{sort|Listen Here!|Listen Here!}}

|{{smalldiv|

| style="text-align:center;"|{{cite news|title=Complete list of Grammy Award nominations|url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/music/awards/grammys/2005-12-08-grammy-list-nominations_x.htm|access-date=November 4, 2010|newspaper=USA Today|date=December 8, 2005|publisher=Gannett Company|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110628201857/http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/awards/grammys/2005-12-08-grammy-list-nominations_x.htm|archive-date=June 28, 2011|url-status=live}}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|2007

| The Brian Lynch/Eddie Palmieri Project

| {{sort|Simpático|Simpático}}

|{{smalldiv|

| style="text-align:center;"|

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|2008

| Paquito D'Rivera Quintet?

| {{sort|Funk Tango|Funk Tango}}

|{{smalldiv|

| style="text-align:center;"|{{cite news|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/2008-grammy-winners-06-12-2007/|title=2008 Grammy Winners|work=CBS News|date=December 6, 2007|access-date=November 3, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101111153710/http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/12/06/entertainment/main3584762.shtml|archive-date=November 11, 2010|url-status=live}}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|2009

| {{sortname|Arturo|O'Farrill}} and the Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra

| {{sort|Song for Chico|Song for Chico}}

|{{smalldiv|

| style="text-align:center;"|{{cite news|title=Grammy Scorecard|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2008/12/grammy-scorecar.html|access-date=November 4, 2010|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=December 3, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100206080112/http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2008/12/grammy-scorecar.html|archive-date=February 6, 2010|url-status=live}}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|2010

| {{sortname|Bebo|Valdés}} and Chucho Valdés

| {{sort|Juntos Para Siempre|Juntos Para Siempre}}

|{{smalldiv|

| style="text-align:center;"|{{cite web|last=Partridge|first=Kenneth|title=Nominees for 2010 Grammy Awards Announced -- Full List|url=http://www.spinner.com/2009/12/02/grammy-nominees-2010/|date=December 2, 2009|publisher=Spinner|access-date=November 4, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306003427/http://www.spinner.com/2009/12/02/grammy-nominees-2010/|archive-date=March 6, 2012|url-status=live}}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|2011

| Chucho Valdés and the Afro-Cuban Messengers

| Chucho's Steps

| {{smalldiv|

  • Pablo Aslan – Tango Grill
  • Hector Martignon – Second Chance
  • Poncho SánchezPsychedelic Blues
  • Wayne Wallace Latin Jazz Quintet – ¡Bien Bien!}}

| style="text-align:center;"|{{cite web|last=Morris|first=Christopher|title=53rd Annual Grammy nominees|url=https://variety.com/2010/music/awards/53rd-annual-grammy-nominees-1118028273/|date=December 1, 2010|work=Variety|access-date=December 1, 2010|publisher=Reed Business Information|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101208003733/http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118028273?refCatId=16|archive-date=December 8, 2010|url-status=live}}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|2013

| Clare Fischer Latin Jazz Big Band

| Ritmo!

| {{smalldiv|

| style="text-align:center;"|[http://www.grammy.com/nominees List of 2013 nominees] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120201120225/http://www.grammy.com/nominees |date=2012-02-01 }}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|2014

| Paquito D'Rivera and Trio Corrente

|Song for Maura

| {{smalldiv|

| style="text-align:center;"|{{Cite web |url=http://www.grammy.org/files/press-release/pdf/56nomsfinalrelease_final_.pdf |title=2014 Nominees |access-date=2013-12-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131216085917/http://www.grammy.org/files/press-release/pdf/56nomsfinalrelease_final_.pdf |archive-date=2013-12-16 |url-status=live }}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|2015

| Arturo O'Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra

|The Offense of the Drum

| {{smalldiv|

| style="text-align:center;"|{{Cite web |url=http://www.grammy.com/files/pages/57thpresslist12042014-with_aoy.pdf |title=List of Nominees 2013 |access-date=2014-12-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150211005327/http://www.grammy.com/files/pages/57thpresslist12042014-with_aoy.pdf |archive-date=2015-02-11 |url-status=live }}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|2016

| Eliane Elias

|Made in Brazil

| {{smalldiv|

| style="text-align:center;"|{{Cite web |author=Jay Forte |date=February 16, 2016 |title=Eliane Elias Wins Grammy with Album 'Made in Brazil' |work=The Rio Times |url=http://riotimesonline.com/brazil-news/rio-entertainment/eliane-elias-wins-grammy-with-album-made-in-brazil/ |access-date=2016-05-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160602201400/http://riotimesonline.com/brazil-news/rio-entertainment/eliane-elias-wins-grammy-with-album-made-in-brazil/ |archive-date=2016-06-02 |url-status=live }}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|2017

| Chucho Valdés

|Tribute to Irakere: Live in Marciac

| {{smalldiv|

| style="text-align:center;"|{{Cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7597556/grammys-nominees-complete-list-2017 |title=List of Nominees 2017 |magazine=Billboard |access-date=2016-12-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161206151125/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7597556/grammys-nominees-complete-list-2017 |archive-date=2016-12-06 |url-status=live }}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|2018

| Pablo Ziegler Trio

|Jazz Tango

| {{smalldiv|

  • Antonio Adolfo – Hybrido – From Rio to Wayne Shorter
  • Jane Bunnett & Maqueque – Oddara
  • Anat Cohen & Marcello Goncalves – Outra Coisa – The Music of Moacir Santos
  • Miguel ZenónTípico}}

| style="text-align:center;"|[https://www.grammy.com/sites/com/files/60thpresslist11272017_0.pdf Grammy.com, 28 November 2017]

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|2019

| Dafnis Prieto Big Band

|Back to the Sunset

| {{smalldiv|

| style="text-align:center;"|{{Cite web |url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/awards/61st-annual-grammy-awards |title=Grammy.com, 7 December 2018 |access-date=12 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181207153109/https://www.grammy.com/grammys/awards/61st-annual-grammy-awards |archive-date=7 December 2018 |url-status=live }}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|2020

| Chick Corea & the Spanish Heart Band

|Antidote

| {{smalldiv|

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| style="text-align:center;"|{{Cite web |url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/news/2020-grammy-awards-complete-nominees-list |title=2020 Grammy Awards nominations list |access-date=2019-11-29 |archive-date=2020-01-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200126102347/https://www.grammy.com/grammys/news/2020-grammy-awards-complete-nominees-list |url-status=live }}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|2021

| Arturo O'Farrill & the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra

| Four Questions

| {{smalldiv|

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| style="text-align:center;"|{{Cite web |url=https://www.grammy.com/sites/com/files/63rdpresslist_nov_20_2020.pdf |title=2021 Nominations List |access-date=2020-11-27 |archive-date=2020-11-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201129190932/https://www.grammy.com/sites/com/files/63rdpresslist_nov_20_2020.pdf |url-status=live }}

2022

|Eliane Elias with Chick Corea & Chucho Valdés

|Mirror Mirror

| {{smalldiv|

| style="text-align:center;"|{{Cite web|date=2021-11-23|title=2022 GRAMMYs Awards: Complete Nominations List|url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/news/2022-grammys-complete-winners-nominees-nominations-list|access-date=2021-11-30|website=GRAMMY.com|language=en|archive-date=2021-11-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211125170413/https://www.grammy.com/grammys/news/2022-grammys-complete-winners-nominees-nominations-list|url-status=live}}

2023

|Arturo O'Farrill & the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra ft. the Congra Patria Son Jarocho Collective

|Fandango at the Wall in New York

| {{smalldiv|

| style="text-align:center;"|{{Cite web |title=2023 GRAMMY Nominations: See The Complete Nominees List |url=https://www.grammy.com/news/2023-grammy-nominations-complete-winners-nominees-list |access-date=2022-11-27 |website=www.grammy.com |archive-date=2022-11-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221116125127/https://www.grammy.com/news/2023-grammy-nominations-complete-winners-nominees-list |url-status=live }}

2024

|Miguel Zenón & Luis Perdomo

|El Arte del Bolero Vol. 2

|{{smalldiv|

| style="text-align:center;"|{{Cite web |title=2024 GRAMMY Nominations: See The Full Nominees List {{!}} GRAMMY.com |url=https://www.grammy.com/news/2024-grammys-nominations-full-winners-nominees-list |access-date=2023-11-14 |website=www.grammy.com |archive-date=2023-11-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231110165703/https://www.grammy.com/news/2024-grammys-nominations-full-winners-nominees-list |url-status=live }}

2025

|Luques Curtis, Zaccai Curtis, Willie Martinez, Camilo Molina & Reinaldo de Jesus

|Cubop Lives!

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| style="text-align:center;"|{{Cite web |date=2024-11-08 |title=2025 GRAMMYs: See The OFFICIAL Full Nominations List |url=https://www.grammy.com/news/2025-grammys-nominations-full-winners-nominees-list |access-date=2024-12-06 |website=www.grammy.com}}

{{note|1|[I]}} Each year is linked to the article about the Grammy Awards held that year.

See also

References

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  • {{cite web|url=http://www.grammy.com/nominees/search|title=Past Winners Search|publisher=National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences|access-date=March 4, 2011D|archive-date=December 19, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151219095456/http://www.grammy.com/nominees/search|url-status=live}} Note: User must select the "Jazz" category as the genre under the search feature.

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