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]
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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: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="7%" | Year{{ref|1|[I]}} ! width="25%" | Performing artist(s) ! width="25%" | Work ! 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|
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scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|1996
| Jobim | {{sort|Antonio Brasileiro|Antônio Brasileiro}} |{{smalldiv|
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scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|1997
| {{sortname|Paquito|D'Rivera}} | {{sort|Portraits of Cuba|Portraits of Cuba}} |{{smalldiv|
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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|
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scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|2000
| {{sortname|Poncho|Sanchez}} | {{sort|Latin Soul|Latin Soul}} |{{smalldiv|
| 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|
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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|
| 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|
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scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|2007
| The Brian Lynch/Eddie Palmieri Project | {{sort|Simpático|Simpático}} |{{smalldiv|
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scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|2008
| Paquito D'Rivera Quintet? | {{sort|Funk Tango|Funk Tango}} |{{smalldiv|
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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|
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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 | {{smalldiv|
| 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|
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scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|2015
| Arturo O'Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra |The Offense of the Drum | {{smalldiv|
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scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|2016
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scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|2017
|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 | {{smalldiv|
| 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 | {{smalldiv|
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scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|2020
| Chick Corea & the Spanish Heart Band | {{smalldiv|
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scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|2021
| Arturo O'Farrill & the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra | {{smalldiv|
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2022
|Eliane Elias with Chick Corea & Chucho Valdés | {{smalldiv|
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2023
|Arturo O'Farrill & the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra ft. the Congra Patria Son Jarocho Collective |Fandango at the Wall in New York | {{smalldiv|
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2024
|El Arte del Bolero Vol. 2 |{{smalldiv|
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2025
|Luques Curtis, Zaccai Curtis, Willie Martinez, Camilo Molina & Reinaldo de Jesus |Cubop Lives! |{{smalldiv|
}} | 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
{{Portal|Jazz|Latin music}}
- Afro-Cuban jazz
- Billboard Latin Music Award for Latin Jazz Album of the Year
- Latin Grammy Award for Best Latin Jazz/Jazz Album
- List of Grammy Award categories
- Tango (dance)
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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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