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,[1] to recording artists for quality works (songs or albums) 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".[2]
Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album | |
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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 |
Currently held by | Esperanza Spalding, 12 Little Spells (2020) |
Website | grammy |
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
- 1977: Ella Fitzgerald, Fitzgerald and Pass... Again
- 1978: Al Jarreau, Look to the Rainbow
- 1979: Al Jarreau, All Fly Home
- 1980: Ella Fitzgerald, Fine and Mellow
- 1985: Joe Williams, Nothin' but the Blues
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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- 2014 Nominees
- List of Nominees 2015
- "58th Grammy Nominees". Grammy. Archived from the original on February 1, 2012. Retrieved December 7, 2015.
- List of Nominees 2017
- Grammy.com, 28 November 2017
- Grammy.com, 7 December 2018
- "2019 Grammy Winners & Nominees". Grammy. Retrieved July 15, 2020.
- 2021 Nominations List