Grammy Award for Best Latin Jazz Album

Template:Short description Template:Infobox award 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,<ref name=Grammy>Template:Cite news</ref> 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".<ref name=Overview>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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.<ref name=52nd>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>

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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Recipients

Two-time award winner Arturo Sandoval, performing in 2008

1998 award winner Roy Hargrove, performing at the North Sea Jazz Festival in Rotterdam in 2006

Five-time award winner Chucho Valdés in 2007

Three-time winner, Paquito D'Rivera

Two-time award winner Charlie Haden, performing in 2007

2004 award winner Michel Camilo in 2007

Arturo O'Farrill has won four times alongside the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra.

Year{{#if:[I]|[I]|[1]}}	Performing artist(s)	Work	Nominees	Ref.
1995	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name=Grammy1995>Template:Cite news</ref>
1996	Jobim	Template:Sort	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1997	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name="Grammy1997">Template:Cite news</ref>
1998	Roy Hargrove's Crisol	Template:Sort	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name="Grammy1998">Template:Cite news</ref>
1999	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name="Grammy1999">Template:Cite news</ref>
2000	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name="Grammy2000">Template:Cite news</ref>
2001	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2002	Template:Sortname and Gonzalo Rubalcaba	Template:Sort	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name="Grammy2002">Template:Cite news</ref>
2003	Template:Sortname and the Caribbean Jazz Project	Template:Sort	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2004	Michel Camilo, Charles Flores, and Horacio Hernández	Template:Sort	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2005	Template:Sortname and Gonzalo Rubalcaba	Template:Sort	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name="Grammy2005">Template:Cite news</ref>
2006	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name="Grammy2006">Template:Cite news</ref>
2007	The Brian Lynch/Eddie Palmieri Project	Template:Sort	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2008	Paquito D'Rivera Quintet?	Template:Sort	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name=Grammy2008>Template:Cite news</ref>
2009	Template:Sortname and the Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra	Template:Sort	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name="Grammy2009">Template:Cite news</ref>
2010	Template:Sortname and Chucho Valdés	Template:Sort	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name="Grammy2010">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2011	Chucho Valdés and the Afro-Cuban Messengers	Chucho's Steps	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name="Grammy2011">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2013	Clare Fischer Latin Jazz Big Band	Ritmo!	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>List of 2013 nominees Template:Webarchive</ref>
2014	Paquito D'Rivera and Trio Corrente	Song for Maura	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2015	Arturo O'Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra	The Offense of the Drum	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2016	Eliane Elias	Made in Brazil	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2017	Chucho Valdés	Tribute to Irakere: Live in Marciac	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
2018	Pablo Ziegler Trio	Jazz Tango	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>Grammy.com, 28 November 2017</ref>
2019	Dafnis Prieto Big Band	Back to the Sunset	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2020	Chick Corea & the Spanish Heart Band	Antidote	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2021	Arturo O'Farrill & the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra	Four Questions	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2022	Eliane Elias with Chick Corea & Chucho Valdés	Mirror Mirror	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2023	Arturo O'Farrill & the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra ft. the Congra Patria Son Jarocho Collective	Fandango at the Wall in New York	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2024	Miguel Zenón & Luis Perdomo	El Arte del Bolero Vol. 2	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2025	Luques Curtis, Zaccai Curtis, Willie Martinez, Camilo Molina & Reinaldo de Jesus	Cubop Lives!	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2026	TBA	TBA	Paquito D'Rivera & Madrid-New York Connection Band - La Fleur de Cayenne Pedrito Martinez, Daymé Arocena, Jon Faddis, Donald Harrison & Melvis Santa - The Original Influencers: Dizzy, Chano & Chico Arturo O'Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra Arturo O'Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra - Mundoagua - Celebrating Carla Bley Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Yainer Horta & Joey Calveiro - A Tribute to Benny Moré and Nat King Cole Miguel Zenón Quartet - Vanguardia Subterránea: Live at The Village Vanguard	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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See also

• 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)

References

General

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