NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Jazz Artist

Template:Short description This article lists the winners and nominees for the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Jazz Artist. The award was first given during the 1980 ceremony and was later retired in 2011. Quincy Jones holds the record for most wins in this category with four.

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.

1980s

Year	Artist	Ref
1980
	Count Basie	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1981 – 82	colspan="2" Template:N/a
1983
	Al Jarreau	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1984 – 86	colspan="2" Template:N/a
1987
	Miles Davis	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Dexter Gordon
	George Howard
	Al Jarreau
	Najee
1988
	Ella Fitzgerald	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1989
	Miles Davis	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Larry Jackson
	Bobby Lyle
	Joe Sample
	Sherry Winston

1990s

Year	Artist	Ref
1990 – 91	colspan="2" Template:N/a
1992
	Natalie Cole	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Shirley Horn
	Earl Klugh
	Wynton Marsalis
	Dianne Reeves
1993
	Wynton Marsalis	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1994
	Kenny G	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1995	colspan="2" Template:N/a
1996
	Quincy Jones	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Gerald Albright
	George Duke
	Rachelle Farrell
	Dianne Reeves
1997
	Quincy Jones	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Cassandra Wilson
	Dianne Reeves
	George Benson
	Branford Marsalis
1998
	Kenny G	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1999
	Lena Horne	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Carmen McRae
	Herbie Hancock
	Najee
	Will Downing & Gerald Albright

2000s

Year	Artist	Ref
2000
	Quincy Jones	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Branford Marsalis
	Wynton Marsalis
	Dianne Reeves
	Cassandra Wilson
2001
	Grover Washington, Jr.	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2002
	Quincy Jones	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2003
	Natalie Cole	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2004
	Ramsey Lewis	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2005
	Nancy Wilson	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Gerald Albright
	Regina Belle
	Al Jarreau
	Wynton Marsalis
2006
	Najee	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Jermaine Gardner
	Onaje Allan Gumbs
	Billy Miles
	Mike Phillips
2007
	Gladys Knight	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Gerald Albright
	Regina Carter
	George Duke
	Take 6
2008 – 09	colspan="2" Template:N/a

2010s

Year	Artist	Ref
2010	colspan="2" Template:N/a
2011
	Stanley Jordan	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Multiple wins and nominations

Wins

4 wins

• Quincy Jones

2 wins

• Natalie Cole

Nominations

4 nominations

• Quincy Jones

3 nominations

• Wynton Marsalis

2 nominations

• Gerald Albright
• Natalie Cole