The Latin Grammy Award for Best Latin Jazz/Jazz Album is an honor presented annually at the Latin Grammy Awards, a ceremony that recognizes excellence and creates a wider awareness of cultural diversity and contributions of Latin recording artists in the United States and internationally. The award has been given to artists since the 1st Latin Grammy Awards in 2000 for vocal or instrumental albums containing more than half of their playing time of newly recorded material in Spanish or Portuguese. Latin jazz is a mixture of musical genres, including Afro-Caribbean and Pan-American rhythms with the harmonic structure of jazz. Other jazz genres may also be considered for inclusion by the Jazz Committee.
The award was first presented as a tie between Michel Camilo and Tomatito for Spain and Paquito D'Rivera for Tropicana Nights. D'Rivera holds the record for most wins as a performer in this category, with seven (including one awarded to the Paquito D'Rivera Quintet) out of eight nominations. Bebo Valdés won the award twice for albums that also earned the Grammy Award: Bebo de Cuba received the Best Traditional Tropical Latin Album accolade in 2005, while Juntos Para Siempre, by Bebo and Chucho Valdés won for Latin Jazz Album in 2010. Chucho Valdés has won the award five times, while Bebo, Camilo, D'Rivera, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, and Arturo Sandoval have been awarded twice. In 2012, the award was given to Sandoval for the album Dear Diz (Every Day I Think of You), which was also nominated for Album of the Year. Since its inception, the award has been presented to musicians or ensembles originating from Brazil, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, the United States, and Spain.
Recipients
Year Performing artist(s) Work Nominees Ref.2000 & Tomatito 2001 Paquito D'Rivera Quintet 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Caribbean Jazz Project and Dave Samuels 2009 & Chucho Valdés 2010 João Donato Trio 2011 2012 2013 What's Up? 2014 and Trío Corrente 2015 Paquito D'Rivera Jazz Meets The Classics 2016 & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra Cuba: The Conversation Continues 2017 Dance of Time 2018 Hermeto Pascoal & Big Band Naturaleza Universal 2019 Jazz Batá 2 2020 Emilio Solla Tango Jazz Orchestra Puertos: Music from International Waters 2021 Iván "Melón" Lewis Voyager 2022 Eliane Elias, Chick Corea, Chucho Valdés Mirror Mirror2023 & Paquito D'Rivera (with Reunion Sextet) I Missed You Too! 2024 Hermeto Pascoal & Grupo Pra Você, Ilza 2025 Hamilton de Holanda Hamilton de Holanda Trio - Live In NYC Chucho Valdés & Royal Quartet Cuba and Beyond Each year is linked to the article about the Latin Grammy Awards held that year. The name of the performer and the nominated album.
See also
Billboard Latin Music Award for Latin Jazz Album of the Year Grammy Award for Best Latin Jazz Album
References General
Specific
External links Official site of the Latin Grammy Awards