Latin Grammy Award for Best Latin Jazz/Jazz Album

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.^[1] 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 its playing time of newly recorded material in Spanish or Portuguese.^[2] Latin jazz is a mixture of musical genres, including Afro-Caribbean and Pan-American rhythms with the harmonic structure of jazz.^[3] Other jazz genres may also be considered for inclusion by the Jazz Committee.^[4]

Latin Grammy Award for Best Latin Jazz Album
Awarded for	quality albums in the Latin jazz music genre
Country	United States
Presented by	The Latin Recording Academy
First awarded	2000
Currently held by	Chucho Valdés and Paquito D'Rivera (with Reunion Sextet) – I Missed You Too! (2023)
Website	LatinGrammy.com

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 performer in this category, with seven (including one awarded as the Paquito D'Rivera Quintet) out of eight nominations. Bebo Valdés won the award twice for albums which also earned the Grammy Award: Bebo de Cuba received the Best Traditional Tropical Latin Album accolade in 2005,^[5] while Juntos Para Siempre, by Bebo and Chucho Valdés won for Latin Jazz Album in 2010.^[6] 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.^[7] Since its inception, the award has been presented to musicians or ensembles originating from Brazil, Cuba, Dominican Republic, United States, and Spain.

Winners and nominees

Seven-time winner, Paquito D'Rivera

Two-time winner Gonzalo Rubalcaba.

Michel Camilo received the award in 2000 for his album Spain and in 2013 for What's Up?

Bebo Valdés, awarded twice in this category and in the same field for the Grammy Awards

Five-time winner Chucho Valdés.

Two-time winner Arturo Sandoval.

Year[I]	Performing artist(s)	Work	Nominees[II]	Ref.
2000	Michel Camilo and Tomatito	Spain	Adrián Iaies Trio – Las Tardecitas de Minton's Chico O'Farrill – Heart of a Legend Lalo Schifrin – Latin Jazz Suite	[8]
	Paquito D'Rivera	Tropicana Nights
2001	Paquito D'Rivera Quintet	Live at the Blue Note	Chico O'Farrill – Carambola Danilo Pérez – Motherland David Sánchez – Melaza Chucho Valdés – Solo: Live in New York Various Artists; Julio Martí & Fernando Trueba (producers) – Calle 54	[9]
2002	Gonzalo Rubalcaba	Supernova	Richie Beirach, Gregor Huebner and George Mraz – Round About Federico Monpou William Cepeda – Expandiendo Raíces/Branching Out Charlie Haden – Norturne Omar Sosa – Sentir	[10]
2003	Paquito D'Rivera	Brazilian Dreams	Alex Acuña and Justo Almario with Tolú – Bongó de Van Gogh Gato Barbieri – The Shadow of the Cat Eddie Palmieri – La Perfecta II Esperança Hermeto Pascoal e Grupo – Mundo Verde Chucho Valdés – Fantasía Cubana	[11]
2004	Chucho Valdés	New Conceptions	Jerry González y Los Piratas del Flamenco – Jerry González y Los Piratas del Flamenco Santos Neto Quinteto – Canto do Rio Jovino Diego Urcola – Soundances Bebo Valdés and Federico Britos – We Could Make Such Beautiful Music Together	[12]
2005	Bebo Valdés	Bebo de Cuba	Paoli Mejias – Mi Tambor Bob Mintzer, Giovanni Hidalgo, Andy González, David Chesky and Randy Brecker – The Body Acoustic Negroni's Trio – Piano/Drums/Bass Poncho Sanchez – Poncho At Montreaux	[13]
2006	Gonzalo Rubalcaba	Solo	Ed Motta – Aystelum Eddie Palmieri – Listen Here! Jovino Santos-Neto – Roda Carioca Dave Valentin – World on a String	[14]
2007	Arturo Sandoval	Rumba Palace	Michel Camilo and Tomatito – Spain Again Michel Camilo – Spirit of the Moment Paquito D'Rivera Quintet? – Funk Tango Chucho Valdés – Keys of Latin Jazz	[15]
2008	Caribbean Jazz Project and Dave Samuels	Afro Bop Alliance	Pau Brasil – Nonada Hamilton de Holanda Quintero – Brasilianos 2 David Sánchez – Cultural Survival Charlie Sepúlveda & The Turnaround – Charlie Sepulveda & The Turnaround	[16]
2009	Bebo Valdés and Chucho Valdés	Juntos Para Siempre	Brazilian Trio – Forests Bobby Sanabria conducting the Manhattan School of Music Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra – Kenya Revisited Live!!! Charlie Sepúlveda & The Turnaround – Sepulveda Boulevard Néstor Torres – Nouveau Latino	[17]
2010	João Donato Trio	Sambolero	Isaac Delgado – L-O-V-E Mark Levine and The Latin Tinge – Off and On: The Music of Moacir Santos Poncho Sanchez – Psychedelic Blues Chucho Valdés – Cuban Dreams Miguel Zenón – Esta Plena	[18]
2011	Paquito D'Rivera	Panamericana Suite	Paquito D'Rivera and Pepe Rivero – Clazz: Continental Latin Jazz. Live at Barcelona, Teatre Paral.lel 2011 Bobby Sanabria conducting The Manhattan School of Music Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra – Tito Puente Masterworks Live!!! Chucho Valdés – New York Is Now! / Viva El Sonido Cubano Dave Valentin – Pure Imagination	[19]
2012	Arturo Sandoval	Dear Diz (Every Day I Think of You)	Jerry Gonzalez and El Comando de la Clave – Jerry González and El Comando de la Clave Tania Maria – Tempo Poncho Sanchez and Terence Blanchard – Chano y Dizzy! Chuchito Valdes – Live in Chicago	[7]
2013	Michel Camilo	What's Up?	The Clare Fischer Latin Jazz Big Band – ¡Ritmo! Negroni's Trio – On The Way Poncho Sanchez and his Latin Jazz Band – Live in Hollywood Chucho Valdés & The Afro-Cuban Messengers – Border Free Chuchito Valdés – Grand Piano Live	[20]
2014	Chick Corea	The Vigil	Juan Garcia-Herreros "Snow Owl" – Normas Arturo O'Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra – The Offense of the Drum Luisito Quintero – 3rd Element	[21]
	Paquito D'Rivera and Trío Corrente	Song for Maura
2015	Paquito D'Rivera	Jazz Meets The Classics	Eddie Fernández – Jazzeando Iván "Melón" Lewis – Ayer y Hoy José Negroni – Negroni Piano +9 José Valentino Ruiz and the Latin Jazz Ensemble featuring Giovanni Hidalgo – I Make You Want To Move	[22]
2016	Arturo O'Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra	Cuba: The Conversation Continues	Mario Adnet – Jobim Jazz (Ao Vivo) Antonio Adolfo – Tropical Infinito Raul Agraz – Between Brothers Carrera Quinta – Big Band	[23]
2017	Eliane Elias	Dance of Time	Antonio Adolfo – Hybrido / From Rio To Wayne Shorter Oskar Cartaya – Bajo Mundo Charlie Sepúlveda & The Turnaround – Mr. EP - A Tribute to Eddie Palmieri Miguel Zenón – Típico	[24]
2018	Hermeto Pascoal & Big Band	Naturaleza Universal	Adrian Iaies Trio – La Casa de un Pianista de Jazz Dafnis Prieto Big Band – Back to the Sunset Néstor Torres – Jazz Flute Traditions Bobby Valentin & The Latin Jazzists – Mind of a Master	[25]
2019	Chucho Valdés	Jazz Batá 2	Claudia Acuña – Turning Pages Branly, Ruiz & Haslip – Elemental Dos Orientales – Tercer Viaje André Marques – Rio - São Paulo	[26]
2020	Emilio Solla Tango Jazz Orchestra	Puertos: Music from International Waters	Afro-Peruvian Jazz Orchestra – Tradiciones Chick Corea & the Spanish Heart Band – Antidote David Sánchez – Carib Miguel Zenón – Sonero: The Music of Ismael Rivera	[27]
2021	Iván "Melón" Lewis	Voyager	Antonio Adolfo – Bruma: Celebrating Milton Nascimiento Roxana Amed – Ontology Edmar Castañeda – Family Miguel Zenón and Luis Perdomo – El Arte del Bolero	[28]
2022	Eliane Elias, Chick Corea, Chucho Valdés	Mirror Mirror	Antonio Adolfo – Jobim Forever Martin Bejerano – #Cubanamerican Chano Domínguez, Rubem Dantas & Hamilton de Holanda – Chabem	[29]
2023	Chucho Valdés and Paquito D'Rivera (with Reunion Sextet)	I Missed You Too!	Roxana Amed – Unánime Hamilton de Holanda featuring Thiago Rabello & Salomão Soares – Flying Chicken Iván "Melon" Lewis & The Cuban Swing Express – Bembé William Maestre Big Band – Semblanzas	[30]

^{^[I]} Each year is linked to the article about the Latin Grammy Awards held that year.
^{^[II]} The name of the performer and the nominated album.

See also

• Jazz portal
• Latin music portal

• Billboard Latin Music Award for Latin Jazz Album of the Year
• Grammy Award for Best Latin Jazz Album

References

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External links

• Official site of the Latin Grammy Awards Archived 2010-04-13 at the Wayback Machine