Latin Grammy Award for Best Latin Jazz Album

Latin Grammy Award for Best Latin Jazz Album
Awarded for	quality albums in the Latin jazz music genre
Country	United States
Presented by	Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences
First awarded	2000
Official website	LatinGrammy.com

The Latin Grammy Award for Best Latin 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 its 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.

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 five (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, while Juntos Para Siempre, by Bebo and Chucho Valdés won for Latin Jazz Album in 2010. Bebo and Chucho Valdés, Camilo, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, and Arturo Sandoval have twice been awarded. 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, Dominican Republic, United States, and Spain.

Winners and nominees

Five-time winner, Paquito D'Rivera

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

Year	Performing artist(s)	Work	Nominees	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
	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 – Calle 54
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
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
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
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
2006	Gonzalo Rubalcaba	Solo	Ed Motta – Aystelum Eddie Palmieri – Listen Here! Jovino Santos-Neto – Roda Carioca Dave Valentin – World on a String
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
	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

^{^[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

• Grammy Award for Best Latin Jazz Album

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