Grammy Award for Best Latin Jazz Album

Grammy Award for Best Latin Jazz Album
Awarded for	quality performances in the Latin jazz music genre
Country	United States
Presented by	National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
First awarded	1995
Last awarded	2015
Official website	grammy.com

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,^[1] 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".^[2]

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.^[3]

As of 2011, Paquito D'Rivera and Chucho Valdés share the record for the most wins in this category, with three each. Two-time recipients include Sandoval, 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. Ray Barretto holds the record for the most nominations without a win, with four.

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, the Recording Academy announced it would be bringing back the category for the 55th Grammy Awards.^[4]

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

Three-time award winner Chucho Valdés in 2007

Two-time award winner Charlie Haden, performing in 2007

2004 award winner Michel Camilo in 2007

Year^[I]	Performing artist(s)	Work	Nominees	Ref.
1995	Sandoval, ArturoArturo Sandoval	Danzón (Dance On)	Ray Barretto & New World Spirit – Taboo Mario Bauza and the Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra – 944 Columbus Jerry Gonzalez and the Fort Apache Band – Crossroads Eddie Palmieri – Palmas	[5]
1996	Jobim	Antonio Brasileiro	Jerry Gonzalez and the Fort Apache Band – Pensativo Chico O'Farrill and His Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra – Pure Emotion Eddie Palmieri – Arete Patato and Changuito y Orestes – Ritmo y Candela: Rhythm at the Crossroads	[6]
1997	D'Rivera, PaquitoPaquito D'Rivera	Portraits of Cuba	Ray Barretto – My Summertime Steve Berrios and Son Bacheche – And Then Some! Terence Blanchard and Ivan Lins – The Heart Speaks Don Grolnick – Medianoche	[7]
1998	Roy Hargrove's Crisol	Habana	Conrad Herwig – The Latin Side of John Coltrane Giovanni Hidalgo – Hands of Rhythm Banda Mantiqueira – Aldeia Carlos "Patato" Valdes – Ritmo y Candela II: African Crossroads	[8]
1999	Sandoval, ArturoArturo Sandoval	Hot House	Ray Barretto and New World Spirit – Contact Paquito D'Rivera and the United Nation Orchestra – Paquito D'Rivera and the United Nation Orchestra Danilo Pérez – Central Avenue David Sánchez – Obsession Chucho Valdés – Bele Bele en la Habana	[9]
2000	Sanchez, PonchoPoncho Sanchez	Latin Soul	Al McKibbon – Tumbao Para los Congueros di Mi Vida Bobby Rodríguez – Latin Jazz Explosion Gonzalo Rubalcaba and Cuban Quartet – Antiguo Chucho Valdés – Briyumba Palo Congo – Religion of the Congo	[10]
2001	Valdés, ChuchoChucho Valdés	Live at the Village Vanguard	Bobby Sanabria Big Band – Afro-Cuban Dream... Live & in Clave Gary Burton – Libertango: The Music of Ástor Piazzolla Danilo Pérez – Motherland David Sánchez – Melaza	[11]
2002	Haden, CharlieCharlie Haden	Nocturne	Los Hombres Calientes (Irvin Mayfield and Bill Summers) – Vol. 3: New Congo Square Gonzalo Rubalcaba Trio – Supernova David Sánchez – Travesía Various artists – Calle 54	[12]
2003	Samuels, DaveDave Samuels and the Caribbean Jazz Project	The Gathering	Jane Bunnett – Alma de Santiago Duduka Da Fonseca – Samba Jazz Fantasia John Santos and the Machete Ensemble – S.F. Bay Omar Sosa – Sentir	[13]
2004	Michel Camilo, Charles Flores, and Horacio Hernandez	Live at the Blue Note	Jane Bunnett – Cuban Odyssey Caribbean Jazz Project – Birds of a Feather Mark Levine and the Latin Tinge – Isla Chucho Valdés – New Conceptions	[14]
2005	Haden, CharlieCharlie Haden	Land of the Sun	Raphael Cruz – Bebop Timba Jerry Gonzalez y los Piratas del Flamenco – Jerry Gonzalez y los Piratas del Flamenco Conrad Herwig Nonet – Another Kind of Blue: The Latin Side of Miles Davis Diego Urcola – Soundances	[15]
2006	Palmieri, EddieEddie Palmieri	Listen Here!	Ray Barretto – Time Was – Time Is Caribbean Jazz Project featuring Dave Samuels – Here and Now – Live in Concert Sammy Figueroa and His Latin Jazz Explosion – ...And Sammy Walked In Omar Sosa – Mulatos	[16]
2007	The Brian Lynch/Eddie Palmieri Project	Simpático	Ignacio Berroa – Codes Edsel Gómez – Cubist Music Dafnis Prieto – Absolute Quintet Diego Urcola, Edward Simon, Avishai Cohen, Antonio Sanchez and Pernell Saturnino – Viva	[17]
2008	Paquito D'Rivera Quintet?	Funk Tango	Bobby Sanabria Big Band – Big Band Urban Folktales Sammy Figueroa and His Latin Jazz Explosion – The Magician Steve Khan – Borrowed Time Héctor Martignon – Refugee	[18]
2009	O'Farrill, ArturoArturo O'Farrill and the Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra	Song for Chico	Caribbean Jazz Project – Afro Bop Alliance Conrad Herwig and the Latin Side Band – The Latin Side of Wayne Shorter Nestor Torres – Nouveau Latino Papo Vázquez and The Mighty Pirates – Marooned/Aislado	[19]
2010	Valdés, BeboBebo Valdés and Chucho Valdés	Juntos Para Siempre	Chembo Corniel – Things I Wanted to Do Geoffrey Keezer – Áurea Claudio Roditi – Brazilliance X 4 Miguel Zenón – Esta Plena	[20]
2011	Chucho Valdés and the Afro-Cuban Messengers	Chucho's Steps	Pablo Aslan – Tango Grill Hector Martignon – Second Chance Poncho Sánchez – Psychedelic Blues Wayne Wallace Latin Jazz Quintet – ¡Bien Bien!	[21]
2013	Clare Fischer Latin Jazz Big Band	Ritmo!	Bobby Sanabria Big Band – Multiverse Chano Dominguez – Flamenco Sketches Manuel Valera New Cuban Express – New Cuban Express Luciana Souza – Duos III	[22]
2014	Paquito D'Rivera and Trio Corrente	Song for Maura	Buika – La Noche Más Larga Roberto Fonseca – Yo Omar Sosa – Eggun Wayne Wallace Latin Jazz Quartet – Latin Jazz – Jazz Latin	[23]
2015	Arturo O'Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra	The Offense of the Drum	Conrad Herwig ft. Joe Lovano – The Latin Side of Joe Henderson Pedrito Martinez Group – The Pedrito Martinez Group Emilio Solla and La Inestable de Brooklyn – Second Half Yosvany Terry – New Throned King	[24]
2016	Eliane Elias	Made in Brazil	Rodriguez Brothers – Impromptu Gonzalo Rubalcaba – Suite Caminos Wayne Wallace Latin Jazz Quintet – Intercambio Miguel Zenón – Identities Are Changeable

^{^[I]} Each year is linked to the article about the Grammy Awards held that year.

See also

• Afro-Cuban jazz
• List of Grammy Award categories
• Tango (dance)

References

General

• "Past Winners Search". National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved March 4, 2011D. Note: User must select the "Jazz" category as the genre under the search feature.

Specific

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2. "Overview". National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved April 24, 2010.
3. "52nd OEP Category Description Guide" (PDF). National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. p. 3. Retrieved November 4, 2010.
4. Fekadu, Mesfin (8 June 2012). "Grammys add changes to jazz, Latin, R&B fields". Salon Media Group. Retrieved June 11, 2012.
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6. "List of Grammy nominees". CNN. January 4, 1996. Retrieved November 2, 2010.
7. "The Complete List of Nominees". Los Angeles Times (Tribune Company). January 8, 1997. p. 6. Retrieved November 4, 2010.
8. Carlozo, Lou (January 7, 1998). "Chicago Artists Are Well-represented In Grammy Nominations". Chicago Tribune (Tribune Company). p. 5. Retrieved November 4, 2010.
9. "Academy's Complete List of Nominees". Los Angeles Times (Tribune Company). January 6, 1999. p. 6. Retrieved November 4, 2010.
10. "The Nominees for the Grammy Awards". San Francisco Chronicle. January 5, 2000. p. 3. Retrieved November 4, 2010.
11. "43rd Grammy Awards". CNN. February 21, 2001. Retrieved November 9, 2010.
12. "Complete List Of Grammy Nominees". CBS News. January 4, 2002. Retrieved November 4, 2010.
13. "Grammy Nominations: Complete List". Fox News Channel. January 3, 2003. Retrieved November 9, 2010.
14. "Grammy Award Winners". The New York Times (The New York Times Company). 2004. Retrieved November 9, 2010.
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16. "Complete list of Grammy Award nominations". USA Today (Gannett Company). December 8, 2005. Retrieved November 4, 2010.
17. "Complete list of Grammy nominees". San Francisco Chronicle. December 8, 2006. p. 3. Retrieved November 4, 2010.
18. "2008 Grammy Winners". CBS News. December 6, 2007. Retrieved November 3, 2010.
19. "Grammy Scorecard". Los Angeles Times (Tribune Company). December 3, 2008. Retrieved November 4, 2010.
20. Partridge, Kenneth (December 2, 2009). "Nominees for 2010 Grammy Awards Announced -- Full List". Spinner. Retrieved November 4, 2010.
21. Morris, Christopher (December 1, 2010). "53rd Annual Grammy nominees". Variety. Reed Business Information. Retrieved December 1, 2010.
22. List of 2013 nominees
23. 2014 Nominees
24. List of Nominees 2013

External links

• Official site of the Grammy Awards