Latin Grammy Award for Best Latin Jazz Album | |
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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 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]
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.
Year [I] | Performing artist(s) | Work | Nominees [II] | Ref. |
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2000 | Michel Camilo & Tomatito | Spain |
| [8] |
Paquito D'Rivera | Tropicana Nights | |||
2001 | Paquito D'Rivera Quintet | Live at the Blue Note |
| [9] |
2002 | Gonzalo Rubalcaba | Supernova |
| [10] |
2003 | Paquito D'Rivera | Brazilian Dreams |
| [11] |
2004 | Chucho Valdés | New Conceptions |
| [12] |
2005 | Bebo Valdés | Bebo de Cuba |
| [13] |
2006 | Gonzalo Rubalcaba | Solo |
| [14] |
2007 | Arturo Sandoval | Rumba Palace |
| [15] |
2008 | Caribbean Jazz Project and Dave Samuels | Afro Bop Alliance |
| [16] |
2009 | Bebo Valdés & Chucho Valdés | Juntos Para Siempre |
| [17] |
2010 | João Donato Trio | Sambolero |
| [18] |
2011 | Paquito D'Rivera | Panamericana Suite |
| [19] |
2012 | Arturo Sandoval | Dear Diz (Every Day I Think of You) |
| [7] |
2013 | Michel Camilo | What's Up? |
| [20] |
2014 | Chick Corea | The Vigil |
| [21] |
Paquito D'Rivera and Trío Corrente | Song for Maura | |||
2015 | Paquito D'Rivera | Jazz Meets The Classics |
| [22] |
2016 | Arturo O'Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra | Cuba: The Conversation Continues |
| [23] |
2017 | Eliane Elias | Dance of Time |
| [24] |
2018 | Hermeto Pascoal & Big Band | Naturaleza Universal |
| [25] |
2019 | Chucho Valdés | Jazz Batá 2 |
| [26] |
2020 | Emilio Solla Tango Jazz Orchestra | Puertos: Music from International Waters |
| [27] |
2021 | Iván "Melón" Lewis | Voyager |
| [28] |
2022 | Eliane Elias, Chick Corea, Chucho Valdés | Mirror Mirror |
| [29] |
2023 | Chucho Valdés & Paquito D'Rivera (with Reunion Sextet) | I Missed You Too! |
| [30] |
2024 | TBA | TBA |
| [31] |
^[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.
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