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Grammy Award for Best Latin Jazz Album

Honor presented to recording artists for quality Latin jazz albums

Grammy Award for Best Latin Jazz Album
Summary

Honor presented to recording artists for quality Latin jazz albums

FieldValue
nameGrammy Award for Best Latin Jazz Album
awarded_forQuality performances in the Latin jazz music genre
presenterNational Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
countryUnited States
year1995
holderLuques Curtis, Zaccai Curtis, Willie Martinez, Camilo Molina & Reinaldo de Jesus – Cubop Lives! (2025)
websitegrammy.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, 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".

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. Beginning in 1998, members of the Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences (LARAS) are eligible to vote in the Latin categories, including Best Latin Jazz Album.

As of 2023, Chucho Valdés has the most wins in this category, with five. Arturo O’Farrill has won four, Paquito D'Rivera has won three, and two-time recipients include Sandoval, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Charlie Haden, Eliane Elias 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.

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 Bobby Sanabria, Eugene Marlow, Ben Lapidus, and Mark Levine filed by attorney Roger Maldonado, the Recording Academy reinstated the category the following year, 2013, for the 55th Grammy Awards.

Recipients

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Two-time award winner [[Arturo Sandoval]], performing in 2008
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1998]] award winner [[Roy Hargrove]], performing at the [[North Sea Jazz Festival]] in [[Rotterdam]] in 2006
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Five-time award winner [[Chucho Valdés]] in 2007
Three-time winner, [[Paquito D'Rivera
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Two-time award winner [[Charlie Haden]], performing in 2007
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2004]] award winner [[Michel Camilo]] in 2007
[[Arturo O'Farrill]] has won four times alongside the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra.
YearPerforming artist(s)WorkNomineesRef.1995199619971998199920002001200220032004200520062007200820092010201120132014201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026
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and Gonzalo Rubalcaba{{smalldiv
and the Caribbean Jazz Project{{smalldiv
Michel Camilo, Charles Flores, and Horacio Hernández{{smalldiv
and Gonzalo Rubalcaba{{smalldiv
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The Brian Lynch/Eddie Palmieri Project{{smalldiv
Paquito D'Rivera Quintet?{{smalldiv
and the Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra{{smalldiv
and Chucho Valdés{{smalldiv
Chucho Valdés and the Afro-Cuban MessengersChucho's Steps{{smalldiv
Clare Fischer Latin Jazz Big BandRitmo!{{smalldiv
Paquito D'Rivera and Trio CorrenteSong for Maura{{smalldiv
Arturo O'Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz OrchestraThe Offense of the Drum{{smalldiv
Eliane EliasMade in Brazil{{smalldiv
Chucho ValdésTribute to Irakere: Live in Marciac{{smalldiv
Pablo Ziegler TrioJazz Tango{{smalldiv
Dafnis Prieto Big BandBack to the Sunset{{smalldiv
Chick Corea & the Spanish Heart BandAntidote{{smalldiv
Arturo O'Farrill & the Afro Latin Jazz OrchestraFour Questions{{smalldiv
Eliane Elias with Chick Corea & Chucho ValdésMirror Mirror{{smalldiv
Arturo O'Farrill & the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra ft. the Congra Patria Son Jarocho CollectiveFandango at the Wall in New York{{smalldiv
Miguel Zenón & Luis PerdomoEl Arte del Bolero Vol. 2{{smalldiv
Luques Curtis, Zaccai Curtis, Willie Martinez, Camilo Molina & Reinaldo de JesusCubop Lives!{{smalldiv
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Each year is linked to the article about the Grammy Awards held that year.

References

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