Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album

The American jazz singer Dianne Reeves has been four times Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album get

The Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album , in German "Grammy Award for the best jazz vocal album ", is a music prize that has been awarded by the Recording Academy in Los Angeles since 1977 . The award goes to artists for new outstanding albums in the field of jazz singing .

History and background

Since 1959, the Grammy Awards are presented annually in numerous categories by the Recording Academy in the United States to recognize artistic achievement, technical competence, and overall excellence regardless of album sales or chart position. One of these categories is the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album , which has been awarded since 1977 .

As with numerous other price categories, there have been minor adjustments to the price designation and changes to the awarding of prices over the years:

• From 1977 to 1980, 1985 and from 1992 to 2001 the award was named Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Performance .
• From 1981 to 1984 and 1986 to 1991, the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female and the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Male were each given separate prizes for jazz singers.
• Since 2002 the award has been called the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album.

The Grammy Awards are presented annually for works published in the previous year.

Winner and nominated artist

year	winner	nationality	album	Other nominees	Image of the artist
1977	Ella Fitzgerald	United States	Fitzgerald and Pass ... Again
1978	Al Jarreau	United States	Look to the rainbow
1979	Al Jarreau	United States	All Fly Home
1980	Ella Fitzgerald	United States	Fine and Mellow
	From 1981 to 1984, the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female and the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Male each gave separate prizes for female jazz singers and male jazz singers.
1985	Joe Williams	United States	Notin 'but the blues
	From 1986 to 1991, the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female and the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Male were given separate prizes for female jazz singers and male jazz singers.
1992	Take 6	United States	He is Christmas	Mel Tormé - "Ellington Medley" from Mel and George "Do" World War II Natalie Cole - "Long 'Bout Midnight" from Garfield The Manhattan Transfer - The Offbeat of Avenues Shirley Horn - You Won't Forget Me
1993	Bobby McFerrin	United States	"Round Midnight" from the album Play	Shirley Horn - Here's to Life Abbey Lincoln - "You Gotta Pay the Band" Jimmy Scott - "All the Way" Take 6 - "I'm Always Chasing Rainbows" from Glengarry Glen Ross
1994	Natalie Cole	United States	Take a look	Ernestine Anderson - Now and Then Shirley Horn - Light Out of Darkness Bobby McFerrin - "The Pink Panther Theme" Bobby Short with the Alden-Barrett Quintet - Swing That Music
1995	Etta James	United States	Mystery Lady: Songs of Billie Holiday	Dee Dee Bridgewater - Keeping Tradition Shirley Horn - I Love You, Paris Lena Horne - We'll Be Together Again Cassandra Wilson - Blue Light 'til Dawn
1996	Lena Horne	United States	An Evening with Lena Horne	Dee Dee Bridgewater - Love and Peace: A Tribute to Horace Silver Kurt Elling - Close Your Eyes Abbey Lincoln - A Turtle's Dream Dianne Reeves - Quiet After the Storm
1997	Cassandra Wilson	United States	New Moon Daughter	Ernestine Anderson - Blues, Dues and Love News Nnenna Freelon - Shaking Free Shirley Horn - The Main Ingredient Diana Krall - All for You
1998	Dee Dee Bridgewater	United States	Dear Ella	Kurt Elling - The Messenger Shirley Horn - Loving You Diana Krall - Love Scenes Mark Murphy - Song for the Geese
1999	Shirley Horn	United States	I remember miles	Kurt Elling - This Time It's Love Nnenna Freelon - Maiden Voyage Etta Jones - My Buddy - Etta Jones Sings the Songs of Buddy Johnson Dianne Reeves - That Day ...
2000	Diana Krall	Canada	When I Look in Your Eyes	Carla Cook - It's All About Love Etta James - Heart of a Woman Dianne Reeves - Bridges Cassandra Wilson - Traveling Miles
2001	Dianne Reeves	United States	In the Moment - Live in Concert	Dee Dee Bridgewater - Live at Yoshi’s Freddy Cole - Merry Go Round Kurt Elling - Live in Chicago Nnenna Freelon - Soulcall
2002	Dianne Reeves	United States	The Calling: Celebrating Sarah Vaughan	Mose Allison - The Mose Chronicles - Live in London, Vol. 1 Karrin Allyson - Ballads - Remembering John Coltrane Kurt Elling - Flirting with Twilight Shirley Horn - You're My Thrill
2003	Diana Krall	Canada	Live in Paris	Patti Austin - For Ella Natalie Cole - Ask a Woman Who Knows Etta Jones - Etta Jones Sings Lady Day Luciana Souza - Brazilian duos
2004	Dianne Reeves	United States	A little moonlight	Kurt Elling - Man in the Air Shirley Horn - May the Music Never End Aaron Neville - Nature Boy - The Standards Album Luciana Souza - North and South
2005	Nancy Wilson	United States	RSVP (Rare Songs, Very Personal)	Andy Bey - American Song Jamie Cullum - Twentysomething Al Jarreau - Accentuate the Positive Queen Latifah - The Dana Owens Album
2006	Dianne Reeves	United States	Good Night, and Good Luck	Dee Dee Bridgewater - J'ai Deux Amours Nnenna Freelon - Blueprint of a Lady - Sketches of Billie Holiday Luciana Souza - Duos II Tierney Sutton - I'm with the Band
2007	Nancy Wilson	United States	Turned to Blue	Diana Krall - From This Moment On Karrin Allyson - Footprints Roberta Gambarini - Easy to Love Nancy King - Live at Jazz Standard with Fred Hersch
2008	Patti Austin	United States	Avant Gershwin	Dee Dee Bridgewater - Red Earth Freddy Cole - Music Maestro Please Kurt Elling - Nightmoves Tierney Sutton - On the Other Side
2009	Cassandra Wilson	United States	Loverly	Karrin Allyson - Imagina: Songs of Brazil Stacey Kent - Breakfast on the Morning Tram Kate McGarry - If Less is More ... Nothing is Everything Norma Winstone - Distances
2010	Kurt Elling	United States	Dedicated to You: Kurt Elling Sings the Music of Coltrane and Hartman	Randy Crawford and Joe Sample - No Regrets Roberta Gambarini - So in Love Luciana Souza - Tide Tierney Sutton - Desire
2011	Dee Dee Bridgewater	United States	Eleanora Fagan (1915-1959): To Billie with Love from Dee Dee Bridgewater	Freddy Cole - Freddy Cole Sings Mr. B Denise Donatelli - When Lights are Low Lorraine Feather - Ages Gregory Porter - Water
2012	Terri Lyne Carrington & Various Artist	United States	The Mosaic Project	Karrin Allyson - Round Midnight Kurt Elling - The Gate Tierney Sutton Band - American Road Roseanna Vitro - The Music of Randy Newman
2013	Esperanza Spalding	United States	Radio Music Society	Denise Donatelli - Soul Shadows Kurt Elling - 1619 Broadway - The Brill Building Project Al Jarreau & Metropole Orchestra - Live Luciana Souza - The Book of Chet
2014	Gregory Porter	United States	Liquid spirit	Andy Bey - The World According to Andy Bey Lorraine Feather - Attachments Cécile McLorin Salvant - Womanchild Tierney Sutton - After Blue
2015	Dianne Reeves	United States	Beautiful life	Billy Childs and Others - Map to the Treasure: Reimagining Laura Nyro René Marie - I Wanna Be Evil (With Love to Eartha Kitt) Gretchen Parlato - Live in NYC Tierney Sutton - Paris Sessions
2016	Cécile McLorin Salvant	United States	For one to love	Karrin Allyson - Many a New Day: Karrin Allyson Sings Rodgers & Hammerstein Denise Donatelli - Find a Heart Lorraine Feather - Flirting with Disaster Jamison Ross - Jamison
2017	Gregory Porter	United States	Take me to the alley	René Marie - Sound of Red Branford Marsalis Quartet & Kurt Elling - Upward Spiral Catherine Russell - Harlem on My Mind The Tierney Sutton Band - The Sting Variations
2018	Cécile McLorin Salvant	United States	Dreams and Daggers	The Baylor Project - The Journey Jazzmeia Horn - A Social Call Raul Midón - Bad Ass and Blind Randy Porter Trio & Nancy King - Porter Plays Porter
2019	Cécile McLorin Salvant	United States	The Window	Freddy Cole - My Mood Is You Kurt Elling - The Questions Kate McGarry with Keith Ganz & Gary Versace - The Subject Tonight Is Love Raul Midón with the Metropole Orkest conducted by Vince Mendoza - If You Really Want
2020 January 26th, 2020	Esperanza Spalding	United States	12 little spells	Sara Gazarek - Thirsty Ghost Jazzmeia Horn - Love & Liberation Catherine Russell - Alone Together Tierney Sutton Band - Screenplay

Web links

• Official website of the Grammy Awards - Recording Academy, Los Angeles (English)
• Winner of the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album at grammy.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Grammy Awards. Retrieved February 22, 2019 . 
2. ^ The Official Site of the Grammy Awards - Overview. Retrieved February 22, 2019 . 
3. ↑ ^{a b} Winners Best Jazz Vocal Album. Retrieved February 22, 2019 .