Grammy_Award_for_Best_Latin_Jazz_Album

Grammy Award for Best Latin Jazz Album

Grammy Award for Best Latin Jazz Album

Honor presented to recording artists for quality Latin jazz albums

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]

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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] 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.[4]

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, Eliane Elias, 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. The Bobby Sanabria Multiverse Big Band holds the record for the most nominations without a win in the category, with five.

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.[5]

Recipients

A man wearing glasses and a jacket, playing a trumpet behind a microphone.
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
A man in a suit and tie, sitting in a black chair. He is also wearing eyeglasses, a ring, and accessories on his wrist.
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
A man in a patterned shirt playing a piano in a dark-lit room. Behind him is a man holding a video camera pointed towards the piano player's hands.
2004 award winner Michel Camilo in 2007
Arturo O'Farrill has won four times alongside the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra.
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^[I] Each year is linked to the article about the Grammy Awards held that year.

See also

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.
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