Grammy Award for Best Latin Jazz Album (Grammy Awards)

Grammy Awards

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 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.

Check all the winners of Grammy Award for Best Latin Jazz Album presented under Grammy Awards since 1994 .

News

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Trio Corrente, Paquito D'Rivera

Honored for : Song for Maura

Nominations 2013 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Concha Buika	La noche más larga
Paquito D'Rivera	Song for Maura
Trio Corrente	Song for Maura
Roberto Fonseca	Yo
Omar Sosa	Egg?n: The Afri-Lectric Experience
Wayne Wallace Latin Jazz Quintet	Latin Jazz-Jazz Latin

The Clare Fischer Latin Jazz Big Band, Dan Blessinger, Les Brockmann, Matt Brownlie, Justin Merrill

Honored for : ¡Ritmo!

(The Clare Fischer Latin Jazz Big Band, artist. Dan Blessinger, Les Brockmann, Matt Brownlie & Justin Merrill, engineers/mixers.)

Nominations 2012 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Chano Domínguez	Flamenco Sketches
The Clare Fischer Latin Jazz Big Band	¡Ritmo!
Dan Blessinger	¡Ritmo!
Les Brockmann	¡Ritmo!
Matt Brownlie	¡Ritmo!
Justin Merrill	¡Ritmo!
Bobby Sanabria Big Band	Multiverse
Luciana Souza	Duos III
Manuel Valera New Cuban Express	New Cuban Express

Afro-Cuban Messengers, Orestes Ávila

Honored for : Chucho's Steps

(Artists, engineer/mixer)

Nominations 2010 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Afro-Cuban Messengers	Chucho's Steps 2011 Best Latin Jazz Album
Orestes Ávila	Chucho's Steps 2011 Best Latin Jazz Album
Pablo Aslan	Tango Grill
Hector Martignon	Second Chance
Poncho Sanchez	Psychedelic Blues
Wayne Wallace Latin Jazz Quintet	¡Bien Bien!

Bebo Valdés, Chucho Valdés, Fernando Trueba, Javier Limón, Nat Chediak, Pepe Loeches

Honored for : Juntos Para Siempre

(Engineers/Mixers, Producers, Artists)

Nominations 2009 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Chembo Corniel	Things I Wanted To Do
Geoff Keezer	Áurea
Claudio Roditi	Brazilliance X 4
Bebo Valdés	Juntos Para Siempre
Chucho Valdés	Juntos Para Siempre
Nat Chediak	Juntos Para Siempre
Javier Limón	Juntos Para Siempre
Fernando Trueba	Juntos Para Siempre
Pepe Loeches	Juntos Para Siempre
Miguel Zenón	Esta Plena

Arturo O'Farrill & The Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra, Troy Halderson, Rob Macomber

Honored for : Song For Chico

(Artist, Engineers)

Nominations 2008 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Arturo O'Farrill & The Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra	Song For Chico
Rob Macomber	Song For Chico
Troy Halderson	Song For Chico
Caribbean Jazz Project	Afro Bop Alliance
Papo Vázquez The Mighty Pirates	Marooned/Aislado
Nestor Torres	Nouveau Latino
Conrad Herwig & The Latin Side Band	The Latin Side of Wayne Shorter