Best Jazz Vocal Album

The Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album recognizes excellence in albums by jazz vocal soloists, duos, or jazz vocal groups, with specific attention to the differentiating elements of the vocal performance and interpretation. Solo jazz vocal elements include improvisational phrasing, melodic-based improvisation, jazz style, and utilization of harmonic/melodic vocabulary found within the jazz genre.

68th Annual Grammy Awards • 2026

Honoring recordings released between Aug 31, 2024 and Aug 30, 2025

Samara Joy won the 2026 Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album with "Portrait"

Winners & Nominees 2026

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Nominees

Previous Winners

Year Winner Work
2026 Samara Joy Portrait All Nominees
2025 Samara Joy A Joyful Holiday All Nominees
2024 Nicole Zuraitis How Love Begins All Nominees
2023 Samara Joy Linger Awhile All Nominees
2022 Esperanza Spalding Songwrights Apothecary Lab All Nominees
2021 Kurt Elling, Danilo Perez Secrets Are The Best Stories All Nominees
2020 Esperanza Spalding 12 Little Spells All Nominees
2019 Cécile McLorin Salvant The Window All Nominees
2018 Cécile McLorin Salvant Dreams And Daggers All Nominees
2017 Gregory Porter Take Me To The Alley All Nominees
2016 Cécile McLorin Salvant For One To Love All Nominees
2015 Dianne Reeves Beautiful Life All Nominees
2014 Gregory Porter Liquid Spirit All Nominees
2013 Esperanza Spalding Radio Music Society All Nominees
2012 Terri Lyne Carrington The Mosaic Project All Nominees
2011 Dee Dee Bridgewater Eleanora Fagan (1915-1959): To Billie With Love From Dee Dee All Nominees
2010 Kurt Elling Dedicated To You: Kurt Elling Sings The Music Of Coltrane And Hartman All Nominees
2009 Cassandra Wilson Loverly All Nominees
2008 Patti Austin Avant Gershwin All Nominees
2007 Nancy Wilson Turned To Blue All Nominees
2006 Dianne Reeves Good Night, And Good Luck. All Nominees
2005 Nancy Wilson R.S.V.P. (Rare Songs, Very Personal) All Nominees
2004 Dianne Reeves A Little Moonlight All Nominees
2003 Diana Krall Live In Paris All Nominees
2002 Dianne Reeves The Calling All Nominees
2001 Dianne Reeves In The Moment - Live In Concert All Nominees
2000 Diana Krall When I Look In Your Eyes All Nominees
1999 Shirley Horn I Remember Miles All Nominees
1998 Dee Dee Bridgewater Dear Ella All Nominees
1997 Cassandra Wilson New Moon Daughter All Nominees
1996 Lena Horne An Evening With Lena Horne All Nominees
1995 Etta James Mystery Lady - Songs Of Billie Holiday All Nominees
1994 Natalie Cole Take A Look All Nominees
1993 Bobby McFerrin 'Round Midnight All Nominees
1992 Take 6 He Is Christmas All Nominees
1985 Joe Williams Nothin' But The Blues All Nominees
1980 Ella Fitzgerald Fine And Mellow All Nominees
1979 Al Jarreau All Fly Home All Nominees
1978 Al Jarreau Look To The Rainbow All Nominees
1977 Ella Fitzgerald Fitzgerald And Pass...Again All Nominees
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