Best Latin Jazz Album

The Grammy Award for Best Latin Jazz Album recognizes excellence in albums by ensembles of any size or orchestration, representing the blending of jazz and improvisation with Latin, Iberian-American, Brazilian, and Argentinian tango music.

39th Annual Grammy Awards • 1997

Honoring recordings released between Aug 31, 1995 and Aug 30, 1996

Paquito D'Rivera won the 1997 Grammy Award for Best Latin Jazz Album with "Portraits Of Cuba"

Winners & Nominees 1997

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Nominees

Previous Winners

Year Winner Work
2026 Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Yainer Horta, Joey Calveiro A Tribute to Benny Moré and Nat King Cole All Nominees
2025 Zaccai Curtis, Luques Curtis, Willie Martinez, Camilo Molina, Reinaldo DeJesus Cubop Lives! All Nominees
2024 Miguel Zenón, Luis Perdomo El Arte Del Bolero Vol. 2 All Nominees
2023 Arturo O'Farrill Fandango At The Wall In New York All Nominees
2022 Eliane Elias, Chick Corea, Chucho Valdés Mirror Mirror All Nominees
2021 Arturo O'Farrill Four Questions All Nominees
2020 Chick Corea Antidote All Nominees
2019 Dafnis Prieto Back To The Sunset All Nominees
2018 Pablo Ziegler Jazz Tango All Nominees
2017 Chucho Valdés Tribute To Irakere: Live In Marciac All Nominees
2016 Eliane Elias Made In Brazil All Nominees
2015 Arturo O'Farrill The Offense Of The Drum All Nominees
2014 Paquito D'Rivera, Trio Corrente Song For Maura All Nominees
2013 The Clare Fischer Latin Jazz Big Band ¡Ritmo! All Nominees
2011 Chucho Valdés And The Afro-Cuban Messengers Chucho's Steps All Nominees
2010 Bebo Valdés Juntos Para Siempre All Nominees
2009 Arturo O'Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra Song For Chico All Nominees
2008 Paquito D'Rivera Funk Tango All Nominees
2007 Brian Lynch Simpático All Nominees
2006 Eddie Palmieri, Sr. Listen Here! All Nominees
2005 Charlie Haden Land Of The Sun All Nominees
2004 Michel Camilo, Charles Flores, Horacio "El Negro" Hernandez Live At The Blue Note All Nominees
2003 Caribbean Jazz Project The Gathering All Nominees
2002 Charlie Haden Nocturne All Nominees
2001 Chucho Valdés Live At The Village Vanguard All Nominees
2000 Poncho Sanchez Latin Soul All Nominees
1999 Arturo Sandoval Hot House All Nominees
1998 Roy Hargrove Habana All Nominees
1997 Paquito D'Rivera Portraits Of Cuba All Nominees
1996 Jobim Antonio Brasileiro All Nominees
1995 Arturo Sandoval Danzon All Nominees
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