Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album
Grammy Awards · 131 nominations across 39 ceremonies · 39 wins
68th Grammys · 2026
- Winner Portrait · Samara Joy
- Nominee Elemental · Dee Dee Bridgewater, Bill Charlap
- Nominee Fly · Michael Mayo
- Nominee Live at Vic's Las Vegas · Nicole Zuraitis, Dan Pugach Big Band, Tom Scott, Keyon Harrold, Rachel Eckroth
- Nominee We Insist 2025! · Terri Lyne Carrington, Christie Dashiell
67th Grammys · 2025
- Winner A Joyful Holiday · Samara Joy
- Nominee My Ideal · Catherine Russell, Sean Mason
- Nominee Journey in Black · Christie Dashiell
- Nominee Milton + Esperanza · Milton Nascimento, Esperanza Spalding
- Nominee Wildflowers Vol. 1 · Kurt Elling, Sullivan Fortner
66th Grammys · 2024
- Winner How Love Begins · Nicole Zuraitis
- Nominee Lean In · Gretchen Parlato, Lionel Loueke
- Nominee Alive at the Village Vanguard · Fred Hersch, Esperanza Spalding
- Nominee For Ella 2 · Patti Austin, Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band
- Nominee Mélusine · Cécile McLorin Salvant
65th Grammys · 2023
- Winner Linger Awhile · Samara Joy
- Nominee The Evening: Live at Apparatus · The Baylor Project
- Nominee Ghost Song · Cécile McLorin Salvant
- Nominee Fade to Black · Carmen Lundy
- Nominee Fifty · The Manhattan Transfer, The WDR Funkhausorchester
64th Grammys · 2022
- Winner Songwrights Apothecary Lab · Esperanza Spalding
- Nominee Time Traveler · Nnenna Freelon
- Nominee Generations · The Baylor Project
- Nominee Flor · Gretchen Parlato
- Nominee SuperBlue · Kurt Elling, Charlie Hunter
63rd Grammys · 2021
- Winner Secrets are the Best Stories · Kurt Elling, Danilo Pérez
- Nominee ONA · Thana Alexa
- Nominee What's the Hurry · Kenny Washington
- Nominee Modern Ancestors · Carmen Lundy
- Nominee Holy Room: Live at Alte Oper
62nd Grammys · 2020
- Winner 12 Little Spells · Esperanza Spalding
- Nominee Love & Liberation · Jazzmeia Horn
- Nominee Thirsty Ghost · Sara Gazarek
- Nominee Alone Together · Catherine Russell
- Nominee ScreenPlay · Tierney Sutton
61st Grammys · 2019
- Winner The Window · Cécile McLorin Salvant
- Nominee My Mood Is You · Freddy Cole
- Nominee The Subject Tonight Is Love · Kate McGarry
- Nominee The Questions · Kurt Elling
- Nominee If You Really Want · Raul Midón, Metropole Orkest, Vince Mendoza
60th Grammys · 2018
- Winner Dreams and Daggers · Cécile McLorin Salvant
- Nominee Bad Ass and Blind · Raul Midón
- Nominee The Journey · The Baylor Project
- Nominee Porter Plays Porter · Nancy King
- Nominee A Social Call · Jazzmeia Horn
59th Grammys · 2017
- Winner Take Me to the Alley · Gregory Porter
- Nominee The Sting Variations · Tierney Sutton
- Nominee Sound of Red · René Marie
- Nominee Harlem on My Mind · Catherine Russell
- Nominee Upward Spiral · Branford Marsalis, Branford Marsalis Quartet, Kurt Elling
58th Grammys · 2016
- Winner For One to Love · Cécile McLorin Salvant
- Nominee Jamison · Jamison Ross
- Nominee Flirting with Disaster · Lorraine Feather
- Nominee Many a New Day: Karrin Allyson Sings Rodgers & Hammerstein · Karrin Allyson
- Nominee Find a Heart · Denise Donatelli
57th Grammys · 2015
- Winner Beautiful Life · Dianne Reeves
- Nominee Paris Sessions · Tierney Sutton
- Nominee Map to the Treasure: Reimagining Laura Nyro · Billy Childs
- Nominee Live in NYC · Gretchen Parlato
- Nominee I Wanna Be Evil · René Marie
56th Grammys · 2014
- Winner Liquid Spirit · Gregory Porter
- Nominee WomanChild · Cécile McLorin Salvant
- Nominee Attachments · Lorraine Feather
- Nominee The World According to Andy Bey · Andy Bey
- Nominee After Blue · Tierney Sutton
55th Grammys · 2013
- Winner Radio Music Society · Esperanza Spalding
- Nominee Soul Shadows · Denise Donatelli
- Nominee 1619 Broadway – The Brill Building Project · Kurt Elling
- Nominee Live · Al Jarreau, Metropole Orkest
- Nominee The Book of Chet · Luciana Souza
54th Grammys · 2012
- Winner The Mosaic Project · Terri Lyne Carrington
- Nominee The Music of Randy Newman · Roseanna Vitro
- Nominee The Gate · Kurt Elling
- Nominee American Road · Tierney Sutton
- Nominee Round Midnight · Karrin Allyson
53rd Grammys · 2011
- Winner Eleanora Fagan (1915-1959): To Billie with Love from Dee Dee Bridgewater · Dee Dee Bridgewater
- Nominee When Lights Are Low · Denise Donatelli
- Nominee Ages · Lorraine Feather
- Nominee Water · Gregory Porter
- Nominee Freddy Cole Sings Mr. B · Freddy Cole
52nd Grammys · 2010
- Winner Dedicated to You: Kurt Elling Sings the Music of Coltrane and Hartman · Kurt Elling
- Nominee No Regrets · Randy Crawford, Joe Sample
- Nominee Desire · Tierney Sutton
- Nominee Tide · Luciana Souza
- Nominee So in Love · Roberta Gambarini
51st Grammys · 2009
- Winner Loverly · Cassandra Wilson
- Nominee If Less Is More...Nothing Is Everything · Kate McGarry
- Nominee Distances · Norma Winstone
- Nominee Imagina: Songs of Brasil · Karrin Allyson
- Nominee Breakfast on the Morning Tram · Stacey Kent
50th Grammys · 2008
- Winner Avant Gershwin · Patti Austin
- Nominee Nightmoves · Kurt Elling
- Nominee Red Earth: A Malian Journey · Dee Dee Bridgewater
- Nominee Music Maestro Please · Freddy Cole
- Nominee On the Other Side · Tierney Sutton
49th Grammys · 2007
- Winner Turned To Blue · Nancy Wilson
- Nominee Easy To Love · Roberta Gambarini
- Nominee From This Moment On · Diana Krall
- Nominee Live At Jazz Standard With Fred Hersch · Nancy King
- Nominee Footprints · Karrin Allyson
48th Grammys · 2006
- Winner Good Night, and Good Luck. · Dianne Reeves
47th Grammys · 2005
46th Grammys · 2004
- Winner A Little Moonlight · Arif Mardin, Dianne Reeves
45th Grammys · 2003
- Winner Live in Paris · Al Schmitt, Tommy LiPuma, Diana Krall
44th Grammys · 2002
- Winner The Calling: Celebrating Sarah Vaughan · Dianne Reeves
- Nominee Ballads – Remembering John Coltrane · Karrin Allyson
- Nominee The Mose Chronicles – Live in London, Vol. 1 · Mose Allison
- Nominee Flirting with Twilight · Kurt Elling
- Nominee You're My Thrill · Shirley Horn
43rd Grammys · 2001
- Winner In the Moment – Live in Concert · Dianne Reeves
- Nominee Soulcall · Nnenna Freelon
- Nominee Merry Go Round · Freddy Cole
- Nominee Live in Chicago · Kurt Elling
- Nominee Live at Yoshi's · Dee Dee Bridgewater
42nd Grammys · 2000
- Winner When I Look in Your Eyes · Diana Krall
- Nominee It's All About Love · Carla Cook
- Nominee Traveling Miles · Cassandra Wilson
- Nominee Heart of a Woman · Etta James, Sametto James
- Nominee Bridges · Dianne Reeves
40th Grammys · 1998
- Winner Dear Ella · Dee Dee Bridgewater
39th Grammys · 1997
- Winner New Moon Daughter · Cassandra Wilson
38th Grammys · 1996
- Winner An Evening with Lena Horne · Lena Horne
37th Grammys · 1995
36th Grammys · 1994
- Winner Take a Look · Natalie Cole
35th Grammys · 1993
- Winner Play · Bobby McFerrin
34th Grammys · 1992
- Winner He Is Christmas · Take 6
27th Grammys · 1985
- Winner Nothin' but the Blues · Joe Williams
22nd Grammys · 1980
- Winner Fine and Mellow · Ella Fitzgerald
21st Grammys · 1979
- Winner All Fly Home · Al Jarreau
20th Grammys · 1978
- Winner Look to the Rainbow · Al Jarreau