Best Jazz Vocal Album
2026 • 68th Annual Grammy Awards
Honoring recordings released between Aug 31, 2024 and Aug 30, 2025
2026 Winner is Samara Joy with "Portrait"
Nominees 2026
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Portrait
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Elemental
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We Insist 2025!
Terri Lyne Carrington, Christie Dashiell, Weedie Braimah, Milena Casado, Morgan Guerin, Simon Moullier, Matthew Stevens
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Fly
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Live at Vic's Las Vegas
Nicole Zuraitis, Dan Pugach, Tom Scott, Idan Morim, Keyon Harrold, Rachel Eckroth
Winners
| Year | Winner | Work |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Samara Joy | Portrait |
| 2025 | Samara Joy | A Joyful Holiday |
| 2024 | Nicole Zuraitis | How Love Begins |
| 2023 | Samara Joy | Linger Awhile |
| 2022 | Esperanza Spalding | Songwrights Apothecary Lab |
| 2021 | Kurt Elling, Danilo Perez | Secrets Are The Best Stories |
| 2020 | Esperanza Spalding | 12 Little Spells |
| 2019 | Cécile McLorin Salvant | The Window |
| 2018 | Cécile McLorin Salvant | Dreams And Daggers |
| 2017 | Gregory Porter | Take Me To The Alley |
| 2016 | Cécile McLorin Salvant | For One To Love |
| 2015 | Dianne Reeves | Beautiful Life |
| 2014 | Gregory Porter | Liquid Spirit |
| 2013 | Esperanza Spalding | Radio Music Society |
| 2012 | Terri Lyne Carrington | The Mosaic Project |
| 2011 | Dee Dee Bridgewater | Eleanora Fagan (1915-1959): To Billie With Love From Dee Dee |
| 2010 | Kurt Elling | Dedicated To You: Kurt Elling Sings The Music Of Coltrane And Hartman |
| 2009 | Cassandra Wilson | Loverly |
| 2008 | Patti Austin | Avant Gershwin |
| 2007 | Nancy Wilson | Turned To Blue |
| 2006 | Dianne Reeves | Good Night, And Good Luck. |
| 2005 | Nancy Wilson | R.S.V.P. (Rare Songs, Very Personal) |
| 2004 | Dianne Reeves | A Little Moonlight |
| 2003 | Diana Krall | Live In Paris |
| 2002 | Dianne Reeves | The Calling |
| 2001 | Dianne Reeves | In The Moment - Live In Concert |
| 2000 | Diana Krall | When I Look In Your Eyes |
| 1999 | Shirley Horn | I Remember Miles |
| 1998 | Dee Dee Bridgewater | Dear Ella |
| 1997 | Cassandra Wilson | New Moon Daughter |
| 1996 | Lena Horne | An Evening With Lena Horne |
| 1995 | Etta James | Mystery Lady - Songs Of Billie Holiday |
| 1994 | Natalie Cole | Take A Look |
| 1993 | Bobby McFerrin | 'Round Midnight |
| 1992 | Take 6 | He Is Christmas |
| 1985 | Joe Williams | Nothin' But The Blues |
| 1980 | Ella Fitzgerald | Fine And Mellow |
| 1979 | Al Jarreau | All Fly Home |
| 1978 | Al Jarreau | Look To The Rainbow |
| 1977 | Ella Fitzgerald | Fitzgerald And Pass...Again |