NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Jazz Artist

This article lists the winners and nominees for the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Jazz Artist. The award was first given during the 1980 ceremony and was later retired in 2011. Quincy Jones holds the record for most wins in this category with four.

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.

1980s

Year Artist Ref
1980
Count Basie [1]
1981 – 82 —
1983
Al Jarreau [2]
1984 – 86 —
1987
Miles Davis [3]
Dexter Gordon
George Howard
Al Jarreau
Najee
1988
Ella Fitzgerald [4]
1989
Miles Davis [5][6]
Larry Jackson
Bobby Lyle
Joe Sample
Sherry Winston

1990s

Year Artist Ref
1990 – 91 —
1992
Natalie Cole [7][8]
Shirley Horn
Earl Klugh
Wynton Marsalis
Dianne Reeves
1993
Wynton Marsalis [9]
1994
Kenny G [10]
1995 —
1996
Quincy Jones [11]
Gerald Albright
George Duke
Rachelle Farrell
Dianne Reeves
1997
Quincy Jones [12][13]
Cassandra Wilson
Dianne Reeves
George Benson
Branford Marsalis
1998
Kenny G [14]
1999
Lena Horne [15][16]
Carmen McRae
Herbie Hancock
Najee
Will Downing & Gerald Albright

2000s

Year Artist Ref
2000
Quincy Jones [17]
Branford Marsalis
Wynton Marsalis
Dianne Reeves
Cassandra Wilson
2001
Grover Washington, Jr. [18]
2002
Quincy Jones [19]
2003
Natalie Cole [20]
2004
Ramsey Lewis [21]
2005
Nancy Wilson [22]
Gerald Albright
Regina Belle
Al Jarreau
Wynton Marsalis
2006
Najee [23]
Jermaine Gardner
Onaje Allan Gumbs
Billy Miles
Mike Phillips
2007
Gladys Knight [24]
Gerald Albright
Regina Carter
George Duke
Take 6
2008 – 09 —

2010s

Year Artist Ref
2010 —
2011
Stanley Jordan [25]

Multiple wins and nominations

Wins

Nominations

References

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