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
1981 – 82
1983
Al Jarreau
1984 – 86
1987
Miles Davis
Dexter Gordon
George Howard
Al Jarreau
Najee
1988
Ella Fitzgerald
1989
Miles Davis
Larry Jackson
Bobby Lyle
Joe Sample
Sherry Winston

1990s

Year Artist Ref
1990 – 91
1992
Natalie Cole
Shirley Horn
Earl Klugh
Wynton Marsalis
Dianne Reeves
1993
Wynton Marsalis
1994
Kenny G
1995
1996
Quincy Jones
Gerald Albright
George Duke
Rachelle Farrell
Dianne Reeves
1997
Quincy Jones
Cassandra Wilson
Dianne Reeves
George Benson
Branford Marsalis
1998
Kenny G
1999
Lena Horne
Carmen McRae
Herbie Hancock
Najee
Will Downing & Gerald Albright

2000s

Year Artist Ref
2000
Quincy Jones
Branford Marsalis
Wynton Marsalis
Dianne Reeves
Cassandra Wilson
2001
Grover Washington, Jr.
2002
Quincy Jones
2003
Natalie Cole
2004
Ramsey Lewis
2005
Nancy Wilson
Gerald Albright
Regina Belle
Al Jarreau
Wynton Marsalis
2006
Najee
Jermaine Gardner
Onaje Allan Gumbs
Billy Miles
Mike Phillips
2007
Gladys Knight
Gerald Albright
Regina Carter
George Duke
Take 6
200809

2010s

Year Artist Ref
2010
2011
Stanley Jordan

Multiple wins and nominations

Wins

Nominations


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