| Grammy Award for Best Alternative Jazz Album | |
|---|---|
_(cropped).jpg) Meshell Ndegeocello, the award's inaugural recipient for The Omnichord Real Book | |
| Awarded for | Quality vocal or instrumental alternative jazz recordings (albums only) |
| Presented by | National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences |
| First awarded | 2024 |
| Currently held by | Meshell Ndegeocello – The Omnichord Real Book (2024) |
| Website | grammy.com |
The Grammy Award for Best Alternative Jazz is an award presented by the Recording Academy to honor quality alternative jazz music performances in any given year. The award will be presented for the first time at the 66th Annual Grammy Awards in 2024, and is the first new category in the jazz genre field since 1995.
The academy announced the new category in June 2023, stating that the award "recognizes artistic excellence in Alternative Jazz albums by individuals, duos and groups/ensembles, with or without vocals." The academy defines alternative jazz as "a genre-blending, envelope-pushing hybrid that mixes jazz (improvisation, interaction, harmony, rhythm, arrangements, composition, and style) with other genres, including R&B, Hip-Hop, Classical, Contemporary Improvisation, Experimental, Pop, Rap, Electronic/Dance music, and/or Spoken Word. It may also include the contemporary production techniques/instrumentation associated with other genres."[1][2][3]
- ^ Morgan Enos (June 13, 2023). "Three New Categories Added For The 2024 GRAMMYs: Best African Music Performance, Best Alternative Jazz Album & Best Pop Dance Recording". Grammys.com. Retrieved June 14, 2023.
- ^ Paul Grein (June 13, 2023). "Here's Everything We Know About the 3 New Grammy Categories for 2024". Billboard. Retrieved June 14, 2023.
- ^ Anagricel Duran (June 14, 2023). "Grammys 2024 to add three new awards categories – including Best African Music Performance". NME. Retrieved June 14, 2023.