Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album | |
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Awarded for | Quality performances in the vocal jazz music genre |
Country | United States |
Presented by | National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences |
First awarded | 1977 |
Currently held by | Samara Joy – Linger Awhile (2023) |
Website | grammy |
The Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album is an award presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards,[1] to recording artists for quality works (songs or albums) in the vocal jazz music genre. Awards in several categories are presented at the ceremony annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to "honor artistic achievement, technical proficiency and overall excellence in the recording industry, without regard to album sales or chart position".[2]