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 colspan="2" 1983 Al Jarreau 1984 – 86 colspan="2" 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 colspan="2" 1992 Natalie Cole Shirley Horn Earl Klugh Wynton Marsalis Dianne Reeves 1993 Wynton Marsalis 1994 Kenny G 1995 colspan="2" 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 2008 – 09 colspan="2"

2010s Year Artist Ref 2010 colspan="2" 2011 Stanley Jordan

Multiple wins and nominations Wins

4 wins Quincy Jones

2 wins Natalie Cole

Nominations

4 nominations Quincy Jones

3 nominations Wynton Marsalis

2 nominations Gerald Albright Natalie Cole

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