NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Jazz Artist explained

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	colspan="2"
1983
	Al Jarreau	^[2]
1984 – 86	colspan="2"
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	colspan="2"
1992
	Natalie Cole	^[7] ^[8]
	Shirley Horn
	Earl Klugh
	Wynton Marsalis
	Dianne Reeves
1993
	Wynton Marsalis	^[9]
1994
	Kenny G	^[10]
1995	colspan="2"
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

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

Notes and References

1. News: Billboard. 21 January 2017. Nielsen Business Media, Inc.. 20 December 1980. en.
2. News: The Crisis. 21 January 2017. The Crisis Publishing Company, Inc.. 1 March 1984. en.
3. Web site: NAACP Announces Nominees for Show Business Honors. Associated Press.
4. Web site: Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc.. 21 January 2017. en. 20 December 1980.
5. News: 1989 Image Award Winners . Pogatchnik . Shawn . . August 17, 2016.
6. Web site: NAACP Image Award Nominees Announced. Associated Press.
7. Web site: 1992 Image Award Winners . Awardsandwinners . 30 June 2016.
8. Web site: NAACP Image Award Nominees Announced. Associated Press.
9. Web site: 1993 Image Awards. Awardsandwinners. July 31, 2016.
10. Web site: NAACP Image Award winners.
11. Web site: 1996 Image Awards . Awardsandwinners. July 31, 2016.
12. Web site: 1997 Image Awards . Awardsandwinners. July 31, 2016.
13. Web site: Billboard. 25 January 1997.
14. Web site: 1998 Image Awards. Awardsandwinners. July 31, 2016.
15. Web site: 1999 Image Awards. Awardsandwinners. July 31, 2016.
16. Web site: The Crisis. December 1998.
17. Web site: 2000 Image Awards. Awardsandwinners. July 31, 2016.
18. Web site: 2001 Image Awards. Awardsandwinners. July 31, 2016.
19. Web site: 2002 Image Awards. Awardsandwinners. July 31, 2016.
20. Web site: 2003 Image Awards. Awardsandwinners. July 31, 2016.
21. Web site: 2004 Image Awards . Awardsandwinners. July 31, 2016.
22. Web site: 2005 Image Awards. Awardsandwinners. July 31, 2016.
23. Web site: 2006 Image Awards . Awardsandwinners. July 31, 2016.
24. Web site: 2007 Image Awards. Awardsandwinners. July 31, 2016.
25. Web site: 2011 Image Awards. Awardsandwinners. July 31, 2016.