Soul Train Music Award for Best Jazz Album explained

This page lists the winners and nominees for the Soul Train Music Award for Best Jazz Album. The award was first given during the 1989 ceremony, after the categories honoring solo albums and group albums were combined. The category was retired after the 1999 ceremony.

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.

1980s

Year	Artist	Single	Ref
1989
	Kenny G	Silhouette	^[1]
	Bobby McFerrin	Simple Pleasures
	Najee	Day by Day
	Sade	Stronger Than Pride

1990s

Year	Artist	Single	Ref
1990
	Quincy Jones	Back on the Block	^[2]
	Alex Bugnon	Love Seasons
	Kenny G	Kenny G Live
	Joe Sample	Spellbound
1991
	Najee	Tokyo Blue	^[3]
	Anita Baker	Compositions
	Branford Marsalis Quartet and Terence Blanchard	Music from Mo Better Blues
	Take 6	So Much to Say
1992
	Natalie Cole	Unforgettable... with Love	^[4]
	Gerald Albright	Dream Come True
	Alex Bugnon	107 in the Shade
	Fourplay	Fourplay
1993
	Najee	Just an Illusion	^[5]
	Gerald Albright	Live at Birdland West
	George Duke	Snapshot
	George Howard	Do I Ever Cross Your Mind
1994
	Kenny G	Breathless	^[6]
	George Benson	Love Remembers
	Terence Blanchard	The Malcolm X Jazz Suite
	Fourplay	Between the Sheets
1995
	Norman Brown	After the Storm	^[7]
	Gerald Albright	Smooth
	Various Artists	A Tribute to Miles
	Joshua Redman Quartet	Moodswing
1996
	Fourplay	Elixir	^[8]
	Boney James	Seduction
	Keiko Matsui	Sapphire
	Pat Metheny Group	We Live Here
1997
	Herbie Hancock	The New Standard	^[9]
	Quincy Jones	Q's Jook Joint
	Diana Krall
	Art Porter	Lay Your Hands on Me
1998
	Boney James	Sweet Thing	^[10]
	Zachary Breaux	Uptown Groove
	Dave Grusin	Dave Grusin Presents West Side Story
	The Williams Brothers	Black Diamond
1999
	Herbie Hancock	Gershwin's World	^[11]
	Olu Dara
	Russ Freeman and Craig Chaquico	From the Redwoods to the Rockies
	John Scofield	A Go Go

See also

• Soul Train Music Award for Best Jazz Album – Group, Band or Duo
• Soul Train Music Award for Best Jazz Album – Solo

Notes and References

1. Web site: Soul Train Music Awards 1989 Winners & Nominees . 2016-10-15.
2. Web site: Soul Train Music Awards 1990 Winners & Nominees . 2016-10-15.
3. Web site: Soul Train Music Awards 1991 Winners & Nominees . 2016-10-15.
4. Web site: Soul Train Music Awards 1992 Winners & Nominees . 2016-10-15.
5. Web site: Soul Train Music Awards 1993 Winners & Nominees . 2016-10-15.
6. Web site: Soul Train Music Awards 1994 Winners & Nominees . 2016-10-15.
7. Web site: Soul Train Music Awards 1994 Winners & Nominees . 2016-10-15.
8. Web site: Soul Train Music Awards 1996 Winners & Nominees . 2016-10-15.
9. Web site: 11th Annual (1997) Soul Train Music Awards . 2015-03-08 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20021016053649/http://soultrain.com/stma/11stma.html . October 16, 2002 .
10. Web site: Soul Train Music Awards 1998 Winners & Nominees . 2016-10-15.
11. Web site: Soul Train Music Awards 1999 Winners & Nominees . 2016-10-15.