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

YearArtistSingleRef
1989
Kenny GSilhouette[1]
Bobby McFerrinSimple Pleasures
NajeeDay by Day
SadeStronger Than Pride

1990s

YearArtistSingleRef
1990
Quincy JonesBack on the Block[2]
Alex BugnonLove Seasons
Kenny GKenny G Live
Joe SampleSpellbound
1991
NajeeTokyo Blue[3]
Anita BakerCompositions
Branford Marsalis Quartet and Terence BlanchardMusic from Mo Better Blues
Take 6So Much to Say
1992
Natalie ColeUnforgettable... with Love[4]
Gerald AlbrightDream Come True
Alex Bugnon107 in the Shade
FourplayFourplay
1993
NajeeJust an Illusion[5]
Gerald AlbrightLive at Birdland West
George DukeSnapshot
George HowardDo I Ever Cross Your Mind
1994
Kenny GBreathless[6]
George BensonLove Remembers
Terence BlanchardThe Malcolm X Jazz Suite
FourplayBetween the Sheets
1995
Norman BrownAfter the Storm[7]
Gerald AlbrightSmooth
Various ArtistsA Tribute to Miles
Joshua Redman QuartetMoodswing
1996
FourplayElixir[8]
Boney JamesSeduction
Keiko MatsuiSapphire
Pat Metheny GroupWe Live Here
1997
Herbie HancockThe New Standard[9]
Quincy JonesQ's Jook Joint
Diana Krall
Art PorterLay Your Hands on Me
1998
Boney JamesSweet Thing[10]
Zachary BreauxUptown Groove
Dave GrusinDave Grusin Presents West Side Story
The Williams BrothersBlack Diamond
1999
Herbie HancockGershwin's World[11]
Olu Dara
Russ Freeman and Craig ChaquicoFrom the Redwoods to the Rockies
John ScofieldA Go Go

See also

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.