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
1980	Count Basie	^[1]
1981 – 82	—
1983
1983	Al Jarreau	^[2]
1984 – 86	—
1987
	Miles Davis	^[3]
	Dexter Gordon
	George Howard
	Al Jarreau
	Najee
1988
1988	Ella Fitzgerald	^[4]
1989		^[4]
	Miles Davis	^[5]^[6]
	Larry Jackson
	Bobby Lyle
	Joe Sample
	Sherry Winston

1990s

Year	Artist	Ref
1990 – 91	—
1992
	Natalie Cole	^[7]^[8]
	Shirley Horn
	Earl Klugh
	Wynton Marsalis
	Dianne Reeves
1993
1993	Wynton Marsalis	^[9]
1994
1994	Kenny G	^[10]
1995	—
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
1998	Kenny G	^[14]
1999		^[14]
	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
2001	Grover Washington, Jr.	^[18]
2002		^[18]
2002	Quincy Jones	^[19]
2003		^[19]
2003	Natalie Cole	^[20]
2004		^[20]
2004	Ramsey Lewis	^[21]
2005		^[21]
	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

Year	Artist	Ref
2010	—
2011
	Stanley Jordan	^[25]

Multiple wins and nominations

Wins

4 wins

Quincy Jones

2 wins

Natalie Cole

Nominations

4 nominations

Quincy Jones

3 nominations

Wynton Marsalis

2 nominations

References

^ "Billboard". Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 20 December 1980. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
^ "The Crisis". The Crisis Publishing Company, Inc. 1 March 1984. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
^ "NAACP Announces Nominees for Show Business Honors". Associated Press.
^ "Billboard". Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 20 December 1980. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
^ Pogatchnik, Shawn. "1989 Image Award Winners". LA Times. Retrieved August 17, 2016.
^ "NAACP Image Award Nominees Announced". Associated Press.
^ "1992 Image Award Winners". Awardsandwinners. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
^ "NAACP Image Award Nominees Announced". Associated Press.
^ "1993 Image Awards". Awardsandwinners. Retrieved July 31, 2016.
^ "NAACP Image Award winners".
^ "1996 Image Awards". Awardsandwinners. Retrieved July 31, 2016.
^ "1997 Image Awards". Awardsandwinners. Retrieved July 31, 2016.
^ "Billboard". 25 January 1997.
^ "1998 Image Awards". Awardsandwinners. Retrieved July 31, 2016.
^ "1999 Image Awards". Awardsandwinners. Retrieved July 31, 2016.
^ "The Crisis". December 1998.
^ "2000 Image Awards". Awardsandwinners. Retrieved July 31, 2016.
^ "2001 Image Awards". Awardsandwinners. Retrieved July 31, 2016.
^ "2002 Image Awards". Awardsandwinners. Retrieved July 31, 2016.
^ "2003 Image Awards". Awardsandwinners. Retrieved July 31, 2016.
^ "2004 Image Awards". Awardsandwinners. Retrieved July 31, 2016.
^ "2005 Image Awards". Awardsandwinners. Retrieved July 31, 2016.
^ "2006 Image Awards". Awardsandwinners. Retrieved July 31, 2016.
^ "2007 Image Awards". Awardsandwinners. Retrieved July 31, 2016.
^ "2011 Image Awards". Awardsandwinners. Retrieved July 31, 2016.

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[2] "The Crisis". The Crisis Publishing Company, Inc. 1 March 1984. Retrieved 21 January 2017.

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[4] "Billboard". Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 20 December 1980. Retrieved 21 January 2017.

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[6] "NAACP Image Award Nominees Announced". Associated Press.

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