Grammy Award for Best Latin Jazz Album

Honors in several categories are presented at the ceremony annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to "honor artistic achievement, technical proficiency and overall excellence in the recording industry, without regard to album sales or chart position".

The name of the category was changed to Best Latin Jazz Album in 2001, the same year producers, engineers, and/or mixers associated with the winning work became award recipients in addition to the recording artists.

According to the category description guide for the 52nd Grammy Awards, the award is presented to "vocal or instrumental albums containing at least 51% playing time of newly recorded material", with the intent to recognize the "blending" of jazz music with Argentinian, Brazilian, Iberian-American, and Latin tango music.

Since its inception, the award has been presented to musicians or groups originating from Brazil, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, and the United States.

However following protests and a lawsuit made by Latin jazz musicians Bobby Sanabria, Eugene Marlow, Ben Lapidus, and Mark Levine filed by attorney Roger Maldonado, the Recording Academy reinstated the category the following year 2013 for the 55th Grammy Awards.

A man wearing glasses and a jacket, playing a trumpet behind a microphone.
Two-time award winner Arturo Sandoval , performing in 2008
A man wearing a pin-striped suit with his eyes closed.
1998 award winner Roy Hargrove , performing at the North Sea Jazz Festival in Rotterdam in 2006
A man in a suit and tie, sitting in a black chair. He is also wearing eyeglasses, a ring, and accessories on his wrist.
Five-time award winner Chucho Valdés in 2007
Three-time winner, Paquito D'Rivera
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Two-time award winner Charlie Haden , performing in 2007
A man in a patterned shirt playing a piano in a dark-lit room. Behind him is a man holding a video camera pointed towards the piano player's hands.
2004 award winner Michel Camilo in 2007
Arturo O'Farrill has won four times alongside the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra.