Latin Grammy Award for Best Latin Jazz/Jazz Album

[1] The award has been given to artists since the 1st Latin Grammy Awards in 2000 for vocal or instrumental albums containing more than half of its playing time of newly recorded material in Spanish or Portuguese.

[4] The award was first presented as a tie between Michel Camilo and Tomatito for Spain and Paquito D'Rivera for Tropicana Nights.

Bebo Valdés won the award twice for albums which also earned the Grammy Award: Bebo de Cuba received the Best Traditional Tropical Latin Album accolade in 2005,[5] while Juntos Para Siempre, by Bebo and Chucho Valdés won for Latin Jazz Album in 2010.

[6] Chucho Valdés has won the award five times while Bebo, Camilo, D'Rivera, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, and Arturo Sandoval have been awarded twice.

[7] Since its inception, the award has been presented to musicians or ensembles originating from Brazil, Cuba, Dominican Republic, United States, and Spain.

Seven-time winner, Paquito D'Rivera
Two-time winner Gonzalo Rubalcaba .
A man sitting in front of a piano, playing the keys.
Michel Camilo received the award in 2000 for his album Spain and in 2013 for What's Up?
An old man sitting with his arms folded.
Bebo Valdés , awarded twice in this category and in the same field for the Grammy Awards
Five-time winner Chucho Valdés .
Two-time winner Arturo Sandoval .
2010 winner João Donato .
Two-time winner Hermeto Pascoal .
Two-time winner Chick Corea .