This article lists the winners and nominees for theNAACP 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 are listed first and highlighted inbold.
| Year | Artist | Ref |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | ||
| Count Basie | [1] | |
| 1981 – 82 | — | |
| 1983 | ||
| Al Jarreau | [2] | |
| 1984 – 86 | — | |
| 1987 | ||
| Miles Davis | [3] | |
| Dexter Gordon | ||
| George Howard | ||
| Al Jarreau | ||
| Najee | ||
| 1988 | ||
| Ella Fitzgerald | [4] | |
| 1989 | ||
| Miles Davis | [5][6] | |
| Larry Jackson | ||
| Bobby Lyle | ||
| Joe Sample | ||
| Sherry Winston | ||
| Year | Artist | Ref |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | — | |
| 2011 | ||
| Stanley Jordan | [25] | |
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