This article lists the winners and nominees for the

NAACP Image Award The NAACP Image Awards is an annual awards ceremony presented by the U.S.-based National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) to honor outstanding performances in film, television, theatre, music, and literature. Similar to ...

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

1990s

2000s

2010s

Multiple wins and nominations

Wins

; 4 wins * Quincy Jones ; 2 wins * Natalie Cole

Nominations

; 4 nominations * Quincy Jones ; 3 nominations * Wynton Marsalis ; 2 nominations *

Gerald Albright Gerald Albright is an American jazz saxophonist. He earned Grammys for 24/7 in 2012 and Slam Dunk in 2014 and has been nominated for New Beginnings in 2008 and for Sax for Stax in 2009. Biography Born in Los Angeles, Albright grew up in its ...

* Natalie Cole

References

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