2000s
| Year | Winner | Nominations |
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| 2012 | Adam Machado for Hear Me Howling!: Blues, Ballads & Beyond As Recorded By The San Francisco Bay By Chris Strachwitz In The 1960s | |
| 2011 | Robert Gordon for Keep an Eye on the Sky, performed by Big Star | |
| 2008 | Bruce Nemerov for John Work, III: Recording Black Culture performed by Various Artists | |
| 2007 | Dan Morgenstern for If You Got To Ask, You Ain't Got It! performed by Fats Waller | |
| 2006 | Alan Lomax, John Szwed for The Complete Library of Congress Recordings performed by Jelly Roll Morton | |
| 2005 | Loren Schoenberg for The Complete Columbia Recordings of Woody Herman and His Orchestra & Woodchoppers (1945-1947) performed by Woody Herman and His Orchestra | |
| 2004 | Tom Piazza for Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: A Musical Journey performed by Various Artists | |
| 2003 | David Evans for Screamin' and Hollerin' the Blues: The Worlds of Charley Patton performed by Charlie Patton | |
| 2002 | Walter Mosley for ...And It's Deep Too! The Complete Warner Bros. Recordings (1968-1992) performed by Richard Pryor Elijah Wald for Arhoolie Records 40th Anniversary Collection: 1960-2000 The Journey of Chris Strachwitz performed by Various Artists |
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| 2001 | Bob Blumenthal for The Complete Columbia Recordings 1955-1961 performed by Miles Davis & John Coltrane | |
| 2000 | Bob Blumenthal for The Classic Quartet: The Complete Impulse! Recordings performed by John Coltrane |
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