Nominees for the ninth annual Jazz Journalists Association Jazz Awards, which benefit the Jazz Foundation of America’s Musicians Emergency Fund and the Jazz Journalists Association’s educational initiatives, have been announced. The awards ceremony will be on June 14 at B.B. King’s Blues Club and Grill in New York City. The JJA will also host a separate West Coast Jazz Awards Party at the Jazz Bakery in Los Angeles on May 29, which will honor Kenny Burrell, Gerald Wilson, Wadada Leo Smith, Charlie Haden and Craig Springer for their contributions to jazz education.
While the jazz awards honor jazz musicians and their supporters, the JJA will honor jazz activists for their humanitarian contributions to the art form; these nominees will be announced at a later date.
Tickets to the JJA Jazz Awards at B.B. King’s Blues Club and Grill are $50 to JJA members and nominees (after their two complimentary tickets) and $150 to the public. Tickets for the JJA Jazz Awards West Coast are $25 to JJA members, $75 to the public. More information and reservations can be found at www.jazzjournalistsawards.com.
The nominees are:
Lifetime Achievement in Jazz
Roy Haynes
Hank Jones
Lee Konitz
Sam Rivers
Musician of the Year
Dave Douglas
Dave Holland
Joe Lovano
Branford Marsalis
Up & Coming Musician of the Year
Sean Jones
Jeremy Pelt
Madeleine Peyroux
Manuel Valera
Jazz Album of the Year
Don Byron, Ivey Divey (Blue Note)
Branford Marsalis, Eternal (Marsalis Music)
Maria Schneider, Concert in the Garden (Artists Share)
Clark Terry, Porgy & Bess (A440)
Jazz Reissue of the Year, single CD
Duke Ellington, Blues in Orbit (Columbia Legacy)
Coleman Hawkins, Centennial Collection (BMG Bluebird)
Andrew Hill, Dance With Death (Blue Note)
Sam Rivers, Contours (Blue Note)
Jazz Reissue of the Year, boxed set
Albert Ayler, Holy Ghost (Revenant),
Miles Davis, Seven Steps: The Complete Columbia Recordings, 1963-1964
(Columbia Legacy)
Dexter Gordon, The Complete Prestige Recordings (Mosaic)
Various, The Complete Norman Granz Jam Sessions (Verve)
Jazz Record Label of the Year
Blue Note
Mosaic
Palmetto
Telarc
Jazz Events Producer of the Year
Todd Barkan/Jazz at Lincoln Center
Randall Kline/SFJazz
Patricia Nicholson-Parker/Vision Series
George Wein/Festival Productions
Jazz Composer of the Year
Dave Douglas
Fred Hersch
Dave Holland
Maria Schneider
Jazz Arranger of the Year
Bob Brookmeyer
Slide Hampton
Dave Holland
Maria Schneider
Male Jazz Singer of the Year
Andy Bey
Kurt Elling
Giacomo Gates
Kevin Mahogany
Female Jazz Singer of the Year
Dee Dee Bridgewater
Dianne Reeves
Luciana Souza
Cassandra Wilson
Latin Jazz Album of the Year
Charlie Haden, Land of the Sun (Verve)
Jerry Gonzalez, Y Los Piratas del Flamenco (Sunnyside)
Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Paseo (Blue Note)
Omar Sosa, Mulatos (OTA)
Small Ensemble Group of the Year (octet or smaller)
Bill Charlap Trio
Dave Douglas Quintet
Branford Marsalis Quartet
Jason Moran Trio
Bobby Watson & Horizon
Large Ensemble of the Year (nonet or larger, including big bands, jazz orchestras, contemporary symphonies, et. al.)
Dave Holland Big Band
Maria Schneider Big Band
Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra
Vanguard Jazz Orchestra
Trumpeter of the Year
Dave Douglas
Wynton Marsalis
Nicholas Payton
Clark Terry
Trombonist of the Year
Bob Brookmeyer
Robin Eubanks
Wycliffe Gordon
Roswell Rudd
Steve Turre
Player of the Year of Instruments Rare in JazzHoward Johnson, tuba
Gregoire Maret, harmonica
David Murray, bass clarinet
Scott Robinson, various reeds (bass sax, C-melody sax, etc.)
Bob Stewart, tuba
Alto Saxophonist of the Year
Ornette Coleman
Lee Konitz
Greg Osby
Phil Woods
Tenor Saxophonist of the Year
Joe Lovano
Branford Marsalis
Chris Potter
Sonny Rollins
Wayne Shorter
Soprano Saxophonist of the Year
Jane Ira Bloom
Dave Liebman
Branford Marsalis
Wayne Shorter
Baritone Saxophonist of the Year
Hamiet Bluiett
Ronnie Cuber
Claire Daly
Gary Smulyan
Clarinetist of the Year
Don Byron
Kenny Davern
Marty Ehrlich
Ken Peplowski
Flutist of the Year
Jamie Baum
Jane Bunnett
James Moody
Frank Wess
Pianist of the Year
Kenny Barron
Bill Charlap
Jason Moran
Cecil Taylor
Organ-keyboards of the Year
Joey DeFrancesco
Larry Goldings
Jimmy Smith
Dr. Lonnie Smith
Guitarist of the Year
Bill Frisell
Jim Hall
Russell Malone
Pat Metheny
John Scofield
Acoustic Bassist of the Year
Charlie Haden
Dave Holland
Christian McBride
William Parker
Electric Bassist of the Year
Richard Bona
Bob Cranshaw
Christian McBride
Steve Swallow
Strings Player of the Year (violin, cello, kora, harp, etc.)
Billy Bang
Regina Carter
Erik Friedlander
Jenny Scheinman
Mallets Player of the Year (vibes, marimba, etc.)
Gary Burton
Stefon Harris
Bobby Hutcherson
Steve Nelson
Percussionist of the Year
Don Alias
Ray Barretto
Kahil El¹Zabar
Giovanni Hidalgo
Poncho Sanchez
Drummer of the Year
Brian Blade
Jack DeJohnette
Winard Harper
Roy Haynes
JAZZ JOURNALISM CATEGORIES
Jazz Journalism Lifetime Achievement Award
Bob Blumenthal
Francis Davis
Mike Zwerin
Excellence in Jazz Broadcasting/the Willis Conover-Marian McPartland Award
Eric Jackson (WGBH-FM)
Linda Yohn (WEMU-FM)
Rhonda Hamilton (WBGO-FM)
Bob Perkins (WRTI-FM)
Jim Wilke (PRI/Jazz After Hours)
Ted Panken (WKCR-FM)
Excellence in Photography/the Lona Foote-Bob Parent Award
Jimmy Katz
Jack Vartoogian
Alan Nahigian
C. Andrew Hovan
Excellence in Newspaper, Magazine or Online Feature or Review Writing/the Helen Dance-Robert Palmer Award
Bill Milkowski (JazzTimes, various others)
Ted Panken (Down Beat, Jazziz, Barnes&Noble.com, New York Daily News)
Mike Zwerin (International Herald Tribune)
Nate Chinen (Philadelphia City Paper, Village Voice, various others)
Ben Ratliff (New York Times)
Best Periodical Covering Jazz
JazzTimes
Down Beat
Cadence
Signal to Noise
Best Website Concentrating on Jazz
Allaboutjazz.com
Jazzcorner.com
Allmusic.com
Jazztimes.com
Best Book About Jazz
Footprints: The Life and Work of Wayne Shorter, Michelle Mercer (Tarcher-Penguin)
Weather Bird: Jazz at the Dawn of Its Second Century, Gary Giddins (Oxford University Press)
Living With Jazz, Dan Morgenstern (Oxford University Press)
Jazz and Its Discontents, Francis Davis (Da Capo)
