Full List Of Winners: 13th Annual Jazz Journalists Association Jazz Awards

jazzman — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 06:39:08 +0000

Here is the full list of winners announced at the 13th Annual Jazz Journalists Association Jazz Awards.

Lifetime Achievement in Jazz
Lee Konitz

Musician of the Year
Sonny Rollins

Composer of the Year
Maria Schneider

Up & Coming Artist of the Year
Esperanza Spalding

Events Producer of the Year
George Wein

New Festival Productions Record
of the Year
Appearing Nightly
Carla Bley Big Band
(Watt/ECM)

Latin Jazz Album of the Year
Song for Chico
Arturo O’Farrill
(Zoho)

Historical Recording/Reissue of the Year
Road Shows, Vol. 1
Sonny Rollins
(Doxy)

Historical Recording Boxed Set
The Lester Young/Count Basie Sessions 1936-40
(Mosaic)

Record Label of the Year
Mosaic

Female Singer of the Year
Cassandra Wilson

Male Singer of the Year
Kurt Elling

Instruments Rare in Jazz
Richard Galliano, accordion

Large Ensemble of the Year
Maria Schneider Orchestra

Arranger of the Year
Maria Schneider

Small Ensemble Group of the Year
SF Jazz Collective

Trumpeter of the Year
Terence Blanchard

Trombonist of the Year
Roswell Rudd

Tenor Saxophonist of the Year
Sonny Rollins

Alto Saxophonist of the Year
Rudresh Mahanthappa

Flutist of the Year
Frank Wess

Baritone Saxophonist of the Year
Gary Smulyan

Soprano Saxophonist of the Year
Branford Marsalis

Clarinetist of the Year
Anat Cohen

Guitarist of the Year
Bill Frisell

Pianist of the Year
Hank Jones

Organist of the Year
Dr. Lonnie Smith

Strings Player of the Year
Billy Bang

Bassist of the Year
William Parker

Electric Bassist of the Year
Steve Swallow

Mallet Instrumentalist of the Year
Joe Locke

Percussionist of the Year
Hamid Drake

Drummer of the Year
Brian Blade

Periodical of the year
Jazz Times

Website of the Year
AllAboutJazz.com

Blog of the Year
Jazz Beyond Jazz
(Howard Mandel)
www.artsjournal.com/jazzbeyondjazz

Best Book about Jazz
A Power Stronger Than Itself: The AACM and American Experimental Music
(George Lewis)
University of Chicago Press

Best Photo of the Year
Hank Jones, Montreal Jazz Festival 2008
(Kris King)

The Lona Foote–Bob Parent Award for Photography
John Abbott

The Willis Conover–Marian McPartland Award
for Broadcasting
Ben Young, Director, WKCR
(Columbia University)

The Helen Dance–Robert Palmer Award
for Review and Feature Writing
Nate Chinen

Lifetime Achievement in Jazz Journalism
Mike Zwerin

The Jazz Foundation of America and the Jazz
Journalists Association Special Career Honors
for Words with Music
Mark Murphy

A Team Awards for:

Herb Alpert
Musician, Producer, Jazz Supporter

Dr. Agnes Varis
Jazz Angel

Bruce Lundvall
Record Man

David N. Baker
Jazz Educator

Timuel Black
Cultural Historian

Steven Saltzman
Chicago Jazz Advocate

Ruth Price
The Jazz Bakery

Clarence Acox
Garfield High School
Jazz Band Leader

Scott Brown
Roosevelt High School
Jazz Band Leader

Peter Levinson
Author and Publicist

Richard Sudhalter
Author, Journalist, Musician

Winners Announced For 13th Annual Jazz Journalists Association Jazz Awards

jazzman — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 06:18:59 +0000

A large group of jazz’s best singers convened at the 13th annual Jazz Journalists Association Jazz Awards at the Jazz Standard Tuesday afternoon (June 16th) as Kurt Elling, Sheila Jordan, Roberta Gambarini, Giacomo Gates and Venissa Santî gathered around bebop-vocalist Mark Murphy to wish him well. Murphy, age 74, was recipient of the first “Words and Music” Awards, co-presented by the Jazz Journalists Association (JJA) and the Jazz Foundation of America, whose director Wendy Oxenhorn made an appeal for $20 donations to cover the crisis in housing and health care for musicians in need.

Kurt Elling was named Male Vocalist of the Year (Gambarini was Female Vocalist of the Year 2008). Besides the singers, the following awards winners were in attendance: Pianist Hank Jones (shown on the right), trumpeter Terrence Blanchard, alto saxophonist Rudresh Mahanthappa, Latin jazz bandleader Arturo O’Farrill, trombonist Roswell Rudd, violinist Billy Bang, reeds player Frank Wess, clarinetist Anat Cohen, organist Dr. Lonnie Smith and producer of the year George Wein. Nominees including vibeist Stefon Harris, saxophonist Noah Preminger, trombonist Clifton Anderson, flutist Jamie Baum, pianist Vijay Iyer, baritone saxophonist Claire Daly, multi-instrumentalist Scott Robinson, drummer Harris Eisenstadt and big band composer-conductor Darcy James Argue and Karen Mantler were in attendance. (see full list of winners)

So were a multitude of jazz journalists from the U.S. and overseas, including Gary Giddins, Dan Morgenstern, Ira Gitler, Francis Davis, Doug Ramsey, Dan Ouellette, Bill Milkowski, Marc Myers, David Hadju, David Adler, Art Lange, Fred Kaplan, Laurence Donohue-Greene, Chris Kelsey, Tim Wilkins, Nate Chinen, Ben Ratliff, Marcia Hillman, Hank Shteamer, Christian Broecking (Germany) and Cyril Moshkow (Russia), photographers John Abbott, Fran Kauffman, Enid Farber, Steven Sussman and broadcasters Linda Yohn (WEMU-Ypsilanti), Ben Young (WKCR-Columbia University and Becca Pulliam (WBGO-Newark) along with program director Thurston Briscoe and general manager Cephas Bowles.

- For further information about the Jazz Awards, go to www.JazzJournalists.org.
- For further information about the JJA go to www.Jazzhouse.org.

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Full List Of Winners: 13th Annual Jazz Journalists Association Jazz Awards

Winners Announced For 13th Annual Jazz Journalists Association Jazz Awards