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| 2010 JJA Jazz Awards Winners The winners for the 2010 JJA Jazz Awards honoring excellence in music-making and music documentation, nominated by 60 professional Jazz Journalists Association members. = winner 1. Lifetime Achievement in Jazz James Moody 2. Musician of the Year Vijay Iyer 3. Composer of the Year Maria Schneider 4. Up & Coming Artist of the Year Darcy James Argue 5. Events Producer of the Year George Wein, New Festival Productions LLC: CareFusion Jazz Festival New York, CareFusion Jazz Festival Newport, Newport Folk Festival 6. Record of the Year (CDs issued between March 1, 2009 and February 28, 2010) Folk Art, Joe Lovano, Blue Note Records 7. Historical Recording, Boxed Set, or Single CD Reissue of the Year (Note: Condensed editions of previously issued boxed sets are ineligible) Without a Song: Live in Europe 1969, Freddie Hubbard, Blue Note Records 8. DVD of the Year Anita O' Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer, AOD Productions/Elan Entertainment 9. Record Label of the Year Pi Recordings 10. Female Singer of the Year Roberta Gambarini 11. Male Singer of the Year Kurt Elling 12. Player of Instruments Rare in Jazz Edmar Castaneda, harp 13. Large Ensemble of the Year Darcy James Argue's Secret Society 14. Arranger of the Year Maria Schneider 15. Small Ensemble of the Year (less than 10 pieces) Joe Lovano Us Five 16. Trumpeter of the Year Terence Blanchard 17. Trombonist of the Year Roswell Rudd 18. Tenor Saxophonist of the Year Joe Lovano 19. Alto Saxophonist of the Year Rudresh Mahanthappa 20. Flutist of the Year Nicole Mitchell 21. Baritone Saxophonist of the Year Gary Smulyan 22. Soprano Saxophonist of the Year Evan Parker 23. Clarinetist of the Year Anat Cohen 24. Guitarist of the Year Jim Hall 25. Pianist of the Year Kenny Barron 26. Organist of the Year Dr. Lonnie Smith 27. Violinist of the Year Regina Carter 28. Bassist of the Year (includes Acoustic & Electric) Dave Holland 29. Mallet Instrumentalist of the Year Stefon Harris 30. Percussionist of the Year Cyro Baptista 31. Drummer of the Year Paul Motian 32. Periodical of the Year Jazz Times 33. Website of the Year AllAboutJazz.com 34. Blog of the Year Rifftides, Doug Ramsey 35. Best Book about Jazz Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original, Robin D.G. Kelley, Free Press 36. Best Liner Notes The Complete Louis Armstrong Decca Sessions (1935-1946), by Dan Morgenstern 37. Photo of the Year Tom Harrell at the Moscow International Performance Arts Center by Lena Adasheva 38. The Helen Dance-Robert Palmer Award for Review and Feature Writing (Print and/or Online) Nate Chinen: The New York Times; JazzTimes 39. The Willis Conover-Marian McPartland Award for Broadcasting Josh Jackson, Host of "The Checkout, " "Live at the Village Vanguard, " WBGO.org, Newark 40. The Lona Foote-Bob Parent Award for Photography Mitchell Seidel: Hot House, JazzTimes, Down Beat, Jazz Journal International, Swing Journal, Musica Jazz; album covers. 41. Lifetime Achievement in Jazz Journalism Don Heckman: The International Review of Music), Notes from the Left Coast; the Los Angeles Times, Jazz Times; 1960s-'70s: The New York Times, Village Voice, Down Beat, Metronome, the Jazz Review, liner notes. write your comments about the article :: © 2010 Jazz News :: home page |