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| JJA Jazz Awards 2011 Nominees These finalist nominees for the 2011 JJA Jazz Awards for Music and Media will be voted on by professional members of the Jazz Journalists Association to select a winner in each category. Winners will be announced at the JJA Jazz Awards Gala on June 11, 2011 at City Winery, NYC Lifetime Achievement in Jazz Jimmy Heath Muhal Richard Abrams Paul Motian Phil Woods Wayne Shorter Musician of the Year Esperanza Spalding Jason Moran Joe Lovano Sonny Rollins Vijay Iyer Composer of the Year Henry Threadgill Jason Moran John Hollenbeck Maria Schneider Up and Coming Artist of the Year Ambrose Akinmusire Darius Jones Gerald Clayton Jon Irabagon Recording of the Year Apex - Rudresh Mahanthappa and Bunky Green (Pi Recordings) The Art of the Improviser - Matthew Shipp (Thirsty Ear) Bird Songs - Joe Lovano Us Five (Blue Note) Mirror - Charles Lloyd Quartet (ECM) Ten - Jason Moran (Blue Note) Historical Recording, Boxed Set or Single CD Reissue of the Year Bitches Brew: 40th Anniversary Collector's Edition - Miles Davis (Columbia Legacy) The Complete Ahmad Jamal Trio Argo Sessions 1952 - 62 - Ahmad Jamal Trio (Mosaic) The Complete 1932-1940 Brunswick, Columbia, and Master Recordings of Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra - Duke Ellington (Mosaic) The Complete Novus & Columbia Recordings of Henry Threadgill & Air – Henry Threadgill & Air - Mosaic The Complete Revelation Sessions - John Carter and Bobby Bradford (Mosaic) Record label of the Year Blue Note Clean Feed ECM Pi Sunnyside Female Singer of the Year Cassandra Wilson Dee Dee Bridgewater Gretchen Parlato Rebecca Martin Roberta Gambarini Male Singer of the Year Bobby McFerrin Freddy Cole Giacomo Gates Gregory Porter Kurt Elling Large Ensemble of the Year Darcy James Argue's Secret Society Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis John Hollenbeck Large Ensemble Maria Schneider Orchestra Mingus Big Band Vanguard Jazz Orchestra Small Ensemble of the Year Charles Lloyd Quartet Henry Threadgill Zooid Jason Moran and The Bandwagon Joe Lovano Us Five Wayne Shorter Quartet Arranger of the Year Bill Holman Carla Bley Darcy James Argue David Weiss Maria Schneider Vince Mendoza Trumpeter of the Year Ambrose Akinmusire Dave Douglas Jeremy Pelt Nicholas Payton Tom Harrell Wynton Marsalis Trombonist of the Year Conrad Herwig Roswell Rudd Steve Davis Steve Swell Steve Turre Wycliffe Gordon Tenor Saxophonist of the Year Chris Potter Joe Lovano Jon Irabagon Sonny Rollins Tony Malaby Wayne Shorter Alto Saxophonist of the Year Lee Konitz Miguel Zenon Ornette Coleman Phil Woods Rudresh Mahanthappa Steve Coleman Baritone Saxophonist Claire Daly Gary Smulyan James Carter Joe Temperley Scott Robinson Soprano Saxophonist of the Year Dave Liebman Evan Parker Jane Bunnett Jane Ira Bloom Sam Newsome Wayne Shorter Clarinetist of the Year Anat Cohen Ben Goldberg Don Byron Evan Christopher James Falzone Ken Peplowski Flutist of the Year Charles Lloyd Henry Threadgill Lew Tabackin Mark Weinstein Nicole Mitchell Guitarist of the Year Bill Frisell Jim Hall Marc Ribot Mary Halvorson Russell Malone Pianist of the Year Fred Hersch Geri Allen Jason Moran Kenny Barron Matthew Shipp Vijay Iyer Bassist of the Year Charlie Haden Christian McBride Dave Holland Ron Carter William Parker Drummer of the Year Eric Harland Lewis Nash Matt Wilson Nasheet Waits Paul Motian Roy Haynes Percussionist of the Year Adam Rudolph Bobby Sanabria Cyro Baptista Hamid Drake Kahil El'Zabar Organist/Keyboardist of the Year Craig Taborn Dr. Lonnie Smith Gary Versace Joey DeFrancesco Larry Goldings Mallet Instrumentalist of the Year Gary Burton Jason Adasiewicz Joe Locke Stefon Harris Steve Nelson Violinist of the Year Billy Bang Christian Howes Jenny Scheinman Mark Feldman Regina Carter Player of the Year Instruments Rare in Jazz Bela Fleck, banjo Fred Lonberg-Holm, cello Howard Johnson, tuba Rudi Mahall, bass clarinet Scott Robinson, specialty brass and reeds Toots Thielemans, harmonica 2011 Nominees for JJA JAZZ AWARDS: MEDIA Periodical/Website of the Year AllAboutJazz.com DownBeat JazzTimes The New York City Jazz Record (formerly AllAboutJazz-New York) Signal To Noise Blog of the Year A Blog Supreme, by Patrick Jarenwattananon Do The Math, by Ethan Iverson JazzBeyondJazz, by Howard Mandel JazzWax, by Marc Myers Rifftides, by Doug Ramsey Best Book About Jazz A Biographical Guide To The Great Jazz And Pop Singers, by Will Friedwald (Pantheon) African Rhythms: The Autobiography of Randy Weston, composed by Randy Weston/arranged by Willard Jenkins (Duke University Press) I Walked With Giants: The Autobiography of Jimmy Heath, by Jimmy Heath and Joseph McLaren (Temple University Press) Saxophone Colossus: A Portrait of Sonny Rollins, photographs by John Abbott, text by Bob Blumenthal (Abrams) Where the Dark and the Light Folks Meet: Race and the Mythology, Politics, and Business of Jazz, by Randall Sandke - Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Best Liner Notes of the Year Dan Morgenstern - It's About That Time, Hot Club of Detroit (Mack Avenue) Hank Shteamer – The Complete Novus & Columbia Recordings of Henry Threadgill & Air (Mosaic) Steven Lasker – The Complete 1932-1940 Brunswick, Columbia, and Master Recordings of Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra (Mosaic) The Helen Dance-Robert Palmer Award for Review and Feature Writing Ben Ratliff Larry Blumenfeld Marc Myers Nate Chinen The Willis Conover–Marian McPartland Award for Broadcasting Gary Walker Jim Wilke Josh Jackson Linda Yohn Phil Schapp The Lona Foote- Bob Parent Award for Photography Jimmy Katz John Abbott Michael Jackson Mitchell Seidel Lifetime Achievement in Jazz Journalism Amiri Baraka (also writing as Leroi Jones) Ben Ratliff Bill Milkowski Stanley Crouch Short Form Video of the Year Henry Threadgill: Playing It Unsafe - Jeremy Robins, producer/director I Heart Jazz - Alan Mezquida, producer/director Jazz Robots - Joe Hundertmark, producer/director Sonny Rollins: Getting It Back Together - Bret Primack, producer/director TK Blue: Latin Bird, by Brian Grady - producer/director Photo of the Year Benny Powell by Lena Adasheva Carla Bley by John Watson Esperanza Spalding by Andrea Canter Maceo Parker by Bill King Sonny Rollins by John Abbott Tom Harrell by David Kawai write your comments about the article :: © 2011 Jazz News :: home page |