Finalists for 2010 JJA Jazz Awards will be announced on April 15 -- watch this space. But to begin: here are the nominators who wracked their brains over recordings, performances, presentations and journalistic achievement from March 2009 to March 2010 -- and we'll be adding links to their sites and blogs, so please circle back to this post . . .
- Alain Drouot
- Alex Dutilh
- Andrey Henkin
- Andy Gilbert
- Antonio Terzo
- Becca Pulliam
- Bill King
- Bill Milkowski
- Bob Blumenthal
- Brett Delmage
- Carol Sudhalter
- Charles Sanders
- David Adler
- David Hajdu
- Don Heckman
- Doug Ramsey
- Fran Kaufman
- Francis Davis
- Fred Kaplan
- Gary Giddins
- Gene Marlow
- Geoff Himes
- George Kanzler
- Gordon Marshall
- Hank Shteamer
- Howard Mandel
- James Hale
- John Litweiler
- Joseph Lang
- Ken Dryden
- Larry Blumenfeld
- Laurence Donohue-Greene
- Linda Yohn
- Lois Gilbert
- Lyn Horton
- Marc Myers
- Marcela Breton
- Marek Lazarski
- Marcia Hillman
- Matthew Marshall
- Michael Jackson
- Mike West
- Mitchell Seidel
- Nancy Barrell
- Nate Chinen
- Neil Tesser
- Norm Harris
- Owen Cordle
- Philip Booth
- R.J. DeLuke
- Ralph Miriello
- Sanford Josephson
- Stuart Broomer
- Ted Panken
- Thomas Jacobsen
- Tom Conrad
- Tony Mottola
- Willard Jenkins
- W. Royal Stokes
- Yvonne Ervin