2018 Winners

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Congratulations to all the winners of the 22nd annual Jazz Journalists Association Jazz Awards  listed below. Professional Journalist Members of the JJA made open nominations in a first selection round; those who received the most nominations advanced to the final ballot.
2018 Nominees in all categories

Awards shown in photo are for 2014

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2018 WINNERS IN JAZZ MUSIC AND RECORDING

Lifetime Achievement in Jazz

Benny Golson

Musician of the Year:

Matt Wilson





Up and Coming Musician of the Year:

Jazzmeia Horn



Composer of the Year


Maria Schneider





Arranger of the Year:


Maria Schneider




 Record of the Year:

Honey and Salt: Music Inspired by the Poetry of Carl Sandburg
Matt Wilson
 (Palmetto)

Historical Record of the Year:

Les Liaisons Dangereuses - 1960
Thelonious Monk
 (Sam/Saga)


Record Label/Platform of the Year:

Resonance Records





Male Vocalist of the Year:

Kurt Elling

Female Vocalist of the Year:

Cecile McLorin Salvant

Large Ensemble of the Year:

Maria Schneider Orchestra

Jazz Band of the Year: 

Vijay Iyer Sextet

Trumpeter of the Year:

Tom Harrell  





Trombonist of the Year:

Wycliffe Gordon   

Multi-reeds Player of the Year:

Roscoe Mitchell

Alto Saxophonist of the Year:

Miguel Zenon

Tenor Saxophonist of the Year:

Chris Potter  


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Baritone Saxophonist of the Year:

Claire Daly

Soprano Saxophonist of the Year:

Jane Ira Bloom

Flutist of the Year:

Nicole Mitchell

Clarinetist of the Year:

Anat Cohen

Guitarist of the Year:

Mary Halvorson

Pianist of the Year:

Fred Hersch




Keyboards player of the Year:

Dr. Lonnie Smith

Bassist of the Year:

Linda May Han Oh

Violinist/Violist/Cellist of the Year: 

Tomeka Reid

Percussionist of the Year:

Zakir Hussain

Mallets Instrumentalist of the Year:

Joe Locke





Traps Drummer of the Year:

Jack DeJohnette  

Player of Instruments Rare 
in Jazz of the Year:

Gary Versace, accordion  





Each of the above 2017 JJA Jazz Award winners for music will receive the Award at one of his or her upcoming performances.


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2018 JJA Jazz Awards for Journalism and Media

Lifetime Achievement in Jazz Journalism

Patricia Willard






Jazz Periodical of the Year
(category combines the previous Jazz Publication of the Year and Jazz Website of the year categories)
DownBeat

Jazz Blog of the Year
JazzWax by Marc Myers

Jazz Book of the Year
Good Things Happen Slowly  (Crown Archetype)
 by Fred Hersch

Robert Palmer-Helen Oakley Dance Award for Excellence in Writing in 2017
Nate Chinen


The Marian McPartland - Willis Conover Award
for Career Excellence in Broadcasting
Neil Tesser

The Lona Foote -- Bob Parent Award 
for Career Excellence in Photography
Michael Jackson

Jazz Photo of the Year

Photographer: Richard Conde

Subject: Roy Haynes
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Jazz Album Art of the Year 

Artwork by Simon Grendene
for Morphogenesis 
by Steve Coleman’s Natal Eclipse (Pi Recordings)


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2018 Nominees in all categories 

2018 JJA Jazz Heroes were also named  in twenty locales around the U.S. 


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