Our congratulations, also to the 2019 Nominees in all categories
2019 JJA Jazz Awards winners will receive their awards during performances or other public events this summer.
2019 WINNERS IN JAZZ MUSIC AND RECORDING
Lifetime Achievement in JazzAhmad Jamal
Jazz Musician of the Year
Wayne Shorter
Up and Coming Musician of the Year
Linda May Han Oh
Composer of the Year
Wayne Shorter
Arranger of the Year
Maria Schneider
Record of the Year
West Side Story Reimagined
Bobby Sanabria Multiverse Big Band (Jazzheads)
Historical Record of the Year
Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album
John Coltrane (Impulse!/Verve)
Record Label of the Year
ECM
Male Vocalist of the Year
Kurt Elling
Female Vocalist of the Year
Cécile McLorin Salvant
Large Ensemble of the Year
Orrin Evans and the Captain Black Big Band
Mid-sized Ensemble of the Year
Wayne Shorter Quartet
Trumpeter of the Year
Ingrid Jensen
Trombonist of the Year
Wycliffe Gordon
Multi-Reeds Player of the Year
Scott Robinson
Alto Saxophonist of the Year
Miguel Zénon
Tenor Saxophonist of the Year
Chris Potter
Baritone Saxophonist of the Year
Gary Smulyan
Soprano Saxophonist of the Year
Jane Ira Bloom
Lucy Gram
Flutist of the Year
Nicole Mitchell
Clarinetist of the Year
Anat Cohen
Guitarist of the Year
Bill Frisell
Pianist of the Year
Kenny Barron
Dr. Lonnie Smith
Bassist of the Year
Linda May Han Oh
Violinist-Violist-Cellist of the Year
Tomeka Reid
Percussionist of the Year
Pedrito Martinez
Mallet Instrumentalist of the Year
Joe Locke
Photo:
Alexandros Lambrovassilis
Traps Drummer of the Year
Brian Blade
Player of the Year of Instruments Rare in Jazz
Scott Robinson
2019 WINNERS IN JAZZ JOURNALISM
Lifetime Achievement in Jazz Journalism
John Szwed
John Szwed has written the biographies Space Is the Place: The Lives and Times of Sun Ra, So What: The Life of Miles Davis, Billie Holiday: The Musician and The Myth, and Alan Lomax: The Man Who Recorded the World, and authored Jazz 101: A Complete Guide to Learning and Loving Jazz; Crossovers: Essays on Race, Music and Culture; Lovers, and Jazz: An American Story for Jazz at Lincoln Center. He was Louis Armstrong Professor of Jazz, Director of the Center for Jazz Studies, and editor of JazzStudiesOnline.org at Columbia University. He’s written for Epistrophy, The Wire, Jazziz, Pulse, and The Village Voice (1979-2009), and was the music critic for Terry Gross’s, Fresh Air (1980-1982). Szwed is editor of the Jazz Perspectives Book Series, University of Michigan Press, has produced records for Evidence and Mixtery, and was awarded a Grammy in 2005.
Print-Periodical-Website of the Year
Blog of the Year
Do The Math- Ethan Iverson
Book of the Year
Sophisticated Giant: The Life and Legacy of Dexter Gordon
by Maxine Gordon (University of California Press)
The Helen Dance - Robert Palmer Award for Excellence in Writing in 2018
Nate Chinen
The Marian McPartland-Willis Conover Award for Career Excellence in Broadcasting
Tom Reney "Jazz a la Mode", WFCR, New England Public Radio
The Lona Foote-Bob Parent Award for Career Excellence in Photography
Val Wilmer
Photo:
©Lucinda Douglas-Menzies
Album Art of the Year
Charles Henry Alston
for Echoes of Harlem by Mat Jodrell (Nicholas Records)
Photo of the Year
Adriana Mateo
Roy Hargrove at the Umbria Jazz Festival Teatro Morlacchi, Perugia, 7/15/2018
2019 Nominees in all categories
2019 JJA Jazz Heroes were also named in twenty locales around the U.S.
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