JJA Jazz Awards 2013 Nominees
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UPDATE: 2013 WINNERS ARE HIGHLIGHTED BELOW
These are the finalist nominees for the 2013 JJA Jazz Awards. Nominees in the first 35 categories were chosen by the votes of the Professional Journalist Members of the Jazz Journalists Association. Nominations were made on the basis of work done in calendar year 2012, with the exception of Lifetime Achievement Awards categories, in which nominations are for a lifetime body of work. Members and others were able to submit their own work for consideration in the Photo of the Year and Best Shortform Video of the Year categories; committees of JJA Members chose the nominees in those categories from among the submissions.
Winners of the 2013 JJA Jazz Awards in all categories will be determined by the votes of JJA Professional Journalist Members; winners in musical categories will be announced on May 1 here on www.jjajazzawards.org. Winners in media categories will be announced at the JJA Media Awards party, a ticketed event, on June 19 in New York City at the Blue Note Jazz Club.
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NOMINEES FOR JAZZ MUSIC AWARDS
Winners in the following Jazz Music and Recording categories were announced on May 1 and are highlighted.
1) Lifetime Achievement in Jazz
Muhal Richard AbramsMcCoy Tyner
Randy Weston
Wayne Shorter
2) Musician of the Year
Anat CohenChick Corea
Robert Glasper
Vijay Iyer
Wadada Leo Smith
3) Composer/Arranger of the Year
Henry ThreadgillMaria Schneider
Ryan Truesdell
Wadada Leo Smith
4) Up and Coming Artist of the Year
Aaron DiehlBria Skonberg
David Virelles
Ryan Truesdell
5) Record of the Year
Accelerando (ACT Music & Vision), Vijay Iyer TrioCentennial: Newly Discovered Works of Gil Evans (ArtistShare), Ryan Truesdell
Black Radio (Blue Note Records), Robert Glasper
Reunion: Live in New York (Pi), Sam Rivers-Dave Holland-Barry Altschul
Ten Freedom Summers (Cuneiform), Wadada Leo Smith
6) Record Label/Platform of the Year
Clean Feed RecordsConcord Jazz
ECM
Pi Recordings
Sunnyside Records
7) Large Ensemble of the Year (10 instruments or more)
Darcy James Argue's Secret SocietyJazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra
Maria Schneider Jazz Orchestra
Mingus Big Band
Ryan Truesdell's Gil Evans Project
Vanguard Jazz Orchestra
8) Small Ensemble (9 instruments or fewer)
Jason Moran and the BandwagonJoe Lovano Us Five
Matt Wilson's Arts and Crafts
Vijay Iyer Trio
Wayne Shorter Quartet
9) Male Vocalist of the Year
Giacomo GatesGregory Porter
Jose James
Kurt Elling
Theo Bleckmann
10) Female Vocalist of the Year
Cecile McLorin SalvantDianne Reeves
Luciana Souza
Neneh Cherry
11) Trumpeter of the Year (includes Cornetists)
Ambrose AkinmusireChristian aTunde Adjuah Scott
Dave Douglas
Tom Harrell
Wadada Leo Smith
12) Trombonist of the Year (includes Bass Trombone)
Ray AndersonRobin Eubanks
Steve Davis
Steve Turre
Wycliffe Gordon
13) Multi-reeds Player of the Year
Anat CohenCharles Lloyd
James Carter
Roscoe Mitchell
Scott Robinson
Ted Nash
14) Alto Saxophonist of the Year
Darius JonesKenny Garrett
Lee Konitz
Miguel Zenon
Rudresh Mahanthappa
Tim Berne
15) Tenor Saxophonist of the Year
Sonny Rollins (emeritus, beyond voting)Branford Marsalis
Chris Potter
Eric Alexander
Joe Lovano
Ravi Coltrane
Tony Malaby
16) Baritone Saxophonist of the Year
Claire DalyGary Smulyan
Mats Gustafsson
Ronnie Cuber
17) Soprano Saxophonist of the Year
Branford MarsalisDave Liebman
Ravi Coltrane
Sam Newsome
Wayne Shorter
18) Flutist of the Year
Henry ThreadgillHubert Laws
Jamie Baum
Mark Weinstein
Nicole Mitchell
19) Clarinetist of the Year
Anat CohenBen Goldberg
Don Byron
Evan Christopher
Ken Peplowski
20) Guitarist of the Year
Bill FrisellJohn Abercrombie
Marc Ribot
Mary Halvorson
Pat Metheny
Russell Malone
21) Pianist of the Year
Brad MehldauChick Corea
Fred Hersch
Jason Moran
Vijay Iyer
22) Keyboards Player of the Year
Dr. Lonnie SmithGary Versace
Greg Lewis
Joey DeFrancesco
John Medeski
Larry Goldings
Robert Glasper
23) Bassist of the Year
Ben WilliamsChristian McBride
Dave Holland
Ron Carter
William Parker
24) Violinist/Violist/Cellist of the Year
Jason Kao HwangJenny Scheinman
Mark Feldman
Regina Carter
Zach Brock
25) Percussionist of the Year
Adam RudolphBobby Sanabria
Dan Weiss
Hamid Drake
Poncho Sanchez
Zakir Hussain
26) Mallets Instrumentalist of the Year
Bobby HutchersonGary Burton
Jason Adasiewicz
Joe Locke
Stefon Harris
Warren Wolf
27) Traps Drummer of the Year
Billy HartBrian Blade
Eric Harland
Jack DeJohnette
Matt Wilson
28) Player of Instruments Rare in Jazz
Edmar Castaneda (harp)Gary Versace (accordion)
Gregoire Maret (harmonica)
Richard Galliano (accordion)
Scott Robinson (reeds and brass, conventional and antique)
NOMINEES FOR 203 JAZZ JOURNALISM AWARDS
Winners in the following journalism and media categories will be announced on June 19 at a reception at the Blue Note Jazz Club in New York City.
29) Lifetime Achievement in Jazz Journalism
Ted PankenW. Royal Stokes
Willard Jenkins
Stanley Crouch (declined to participate)
30) Print Periodical of the Year
Down BeatJazzTimes
The New York City Jazz Record
31) Website of the Year
AllAboutJazz.comiRockJazz.com
JazzCorner.com
JazzTimes.com
PointofDeparture.org
32) Blog of the Year
A Blog Supreme (Patrick Jarenwattananon, NPR Music)Do the Math (Ethan Iverson)
JazzWax (Marc Myers)
Rifftides (Doug Ramsey)
33) Best Book About Jazz of the Year
Shall We Play That One Together? The Life and Art of Jazz Piano Legend MarianMcPartland (St. Martin's Press), by Paul de Barros
The Jazz Standards: A Guide to Repertoire (Oxford University Press), by Ted Gioia
The Last Balladeer: The Johnny Hartman Story (Scarecrow Press), by Greg Akkerman
Wail: The Life of Bud Powell (Bop Changes), by Peter Pullman
What It Is: The Life of a Jazz Artist ( Scarecrow Press), by Dave Liebman and Lewis Porter
Why Jazz Happened (University of California Press), by Marc Myers
34) The Helen Dance-Robert Palmer Award For Writing in the Year 2012
Ben RatliffMarc Myers
Nate Chinen
Ted Panken
Will Friedwald
35) The Willis Conover-Marian McPartland Award for Broadcasting in the Year 2012
Gary Walker, WBGOJim Wilke (Jazz After Hours)
Josh Jackson ( The Checkout)
36) Photo of the Year
1. Cleve Douglas, by Pankov Mikhail Msserv
2. Dezron Douglas, by Gulnara Khamatova
3. Ambrose Akinmusire, by Alexey Karpovich
4. Lionel Charles Ferbos, by Skip Bolen
5. Joey DeFrancesco, by Ziga Koritnik
6. Paolo Fresu, by Roberto Cifarelli
7. Dee Dee Bridgewater, by Richard Conde.
37) Short Form Jazz Video of the Year
"What Is Scatting" by Brandon Bain, Capsulicity"Thelonious Monk Institute 25th Anniversary and Tribute to Aretha Franklin Trailer" by Kenneth K. Martinez Burgmaier, JazzAlley.tv.
"Tarbaby – Fanon" by Jason Fifield, Slife Productions.
