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| 2008 JJA Jazz Awards |
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Jazz Journalists Association
Jazz Awards
2008 |
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| Lifetime Achievement in Jazz | Marian McPartland
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Musician of the Year | Herbie Hancock
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Up & Coming Musician of the Year | Lionel Loueke
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Record of the Year | Sky Blue
Maria Schneider Orchestra
Artists Share
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Reissue/Historical Release of the Year | Cornell 1964
Charles Mingus Sextet
Blue Note
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Reissue/Historical Box Set of the Year |
A Life In Time: The Roy Haynes Story
Dreyfus Jazz
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Record Label of the Year | Blue Note Records
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Composer of the Year | Maria Schneider
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Arranger of the Year | Maria Schneider
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Male Singer of the Year | Andy Bey
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Female Singer of the Year | Abbey Lincoln
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Latin Jazz Album of the Year | Big Band Urban Folktales
Bobby Sanabria
Jazzheads
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Small Ensemble of the Year | Ornette Coleman Quartet/Quintet
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Large Ensemble of the Year | Maria Schneider Orchestra
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Trumpeter of the Year | Terence Blanchard
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Trombonist of the Year | Wycliffe Gordon
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Player of Instruments Rare in Jazz | Scott Robinson, reeds/brass/antiques
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Alto Sax Player of the Year | Ornette Coleman
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Tenor Sax Player of the Year | Sonny Rollins
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Soprano Sax Player of the Year | Jane Ira Bloom
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Baritone Sax Player of the Year | James Carter
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Clarinetist of the Year | Anat Cohen
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Flutist of the Year | Nicole Mitchell
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Pianist of the Year | Hank Jones
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Organ–Keyboards of the Year | Dr. Lonnie Smith
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Guitarist of the Year | Bill Frisell
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Bassist of the Year | Christian McBride
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Electric Bassist of the Year | Steve Swallow
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Strings Player of the Year | Regina Carter
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Mallets Player of the Year | Joe Locke
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Percussionist of the Year | Candido Camero
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Drummer of the Year | Roy Haynes
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Events Producer of the Year | Patricia Nicholson–Parker, Arts for Art, RUCMA, Vision Festival
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Jazz Journalism Lifetime Achievement Award | Doug Ramsey, author, biographer, blogger
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Willis Conover–Marian McPartland Broadcasting Award | Nancy Wilson, for "Jazz Profiles"
National Public Radio
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Helen Dance–Robert Palmer Feature & Review Writing Award | Nate Chinen
New York Times, JazzTimes
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Best Periodical Covering Jazz | JazzTimes
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Best Website on Jazz | AllAboutJazz.com
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Best Book about Jazz | Playing the Changes: Milt Hinton's Life in Stories and Photographs
by Milt Hinton,
David G. Berger and Holly Maxson (Vanderbilt University Press)
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Lona Foote–Bob Parent Photography Award | Milt Hinton (1910–2000)
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Jazz Photo of the Year | "Time Stood Still for Andrew Hill,"
by Laurence Donohue-Greene
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The Jazz Journalists Association
2008 Awards for the 'A Team'
Activists, advocates, altruists, aiders and abettors of jazz
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- Dr. Valerie Capers, pianist, composer, emeritus chair of City University of New
York Department of Music and Art at Bronx Community College
- Dana Gioia, Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts
- Lauren Deutsch, photographer and executive director of the Jazz Institute of
Chicago
- Susan Muscarella, pianist-composer-arranger-educator, founder of JazzSchool
(Berkeley)
- Phil Nimmons, clarinetist, improviser, father of Canadian jazz education
- George Russell, conceptualist, composer, orchestra leader, educator (New
England Conservatory)
- Dick Wang, musician, educator (Univ of Illinois-Chicago), mentor, historian,
archivist, co-founder, past president and current board member of the Jazz
Institute of Chicago
- Dr. Herb Wong, founder of the Palo Alto jazz alliance and Berkeley public school
jazz programs, broadcaster, record producer and annotator, past-president of the
International Association of Jazz Educators, spirit of the Monterey Jazz Festival
- Wendy Oxenhorn, executive director of the Jazz Foundation of America, founder
of Street News, blues harmonica player
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| Latest in the Library |
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| Noted in The Last Post |
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- Jimmy McGriff, 1936-2008, Blues organist
- Bob Florence, 1932-2008, Grammy-winning bandleader and arranger
- Mario Schiano, 1933-2008, Leading Italian improviser
- Humphrey Lyttleton, 1921-2008, Early British jazz star and BBC broadcaster
- Jimmy Giuffre, 1921-2008, Innovative clarinetist and bandleader
- George Butler, 1931-2008, Label executive mentored young lions
- Dennis Irwin, 1951-2008, Popular Bassist
- Jeff Healey, 1966-2008, Blues-rock guitar virtuoso, early jazz historian, broadcaster
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| Jazz in the Global Imagination: Music, Journalism and Culture |
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Read about the Jazz Journalists Association's participation in the first
international gathering of jazz journalists, co-presented by the Center for
Jazz Studies at Columbia University.
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| 2007 Critics' Top 10 Lists |
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Our annual best-of compilation from our members, also the first use of our new Jazzhouse.org wiki
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| Jazz photos in the Gallery |
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| From the National Critics Conference |
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