Nominated finalists for the Jazz Journalists Awards 2004 are listed below in alphabetical order by first names. These finalists represent pluralities of votes awarded to nominees by members of the Jazz Journalists Association. Ties in nomination voting produced four or six nominees in some categories. There will only be one winner of the Award in each category.

Full members of the JJA voted for one finalist in each category. Deadline for voting was 6 p.m., May 12, 2004.

The Nominees

1. Lifetime Achievement in Jazz (past winners: Benny Carter, Max Roach, Sonny Rollins, Ornette Coleman, John Lewis, Clark Terry, Cecil Taylor)
   Dave Brubeck
   Hank Jones
   Marian McPartland
   Roy Haynes
   Wayne Shorter

2. Musician of the Year (achievement in sound recordings, live concert performances and overall presence, April 15, 2003-March 20, 2004)
   Dave Douglas
   Jason Moran
   Wayne Shorter
   Wynton Marsalis

3. Up & Coming Musician of the Year
   Jamie Cullum
   Jeremy Pelt
   Lizz Wright
   Miguel Zenon
   Vijay Iyer

4. Jazz Album of the Year (Issued April 15, 2003 - March 20, 2004)
   Andrew Hill, Passing Ships (Blue Note)
   Branford Marsalis, Romare Bearden Revealed (Marsalis Music)
   Dave Holland, Extended Play (ECM)
   Jason Moran, The Bandwagon (Blue Note)
   Wayne Shorter, Alegria (Verve)

5. Jazz Reissue of the Year, single CD
   Duke Ellington, Ellington Uptown (Columbia Legacy)
   Duke Ellington, Festival Session (Columbia Legacy)
   Rod Levitt, The Dynamic Sound Patterns Of The Rod Levitt Orchestra
   Sam Rivers, Fusia Swing Song (Blue Note)

6. Jazz Reissue of the Year, boxed set
   Complete Roy Eldridge Studio Recordings on Verve (Mosaic)
   Count Basie, America's #1 Band (Columbia Legacy)
   Dexter Gordon, The Complete Trio & Quartet Studio Recordings (Steeplechase)
   Miles Davis, In Person Friday & Saturday Nights At The Blackhawk [original recording remastered] (Columbia Legacy)
   Miles Davis, The Complete Jack Johnson Sessions (Columbia Legacy)

7. Jazz Record Label of the Year
   Blue Note
   Concord
   ECM
   Maxjazz
   Mosaic
   Palmetto

8. Jazz Events Producer of the Year
   Andre Menard (Festival International de Jazz de Montreal)
   George Wein (Festival Productions)
   Randall Kline (SFJazz)
   Tim Jackson (Monterey Jazz Festival)
   Todd Barkan (Jazz@Lincoln Center)

9. Jazz Composer of the Year
   Andrew Hill
   Carla Bley
   Dave Douglas
   Maria Schneider
   Myra Melford

10. Jazz Arranger of the Year
    Bill Holman
    Gerald Wilson
    Gil Goldstein
    Maria Schneider
    Slide Hampton

11. Male Jazz Singer of the Year
    Andy Bey
    Curtis Stigers
    Kevin Mahagony
    Kurt Elling
    Mark Murphy

12. Female Jazz Singer of the Year
    Abbey Lincoln
    Cassandra Wilson
    Dee Dee Bridgewater
    Dianne Reeves
    Lizz Wright
    Sheila Jordan

13. Latin Jazz Album of the Year
    Bebo Valdes & Diego El Cigala, Lagrimas Negras (BMG)
    Chris Washburne & The Syotos Band, Paradise in Trouble (Jazzheads)
    Chucho Valdes, New Conceptions (Blue Note)
    Eddie Palmieri, Ritmo Caliente (Concord Picante)
    Poncho Sanchez, Out of Sight! (Concord Picante)

14. Small Ensemble Group of the Year (octet or smaller)
    Bad Plus
    Branford Marsalis Quartet
    Dave Douglas Quintet
    Dave Holland Quintet
    Wayne Shorter Quartet

15. Large Ensemble of the Year (nonet or larger, including big bands, jazz orchestras, contemporary symphonies, et. al.)
    Carla Bley Big Band
    Dave Holland Big Band
    Gerald Wilson Orchestra
    Joe Lovano Nonet
    Maria Schneider Orchestra
    Mingus Big Band

16. Trumpeter of the Year
    Dave Douglas
    Nicholas Payton
    Roy Hargrove
    Tom Harrell
    Wynton Marsalis

17. Trombonist of the Year
    Robin Eubanks
    Roswell Rudd
    Slide Hampton
    Steve Turre
    Wycliffe Gordon

18. Miscellaneous Instrumentalist of the Year
    Bela Fleck, banjo
    James Carter, bass saxophone
    Steve Turre, shells
    Toots Thielemans, harmonica

19. Alto Saxophonist of the Year
    Bobby Watson
    Greg Osby
    Lee Konitz
    Ornette Coleman
    Steve Coleman

20. Tenor Saxophonist of the Year
    Chris Potter
    Joe Lovano
    Michael Brecker
    Sonny Rollins
    Wayne Shorter

21. Soprano Saxophonist of the Year
    Dave Liebman
    Evan Parker
    Jane Ira Bloom
    Steve Lacy
    Wayne Shorter

22. Baritone Saxophonist of the Year
    Gary Smulyan
    Hamiet Bluiett
    James Carter
    John Surman
    Ronnie Cuber

23. Clarinetist of the Year
    Buddy DeFranco
    Don Byron
    Michael Moore
    Paquito D'Rivera
    Perry Robinson

24. Flutist of the Year
    Dave Valentin
    Frank Wess
    James Newton
    Jane Bunnett
    Lew Tabackin

25. Pianist of the Year
    Cecil Taylor
    Hank Jones
    Jason Moran
    Keith Jarrett
    Kenny Barron

26. Organ-keyboards of the Year
    Dr. Lonnie Smith
    Joey DeFrancesco
    John Medeski
    Larry Goldings
    Sam Yahel

27. Guitarist of the Year
    Bill Frisell
    Jim Hall
    John Scofield
    Pat Martino
    Russell Malone

28. Acoustic Bassist of the Year
    Charlie Haden
    Christian McBride
    Dave Holland
    John Patitucci
    Ron Carter
    William Parker

29. Electric Bassist of the Year
    Christian McBride
    Marcus Miller
    Richard Bona
    Steve Swallow
    Victor Wooten

30. Strings Player of the Year (violin, cello, kora, harp, etc.)
    Billy Bang
    Mark Feldman
    Peggy Lee
    Regina Carter

31. Mallets Player of the Year (vibes, marimba, etc.)
    Bobby Hutcherson
    Gary Burton
    Joe Locke
    Stefon Harris
    Steve Nelson

32. Percussionist of the Year
    Cyro Baptista
    Giovanni Hidalgo
    Kahil El'Zabar
    Ray Barretto
    Trilok Gurtu

33. Drummer of the Year
    Elvin Jones
    Hamid Drake
    Jeff "Tain" Watts
    Matt Wilson
    Roy Haynes

Jazz Journalism Categories

1. Jazz Journalism Lifetime Achievement Award (past winners: Whitney Balliett, Stanley Dance, Nat Hentoff, Dan Morgenstern, Ira Gitler, Gary Giddins)
   Bob Rusch
   Francis Davis
   Gene Lees
   Howard Mandel
   Stanley Crouch

2. Excellence in Jazz Broadcasting/the Willis Conover-Marian McPartland Award (This has been turned into a one-time-only award, and your three nominees should come from *different* stations, according to the ballot committee. Past winners, thus ineligible, are: Neil Tesser, Marian McPartland, Dr. Billy Taylor, Phil Schaap, Michael Bourne, Kenny Washington, Alyn Shipton)
   Bob Parlocha (WFMT/Jazz Satellite Network)
   Leigh Kamman (Minnesota Public Radio)
   Linda Yohn (WEMU-FM)
   Rhonda Hamilton (WBGO-FM)
   Steve Schwartz (WGBH-FM)

3. Excellence in Photography/the Lona Foote-Bob Parent Award (This has become, de facto, a one-time-only-award, recognizing sustained excellence rather than excellence over the preceeding year. Past winners: William Claxton, William Gottlieb, Herman Leonard, Chuck Stewart, Enid Farber, Ken Franckling)
   Jack Vartoogian
   Jimmy Katz
   Lauren Deutsch
   Lee Tanner
   Lourdes Delgado
   Mitchell Seidel

4. Excellence in Newspaper, Magazine or Online Feature or Review Writing/the Helen Dance-Robert Palmer Award
   Ben Ratliff (The New York Times)
   Bill Milkowski (JazzTimes, etc.)
   Francis Davis (The Atlantic, etc.)
   Kevin Whitehead (Chicago Sun Times, Down Beat)
   Mark Miller (Globe & Mail, Toronto)

5. Best Periodical Covering Jazz
   Cadence
   Coda
   Down Beat
   Jazz Times
   Jazziz
   Signal to Noise

6. Best Website Concentrating on Jazz
   www.AllAboutJazz.com
   www.Jazzcorner.com
   JazzInstituteofChicago.com
   www.JazzTimes.com

7. Best Book About Jazz
   Blue Note Records: The Biography, Richard Cook (Pimlico)
   Cubano Be, Cubano Bop - One Hundred Years Of Jazz In Cuba, Leonard Acosta (Smithsonian Institution Press)
   I Put A Spell On You: The Autobiography of Nina Simone, Nina Simone with Steven Cleary (Da Capo)
   Jazz and Its Discontents, Francis Davis (Da Capo)
   Myself Among Others, George Wein with Nate Chinen (Da Capo)

8. Best Photo of the Year (View Entries)
   Bill Smith
   C. Andrew Hovan
   Dr. Jazz
   Enid Farber
   Howard A. Gitelson
   Jim Wilke
   John Abbott
   John R. Fowler
   Ken Franckling
   Laurence Svirchev
   Lee Tanner
   Lourdes Delgado
   Michael Jackson
   Michael Wilderman
   Mike Dvorak
   Mitchell Seidel
   Peter Gannushkin
   R. Andrew Lepley
   Ronnie James
   Rozanne Levine
   Steve Sussman
   Sue Auclair
   Tom Mallison
   Victor Ovchinnikov

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