Winners 2011 JJA Jazz Awards
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT IN JAZZ
Jimmy Heath
MUSICIAN OF THE YEAR
Sonny Rollins
COMPOSER OF THE YEAR
Jason Moran
UP AND COMING ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Ambrose Akinmusire
RECORDING OF THE YEAR
Bird Songs
Joe Lovano Us Five(Blue Note)
HISTORICAL RECORDING, BOXED SET OR SINGLE CD REISSUE OF THE YEAR
The Complete 1932-1940 Brunswick, Columbia, and Master Recordings of Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra - Duke Ellington (Mosaic)
RECORD LABEL OF THE YEAR
Blue Note
FEMALE SINGER OF THE YEAR
Dee Dee Bridgewater
MALE SINGER OF THE YEAR
Kurt Elling
LARGE ENSEMBLE OF THE YEAR
Mingus Big Band
SMALL ENSEMBLE OF THE YEAR
Joe Lovano Us Five
ARRANGER OF THE YEAR
Bill Holman
TRUMPETER OF THE YEAR
Ambrose Akinmusire
TROMBONIST OF THE YEAR
Wycliffe Gordon
TENOR SAXOPHONIST OF THE YEAR
Sonny Rollins
ALTO SAXOPHONIST OF THE YEAR
Rudresh Mahanthappa
BARITONE SAXOPHONIST OF THE YEAR
James Carter
SOPRANO SAXOPHONIST OF THE YEAR
Jane Ira Bloom
CLARINETIST OF THE YEAR
Anat Cohen
FLUTIST OF THE YEAR
Nicole Mitchell
GUITARIST OF THE YEAR
Russell Malone
PIANIST OF THE YEAR
Fred Hersch
BASSIST OF THE YEAR
Christian McBride
DRUMMER OF THE YEAR
Matt Wilson
PERCUSSIONIST OF THE YEAR
Bobby Sanabria
ORGANIST/KEYBOARDIST OF THE YEAR
Dr. Lonnie Smith
MALLET INSTRUMENTALIST OF THE YEAR
Stefon Harris
VIOLINIST OF THE YEAR
Billy Bang
PLAYER OF THE YEAR INSTRUMENTS RARE IN JAZZ
Toots Thielemans, harmonica
PERIODICAL/WEBSITE OF THE YEAR
JazzTimes
BLOG OF THE YEAR
A Blog Supreme, by Patrick Jarenwattananon
BEST BOOK ABOUT JAZZ
I Walked With Giants: The Autobiography of Jimmy Heath, by Jimmy Heath and Joseph McLaren (Temple University Press)
BEST LINER NOTES OF THE YEAR
Steven Lasker – The Complete 1932-1940 Brunswick, Columbia, and Master Recordings of Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra (Mosaic)
THE HELEN DANCE-ROBERT PALMER AWARD FOR REVIEW AND FEATURE WRITING
Nate Chinen
THE WILLIS CONOVER–MARIAN MCPARTLAND AWARD FOR BROADCASTING
Phil Schaap
THE LONA FOOTE- BOB PARENT AWARD FOR PHOTOGRAPHY
Jimmy Katz
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT IN JAZZ JOURNALISM
Bill Milkowski
SHORT FORM VIDEO OF THE YEAR
Sonny Rollins: Getting It Back Together - Bret Primack, producer/director
PHOTO OF THE YEAR
Sonny Rollins by John Abbott
2011 JAZZ HEROES
JJA 'Jazz Heroes' are activists, advocates, altruists, aiders and abettors of jazz who have had significant impact in their local communities.
Omrao Brown Washington, D.C.
Peggy Cafritz Washington, D.C.
John Gilbreath Seattle
Dr. Maitreya Padukone New York
Don Z. Miller Phoenix
Ed Reed Richmond, CA
Mike Reed Chicago
Roger Spencer and Lori Mechem Nashville
Elynor Walcott and sons Paul, Frank and Lloyd Poindexter Boston
