The Jazz Journalists Association – Announces 2009 Jazz Award Winners
 The Jazz Journalists Association – Announces 2009 Jazz Award WinnersDLMedia – June, 2009 The Jazz Journalists Association announced winners of 2009 Jazz Awards at the Jazz Standard in New York City Tuesday, June 16, honoring 90 year-old elder statesman Hank Jones and 25 year-old up ‘n’ coming bassist-singer Esperanza Spalding, among 40 more musicians, presenters, jazz supporters and jazz journalists for the 13th year. Recipients of the Jazz Awards receive engraved statuettes from the international organization of some 450 writers, broadcasters, photographers and new media producers. The three-hour cocktail-barbeque party was attended by 150 jazz movers and shakers, record company executives such as Bruce Lundvall, celebrated during the 70th anniversary year of Blue Note Records which he revived, and George Wein, named “Producer of the Year,” perhaps for announcing plans to sustain the Newport Jazz Festival, which he established in 1954. Also in attendance: Maria Schneider, Terence Blanchard, Anat Cohen, Roswell Rudd, Frank Wess, Sue Mingus, Michael Cuscuna, Dr. Agnes Varis, and Richard Parsons (for the Jazz Foundation of America). Music at the event was provided by the Charles Tolliver Big Band, Romanian pianist Marian Petrescu and Swiss guitarist Andreas �berg, Jane Bunnett’s Spirits of Havana, saxophonist Carol Sudhalter accompanied by pianist Daryl Sherman and the Matt Miller Trio. Boosey and Hawkes, the Jazz Foundation of America, North Coast Brewing Company, Resonance Records, Sunnyside Records and SESAC, Inc. are among some of the sponsors of the 2009 Jazz Awards. All recipients of the Awards are listed below. To see all finalists nominees, go to www.JazzJournalists.org or www.Jazzhouse..org. Further information on the Jazz Awards is available from Howard Mandel, jazzmandel@earthlink.net. The Jazz Journalists Association is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization.
Jazz Journalists Association Jazz Awards 2009 Lifetime Achievement in Jazz Musician of the Year Composer of the Year Up & Coming Artist of the Year Events Producer of the Year Record of the Year Latin Jazz Album of the Year Historical Recording/Reissue of the Year Historical Recording Boxed Set Record Label of the Year Female Singer of the Year Arranger of the Year Small Ensemble Group of the Year Trumpeter of the Year Trombonist of the Year Tenor Saxophonist of the Year Alto Saxophonist of the Year Flutist of the Year Baritone Saxophonist of the Year Soprano Saxophonist of the Year Clarinetist of the Year Guitarist of the Year Pianist of the Year Organist of the Year Strings Player of the Year Bassist of the Year Electric Bassist of the Year Mallet Instrumentalist of the Year Percussionist of the Year Drummer of the Year Website of the Year Blog of the Year The Lona Foote-Bob Parent Award for Photography The Willis Conover-Marian McPartland Award for Broadcasting The Helen Dance-Robert Palmer Award for Review and Feature Writing Lifetime Achievement in Jazz Journalism The Jazz Foundation of America and the Jazz Journalists Association Special Career Honors for Words with Music 2009 “A Team” Awards: Herb Alpert Dr. Agnes Varis Bruce Lundvall David N. Baker Timuel Black Steven Saltzman Ruth Price Clarence Acox Scott Brown Peter Levinson Richard Sudhalter |
