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The Jazz Journalists Association <\/strong><\/font> – Announces 2009 Jazz Award Winners<\/strong><\/font>
DLMedia – June, 2009<\/p>\n

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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.<\/p>\n

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.\u00a0 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).<\/p>\n

Music at the event was provided by the Charles Tolliver Big Band, Romanian pianist Marian Petrescu and Swiss guitarist Andreas \ufffdberg, 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.<\/p>\n

All recipients of the Awards are listed below. To see all finalists nominees, go to www.JazzJournalists.org<\/a> or www.Jazzhouse..org<\/a>. Further information on the Jazz Awards is available from Howard Mandel, jazzmandel@earthlink.net<\/a>. The Jazz Journalists Association is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization. <\/p>\n

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Jazz Journalists Association Jazz Awards 2009<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lifetime Achievement in Jazz <\/em>
Lee Konitz<\/p>\n

Musician of the Year <\/em>
Sonny Rollins<\/p>\n

Composer of the Year <\/em>
Maria Schneider<\/p>\n

Up & Coming Artist of the Year<\/em>
Esperanza Spalding<\/p>\n

Events Producer of the Year <\/em>
George Wein, New Festival Productions<\/p>\n

Record of the Year<\/em>
Appearing Nightly
Carla Bley Big Band
(Watt\/ECM)<\/p>\n

Latin Jazz Album of the Year<\/em>
Song for Chico
Arturo O’Farrill
(Zoho)<\/p>\n

Historical Recording\/Reissue of the Year<\/em>
Road Shows, Vol. 1
Sonny Rollins
(Doxy)<\/p>\n

Historical Recording Boxed Set <\/em>
The Lester Young\/Count Basie Sessions 1936-40
(Mosaic)<\/p>\n

Record Label of the Year<\/em>
Mosaic<\/p>\n

Female Singer of the Year <\/em>
Cassandra Wilson
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Male Singer of the Year <\/em>
Kurt Elling
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Instruments Rare in Jazz <\/em>
Richard Galliano, accordion
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Large Ensemble of the Year<\/em>
Maria Schneider Orchestra<\/p>\n

Arranger of the Year <\/em>
Maria Schneider<\/p>\n

Small Ensemble Group of the Year <\/em>
SF Jazz Collective<\/p>\n

Trumpeter of the Year <\/em>
Terence Blanchard<\/p>\n

Trombonist of the Year<\/em>
Roswell Rudd<\/p>\n

Tenor Saxophonist of the Year<\/em>
Sonny Rollins<\/p>\n

Alto Saxophonist of the Year<\/em>
Rudresh Mahanthappa<\/p>\n

Flutist of the Year <\/em>
Frank Wess<\/p>\n

Baritone Saxophonist of the Year <\/em>
Gary Smulyan<\/p>\n

Soprano Saxophonist of the Year <\/em>
Branford Marsalis<\/p>\n

Clarinetist of the Year <\/em>
Anat Cohen<\/p>\n

Guitarist of the Year <\/em>
Bill Frisell<\/p>\n

Pianist of the Year<\/em>
Hank Jones<\/p>\n

Organist of the Year <\/em>
Dr. Lonnie Smith<\/p>\n

Strings Player of the Year<\/em>
Billy Bang<\/p>\n

Bassist of the Year<\/em>
William Parker<\/p>\n

Electric Bassist of the Year<\/em>
Steve Swallow<\/p>\n

Mallet Instrumentalist of the Year <\/em>
Joe Locke<\/p>\n

Percussionist of the Year <\/em>
Hamid Drake<\/p>\n

Drummer of the Year<\/em>
Brian Blade
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Periodical of the Year <\/em>
JazzTimes<\/p>\n

Website of the Year<\/em>
AllAboutJazz.com<\/p>\n

Blog of the Year <\/em>
Jazz Beyond Jazz
By Howard Mandel
www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz<\/a>
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Best Book about Jazz <\/em>
A Power Stronger Than Itself: The AACM and American Experimental Music
By George E. Lewis
(University of Chicago Press)
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Best Photo of the Year <\/em>
Hank Jones, Montreal Jazz Festival 2008
By Kris King<\/p>\n

The Lona Foote-Bob Parent Award for Photography <\/em>
John Abbott<\/p>\n

The Willis Conover-Marian McPartland Award for Broadcasting<\/em>
Ben Young, Director, WKCR
(Columbia University)<\/p>\n

The Helen Dance-Robert Palmer Award for Review and Feature Writing<\/em>
Nate Chinen<\/p>\n

Lifetime Achievement in Jazz Journalism<\/em>
Mike Zwerin<\/p>\n

The Jazz Foundation of America and the Jazz Journalists Association Special Career Honors for Words with Music <\/em>
Mark Murphy<\/p>\n

2009 “A Team” Awards: <\/strong><\/p>\n

Herb Alpert
Musician, Producer, Jazz Supporter<\/p>\n

Dr. Agnes Varis
Jazz Angel<\/p>\n

Bruce Lundvall
Record Man<\/p>\n

David N. Baker
Jazz Educator<\/p>\n

Timuel Black
Cultural Historian<\/p>\n

Steven Saltzman
Chicago Jazz Advocate<\/p>\n

Ruth Price
The Jazz Bakery<\/p>\n

Clarence Acox
Garfield High School, Jazz Band Leader<\/p>\n

Scott Brown
Roosevelt High School, Jazz Band Leader<\/p>\n

Peter Levinson
Author and Publicist<\/p>\n

Richard Sudhalter
Author, Journalist, Musician<\/p>\n


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