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The Jazz Journalists Association Announces 2008 Jazz Award Winners

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The Jazz Journalists Association announces winners of the 2008 Jazz Awards, the non-profit professional organization's 12th annual celebration of excellence in jazz and jazz journalism, and induction of an “A Team" of activists, advocates, altruists, aiders and abettors of jazz, The Jazz Awards are engraved statuettes, handed to attending recipients by jazz journalists and their supporters at a barbeque and beer lunch at the Jazz Standard, Wednesday June 18. For further information about the Jazz Awards and Jazz Journalists Association, visit Jazzhouse.org.

JAZZ JOURNALISTS ASSOCIATION JAZZ AWARDS 2008

Lifetime Achievement in Jazz
Marian McPartland



Musician of the Year
Herbie Hancock



Up & Coming Musician of the Year
Lionel Loueke



Record of the Year
Sky Blue
Maria Schneider Orchestra
ArtistShare



Reissue/Historical Release of the Year
Cornell 1964
Charles Mingus Sextet
Blue Note



Reissue/Historical Box Set of the Year
A Life In Time: The Roy Haynes Story Dreyfus Jazz



Record Label of the Year
Blue Note Records



Composer of the Year
Maria Schneider



Arranger of the Year
Maria Schneider



Male Singer of the Year
Andy Bey



Female Singer of the Year
Abbey Lincoln



Latin Jazz Album of the Year
Big Band Urban Folktales
Bobby Sanabria
Jazzheads



Small Ensemble of the Year
Ornette Coleman Quartet/Quintet



Large Ensemble of the Year
Maria Schneider Orchestra



Trumpeter of the Year
Terence Blanchard



Trombonist of the Year
Wycliffe Gordon



Player of Instruments Rare in Jazz
Scott Robinson, reeds/brass/antiques



Alto Sax Player of the Year
Ornette Coleman



Tenor Sax Player of the Year
Sonny Rollins



Soprano Sax Player of the Year
Jane Ira Bloom



Baritone Sax Player of the Year
James Carter



Clarinetist of the Year
Anat Cohen



Flutist of the Year
Nicole Mitchell



Pianist of the Year
Hank Jones



Organ-Keyboards of the Year
Dr. Lonnie Smith



Guitarist of the Year
Bill Frisell



Bassist of the Year
Christian McBride



Electric Bassist of the Year
Steve Swallow



Strings Player of the Year
Regina Carter



Mallets Player of the Year
Joe Locke



Percussionist of the Year
Candido Camero



Drummer of the Year
Roy Haynes



Events Producer of the Year
Patricia Nicholson-Parker, Arts for Art, RUCMA, Vision Festival



Jazz Journalism Lifetime Achievement Award
Doug Ramsey, author, biographer, blogger



Willis Conover-Marian McPartland Broadcasting Award
Nancy Wilson, for “Jazz Profiles"
National Public Radio



Helen Dance-Robert Palmer Feature & Review Writing Award
Nate Chinen
New York Times, JazzTimes



Best Periodical Covering Jazz
JazzTimes



Best Website on Jazz
AllAboutJazz.com



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)



Lona Foote-Bob Parent Photography Award
Milt Hinton (1910-2000)



Jazz Photo of the Year
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Time Stood Still for Andrew Hill
Laurence Donohue-Greene



The Jazz Journalists Association 2008 Award for the “A Team" Activists, advocates, altruists, aiders and abettors of jazz

  • 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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