2002 Jazz Award Winners - Dave Holland Named Musician of the Year

The Jazz Journalists Association held their sixth annual Jazz Awards event on Wednesday, June 19 at Jazz Standard (116 E. 27th Street, New York City), with upwards of 300 musicians, journalists, photographers, broadcasters, news media professionals, and industry executives from Europe and North America in attendance. The capacity audience was treated to celebrated actor Avery Brooks and longtime comedian and jazz funnyman Soupy Sales as Master of Ceremonies, and guest appearances from Marian McPartland, Dr. Billy Taylor, Cassandra Wilson, Bill Charlap, Dave Douglas, Chano Domingues, Eddie Bert, Gary Giddins and Roy Haynes, among others. Pianist Roberta Piket's trio with bassist Rufus Reid and drummer Billy Hart, and bassist Ben Allison's Quintet (Michael Blake, saxes; Mamoudou Dibate, kora; Frank Kimbrough, piano; Michael Sarin, drums) performed full sets.

Based on votes cast by members of the 400 strong JJA international membership, and presented at a benefit for the Jazz Foundation of America, the awards -- handsome 6 1/2 inch obelisks, individually inscribed and with a floating acetate of the JJA's logo -- were given in 40 categories, which included Lifetime Achievement in Jazz, Lifetime Achievement in Jazz Journalism, Musician of the Year, and Jazz Film/Video of the Year. Along with the JJA, the JFA presented Discretionary Awards to veteran jazz producer George Avakian, Dr. John Minichetti and Dr. David Feldman, both of whom are associated with Englewood Hospital, New Jersey.

Presenters included: journalists Ashley Kahn, Willard Jenkins, Bill Milkowski, Yvonne Ervin, T. Brooks Shepard, Ken Dryden, Patricia Willard, Ted Panken, Chuck Obuchowski, Martin Johnson, Laurence Donohue-Greene, Larry Blumenfeld, Phil Elwood, Ira Gitler, Lara Pellegrinelli, Dan Ouellette; Howard Mandel, JJA president; Wendy Oxenhorn, Jazz Foundation of America executive director; Thomas Bellino, Chamber Music America; Frank J. Oteri, American Music Center; Chuck Iwanusa, Jazz Alliance International; Marian McPartland, pianist; Danny Meyer, proprietor, Jazz Standard; Claire Daley, baritone saxophonist; Lorraine Gordon, Village Vanguard proprietor; Jeff Kliman, photographer; Suzan Jenkins, jazz industry veteran; Jeff Levenson, jazz industry veteran; Bill Gottlieb, photographer; Martin Mueller, director, New School Jazz and Contemporary Music Program; Dan Morgenstern, Institute of Jazz Studies and Lauren Deutsch, executive director, Jazz Institute of Chicago.

Among the financial supporters of the Jazz Awards 2002 were Columbia Records, ECM, Warner Bros. Records, Palmetto Records, Justin Time Records, Jazz@Lincoln Center, Tower Records, Watson-Guptil Publishers (Billboard Books), and the website www.JazzCorner.com.

JAZZ AWARDS 2002 WINNERS

1. Lifetime Achievement in Jazz (joining previous honorees Benny Carter, Ornette Coleman, Max Roach, Sonny Rollins and John Lewis) Winner: Clark Terry

2. Musician of the Year (achievement in sound recordings, live concert performances and overall presence, April 15, 2001 - April 15, 2002) Winner: Dave Holland

3. Album of the Year (Released April 15, 2001 - April 15, 2002) Winner: Charlie Haden, Nocturne (Verve)

4. Reissue of the Year Winner: Billie Holiday, Lady Day: The Complete Billie Holiday on Columbia, 1933-1944 (Columbia Legacy)

5. Events Producer of the Year Winner: Andr