Lifetime Achievement in Jazz
(past winners are ineligible: Benny Carter, Max Roach, Sonny Rollins, Cecil Taylor, Ornette Coleman, John Lewis, Clark Terry, Dave Brubeck, Hank Jones, Roy Haynes, Andrew Hill)
- Herbie Hancock
- Marian McPartland
- Oscar Peterson
- Wayne Shorter
- Lee Konitz
Musician of the Year
- Terence Blanchard
- Sonny Rollins
- Herbie Hancock
- Maria Schneider
- Ornette Coleman
Up & Coming Musician of the Year
- Christian Scott
- Lionel Loueke
- Peter Evans
- Roberta Gambarini
- Mantana Roberts
- Tyshawn Sorey
- Jaleel Shaw
- Nicole Mitchell
Record of the Year
- A Tale of God's Will, Terence Blanchard (Blue Note/EMI)
- Sky Blue, Maria Schneider (ArtistShare)
- The Joni Letters, Herbie Hancock (Verve)
- Pilgrimage, Michael Brecker (Heads Up)
- Abbey Sings Abbey, Abbey Lincoln (Verve)
Reissue of the Year
- Compulsion, Andrew Hill (Blue Note)
- Cornell 1964, Charles Mingus Sextet (Blue Note)
- Folk Songs For Far Out Folk, Fred Katz (Reboot Stereophonic)
- Sunshine of My Soul: Live at the Keystone Korner, Jaki Byard (HighNote)
Reissue box set
- Lady Day: The Master Takes and Singles, Billie Holiday (Columbia)
- The Complete On the Corner Sessions, Miles Davis (Columbia Legacy)
- A Life in Time: The Roy Haynes Story, Roy Haynes (Dreyfus Jazz)
- The Quincy Jones ABC/Mercury Big Band Jazz Sessions (Mosaic Records)
- The Complete Lionel Hampton Victor Sessions 1937-1941 (Mosaic Records)
- Chu Berry: Classic Columbia and Victor Sessions (Mosaic Records)
- Duke Ellington — The Complete 1936-1940 Variety, Vocalion and Okey Small Groups Sessions (Mosaic Records>
- How Low Can You Go: Anthology of the String Bass, 1925-1941 (Dust to Digital)
Record Label of the Year
- Arbors
- Blue Note
- Clean Feed
- Concord
- ECM
- Palmetto
- Sunnyside
Composer of the Year
- Maria Schneider
- Terence Blanchard
- Ornette Coleman
- Carla Bley
- Matt Shipp
Arranger of the Year
- Bill Holman
- Charles Tolliver
- Gil Goldstein
- Herbie Hancock
- Dave Holland
- Maria Schneider
- Gerald Wilson
- Uri Caine
Male Singer of the Year
- Kurt Elling
- Giacomo Gates
- Andy Bey
Female Singer of the Year
- Abbey Lincoln
- Dee Dee Bridgewater
- Dianne Reeves
- Roberta Gambarini
- Nancy King
Latin Jazz Album of the Year
- Big Band Urban Folktales, Bobby Sanabria, (Jazzheads)
- In Case You Missed It, Marlon Simon and the Nagual Spirits (Jazzheads)
- Why Deny, Marty Sheller (PVR Records)
- My Island, Rafi Malkiel (self-published)
- Funk Tango, Paquito D'Rivera Quintet (Sunnyside)
Small Ensemble Group of the Year (< 9 pieces)
- Dave Holland Quintet
- Mostly Other People Do the Killing
- Harry Allen/Joe Cohn Quartet
- The Bad Plus
- Ornette Coleman Quartet/Quintet
Large Ensemble of the Year (9+ pieces)
- Maria Schneider Orchestra
- Charles Tolliver Big Band
- Mingus Big Band
- Village Vanguard Jazz Orchestra
- Gerald Wilson Orchestra
Trumpeter of the Year
- Terence Blanchard
- Dave Douglas
- Peter Evans
- Roy Hargrove
- Cuong Vu
Trombonist of the Year
- Conrad Herwig
- Ray Anderson
- Wycliffe Gordon
- Robin Eubanks
- Roswell Rudd
- Steve Swell
Player of the Year of Instruments Rare in Jazz
- Scott Robinson, reeds, brass, antiques
- Bela Fleck banjo
- Erik Friedlander, cello
- Fred Lonberg-Holm, cello
- Daniel Smith, bassoon
Alto player of the year
- Ornette Coleman
- Steve Lehmann
- Steve Wilson
- Phil Woods
- Lee Konitz
Tenor player of the year
- Joshua Redman
- Sonny Rollins
- Tony Malaby
- Joe Lovano
Soprano Saxophonist of the Year
- Branford Marsalis
- Dave Liebman
- Jane Ira Bloom
- Wayne Shorter
Baritone saxophonist of the year
- Scott Robinson
- Mats Gustafsson
- Gary Smulyan
- James Carter
- Joe Temperley
Clarinetist of the Year
- Anat Cohen
- Don Byron
- Ken Peplowski
- Marty Ehrlich
- Paquito D'Rivera
- Perry Robinson
Flutist of the Year
- Frank Wess
- Jane Bunnett
- Lew Tabackin
- Nicole Mitchell
- Sam Rivers
Pianist of the Year
- Cecil Taylor
- Hank Jones
- Herbie Hancock
- McCoy Tyner
- Myra Melford
- Stefano Bollani
Organ-keyboards of the Year
- Joey DeFrancesco
- Dr. Lonnie Smith
- Gary Versace
- Larry Goldings
Guitarist of the Year
- Bill Frisell
- Lionel Loueke
- Pat Metheny
- Russell Malone
Bassist of the Year
- Charlie Haden
- Christian McBride
- Mark Dresser
- Ron Carter
- William Parker
Electric Bassist of the Year
- Steve Swallow
- Stanley Clarke
- Stomu Takeishi
- Marcus Miller
Strings Player of the Year
- Billy Bang, violin
- Erik Friedlander, cello
- Jenny Scheinman, violin
- Mark Feldman, violin
- Regina Carter, violin
Mallets Player of the Year
- Stefon Harris
- Steve Nelson
- Joe Locke
- Gary Burton
- Bobby Hutcherson
Percussionist of the Year
- Candido Camero
- Cyro Baptista
- Hamid Drake
- Kahil El 'Zabar
- Marilyn Mazur
Drummer of the Year
- Hamid Drake
- Matt Wilson
- Paul Motian
- Roy Haynes
- Jeff Tain" Watts
- Tyshawn Sorey
- Paal Nilssen-Love
Jazz Journalism Categories
Jazz Journalism Lifetime Achievement Award
(previous winners ineligible: Whitney Balliett, Stanley Dance, Nat Hentoff, Dan Morgenstern, Ira Gitler, Gary Giddins, Gene Lees, Bob Blumenthal, Howard Mandel, Francis Davis)
- Don Heckman, jazz critic Los Angeles Times, beginning in 1960s at New York Times
- Alyn Shipton, The Times in London, BBC Radio, author, editor, educator, lecturer
- Doug Ramsey, author, biographer, blogger, editor, print journalist since 1975 in Jazz Times, Down Beat, Dallas Morning News, Texas Monthly
- Stanley Crouch, author, artistic consultant, broadcast commentator, columnist in New York Daily News, New Republic, Jazz Times, Village Voice, others
- Larry Kart, author, Down Beat, Chicago Tribune
Excellence in Jazz Broadcasting: The Willis Conover-Marian McPartland Award
(previous winners ineligible: (previous winners ineligible: Phil Schaap, Neil Tesser, Marian McPartland, Dr. Billy Taylor, Kenny Washington, Michael Bourne, Alyn Shipton, Steve Schwartz, Rhonda Hamilton, Eric Jackson, Bob Porter)
- Leigh Kamman, career 1940-2007, includes WMIN, KSTP and The Jazz Image," for Minnesota Public Radio
- Linda Yohn, Music Director, WEMU, Ypsilanti, Ohio
- Nancy Wilson, host of Jazz Set," NPR
- Ted Panken, program host and interviewer, WKCR, NYC
Excellence in Newspaper, Magazine or Online Feature or Review Writing of the Year: The Helen Dance-Robert Palmer Award
- Larry Blumenfeld, Jazziz, Wall Street Journal, Village Voice
- Ben Ratliff, New York Times
- Nate Chinen, New York Times
- Will Friedwald, The New York Sun
Best Periodical Covering Jazz
- Downbeat
- JazzTimes
- Cadence
- Signal2Noise
Best Website Concentrating on Jazz
Best Book About Jazz
- Lee Konitz: Conversations on the Improviser's Art by Andy Hamilton (University of Michigan Press)
- Miles Ornette Cecil — Jazz Beyond Jazz by Howard Mandel (Routledge)
- Playing the Changes: Milt Hinton's Life in Stories and Photographs, by Milt Hinton, David Berger and Holly Maxon (Vanderbilt University Press)
- Coltrane: The Story of a Sound by Ben Ratliff (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
Excellence in Photography: The Lona Foote/ Bob Parent Award
(previous winners ineligible: William Claxton, William Gottlieb, Herman Leonard, Jimmy Katz, Chuck Stewart, Enid Farber, Ken Franckling, Lee Tanner, Jack Vartoogian, Gene Martin)
- Milt Hinton (posthumous)
- Mitchell Seidel
- Jos L.Knaepen
- Lourdes Delgado
Jazz Events Producer of the Year
- Ajay Heble, Guelph Jazz Festival and Colloquium
- Bill Royston, Portland (OR) Jazz Festival
- Jack Kleinsinger, Highlights in Jazz (NYC)
- Patricia Nicholson-Parker, Vision Festival (New York)
- Jazz at Lincoln Center (NYC)
For more information contact All About Jazz.