The 2005 JJA Jazz Awards celebration, a cocktail-and-supper party with musical entertainment, will be held on Tuesday, June 14, at B.B. King's Blues Club and Grill, 237 W. 42nd St. in New York City from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Additionally, the JJA will honor jazz activists for their humanitarian contributions to the art form. These nominees for the JJA's “A Team" of altruists, activists, aiders and abettors of jazz will be announced at a later date.
The Jazz Awards 2005 recognizes excellence and accomplishment in performance, recording, presentation and documentation of jazz from April 15, 2004 to February 28, 2005. To learn more about the nominees and the awards, please visit the website: http://jazzjournalistsawards.com. There will also be an area at the site for nominees to reserve their tickets.
Previously, the Jazz Awards has been held at Jazz Standard, Birdland, South Street Seaport, the Knitting Factory and Alice Tully Hall. A full roster of Jazz Awards 2005 nominees is on view at http://www.jazzhouse.org, as is the history of the Awards and its past winners.
Among the supporters of the Jazz Journalists Awards this year are: ASCAP, BMI and BET Jazz, the 24-Hour Jazz Channel.
The JJA will host Jazz Awards nominated finalists at B.B. King's Blues Club and Grill. The JJA is hosting a separate West Coast Jazz Awards Party at the Jazz Bakery in Los Angeles on Sunday, May 29, where Kenny Burrell, Gerald Wilson, Wadada Leo Smith, Charlie Haden, and Dr. Craig Springer are being feted for their contributions to jazz education.
Tickets to this year's JJA Jazz Awards at B.B. King's Blues Club and Grill are $50 to JJA members and nominees (after their two complimentary tickets) and $150 to the public. Tickets for the JJA Jazz Awards West Coast are $25 to JJA members, $75 to the public. Tickets may be bought by check made out to the Jazz Journalists Association, sent c/o Arnold J. Smith, 436 State St., Brooklyn, NY 11217, or by credit card at ww.jazzjournalistsawards.com, where there are photos and sound samples of many nominees, plus news of celebrity guest hosts and musical performances at the Awards. Reservations only, no tickets issued; seating will be assigned, check-in at the door.
For more information, please contact JJA Executive Director Howard Mandel ([email protected]) or JJA elections officer Ken Dryden ([email protected]).
For more information about the Jazz Foundation of America, please visit the website www.jazzfoundation.org.
For sponsorship opportunities concerning these 9th Annual JJA Jazz Awards, contact Shannon Gibbons ([email protected]).
For advertisements in the JJA Awards program book, contact Joe Petrucelli ([email protected]).
Here are the nominees for the JJA Jazz Awards 2005:
1) Lifetime Achievement in Jazz
Roy Haynes
Hank Jones
Lee Konitz
Sam Rivers
2) Musician of the Year
Dave Douglas
Dave Holland
Joe Lovano
Branford Marsalis
3) Up & Coming Musician of the Year
Sean Jones
Jeremy Pelt
Madeleine Peyroux
Manuel Valera
4) Jazz Album of the Year
Don Byron, Ivey Divey (Blue Note)
Branford Marsalis, Eternal (Marsalis Music)
Maria Schneider, Concert in the Garden (Artists Share)
Clark Terry, Porgy & Bess (A440)
5) Jazz Reissue of the Year, single CD
Duke Ellington, Blues in Orbit (Columbia Legacy)
Coleman Hawkins, Centennial Collection (BMG Bluebird)
Andrew Hill, Dance With Death (Blue Note)
Sam Rivers, Contours (Blue Note)
6) Jazz Reissue of the Year, boxed set
Albert Ayler, Holy Ghost (Revenant)
Miles Davis, Seven Steps: The Complete Columbia Recordings, 1963-1964 (Columbia Legacy)
Dexter Gordon, The Complete Prestige Recordings (Mosaic)
Various, The Complete Norman Granz Jam Sessions (Verve)
7) Jazz Record Label of the Year Blue Note
Mosaic
Palmetto
Telarc
8) Jazz Events Producer of the Year
Todd Barkan/Jazz at Lincoln Center
Randall Kline/SFJazz
Patricia Nicholson-Parker/Vision Series
George Wein/Festival Productions
9) Jazz Composer of the Year
Dave Douglas
Fred Hersch
Dave Holland
Maria Schneider
10) Jazz Arranger of the Year
Bob Brookmeyer
Slide Hampton
Dave Holland
Maria Schneider
11) Male Jazz Singer of the Year
Andy Bey
Kurt Elling
Giacomo Gates
Kevin Mahogany
12) Female Jazz Singer of the Year
Dee Dee Bridgewater
Dianne Reeves
Luciana Souza
Cassandra Wilson
13) Latin Jazz Album of the Year
Charlie Haden, Land of the Sun (Verve)
Jerry Gonzalez, Y Los Piratas del Flamenco (Sunnyside)
Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Paseo (Blue Note)
Omar Sosa, Mulatos (OTA)
14) Small Ensemble Group of the Year (octet or smaller)
Bill Charlap Trio
Dave Douglas Quintet
Branford Marsalis Quartet
Jason Moran Trio
Bobby Watson & Horizon
15) Large Ensemble of the Year (nonet or larger, including big bands, jazz orchestras, contemporary symphonies, et. al.)
Dave Holland Big Band
Maria Schneider Big Band
Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra
Vanguard Jazz Orchestra
16) Trumpeter of the Year
Dave Douglas
Wynton Marsalis
Nicholas Payton
Clark Terry
17) Trombonist of the Year
Bob Brookmeyer
Robin Eubanks
Wycliffe Gordon
Roswell Rudd
Steve Turre
18) Player of the Year of Instruments Rare in Jazz
Howard Johnson, tuba
Gregoire Maret, harmonica
David Murray, bass clarinet
Scott Robinson, various reeds (bass sax, C-melody sax, etc.)
Bob Stewart, tuba
19) Alto Saxophonist of the Year
Ornette Coleman
Lee Konitz
Greg Osby
Phil Woods
20) Tenor Saxophonist of the Year
Joe Lovano
Branford Marsalis
Chris Potter
Sonny Rollins
Wayne Shorter
21) Soprano Saxophonist of the Year
Jane Ira Bloom
Dave Liebman
Branford Marsalis
Wayne Shorter
22) Baritone Saxophonist of the Year
Hamiet Bluiett
Ronnie Cuber
Claire Daly
Gary Smulyan
23) Clarinetist of the Year
Don Byron
Kenny Davern
Marty Ehrlich
Ken Peplowski
24) Flutist of the Year
Jamie Baum
Jane Bunnett
James Moody
Frank Wess
25) Pianist of the Year
Kenny Barron
Bill Charlap
Jason Moran
Cecil Taylor
26) Organ-keyboards of the Year
Joey DeFrancesco
Larry Goldings
Jimmy Smith
Dr. Lonnie Smith
27) Guitarist of the Year
Bill Frisell
Jim Hall
Russell Malone
Pat Metheny
John Scofield
28) Acoustic Bassist of the Year
Charlie Haden
Dave Holland
Christian McBride
William Parker
29) Electric Bassist of the Year
Richard Bona
Bob Cranshaw
Christian McBride
Steve Swallow
30) Strings Player of the Year (violin, cello, kora, harp, etc.)
Billy Bang
Regina Carter
Erik Friedlander
Jenny Scheinman
31) Mallets Player of the Year (vibes, marimba, etc.)
Gary Burton
Stefon Harris
Bobby Hutcherson
Steve Nelson
32) Percussionist of the Year
Don Alias
Ray Barretto
Kahil El¹Zabar
Giovanni Hidalgo
Poncho Sanchez
33) Drummer of the Year
Brian Blade
Jack DeJohnette
Winard Harper
Roy Haynes
JAZZ JOURNALISM CATEGORIES
1) Jazz Journalism Lifetime Achievement Award
Bob Blumenthal
Francis Davis
Mike Zwerin
2) Excellence in Jazz Broadcasting/the Willis Conover-Marian McPartland Award
Eric Jackson (WGBH-FM)
Linda Yohn (WEMU-FM)
Rhonda Hamilton (WBGO-FM)
Bob Perkins (WRTI-FM)
Jim Wilke (PRI/Jazz After Hours)
Ted Panken (WKCR-FM)
3) Excellence in Photography/the Lona Foote-Bob Parent Award
Jimmy Katz
Jack Vartoogian
Alan Nahigian
C. Andrew Hovan
4) Excellence in Newspaper, Magazine or Online Feature or Review Writing/the Helen Dance-Robert Palmer Award
Bill Milkowski (JazzTimes, various others)
Ted Panken (Down Beat, Jazziz, Barnes&Noble.com, New York Daily News)
Mike Zwerin (International Herald Tribune)
Nate Chinen (Philadelphia City Paper, Village Voice, various others)
Ben Ratliff (New York Times)
5) Best Periodical Covering Jazz
JazzTimes
Down Beat
Cadence
Signal to Noise
6) Best Website Concentrating on Jazz
Allaboutjazz.com
Jazzcorner.com
Allmusic.com
Jazztimes.com
7) Best Book About Jazz
Footprints: The Life and Work of Wayne Shorter, Michelle Mercer (Tarcher-Penguin)
Weather Bird: Jazz at the Dawn of Its Second Century, Gary Giddins (Oxford University Press)
Living With Jazz, Dan Morgenstern (Oxford University Press)
Jazz and Its Discontents, Francis Davis (Da Capo)
For more information contact All About Jazz.
