2007 Critic's Choice Jazz Awards
Lifetime Achievement in Jazz
Andrew Hill
Musician of the Year
Ornette Coleman
Up & Coming Musician of the Year
Anat Cohen
Jazz Album of the Year
Sound Grammar (Sound Grammar) Ornette Coleman
Jazz Reissue of the Year, Single CD
Music Written for Monterey 1965 Not Heard: At UCLA 1965 (CME-Sunnyside) Charles Mingus
Jazz Reissue of the Year, Boxed Set
The Complete 1957 Riverside Recordings (Riverside) Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane
Jazz Record Label of the Year
ECM
Jazz Events Producer of the Year
Patricia Nicholson Parker – Vision Festival/Arts for Art, Inc.
Jazz Composer of the Year
Andrew Hill
Jazz Arranger of the Year
Maria Schneider
Male Jazz Singer of the Year
Kurt Elling
Female Jazz Singer of the Year
Roberta Gambarini
Latin Jazz Album of the Year
Simpatico (ArtistShare) Brian Lynch & Eddie Palmieri
Small Ensemble Group of the Year
Ornette Coleman Quartet
Large Ensemble of the Year
Charles Tolliver Big Band
Trumpeter of the Year
Dave Douglas
Trombonist of the Year
Wycliffe Gordon
Player of the Year of Instruments Rare in Jazz
Scott Robinson, multi-reeds
Alto Saxophonist of the Year
Ornette Coleman
Tenor Saxophonist of the Year
Sonny Rollins
Soprano Saxophonist of the Year
Dave Liebman
Baritone Saxophonist of the Year
Gary Smulyan
Clarinetist of the Year
Anat Cohen
Flutist of the Year
Frank Wess
Pianist of the Year
Andrew Hill
Organ-keyboards of the Year
Joey DeFrancesco
Guitarist of the Year
Pat Metheny
Acoustic Bassist of the Year
Dave Holland
Electric Bassist of the Year
Steve Swallow
Strings Player of the Year
Regina Carter
Mallets Player of the Year
Bobby Hutcherson
Percussionist of the Year
Cyro Baptista
Drummer of the Year
Roy Haynes
Jazz Journalism Lifetime Achievement Award
Francis Davis
Excellence in Jazz Broadcasting — The Willis Conover-Marian McPartland Award
Bob Porter
Excellence in Photography — The Lona Foote–Bob Parent Award
Gene Martin
Excellence in Newspaper, Magazine or Online Feature or Review Writing — The Helen Dance–Robert Palmer Award
Nate Chinen
Best Periodical Covering Jazz
JazzTimes
Best Website Concentrating on Jazz
AllAboutJazz.com
Best Book About Jazz
The House That Trane Built: The Story Of Impulse Records (W. W. Norton) Ashley Kahn
Best Jazz Photo of the Year
John Abbott
A Team Awards (for activists, advocates, altruists, aiders and abettors of jazz) to:
Leslie Johnson, publisher of the Mississippi Rag;
Bob Koester, owner of Chicago's Jazz Record Mart and Delmark Records;
Orrin Keepnews, record producer and writer;
Donald Harrison, artistic director, and Bill Taylor, executive director of the New Orleans-based Tipitina's Foundation;
Clint Rosemond of The World Stage for inner city-outreach programs;
Mark Masters of the American Jazz Institute;
Dr. F. King Alexander, the President of the Cal State University of Long Beach, chairman of the Board of KJAZZ 88.1 FM;
Jose Rizo and Councilwoman Jan Perry for their work with the Board of the Dunbar Economic Development Corporation in support of the Central Avenue Jazz Festival