2001 Critic's Choice Jazz Awards
Вручение наград состоялось 14 июня 2001 в Нью-Йорке по 44th St. & 8th Ave. при спонсорстве J&R Music/Computer World (www.jandr.com) и поддержке от www.thejazzstore.com и www.jazzcorner.com, среди прочих. Победители были отобраны 162 журналистами из 351 членов ассоциации, были отобраны из 96 кандидатур, выдвинутых членами JJA.
- Lifetime Achievement in Jazz
- Musician of the Year
- Album of the Year
Joe Lovano, 52nd Street Themes (Blue Note)
- Reissue of the Year
Louis Armstrong, Hot 5s and 7s (Columbia Legacy)
- Events Producer of the Year
George Wein, Festival Productions - Composer of the Year
- Male Singer of the Year
- Female Singer of the Year
- Recording Debut of the Year
Jane Monheit, Never Neverland (N-Coded Music)
- Afro-Cuban Jazz Album of the Year
Chucho Valdés, Live at the Village Vanguard(Blue Note)
- Brazilian Jazz Album of the Year
Eliane Elias, Everything I Love (Blue Note)
- Small Ensemble of the Year (nonet or smaller)
- Large Ensemble of the Year (tentet or bigger, including big bands, jazz orchestras, contemporary symphonies, et. al.)
- Trumpeter of the Year
- Trombonist of the Year
- Brass of the Year (tuba, French horn, etc.)
- Alto Saxophonist of the Year
- Tenor Saxophonist of the Year
- Soprano Saxophonist of the Year
- Baritone Saxophonist of the Year
- Winds and Reeds of the Year
Marty Ehrlich, saxophones, clarinets, flutes
- Pianist of the Year
- Organ-keyboards of the Year
- Guitarist of the Year
- Acoustic Bassist of the Year
- Electric Bassist of the Year
- Strings Player of the Year
Regina Carter, violin
- Mallets Player of the Year
Stefon Harris, vibes, marimba
- Percussionist of the Year
Poncho Sanchez, congas
- Drummer of the Year
JAZZ JOURNALISM CATEGORIES
- Jazz Journalism Lifetime Achievement Award
(no repeat winners: previous honorees are Whitney Balliet, Nat Hentoff, Stanley Dance) - Excellence in Photography/the Lona Foote-Bob Parent Award (previous honorees are William Claxton, William Gottlieb, Herman Leonard)
Chuck Stewart
- Excellence in Newspaper, Magazine or Online Feature or Review Writing/the Helen Dance-Robert Palmer Award
(previous honorees are Howard Mandel, Gary Giddins) - Excellence in Jazz Broadcasting/the Willis Conover-Marian McPartland Award
(previous honorees are Neil Tesser, Dr. Billy Taylor, Marian McPartland, Phil Schaap)Michael Bourne, WBGO-FM, Newark and www.wbgo.org
- Best Film/Video Regarding Jazz of the Year
- Best Periodical Covering Jazz
- Best Jazz Liner Note/Program Note of the Year
Howard Mandel, Bob Brookmeyer, Teddy Charles, Bill Crow, David X. Young, Juan Osaka McFelsnir,David X. Young's Jazz Loft (JazzMagnet)
- Best Jazz Website of the Year
- Best Book on Jazz of the Year
Oxford Companion to Jazz, Bill Kirchner, ed. (Oxford University Press)