2006 Critic's Choice Jazz Awards
- Lifetime Achievement in Jazz
- Roy Haynes - Musician of the Year
- Sonny Rollins - Up & Coming Musician of the Year
- Dafnis Prieto - Jazz Album of the Year
- Thelonious Monk & John Coltrane,Carnegie Hall 1957 (Blue Note) - Single CD Reissue of the Year
- Pat Metheny/Ornette Coleman, Song X (Nonesuch) - Boxed Set Reissue of the Year
- Miles Davis, The Cellar Door Sessions 1970 (Columbia/Legacy), original sessions produced by Teo Macero, produced for release by Teo Macero and Stan Tonkel - Record Label of the Year
- Concord/Fantasy/Telarc - Events Producer of the Year
- George Wein, Festival Productions - Composer of the Year
- Andrew Hill - Arranger of the Year
- Maria Schneider - Male Singer of the Year
- Kurt Elling - Female Singer of the Year
- Dianne Reeves - Latin Jazz Album of the Year
- Bebo Valdés, Bebo de Cuba (Calle 54) - Small Ensemble of the Year (< 9 pieces)
- Wayne Shorter Quartet - Large Ensemble of the Year (9+ pieces)
- Gerald Wilson Orchestra - Trumpeter of the Year
- Dave Douglas - Trombonist of the Year
- Wycliffe Gordon - Player of the Year of Instruments Rare in Jazz
- Toots Thielemans (harmonica) - Alto Saxophonist of the Year
- Phil Woods - Tenor Saxophonist of the Year
- Sonny Rollins - Soprano Saxophonist of the Year
- Jane Ira Bloom - Baritone Saxophonist of the Year
- James Carter - Clarinetist of the Year
- Paquito D'Rivera - Flutist of the Year
- Sam Rivers - Pianist of the Year
- Bill Charlap - Organ-keyboards of the Year
- Joey DeFrancesco - Guitarist of the Year
- Jim Hall - Acoustic Bassist of the Year
- Ron Carter - Electric Bassist of the Year
- Christian McBride - Strings Player of the Year
- Regina Carter - Mallets Player of the Year
- Joe Locke - Percussionist of the Year
- Ray Barretto - Drummer of the Year
- Paul Motian
Jazz Journalism Categories
- Jazz Journalism Lifetime Achievement Award (past winners: Whitney Balliett, Stanley Dance, Gary Giddins, Nat Hentoff, Ira Gitler, Dan Morgenstern, Bob Blumenthal)
- Howard Mandel - Willis Conover-Marian McPartland Award for Excellence in Jazz Broadcasting (past winners: Neil Tesser, Marian McPartland, Dr. Billy Taylor, Phil Schaap, Michael Bourne, Kenny Washington, Alyn Shipton, Steve Schwartz, Rhonda Hamilton)
- Eric Jackson (WGBH-FM, Boston) - Lona Foote-Bob Parent Award — Excellence in Photography (past winners: William Claxton, William Gottlieb, Herman Leonard, Chuck Stewart, Enid Farber, Ken Franckling, Lee Tanner, Jack Vartoogian)
- Jimmy Katz - Helen Dance-Robert Palmer Award — Excellence in Newspaper, Magazine or Online Writing (past winners: Gary Giddins, Howard Mandel, Bill Milkowski, Ben Ratliff)
- Nate Chinen - Best Periodical Covering Jazz
- JazzTimes - Best Website Concentrating on Jazz
- AllAboutJazz.com - Best Book About Jazz
- Take Five: The Public and Private Lives of Paul Desmond (Parkside), by Doug Ramsey - Best Photo of the Year
Photographer: Gene Martin
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