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