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 |
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