2009 Critic's Choice Jazz Awards
Lifetime Achievement in Jazz Lee Konitz
Musician of the Year Sonny Rollins
Composer of the Year Maria Schneider
Up & Coming Artist of the Year Esperanza Spalding
Events Producer of the Year George Wein New Festival Productions
Record of the Year Appearing Nightly Carla Bley Big Band (Watt/ECM)
Latin Jazz Album of the Year Song for Chico Arturo O'Farrill (Zoho)
Historical Recording/Reissue of the Year Road Shows, Vol. 1 Sonny Rollins (Doxy)
Historical Recording Boxed Set The Lester Young/Count Basie Sessions 1936-40 (Mosaic)
Record Label of the Year Mosaic
Female Singer of the Year Cassandra Wilson Male Singer of the Year Kurt Elling Instruments Rare in Jazz Richard Galliano, accordion Large Ensemble of the Year Maria Schneider Orchestra
Arranger of the Year Maria Schneider
Small Ensemble Group of the Year SF Jazz Collective
Trumpeter of the Year Terence Blanchard
Trombonist of the Year Roswell Rudd
Tenor Saxophonist of the Year Sonny Rollins
Alto Saxophonist of the Year Rudresh Mahanthappa
Flutist of the Year Frank Wess
Baritone Saxophonist of the Year Gary Smulyan
Soprano Saxophonist of the Year Branford Marsalis
Clarinetist of the Year Anat Cohen
Guitarist of the Year Bill Frisell
Pianist of the Year Hank Jones
Organist of the Year Dr. Lonnie Smith
Strings Player of the Year Billy Bang
Bassist of the Year William Parker
Electric Bassist of the Year Steve Swallow
Mallet Instrumentalist of the Year Joe Locke
Percussionist of the Year Hamid Drake
Drummer of the Year Brian Blade Periodical of the year Jazz Times
Website of the Year AllAboutJazz.com
Blog of the Year Jazz Beyond Jazz By Howard Mandel www.artsjournal.com/jazzbeyondjazz Best Book about Jazz A Power Stronger Than Itself: The AACM and American Experimental Music By George Lewis (University of Chicago Press), Best Photo of the Year Hank Jones, Montreal Jazz Festival 2008 By Kris King
The Lona Foote–Bob Parent Award for Photography John Abbott
The Willis Conover–Marian McPartland Award for Broadcasting Ben Young, Director, WKCR (Columbia University)
The Helen Dance–Robert Palmer Award for Review and Feature Writing Nate Chinen
Lifetime Achievement in Jazz Journalism Mike Zwerin
The Jazz Foundation of America and the Jazz Journalists Association Special Career Honors for Words with Music Mark Murphy
A Team Awards for:
Herb Alpert Musician, Producer, Jazz Supporter
Dr. Agnes Varis Jazz Angel
Bruce Lundvall Record Man
David N. Baker Jazz Educator
Timuel Black Cultural Historian
Steven Saltzman Chicago Jazz Advocate
Ruth Price The Jazz Bakery
Clarence Acox Garfield High School Jazz Band Leader
Scott Brown Roosevelt High School Jazz Band Leader
Peter Levinson Author and Publicist
Richard Sudhalter Author, Journalist, Musician
Лучшее джазовое фото 2009 года
©KRIS KING: Hank Jones, Montreal Jazz Festival 2008
Фотографии финалисты
©BILL KING: Maria Schneider conducts the U of T Jazz Orchestra April 4, 2009
©FRANK SCHINDELBECK: "Hands of a Jazz Musician"- Joe McPhee at a concert with William Parker and Roy Campbell last fall at Heidelberg, Germany.
©JOHN WHITING: Terell Stafford, September 19th 2008 at the 51st Annual Monterey Jazz Festival Garden Stage while Terell was performing with Matt Wilson’s Arts and Crafts
©NORM HARRIS: Odetta photographed in summer 2008 as she opened for Madeleine Peyroux. One of the last performances she gave in a major outdoor jazz festival before she passed away.
