2013 Critic's Choice Jazz Awards
1) LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT IN JAZZ Muhal Richard Abrams McCoy Tyner Randy Weston Wayne Shorter
2) MUSICIAN OF THE YEAR Anat Cohen Chick Corea Robert Glasper Vijay Iyer Wadada Leo Smith
3) COMPOSER/ARRANGER OF THE YEAR Henry Threadgill Maria Schneider Ryan Truesdell Wadada Leo Smith
4) UP AND COMING ARTIST OF THE YEAR Aaron Diehl Bria Skonberg David Virelles Ryan Truesdell
5) RECORD OF THE YEAR Accelerando (ACT Music & Vision), Vijay Iyer Trio Centennial: Newly Discovered Works of Gil Evans(ArtistShare), Ryan Truesdell Black Radio (Blue Note Records), Robert Glasper Reunion: Live in New York (Pi), Sam Rivers-Dave Holland-Barry Altschul Ten Freedom Summers (Cuneiform), Wadada Leo Smith
6) RECORD LABEL/PLATFORM OF THE YEAR Clean Feed Records Concord Jazz ECM Pi Recordings Sunnyside Records
7) LARGE ENSEMBLE OF THE YEAR (10 INSTRUMENTS OR MORE) Darcy James Argue's Secret Society Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra Maria Schneider Jazz Orchestra Mingus Big Band Ryan Truesdell's Gil Evans Project Vanguard Jazz Orchestra
8) SMALL ENSEMBLE (9 INSTRUMENTS OR FEWER) Jason Moran and the Bandwagon Joe Lovano Us Five Matt Wilson's Arts and Crafts Vijay Iyer Trio Wayne Shorter Quartet
9) MALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR Giacomo Gates Gregory Porter Jose James Kurt Elling Theo Bleckmann
10) FEMALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR Cecile McLorin Salvant Dianne Reeves Luciana Souza Neneh Cherry
11) TRUMPETER OF THE YEAR (INCLUDES CORNETISTS) Ambrose Akinmusire Christian aTunde Adjuah Scott Dave Douglas Tom Harrell Wadada Leo Smith
12) TROMBONIST OF THE YEAR (INCLUDES BASS TROMBONE) Ray Anderson Robin Eubanks Steve Davis Steve Turre Wycliffe Gordon
13) MULTI-REEDS PLAYER OF THE YEAR Anat Cohen Charles Lloyd James Carter Roscoe Mitchell Scott Robinson Ted Nash
14) ALTO SAXOPHONIST OF THE YEAR Darius Jones Kenny Garrett Lee Konitz Miguel Zenon Rudresh Mahanthappa Tim Berne
15) TENOR SAXOPHONIST OF THE YEAR Sonny Rollins (emeritus, beyond voting) Branford Marsalis Chris Potter Eric Alexander Joe Lovano Ravi Coltrane Tony Malaby
16) BARITONE SAXOPHONIST OF THE YEAR Claire Daly Gary Smulyan Mats Gustafsson Ronnie Cuber
17) SOPRANO SAXOPHONIST OF THE YEAR Branford Marsalis Dave Liebman Ravi Coltrane Sam Newsome Wayne Shorter
18) FLUTIST OF THE YEAR Henry Threadgill Hubert Laws Jamie Baum Mark Weinstein Nicole Mitchell
19) CLARINETIST OF THE YEAR Anat Cohen Ben Goldberg Don Byron Evan Christopher Ken Peplowski
20) GUITARIST OF THE YEAR Bill Frisell John Abercrombie Marc Ribot Mary Halvorson Pat Metheny Russell Malone
21) PIANIST OF THE YEAR Brad Mehldau Chick Corea Fred Hersch Jason Moran Vijay Iyer
22) KEYBOARDS PLAYER OF THE YEAR Dr. Lonnie Smith Gary Versace Greg Lewis Joey DeFrancesco John Medeski Larry Goldings Robert Glasper
23) BASSIST OF THE YEAR Ben Williams Christian McBride Dave Holland Ron Carter William Parker
24) VIOLINIST/VIOLIST/CELLIST OF THE YEAR Jason Kao Hwang Jenny Scheinman Mark Feldman Regina Carter Zach Brock
25) PERCUSSIONIST OF THE YEAR Adam Rudolph Bobby Sanabria Dan Weiss Hamid Drake Poncho Sanchez Zakir Hussain
26) MALLETS INSTRUMENTALIST OF THE YEAR Bobby Hutcherson Gary Burton Jason Adasiewicz Joe Locke Stefon Harris Warren Wolf
27) TRAPS DRUMMER OF THE YEAR Billy Hart Brian Blade Eric Harland Jack DeJohnette Matt Wilson
28) PLAYER OF INSTRUMENTS RARE IN JAZZ Edmar Castaneda (harp) Gary Versace (accordion) Gregoire Maret (harmonica) Richard Galliano (accordion) Scott Robinson (reeds and brass, conventional and antique)
NOMINEES FOR 203 JAZZ JOURNALISM AWARDS Winners in the following journalism and media categories will be announced on June 19 at a reception at the Blue Note Jazz Club in New York City.
29) LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT IN JAZZ JOURNALISM Ted Panken W. Royal Stokes Willard Jenkins Stanley Crouch (declined to participate)
30) PRINT PERIODICAL OF THE YEAR Down Beat JazzTimes The New York City Jazz Record
31) WEBSITE OF THE YEAR AllAboutJazz.com iRockJazz.com JazzCorner.com JazzTimes.com PointofDeparture.org
32) BLOG OF THE YEAR A Blog Supreme (Patrick Jarenwattananon, NPR Music) Do the Math (Ethan Iverson) JazzWax (Marc Myers) Rifftides (Doug Ramsey)
33) BEST BOOK ABOUT JAZZ OF THE YEAR Shall We Play That One Together? The Life and Art of Jazz Piano Legend Marian McPartland (St. Martin's Press), by Paul de Barros The Jazz Standards: A Guide to Repertoire (Oxford University Press), by Ted Gioia The Last Balladeer: The Johnny Hartman Story (Scarecrow Press), by Greg Akkerman Wail: The Life of Bud Powell (Bop Changes), by Peter Pullman What It Is: The Life of a Jazz Artist ( Scarecrow Press), by Dave Liebman and Lewis Porter Why Jazz Happened (University of California Press), by Marc Myers
34) THE HELEN DANCE-ROBERT PALMER AWARD FOR WRITING IN THE YEAR 2012 Ben Ratliff Marc Myers Nate Chinen Ted Panken Will Friedwald
35) THE WILLIS CONOVER-MARIAN MCPARTLAND AWARD FOR BROADCASTING IN THE YEAR 2012 Gary Walker, WBGO Jim Wilke (Jazz After Hours) Josh Jackson ( The Checkout)
36) PHOTO OF THE YEAR 1. Cleve Douglas, by Pankov Mikhail Msserv 2. Dezron Douglas, by Gulnara Khamatova 3. Ambrose Akinmusire, by Alexey Karpovich 4. Lionel Charles Ferbos, by Skip Bolen 5. Joey DeFrancesco, by Ziga Koritnik 6. Paolo Fresu, by Roberto Cifarelli 7. Dee Dee Bridgewater, by Richard Conde.
37) SHORT FORM JAZZ VIDEO OF THE YEAR "What Is Scatting" by Brandon Bain, Capsulicity