JJA Jazz Awards 2017 - Vencedores

Anualmente a Jazz Journalists Association (Associação de Jornalista de Jazz) faz uma votação para premiar os músicos que mais se destacaram no ano.

Entre os prêmios mais cobiçados estão o de conjunto da obra, que sempre destaca um músico com mais de 50 anos de carreira, o de músico do ano e o de disco do ano.

Os vencedores da 21° edição foram anunciados no dia 15 de maio. Entre os músicos vencedores deste ano estão a arranjadora Maria Schneider, o pianista McCoy Tyner e o veterano trompetista Wadada Leo Smith.

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Lifetime Achievement in Jazz

McCoy Tyner


Musician of the Year

Wadada Leo Smith


Up and Coming Musician of the Year

Joey Alexander


Composer of the Year

Ted Nash


Arranger of the Year

Maria Schneider


Record of the Year

Madera Latino – A Latin Jazz Perspective on the Music of Woody Shaw (Hollistic MusicWorks)
Brian Lynch


Historical Record of the Year

Some Other Time: The Lost Session from the Black Forest
(Resonance Records)
Bill Evans


Record Label/Platform of the Year

Resonance Records


Male Singer of the Year

Gregory Porter


Female Singer of the Year

René Marie


Large Ensemble of the Year

Arturo O'Farrill Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra


Midsize Ensemble of the Yea

Charles Lloyd and the Marvels


Trio or Duo of the Year

Vijay Iyer and Wadada Leo Smith


Trumpeter of the Year

Brian Lynch


Trombonist of the Year

Wycliffe Gordon


Multi-reeds Player of the Year

Anat Cohen


Alto Saxophonist of the Year

Gary Bartz


Tenor Saxophonist of the Year

Charles Lloyd


Baritone Saxophonist of the Year

Claire Daly


Soprano Saxophonist of the Year

Jane Ira Bloom


Flutist of the Year

Nicole Mitchell


Clarinetist of the Year

Anat Cohen


Guitarist of the Year

Mary Halvorson


Pianist of the Year

Kenny Barron


Keyboards player of the Year

Dr. Lonnie Smith


Bassist of the Year

Christian McBride


Violinist/Violist/Cellist of the Year

Regina Carter


Percussionist of the Year

Pedrito Martinez


Mallets Instrumentalist of the Year

Warren Wolf


Traps Drummer of the Year

Jack DeJohnette


Player of Instruments Rare in Jazz of the Year

Scott Robinson, various


Electronics Player of the Year

Robert Glasper


Lifetime Achievement in Jazz Journalism

Ted Gioia


Jazz Periodical of the Year

DownBeat


Jazz Blog of the Year

Ethan Iverson: Do the Math


Jazz Book of the Year

Better Git It In Your Soul: An Interpretive Biography of Charles Mingus
Krin Gabbard