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 serão conhecidos no dia 15 de maio. Entre os músicos com mais indicação este ano estão a arranjadora Maria Schneider, o pianista Fred Hersch e os veteranos saxofonistas Henry Threadgill e Charles Lloyd.
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LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT IN JAZZ
MUHAL RICHARD ABRAMS
BENNY GOLSON
AHMAD JAMAL
CHARLES LLOYD
MCCOY TYNER
JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE YEAR
CHICK COREA
FRED HERSCH
CHARLES LLOYD
WADADA LEO SMITH
HENRY THREADGILL
UP AND COMING MUSICIAN OF THE YEAR
JOEY ALEXANDER
JEROME JENNINGS
ADAM O’FARRILL
COMPOSER OF THE YEAR
DARCY JAMES ARGUE
TED NASH
MARIA SCHNEIDER
TYSHAWN SOREY
HENRY THREADGILL
ARRANGER OF THE YEAR
MARIA SCHNEIDER
DARCY JAMES ARGUE
CARLA BLEY
ARTURO O'FARRILL
HENRY THREADGILL
JOHN BEASLEY
RECORD OF THE YEAR
A COSMIC RHYTHM WITH EACH STROKE (ECM RECORDS)
VIJAY IYER AND WADADA LEO SMITH
MADERA LATINO - A LATIN JAZZ PERSPECTIVE ON THE MUSIC OF WOODY SHAW (HOLLISTIC MUSICWORKS)
BRIAN LYNCH
OLD LOCKS AND IRREGULAR VERBS (PI RECORDINGS)
HENRY THREADGILL ENSEMBLE DOUBLE UP
SUNDAY NIGHT AT THE VANGUARD (PALMETTO)
THE FRED HERSCH TRIO
TIME/LIFE (SONGS FOR THE WHALES AND OTHER BEINGS (IMPULSE!)
CHARLIE HADEN LIBERATION MUSIC ORCHESTRA
HISTORICAL RECORD OF THE YEAR
ALL MY YESTERDAYS: THE DEBUT 1966 RECORDINGS AT THE VILLAGE VANGUARD (RESONANCE RECORDS)
THAD JONES / MEL LEWIS ORCHESTRA
CLASSIC SAVOY BE-BOP SESSIONS 1945 - 1949 (MOSAIC)
VARIOUS ARTISTS
CLASSIC 1936-1947
COUNT BASIE & LESTER YOUNG STUDIO SESSIONS, (MOSAIC)
SOME OTHER TIME: THE LOST SESSION FROM THE BLACK FOREST (RESONANCE RECORDS)
BILL EVANS
IN PARIS: THE ORTF RECORDINGS (RESONANCE RECORDS)
LARRY YOUNG
RECORD LABEL OF THE YEAR
ECM RECORDS
MACK AVENUE RECORDS
MOTEMA MUSIC
PI RECORDINGS
RESONANCE RECORDS
MALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR
THEO BLECKMANN
KURT ELLING
ALLAN HARRIS
JOSÉ JAMES
GREGORY PORTER
FEMALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR
CYRILLE AIMÉE
RENÉ MARIE
CATHERINE RUSSELL
CÉCILE MCLORIN SALVANT
LARGE ENSEMBLE OF THE YEAR
DARCY JAMES ARGUE’S SECRET SOCIETY
ARTURO O'FARRILL AFRO LATIN JAZZ ORCHESTRA
MARIA SCHNEIDER ORCHESTRA
VANGUARD JAZZ ORCHESTRA
MIDSIZED ENSEMBLE OF THE YEAR
MARY HALVORSON OCTET
CHARLES LLOYD AND THE MARVELS
PAT METHENY UNITY BAND
HENRY THREADGILL ENSEMBLE DOUBLE UP
DUO OR TRIO OF THE YEARR
KENNY BARRON TRIO
BILL CHARLAP TRIO
FRED HERSCH TRIO
VIJAY IYER & WADADA LEO SMITH
JOSHUA REDMAN & BRAD MEHLDAU
TRUMPETER OF THE YEAR
DAVE DOUGLAS
JONATHAN FINLAYSON
BRIAN LYNCH
JEREMY PELT
WADADA LEO SMITH
TERELL STAFFORD
TROMBONIST OF THE YEAR
STEVE DAVIS
MICHAEL DEASE
WYCLIFFE GORDON
CONRAD HERWIG
RYAN KEBERLE
STEVE TURRE
MULTI-REEDS PLAYER OF THE YEAR
JAMES CARTER
ANAT COHEN
HENRY THREADGILL
CHRIS POTTER
SCOTT ROBINSON
STEVE WILSON
ALTO SAXOPHONIST OF THE YEAR
GARY BARTZ
STEVE COLEMAN
KENNY GARRETT
RUDRESH MAHANTHAPPA
STEVE WILSON
MIGUEL ZENON
TENOR SAXOPHONIST OF THE YEAR
ERIC ALEXANDER
JD ALLEN
HARRY ALLEN
CHARLES LLOYD
JOE LOVANO
DONNY MCCASLIN
BARITONE SAXOPHONIST OF THE YEAR
JAMES CARTER
CLAIRE DALY
BRIAN LANDRUS
GARY SMULYAN
SCOTT ROBINSON
SOPRANO SAXOPHONIST OF THE YEAR
JANE IRA BLOOM
JANE BUNNETT
DAVE LIEBMAN
WAYNE SHORTER
FLUTIST OF THE YEAR
JANE BUNNETT
NICOLE MITCHELL
ELENA PINDERHUGHES
HENRY THREADGILL
CLARINETIST OF THE YEAR
EVAN CHRISTOPHER
ANAT COHEN
BEN GOLDBERG
KEN PEPLOWSKI
GUITARIST OF THE YEAR
BILL FRISELL
MARY HALVORSON
JULIAN LAGE
RUSSELL MALONE
JOHN SCOFIELD
PIANIST OF THE YEAR<
KENNY BARRON
BILL CHARLAP
FRED HERSCH
VIJAY IYER
KEYBOARDIST OF THE YEAR
CHICK COREA
JOEY DE FRANCESCO
ROBERT GLASPER
DR. LONNIE SMITH
CRAIG TABORN
BASSIST OF THE YEAR<
RON CARTER
JOHN HÉBERT
DAVE HOLLAND
CHRISTIAN MCBRIDE
LINDA OH
VIOLINIST-VIOLIST-CELLIST OF THE YEAR
REGINA CARTER
AKUA DIXON
CHRISTIAN HOWES
TOMEKA REID
PERCUSSIONIST OF THE YEAR
ZAKIR HUSSAIN
PEDRITO MARTINEZ
LITTLE JOHNNY RIVERO
JOHN SANTOS
MALLET INSTRUMENTALIST OF THE YEAR
GARY BURTON
STEFON HARRIS
JOE LOCKE
STEVE NELSON
WARREN WOLF
TRAPS DRUMMER OF THE YEAR
BRIAN BLADE
ANDREW CYRILLE
JACK DEJOHNETTE
ERIC HARLAND
BILLY HART
ROY HAYNES
TYSHAWN SOREY
PLAYER OF THE YEAR OF INSTRUMENTS RARE IN JAZZ
GREGOIRE MARET (HARMONICA)
SCOTT ROBINSON (VARIOUS)
GARY VERSACE (ACCORDION)
BRANDEE YOUNGER (HARP)
ELECTRONICS PLAYER OF THE YEAR
ROBERT GLASPER
JASON LINDNER
IKUE MORI
CRAIG TABORN
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT IN JAZZ JOURNALISM
WILL FRIEDWALD
TED GIOIA
BEN RATLIFF
JOHN SZWED
KEVIN WHITEHEAD
PRINT PERIODICAL/WEBSITE OF THE YEAR
ALLABOUTJAZZ.COM
DOWNBEAT
HOT HOUSE
JAZZTIMES
JAZZIZ
THE NEW YORK CITY JAZZ RECORD
THE NEW YORK TIMES
BLOG OF THE YEAR
DO THE MATH, BY ETHAN IVERSON
JAZZ LIVES, BY MICHAEL STEINMAN
JAZZ WAX, BY MARC MYERS
RIFFTIDES, BY DOUG RAMSEY
BOOK OF THE YEAR ABOUT JAZZ
ANATOMY OF A SONG: THE ORAL HISTORY OF 45 ICONIC HITS THAT CHANGED ROCK, R&B AND POP (GROVE PRESS)
MARC MYERS
BETTER GIT IT IN YOUR SOUL: AN INTERPRETIVE BIOGRAPHY OF CHARLES MINGUS (UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS)
KRIN GABBARD
HOW TO LISTEN TO JAZZ (BASIC BOOKS)
TED GIOIA
STAN LEVEY: JAZZ HEAVYWEIGHT (SANTA MONICA PRESS)
FRANK R. HAYDE
