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
