Journalists Association Jazz Awards 2017

2017 JJA Jazz Awards for Musical Achievement

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 Year: 

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

2017 JJA Jazz Awards for Journalism and Media

Lifetime Achievement in Jazz Journalism

Ted Gioia

Jazz Periodical of the Year

( category combines the previous Jazz Publication of the Year and Jazz Website of the year categories)

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

(University of California Press)

Krin Gabbard

Robert Palmer-Helen Oakley Dance Award for Excellence in Writing in 2016

Ashley Kahn

The Marian McPartland - Willis Conover Award

for Career Excellence in Broadcasting

Mark Ruffin

The Lona Foote -- Bob Parent Award 

for Career Excellence in Photography

Frank Stewart

Jazz Photo of the Year

Photographer: Manolo Nebot Rochera

Subject: Cecile McLorin Salvant at Festival Internacional Jazz Peniscola, Castellon Spain, July 2016

Jazz Album Art of the Year 

Artist: David Cowles

Cover art for Bill Charlap Trio's Notes from New York (Impulse/Verve)