UP AND COMING ARTIST OF THE YEAR Ambrose Akinmusire
RECORDING OF THE YEAR Bird Songs Joe Lovano Us Five(Blue Note)
HISTORICAL RECORDING, BOXED SET OR SINGLE CD REISSUE OF THE YEAR The Complete 1932-1940 Brunswick, Columbia, and Master Recordings of Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra - Duke Ellington (Mosaic)
RECORD LABEL OF THE YEAR Blue Note
FEMALE SINGER OF THE YEAR Dee Dee Bridgewater
MALE SINGER OF THE YEAR Kurt Elling
LARGE ENSEMBLE OF THE YEAR Mingus Big Band
SMALL ENSEMBLE OF THE YEAR Joe Lovano Us Five
ARRANGER OF THE YEAR Bill Holman
TRUMPETER OF THE YEAR Ambrose Akinmusire
TROMBONIST OF THE YEAR Wycliffe Gordon
TENOR SAXOPHONIST OF THE YEAR Sonny Rollins
ALTO SAXOPHONIST OF THE YEAR Rudresh Mahanthappa
BARITONE SAXOPHONIST OF THE YEAR James Carter
SOPRANO SAXOPHONIST OF THE YEAR Jane Ira Bloom
CLARINETIST OF THE YEAR Anat Cohen
FLUTIST OF THE YEAR Nicole Mitchell
GUITARIST OF THE YEAR Russell Malone
PIANIST OF THE YEAR Fred Hersch
BASSIST OF THE YEAR Christian McBride
DRUMMER OF THE YEAR Matt Wilson
PERCUSSIONIST OF THE YEAR Bobby Sanabria
ORGANIST/KEYBOARDIST OF THE YEAR Dr. Lonnie Smith
MALLET INSTRUMENTALIST OF THE YEAR Stefon Harris
VIOLINIST OF THE YEAR Billy Bang
PLAYER OF THE YEAR INSTRUMENTS RARE IN JAZZ Toots Thielemans, harmonica
PERIODICAL/WEBSITE OF THE YEAR JazzTimes
BLOG OF THE YEAR A Blog Supreme, by Patrick Jarenwattananon
BEST BOOK ABOUT JAZZ I Walked With Giants: The Autobiography of Jimmy Heath, by Jimmy Heath and Joseph McLaren (Temple University Press)
BEST LINER NOTES OF THE YEAR Steven Lasker – The Complete 1932-1940 Brunswick, Columbia, and Master Recordings of Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra (Mosaic)
THE HELEN DANCE-ROBERT PALMER AWARD FOR REVIEW AND FEATURE WRITING Nate Chinen
THE WILLIS CONOVER–MARIAN MCPARTLAND AWARD FOR BROADCASTING Phil Schaap
THE LONA FOOTE- BOB PARENT AWARD FOR PHOTOGRAPHY Jimmy Katz
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT IN JAZZ JOURNALISM Bill Milkowski
SHORT FORM VIDEO OF THE YEAR Sonny Rollins: Getting It Back Together - Bret Primack, producer/director
PHOTO OF THE YEAR Sonny Rollins by John Abbott Complete 2011 Nominees List
2011 JAZZ HEROES
JJA 'Jazz Heroes' are activists, advocates, altruists, aiders and abettors of jazz who have had significant impact in their local communities. Omrao Brown Washington, D.C. Peggy Cafritz Washington, D.C. John Gilbreath Seattle Dr. Maitreya Padukone New York Don Z. Miller Phoenix Ed Reed Richmond, CA Mike Reed Chicago Roger Spencer and Lori Mechem Nashville Elynor Walcott and sons Paul, Frank and Lloyd Poindexter Boston
