2012 Jazz Journalists Association Jazz Awards

AWARDS FOR MUSIC

Lifetime Achievement in Jazz: 

Horace Silver

Musician of the Year: 

Sonny Rollins

Composer-Arranger of the Year: 

Maria Schneider

Up and Coming Artist of the Year: 

Ben Williams    

Record of the Year: 

Sonny Rollins, Road Shows, Vol. 2 (Doxy Records)

Best Historic Recording/Boxed Set: 

Miles Davis, Bootleg Sessions, Vol. 1, Quintet Live in Europe 1967 (Columbia Legacy)

Record Label of the Year: 

ECM   

Large Ensemble of the Year: 

Mingus Big Band

Small Ensemble of the Year: 

Joe Lovano Us Five    

Best Male Vocalist: 

Kurt Elling

  

Best Female Vocalist: 

Gretchen Parlato

Trumpeter of the Year: 

Ambrose Akinmusire 

Trombonist of the Year: 

Wycliffe Gordon

Multi-reeds Player of the Year: 

Anat Cohen  

Alto Saxophonist of the Year: 

Rudresh Mahanthappa

Tenor Saxophonist of the Year: 

Sonny Rollins

Baritone Saxophonist of the Year: 

Gary Smulyan   

Soprano Saxophonist of the Year: 

Jane Ira Bloom  

Flutist of the Year: 

Nicole Mitchell

Clarinetist of the Year: 

Anat Cohen

Guitarist of the Year: 

Bill Frisell  

Pianist of the Year: 

Vijay Iyer

Keyboard player of the Year: 

Gary Versace

Bassist of the Year: 

Christian McBride

Violinist of the Year: 

Regina Carter

Percussionist of the Year: 

Poncho Sanchez  

Mallets Instrumentalist of the Year: 

Gary Burton  

Drummer of the Year: 

Roy Haynes

Player of Instruments Rare in Jazz of the Year: 

Toots Thielemans, harmonica

AWARDS FOR JAZZ JOURNALISM

Lifetime Achievement in Jazz Journalism: 

Amiri Baraka  

Helen Dance-Robert Palmer Award for Writing in the Year 2011: 

Larry Blumenfeld

Willis Conover-Marian McPartland Award for Broadcasting: 

Josh Jackson   

Lona Foote-Bob Parent Award for Photography: 

Herb Snitzer    

Print Periodical of the Year: 

JazzTimes

Website of the Year: 

AllAboutJazz.com

Blog of the Year: 

Marc Myers' Jazz Wax

Book of the Year: Norman Granz: 

The Man Who Used Jazz for Justice (University of California Press), by Tad Hershorn   

Liner notes of the Year: 

Francis Davis, Sonny Rollins' Road Show, Vol. 2 (Doxy Records)

Photo of the Year: 

Chick Corea by Pavel Korbut

Short Form Jazz News Video of the Year: 

Victory! - The Making of J.D. Allen's Album by Mario Tahi Lathan