Udruženje džez novinara proglasilo najbolje u protekloj godini

Nagrada za životno delo:

• Jimmy Heath

Muzičar godine:

• Sonny Rollins

Kompozitor:

• Jason Moran

Zvezda u usponu:

• Ambrose Akinmusire

Album:

• Bird Songs – Joe Lovano Us Five (Blue Note)

Istorijski snimak, komplet ili pojedinačno reizdanje:

• The Complete 1932-1940 Brunswick, Columbia, and Master Recordings of Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra – Duke Ellington (Mosaic)

Izdavačka kuća:

• Blue Note

Pevačica:

• Dee Dee Bridgewater

Pevač:

• Kurt Elling

Veliki ansambl:

• Mingus Big Band

Mali ansambl:

• Joe Lovano Us Five

Aranžer:

• Bill Holman

Truba:

• Ambrose Akinmusire

Trombon:

• Wycliffe Gordon

Tenor saksofon:

• Sonny Rollins

Alt saksofon:

• Rudresh Mahanthappa

Bariton saksofon:

• James Carter

Sopran saksofon:

• Jane Ira Bloom

Klarinet:

• Anat Cohen

Flauta:

• Nicole Mitchell

Gitara:

• Russell Malone

Klavir:

• Fred Hersch

Bas:

• Christian McBride

Bubnjevi:

• Matt Wilson

Udaraljke:

• Bobby Sanabria

Orgulje/klavijature:

• Dr. Lonnie Smith

Vibrafon:

• Stefon Harris

Violina:

• Billy Bang

Neuobičajeni instrumenti u džezu:

• Toots Thielemans – usna harmonika

Periodika/sajt:

• JazzTimes

Blog:

• A Blog Supreme, Patrick Jarenwattananon

Najbolja knjiga o džezu:

• I Walked With Giants: The Autobiography of Jimmy Heath, by Jimmy Heath and Joseph McLaren (Temple University Press)

Prateći tekst:

• Steven Lasker – The Complete 1932-1940 Brunswick, Columbia, and Master Recordings of Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra (Mosaic)

Helen Dance-Robert Palmer nagrada za recenzije i tematske tekstove:

• Nate Chinen

Willis Conover-Marian McPartland nagrada za radijsko emitovanje:

• Phil Schaap

Lona Foote-Bob Parent nagrada za fotografiju

• Jimmy Katz

Životno delo u džez novinarstvu:

• Bill Milkowski

Kratki video:

• Sonny Rollins: Getting It Back Together – Bret Primack, producent/režiser

Fotografija godine:

• Sonny Rollins – John Abbott