LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT IN JAZZ
Jimmy Heath

MUSICIAN OF THE YEAR
Sonny Rollins

COMPOSER OF THE YEAR
Jason Moran

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

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