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Lee Konitz & Sonny Rollins raih penghargaan Jazz Journalist Association Awards 2009

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Hank Jones – Photo by Enid Farber (2009)

Saxophonis Lee Konitz, Sonny Rollins, Rudresh Mahanthappa, Gary Smulyan, dan Branford Marsalis masuk dalam jajaran pemenang penghargaan yang diberikan oleh Jazz Journalist Association untuk Awards tahun 2009.

Sonny Rollins dan Maria Schneider masing-masing memenangkan tiga penghargaan sekaligus tahun ini. Sementara Hank Jones dipilih sebagai pianist of the year diantara para nominator lain seperti Kenny Barron, Cecil Taylor, Ahmad Jamal dan Keith Jarrett maupun wajah baru seperti Jason Moran dan Matthew Shipp. Dengan kesederhanaannya Jones berkomentar, “seharusnya ini penghargaan kelompok”.

“Ini menjadi kehormatan buat saya dan menjadi insentif untuk berkarya lebih baik lagi”, ujar Jones yang tahun depan berusia 91 tahun. “Ini bukan akhir dari segalanya, justru ini menjadi awal untuk saya”, lanjutnya.

George Wein, produser festival jazz tertua didunia, Newport Jazz Festival juga menerima penghargaan. Meskipun era festival dengan nama-nama besar seperti Miles Davis, Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington dan Count Basie sudah lewat, ia berkata, “Semangat jazz tidak akan mati meski mereka sudah tiada. Tapi anak-anak muda yang penuh konsep petualangan dan mencari hal-hal baru akan menjadi trend kedepannya “.

Berikut ini daftar lengkap pemenang penghargaan tersebut:

Lifetime Achievement in Jazz
Lee Konitz

Musician of the Year
Sonny Rollins

Composer of the Year
Maria Schneider

Up & Coming Artist of the Year
Esperanza Spalding

Events Producer of the Year
George Wein
New Festival Productions

Record of the Year
Appearing Nightly
Carla Bley Big Band
(Watt/ECM)

Latin Jazz Album of the Year
Song for Chico
Arturo O’Farrill
(Zoho)

Historical Recording/Reissue of the Year
Road Shows, Vol. 1
Sonny Rollins
(Doxy)

Historical Recording Boxed Set
The Lester Young/Count Basie Sessions 1936-40
(Mosaic)

Record Label of the Year
Mosaic

Female Singer of the Year
Cassandra Wilson

Male Singer of the Year
Kurt Elling

Instruments Rare in Jazz
Richard Galliano, accordion

Large Ensemble of the Year
Maria Schneider Orchestra

Arranger of the Year
Maria Schneider

Small Ensemble Group of the Year
SF Jazz Collective

Trumpeter of the Year
Terence Blanchard

Trombonist of the Year
Roswell Rudd

Tenor Saxophonist of the Year
Sonny Rollins

Alto Saxophonist of the Year
Rudresh Mahanthappa

Flutist of the Year
Frank Wess

Baritone Saxophonist of the Year
Gary Smulyan

Soprano Saxophonist of the Year
Branford Marsalis

Clarinetist of the Year
Anat Cohen

Guitarist of the Year
Bill Frisell

Pianist of the Year
Hank Jones

Organist of the Year
Dr. Lonnie Smith

Strings Player of the Year
Billy Bang

Bassist of the Year
William Parker

Electric Bassist of the Year
Steve Swallow

Mallet Instrumentalist of the Year
Joe Locke

Percussionist of the Year
Hamid Drake

Drummer of the Year
Brian Blade

Periodical of the year
Jazz Times

Website of the Year
AllAboutJazz.com

Blog of the Year
Jazz Beyond Jazz
By Howard Mandel

www.artsjournal.com/jazzbeyondjazz

Best Book about Jazz
A Power Stronger Than Itself: The AACM and American Experimental Music
By George Lewis
(University of Chicago Press),

Best Photo of the Year
Hank Jones, Montreal Jazz Festival 2008
By Kris King

The Lona Foote–Bob Parent Award
for Photography
John Abbott

The Willis Conover–Marian McPartland Award
for Broadcasting
Ben Young, Director, WKCR
(Columbia University)

The Helen Dance–Robert Palmer Award
for Review and Feature Writing
Nate Chinen

Lifetime Achievement in Jazz Journalism
Mike Zwerin

The Jazz Foundation of America and the Jazz Journalists Association Special Career Honors for Words with Music
Mark Murphy

Agus Setiawan Basuni

Pernah meliput Montreux Jazz Festival, North Sea Jazz Festival, Vancouver Jazz Festival, Chicago Blues Festival, Mosaic Music Festival Singapura, Hua Hin Jazz Festival Thailand, dan banyak festival lain diberbagai belahan dunia.

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