Inilah para nomine Jazz Journalists Association (JJA) Jazz Awards 2012!
Jazz Journalists Association (JJA) telah mengumumkan para finalis sebagai nomine pada JJA Jazz Awards ke-16 tahun ini. Nama-nama yang masuk nominasi antara lain pemain veteran Sonny Rollins, Keith Jarrett, Phil Woods, Lee Konitz, Gary Burton, Ron Carter, Roy Haynes, Jack DeJohnette, Pat Metheny, pula John Scofield. Untuk pendatang baru, tersebutlah J.D. Allen, Ambrose Akinmusire, Mary Halvorson, Esperanza Spalding, Warren Wolf, dan Eric Harland.
Penghargaan jazz tahunan ini terbagi atas 40 kategori, dan pemenangnya merupakan hasil seleksi dan voting anggota JJA terdiri dari penulis, fotografer, broadcaster, serta produser new media yang terlibat secara profesional dengan jazz.
Daftar pemenang diumumkan Juni mendatang, menyusul penerima gelar “Lifetime Achievement Awards,” “Musician of the Year,” “Record of the Year,” dan “Male and Female Jazz Vocalists of the Year” pada sebuah cocktail party di Blue Note Jazz Club, New York City tanggal 20 bulan yang sama.
Berikut adalah daftar para nomine JJA Jazz Awards 2012:
Lifetime Achievement Awards
Muhal Richard Abrams
Ron Carter
Wayne Shorter
Horace Silver
Musician of the Year
Ambrose Akinmusire
Vijay Iyer
Joe Lovano
Christian McBride
Sonny Rollins
Composer/Arranger of the Year
John Hollenbeck
Guillermo Klein
Vince Mendoza
Maria Schneider
Up and Coming Artist of the Year
Chris Dingman
Tyshawn Sorey
Ben Williams
Warren Wolf
Record of the Year
James Farm (Nonesuch)
Keith Jarrett, Rio (ECM)
Christian McBride's Big Band, The Good Feeling (Mack Avenue Records)
Sonny Rollins, Road Shows, Vol. 2 (Doxy Records)
Wadada Leo Smith's Organic, Heart's Reflections(Cuneiform Records)
Craig Taborn, Avenging Angel (ECM)
Miguel Zenon, Alma Adentro – The Puerto Rican Songbook (Marsalis Music)
Best Historical or Boxed Set
Miles Davis, Bootleg Sessions, Vol 1, Quintet Live in Europe 1967 (Columbia Legacy)
Julius Hemphill, Dogon A.D. (Mbira/Freedom-International Phonograph)
Bill Dixon, Intents and Purposes (RCA Victor-International Phonograph)
Roscoe Mitchell, Before There Was Sound (Nessa)
The Complete Jimmie Lunceford Decca Sessions(Mosaic)
Label of the Year
Clean Feed
ECM
Pi Records
Sunnyside Records
Large Ensemble
John Hollenbeck Large Ensemble
Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra
Maria Schneider Orchestra
Mingus Big Band
Vanguard Jazz Orchestra
Small Ensemble
James Farm
Jason Moran & Bandwagon
Joe Lovano Us Five
SFJazz Collective
Male Singer of the Year
Freddy Cole
Kurt Elling
Giacomo Gates
Gregory Porter
Female Singer of the Year
Karrin Allyson
Rene Marie
Gretchen Parlato
Tierney Sutton
Trumpeter of the Year
Ambrose Akinmusire
Tom Harrell
Brian Lynch
Wadada Leo Smith
Trombonist of the Year
Steve Davis
Robin Eubanks
Wycliffe Gordon
Steve Turre
Multi-Reeds Player of the Year
James Carter
Anat Cohen
Roscoe Mitchell
Ted Nash
Scott Robinson
Alto Saxophonist of the Year
Lee Konitz
Rudresh Mahanthappa
Phil Woods
Miguel Zenon
Tenor Saxophonist of the Year
J.D. Allen
Joe Lovano
Chris Potter
Sonny Rollins
Baritone Saxophonist of the Year
James Carter
Ronnie Cuber
Claire Daly
Gary Smulyan
Soprano Saxophonist of the Year
Jane Ira Bloom
Dave Liebman
Branford Marsalis
Wayne Shorter
Flutist of the Year
Jamie Baum
Nicole Mitchell
Lew Tabackin
Clarinetist of the Year
Don Byron
Evan Christopher
Anat Cohen
Ken Peplowski
Guitarist of the Year
Mary Halvorson
Bill Frisell
Pat Metheny
John Scofield
Pianist of the Year
Vijay Iyer
Keith Jarrett
Matthew Shipp
Craig Taborn
Keyboards Player of the Year
Joey DeFrancesco
Larry Goldings
Mike LeDonne
Gary Versace
Bassist of the Year
Ben Allison
Ron Carter
Christian McBride
William Parker
Esperanza Spalding
Violinist/Violist/Cellist of the Year
Billy Bang
Regina Carter
Mark Feldman
Jenny Scheinman
Percussionist of the Year
Cyro Baptista
Hamid Drake
Sammy Figueroa
Marilyn Mazur
Adam Rudolph
Poncho Sanchez
Mallet Instrumentalist of the Year
Gary Burton
Stefon Harris
Joe Locke
Warren Wolf
Traps Drummer of the Year
Jack DeJohnette
Eric Harland
Roy Haynes
Paul Motian
Matt Wilson
Player of Instruments Rare in Jazz
Edmar Castaneda, harpa
Gregoire Maret, harmonika
Toots Thielemans, harmonika
Gary Versace, akordeon
