Winners, 2009 Jazz Awards Lifetime Achievement in Jazz Lee KonitzMusician of the Year Sonny RollinsComposer of the Year Maria SchneiderUp & Coming Artist of the Year Esperanza SpaldingEvents Producer of the Year George Wein New Festival ProductionsRecord of the Year Appearing NightlyCarla Bley Big Band(Watt/ECM)Latin Jazz Album of the YearSong for Chico Arturo O'Farrill (Zoho)Historical Recording/Reissue of the YearRoad Shows, Vol. 1Sonny Rollins (Doxy)Historical Recording Boxed Set The Lester Young/Count Basie Sessions 1936-40
(Mosaic)Record Label of the Year MosaicFemale Singer of the Year Cassandra Wilson Male Singer of the Year Kurt Elling Instruments Rare in Jazz Richard Galliano, accordion Large Ensemble of the YearMaria Schneider OrchestraArranger of the Year Maria SchneiderSmall Ensemble Group of the Year SF Jazz CollectiveTrumpeter of the Year Terence BlanchardTrombonist of the YearRoswell RuddTenor Saxophonist of the YearSonny RollinsAlto Saxophonist of the YearRudresh MahanthappaFlutist of the Year Frank WessBaritone Saxophonist of the Year Gary SmulyanSoprano Saxophonist of the Year Branford MarsalisClarinetist of the Year Anat CohenGuitarist of the Year Bill FrisellPianist of the YearHank JonesOrganist of the Year Dr. Lonnie SmithStrings Player of the YearBilly BangBassist of the YearWilliam ParkerElectric Bassist of the YearSteve SwallowMallet Instrumentalist of the Year Joe LockePercussionist of the Year Hamid DrakeDrummer of the YearBrian Blade Periodical of the year Jazz TimesWebsite of the YearAllAboutJazz.comBlog of the Year Jazz Beyond JazzBy Howard Mandel
www.artsjournal.com/jazzbeyondjazzLa foto dell'anno è quella che troneggia a inizio del post, e ritrae Hank Jones impegnato durante il Festival di Montreal dello scorso anno ed è opera del fotografo Kris King. Trionfatori delle classifiche Sonny Rollins (musicista dell'anno, miglior sassofono tenore e registrazione storica ) e Maria Schneider (miglior compositore, arrangiatore e big band). Classifiche complete e altre informazioni sul sito :
http://www.jazzjournalists.org/winners-2009-jazz-awards
