These are the finalist nominees for Journalism the 2022 JJA Jazz Awards. Nominees in most categories were chosen by the votes of the Professional Journalist members of the Jazz Journalists Association. Nominations were made on the basis of work done in calendar year 2021, with the exception of Lifetime Achievement/Career Achievement Awards categories, in which nominations are for a lifetime body of work. Members and others were able to submit their own work for consideration in the Photo of the Year category; a committee of JJA members chose the nominees in that category from among the submissions. Nominees for Book of the Year and Album Art of the Year were also pre-screened by committees.
Nominees
Lifetime Achievement in Jazz Journalism
Larry Blumenfeld
Will Friedwald
John McDonough
Dan Ouellette
Greg Tate
Robert Palmer - Helen Oakley Dance Award for Excellence in Writing in 2021
Ted Gioia
Bill Milkowski
Marc Myers
Giovanni Russonello
The Marian McPartland-Willis Conover Award for Career Excellence in Broadcasting
Sid Gribetz (WKCR)
Rusty Hassan (WPFW)
The Lona Foote-Bob Parent Award for Career Excellence in Photography
Carol Friedman work samples
Peter Gannushkin work samples
Robert Sutherland-Cohen work samples
NEW!Book of the Year About Jazz: Biography and Autobiography
Mary Lou Williams: Music for the Soul
by Deanna Witkowski (Liturgical Press)
Reflectory: The Life and Music of Pepper Adams
by Gary Carner (Lulu Press)
The Lady Swings: Memoirs of a Jazz Drummer
by Dottie Dodgion and Wayne Enstice
(University of Illinois Press)
Ode to a Tenor Titan:
The Life and Times and Music of Michael Brecker
by Bill Milkowski(Backbeat Books)
Universal Tonality: The Life of William Parker
by Cisco Bradley (Duke University Press)
NEW!Book of the Year about Jazz: History, Criticism and Culture
She Raised Her Voice!
50 Black Women who Sang Their Way into Music History,
by Jordannah Elizabeth with
illustrations by Briana Dengoue (RP Kids)
Footnotes:
The Black Artists Who Rewrote the Rules of the Great White Way,
by Caseen Gaines (Sourcebooks)
Soundtrack to a Movement:
African-American Islam, Jazz and Black Internationalism
by Richard Brent Turner (NYU Press)
Blog of the Year
Do The Math, by Ethan Iverson
JazzWax, by Marc Myers
The Honest Broker, by Ted Gioia
Jazz Podcast of the Year
Burning Ambulance, hosted by Phil Freeman
Jazz United from WBGO, hosted by Greg Bryant and Nate Chinen
Print Periodical/Website of the Year
DownBeat
JazzTimes
Jazziz
The New York City Jazz Record
The Syncopated Times
Livestream Producer of the Year
Emmet Cohen, “Live from Emmet’s Place”
Village Vanguard, “Livestream Events”
Jimmy Greenfield, “Soapbox Gallery”
The Jazz Gallery, “Livestream Concerts”
Album Art of the Year
Sounds from the Ancestors
(Kenny Garrett, Mack Avenue)
Artwork by Rudy Gutierrez
Retrospect in Retirement of Delay: The Solo Recordings
(Hassan Ibn Ali, Omnivore)
Artwork by Martel Chapman
A Prayer For Lester Bowie
(David Sanford Big Band featuring Hugh Ragin, Greenleaf Music)
Artwork by Chris Pouler
Trumpet
(Wadada Leo Smith, TUM)
Artwork by Wadada Leo Smith
Long Tall Sunshine
(Barry Altschul’s 3dom Factor, Not Two)
Artwork by Nora Howard
Jazz Photo of the Year - click image to enlarge
Lauren Deutsch
Miguel Zénon, Hyde Park Jazz Festival, Chicago
Serge Heimlich
Theo Ceccaldi, Like A Jazz Machine in Dudelange, Luxembourg
Geoff Norris
Greg Tschernez and Nathan George, Caboolture Sports Club north of Brisbane
Giuseppe Cardoni
Emanuele Filippi, Grey Cat Jazz Festival – Follonica (Grosseto) Italy
Tatiana Gorilovsky
Archie Shepp, EFG London Jazz Festival at the Barbican Centre, London
Urszula Las
Lakecja Benjamin, Jazz Jamboree Warsaw Poland
Mitchel Seidel
Adrian Cunningham and band, Shanghai Jazz in Madison, New Jersey
Joke Schot
Maria Schneider and the Subway Jazz Orchestra, Belgrade
Antonio Porcar Cano
Mark Whitfield and Philip Catherine, Festival de Jazz de Santander, Spain
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