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2024 Nominees for Performance & Recordings

April 26, 2024
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Dynamic Maximum Tension — Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society (Nonesuch)
The Winds of Change — Billy Childs (Mack Avenue Records)
Diatom Ribbons Live at Village Vanguard — Kris Davis (Pyroclastic)
The Omnichord Real Book — Meshell Ndegeocello (Blue Note)
Where Are We — Joshua Redman (Blue Note)
Uncle John’s Band — John Scofield (ECM)
Melusine — Cécile McLorin Salvant (Nonesuch)

2024 Jazz Album of the Year nominees

These are the finalist nominees for Performance and Recordings for the 2024 JJA Jazz Awards.

Finalists are those who get the most nominations from professional journalist members of the Jazz Journalists Association in a process that highlights excellence of hundreds of musicians, worldwide.

The nominations are based on work done in calendar year 2023, with the exception of Lifetime Achievement Awards categories, in which nominations are in recognition of a lifetime of music. These Jazz Awards represent a numerical consensus of personal evaluations of voting members of the JJA.

Nominees

Lifetime Achievement in Jazz

Terri Lyne Carrington
b. 1965, Medford, Massachusetts. Drummer-composer-ensemble leader, collaborations with Wayne Shorter and Herbie Hancock among many others, founder and artistic director of the Berklee Institute of Jazz and Gender Justice, curator/editor of the lead sheets book New Standards.

George Coleman
b. 1935, Memphis, Tennessee. Tenor saxophonist, international touring and recording artist, exemplifying blues, swing to bop, hard-bop and modernist traditions and directions with Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock, Harold Mabern, many others

Jack DeJohnette
b. 1942, Chicago, Illinois. Drummer, pianist, composer, ensemble leader (DeJohnette Complex, Compost, Directions, Special Edition), with Charles Lloyd, Keith Jarrett, Miles Davis, Jackie McClean, Ornette Coleman, Pat Metheny, many more

John McLaughlin
b. 1942, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England. Electric guitarist, composer-improviser at start of “fusion” with Miles Davis, Tony Williams, his own Mahavishnu Orchestra, Shakti introducing “world music”, many collaborations

Charles McPherson
b. 1939, Joplin, Missouri; raised in Detroit. Alto saxophonist, composer, collaborator with Charles Mingus (1960 – ‘74), Barry Harris, Eddie Jefferson among others; contributed to soundtrack of Clint Eastwood’s Bird

Roscoe Mitchell
b. 1940, Chicago, Illinois. Multi-instrumentalist (reeds, winds, percussion, bells) improviser-composer, co-founder of the Art Ensemble of Chicago, Space Ensemble, Note Factory, etc; charter member the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians, painter

Jazz Musician of the Year

Kris Davis

Samara Joy

Christian McBride

Myra Melford

Cécile McLorin Salvant

Henry Threadgill

Up & Coming Musician of the Year

Zoh Amba

Isaiah Collier

Champian Fulton

Micah Thomas

Isaiah J. Thompson

Composer of the Year

Darcy James Argue

Billy Childs

Maria Schneider

Henry Threadgill

Arranger of the Year

Darcy James Argue

Billy Childs

Steve Lehman

Maria Schneider

Record of the Year

Dynamic Maximum Tension — Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society (Nonesuch Records)

The Winds of Change — Billy Childs (Mack Avenue Records)

Diatom Ribbons Live at Village Vanguard — Kris Davis (Pyroclastic Records)

The Omnichord Real Book — Meshell Ndegeocello (Blue Note Records)

Where Are We — Joshua Redman (Blue Note Records)

Uncle John’s Band  — John Scofield (ECM)

Melusine  — Cécile McLorin Salvant (Nonesuch Records)

Historical Record of the Year

Evenings At The Village Gate, John Coltrane and Eric Dolphy (Impulse! Records)

Miles Davis in Concert at the Olympia Paris 1957 (Fresh Sounds Records)

Emerald City Nights: Live at the Penthouse 1966-1968, Ahmad Jamal  (Anagram/Elemental Music)

The Complete Maiden Voyage Recordings, Art Pepper (Omnivore Recordings)

You’ve Got to Learn, Nina Simone (Verve Records)

Record Label of the Year

Blue Note Records

Cellar Music Group

ECM

High Note/Savant Records

Mack Avenue Records

Origin Records

Pi Recordings

Pyroclastic Records

Recordings Producer of the Year

Dave Douglas

Zev Feldman

Don Was

Cory Weeds

Male Vocalist of the Year

Kurt Elling

Allan Harris

José James

Gregory Porter

Female Vocalist of the Year

Samara Joy

Champian Fulton

Cécile McLorin Salvant

Veronica Swift

Nicole Zuraitis

Large Ensemble of the Year

Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society

Clayton-Hamilton Orchestra

Mingus Big Band

Ulysses Owens Jr. Big Band

Angelica Sanchez Nonet

Maria Schneider Jazz Orchestra

WDR Big Band

Sun Ra Arkestra

Midsize Ensemble of the Year (Trio to Octet)

Artemis

Billy Childs Quartet

Julian Lage Trio with Bill Frisell

Oded Tzur Quartet

John Scofield Trio

Tyshawn Sorey Trio

Duo of the Year

Geri Allen-Kurt Rosenwinkel

Fred Hersch-Esperanza Spalding

Miguel Zenón-Luis Perdomo

Ivo Perelman-Matt Shipp

Trumpeter of the Year

Ambrose Akinmusire

Dave Douglas

Eddie Henderson

Wynton Marsalis

Jeremy Pelt

Terell Stafford

Trombonist of the Year

Michael Dease

Jacob Garchik

Marshall Gilkes

Trombone Shorty

Jennifer Wharton

Brass Specialist of the Year

Theon Cross (tuba)

Marcus Rojas (tuba)

Bob Stewart (tuba)

Alto Saxophonist of the Year

Lakecia Benjamin

Kenny Garrett

Vincent Herring

Charles McPherson

Immanuel WIlkins

Miguel Zenón

Tenor Saxophonist of the Year

Joe Lovano

Chris Potter

Joshua Redman

Walter Smith III

Baritone Saxophonist of the Year

James Carter

Claire Daly

Scott Robinson

Gary Smulyan

Soprano Saxophonist of the Year

Jane Ira Bloom

Jane Bunnett

Dave Liebman

Branford Marsalis

Sam Newsome

Clarinetist of the Year

Don Byron

Anat Cohen

Ben Goldberg

Ken Peplowski

Flutist of the Year

Jamie Baum

Charles Lloyd

Nicole Mitchell

Elena Pinderhughes

Multi-reeds Player of the Year

James Carter

Jeff Coffin

Roscoe Mitchell

Scott Robinson

Guitarist of the Year

Peter Bernstein

Mary Halvorson

Gilad Hekselman

Julian Lage

Pat Metheny

Kurt Rosenwinkel

John Scofield

Bassist of the Year

Ron Carter

Luques Curtis

Dave Holland

Linda May Han Oh

Christian McBride

Electric Bassist of the Year

Stanley Clarke

Christian McBride

Marcus Miller

Esperanza Spalding

Strings: Violin, Viola, Cello or Harp Player of the Year

Zach Brock

Regina Carter

Mark Feldman

Erik Friedlander

Tomeka Reid

Michiyo Yagi

Brandee Younger

Pianist of the Year

Kenny Barron

Emmet Cohen

Kris Davis

Aaron Diehl

Sullivan Fortner

Jason Moran

Keyboardist of the Year

Pat Bianchi

Brian Charette

Herbie Hancock

John Medeski

Tony Monaco

Percussionist of the Year

Hamid Drake

Kahil El’Zabar

Giovanni Hidalgo

Adam Rudolph

Mallet Instrumentalist of the Year

Jason Adasiewicz

Chris Dingman

Joe Locke

Joel Ross

Cecilia Smith

Drummer of the Year

Brian Blade

Johnathan Blake

Joe Farnsworth

Allison Miller

Nasheet Waits

Player of the Year of Instruments Rare in Jazz

Susan Alcorn, pedal steel guitar

Bela Fleck, banjo

Grégoire Maret, harmonica

Scott Robinson, multiple instruments

If you are a 2024 Nominee, or a 2024 Voter, and would like a “badge” to display on your website, email Admin@jazzjournalists.org.

Note: We ask that you  DO NOT cut-and-paste or copy the nominee list into your own blog or site, please link to this page instead. We welcome coverage and commentary on the list, of course, that includes some nominee names. If you blog about or report on the nominees we will be happy to link back to you; please send the URL of your blog post or report to admin@jazzjournalists.org

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