2018 Winners in Jazz Journalism

Congratulations to all the 2018 Winners for Jazz Journalism. Professional journalist members of the JJA made open nominations in a first-selection round; those who received the most nominations advanced to the finalists’ ballot, and JJA’s professional members voted on them to arrive at these honorees.

Our congratulations, as well, to all the 2018 Nominees for Performance Performance & Recording in all categories. And please click the photos to expand them — some wonderful images here reward much larger presentation.

Based in Washington, D.C., Patricia Willard started her career in 1949 as Duke Ellington’s research, editorial collaborator and public relations counsel, and also worked for several other major jazz artists. She was historical consultant to the Duke Ellington Collection at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History, consultant in Jazz and Popular Music at the Library of Congress and consultant to the National Endowment for the Arts Music Program, Martin Williams’s and Billy Taylor’s Kennedy Center Jazz Series, and the National Jazz Service Organization. She was contributing editor to DownBeat and Jazz & Pop magazines and columnist and staff writer at JazzTimes. She has conducted oral histories for the NEA Jazz Program, the Smithsonian and the Institute of Jazz Studies and has annotated more than 100 recordings. Her articles and photos have appeared in Rolling Stone, The Village Voice, Billboard, the Los Angeles Times, Herald-Examiner, Daily News, Antioch Review, the Library of Congress Performing Arts Annual, and many other publications internationally.