Past Nominees
Honoree Index
Award Recipients and Jazz Heroes from 2017 – 2021
A
- Abdullah, Ahmed
- Abrams, Muhal Richard
- Ackamoor, Idris
- Adams, Pepper
- Aidan Levy
- Aimee, Cyrille
- Ain't But A Few of Us: Black Music Writers Tell Their Story
- Akinmusire, Ambrose
- Alabo, David
- Alcorn, Susan
- Aldana, Melissa
- Alexa, Thana
- Alexander, Eric
- Alexander, Joey
- Ali, Hassan Ibn
- AllAboutJazz.com
- Allee, David
- Allen, Eric
- Allen, Geri
- Allen, Harry
- Allen, JD
- Allison, Ben
- Alloway, Roberta
- Altschul, Barry
- Amanda Eckery
- Amba, Zoh
- Anat Cohen
- Anderson, Chris
- Andrews, Dr. Dwight
- Antoneli, Laurie
- Antonioli, Laurie
- Aoki, Tatsu
- Applebaum, Larry
- Argue, Darcy James
- Armstrong, Louis
- Arneill, Philip
- Artemis
- Art Ensemble of Chicago
- ArtistShare
- Arturo O'Farrill
- Arturo O'Farrill's Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra
- Ashby, Marty
- Ashley Kahn
- Atkinson, Daniel
- Austin, Gail
- Ayler, Albert
B
- Bain, Brian
- Baker, Jim
- Baptista, Cyro
- Barron, Kenny
- Bartz, Gary
- Basel, Lech
- Batiste, Jon
- Baum, Jamie
- Baxter, Quentin
- Bazzle, Germaine P.
- Beasley, John
- Bell, Gregory
- Benjamin, Lakecia
- Berliner, Sasha
- Berne, Tim
- Bernstein, Peter
- Bernstein, Steven
- Berry, Frederick J.
- Berry, Fredrick J.
- Bielecki, Robert D.
- Bill Frisell
- Bishop, John
- Bither, Philip
- Bjorn, Lars
- Blade, Brian
- Blake, Johnathan
- Blake, Ran
- Blakey, Art
- Blanchard, Terence
- Bleckmann, Theo
- Bley, Carla
- Bloom, Jane Ira
- Bloomgarden-Alina
- Blue Note Records
- Blumenfeld, Larry
- Bob Perkins
- Boccato, Rogerio
- Bojan Z
- Bona, Richard
- Borrero, Elsa
- Boyd, Gail
- Brachfeld, Andrea
- Bradford, Gene Dobbs
- Bradford-Sr., David C.
- Bradley, Cisco
- Branch, Jaimie
- Brandee Younger
- Braxton, Anthony
- Brecker, Michael
- Brennan, Patricia
- Breskin, David
- Bret "Jazz Video Guy" Primack
- Brighton, Barbara J.
- Brink, Susan Cohen
- Broadbent, Alan
- Bronston, Edythe L.
- Brown, Leonard L.
- Brown, Mel
- Brown, Sabrina
- Bryant, Greg
- Bunnett, Jane
- Burning Ambulance
- Burton, Gary
- Byron, Don
C
- Canter, Andrea
- Cardoni, Giuseppi
- Carey, Ian
- Carner, Gary
- Carol Friedman
- Caropepe, Karen
- Carr, Paul
- Carrington, Terri Lyne
- Carter, Betty
- Carter, James
- Carter, Regina
- Carter, Ron
- Cartwright, Joan
- Castaneda, Edmar
- Castellanos, Gilbert
- Caswell, Sarah
- Catherine-Philip
- Ceccaldi-Theo
- Cervini, Amy
- Chan, Darlene
- Chaparro, Andres
- Chapman, Con
- Chapman, Martel
- Charette, Brian
- Charlap, Bill
- Charles Lloyd
- Childs, Billy
- Chinen, Nate
- Chisholm, Don
- Choice, Harriet
- Christian McBride
- Christian McBride's New Jawn
- Christman, Mark
- Christopher, Evan
- Chronicles
- Clairelaura
- Clancy, Alisa
- Clark, Dr. Henry
- Clark, Philip
- Clarke, Keith
- Clarke, Kim A.
- Clarke, Stanley
- Clayton, Gerald
- Cloud, Susan
- Cobb, Jimmy
- Cobham, Billy
- Cohen, Aaron
- Cohen, Anat
- Cohen, Emmet
- Cole, Nat King
- Coleman, Albert
- Coleman, Steve
- Collier, Isaiah
- Coltrane, John
- Conde, Richard
- Constellation Chicago
- Corea, Chick
- Correges, Valerie
- Count Basie
- Cowles, David
- Crease, Stephanie Stein
- Cressman, Natalie
- Crispell, Marilyn
- Cross, Theon
- Crouch, Stanley
- Csaba, Santa Istvan
- Cuber, Ronnie
- Cunningham, Adrian
- Cyrille, Andrew
D
- D'earth, John
- Daly, Claire
- Damon Smith
- Daniels, Eddie
- Darroch, Lynn
- Data Lords
- Davila, Jose
- Davis, Kris
- Davis, Lonnie
- Davis, Miles
- Davis, Ocie
- Davis, Steve
- Dawjee, Muhammad
- Dawkins, Ernest
- Deapgne, Jean
- Dease, Michael
- DeBarros, Paul
- DeBerry, Virginia
- DeFrancesco, Joey
- Degroff, Jill
- DeJohnette, Jack
- de Koch, Laurie
- dengo
- Dengoue, Briana
- Desmond, Paul
- Deutsch, Lauren
- Diaz, Roman
- Dickey, Lisa
- Dimitriou, John
- Dingman, Chris
- DIVA Jazz Orchestra
- Dixon, Akua
- Dixon, Rob
- Dodgion-Dottie
- Dogan, Bob
- Dolphy, Eric
- Donnelly, Sara
- Dorothy Darr
- Do The Math
- Douglas, Dave
- Douglas, Dezron
- DownBeat
- Downs, Leroy
- Dragoslav, Nedici
- Draksler, Kaja
- Drukker, Christopher
- Drury, Andrew
- Duchess
- Dumbleton, Kate
- Dunn, Gerald
- Dunn, Trevor
E
- ECM
- Edelman, Mark
- Edwards-Brent Hayes
- Ehwald, Peter
- Ekery, Amanda
- El'Zabar, Kahil
- Eliot, Marjorie
- Elizabeth, Jordannah
- Elling, Kurt
- Ely, Herb
- Ely, Lorene
- Emerald City Nights
- Emmet Cohen
- Engel, Katia
- Englund, Larry
- Enstice, Wayne
- Erdman, Steven
- Erickson, Kerne
- Esperanza Spalding
- Evans, Bill
- Evans, Orrin
- Evans, Sandy
- Ewart-Janis Lane
F
- Faquini, Ian
- Fearrington, Rhenda
- Feiner, Scott
- Feldman, Mark
- Feldman, Zev
- Fields, Carmen
- Fields, Ernie
- Filippi, Emanuelle
- Finlayson, Jonathan
- Finucane, Dave
- Fiore, Carole and Stan
- Fishman, Charles
- Fitzgerald, Ella
- Fleck, Bela
- Fleeger, Matt
- Flores, Carlos
- Francies, James
- Franckling, Ken
- Fred Hersch
- Free Jazz Blog
- Freeman, Phil
- Friedman, Carol
- Friedwald, Will
- Frisell, Bill
- Froman, David
- Fujii, Satoko
- Fujioka, Takao
- Fuller, Tia
- Fulton Street Collective
- Funn, Charles
G
- Gabbard, Krin
- Gaffney, Adam
- Gaines, Caseen
- Gallanter, Bruce Lee
- Gallert, Jim
- Gannushkin, Peter
- Garchik, Jacob
- Garcia, Nubya
- Gardner, Don
- Gardner, Hilary
- Garner, Erroll
- Garrett, Kenny
- Garrison, Matthew
- gary Walker
- Gates, Giacomo
- Gazarek, Sara
- George, Nathan
- Gibbs, Marla
- Gibbs, Melvin
- Gilkes, Marshall
- Gilmore, Lea
- Ginsburg, Robert
- Gioia, Ted
- Glasper, Robert
- Goldberg, Ben
- Golden, Dick
- Golia, Maria
- Golson, Benny
- Gomez, Arturo
- Gordon, Wycliffe
- Grand, Maria
- Gransden, Joe
- Grant, Darrell
- Gray, Luther
- Greenfield-Jimmy
- Grendene, Simon
- Gribetz, Sid
- Griffin, Farah Jasmine
- Guarneri, Mario
- Guidry, Nate
- Guralnick, Tom
- Gutierrez, Rudy
H
- Haas, Fred
- Haden, Charlie
- Hadlock, Richard
- Halvorson, Mary
- Hamilton, Brian
- Hancock, Herbie
- Hardedge
- Hargrove, Roy
- Harland, Eric
- Harrell, Tom
- Harriet Tubman
- Harris, Alan
- Harris, Craig
- Harris, Stefon
- Harrison, Dr. Nelson
- Harrison, Herreast
- Harrison, J. Michael
- Harrison, Jim
- Harrison, Wendell
- Harrison-Nelson, Cherice
- Hart, Billy
- Harvey, Mark Sumner
- Hassan, Rusty
- Hayde, Frank R.
- Hayden, Marion T.
- Hayes, Brent
- Hayes, Elaine M.
- Haynes, Roy
- Hayward, Andre
- Hazama, Miho
- Hebert, John
- Heckler, Steve
- Heimlich, Serge
- Henderson, Richard
- Herndon, John
- Hersch, Fred
- Herwig, Conrad
- Herzig, Monika
- HighNote/Savant
- Hines, Lovett
- Hocker, Marcia K.
- Hodge, Derrick
- Hoffman, Stacey
- Hofmann, Molly
- Holiday, Billie
- Holland, Dave
- Horberg, Marguerite
- Horn, Jazzmeia
- Horobets, Serhiy
- Horvitz, Wayne
- HotHouse
- Howard, Nora
- Howard Mandel
- Hrybyk, Ed
- Hudson, James Dub
- Humphries, Roger
- Hussain, Zakir
- Hyland, Leslie Callen
I
J
- Jackson, Homer
- Jackson, Michael
- Jackson, Tim
- Jallais, Nantes Didier
- Jamal, Ahmad
- James, Jose
- James Brandon Lewis
- James Francies
- Jang, Jon
- Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra
- jazz awards winners
- JazzBash!
- Jazz Beyond Jazz
- Jazz Gallery
- Jazziz
- Jazz Journalists Association
- Jazz Lives
- JazzOnTheTube.com
- Jazz Profiles
- JazzTimes
- Jazz United
- JazzWax
- Jeanty, Val
- Jeffrey Siegel
- Jenkins, Willard
- Jennings, Jerome
- Jensen, Ingrid
- Jiltonilro, Avotcja
- JJA Awards thanks
- JJA Awards winners
- JJA Jazz Heroes
- Joel Ross
- Johnathan Blake
- John Michaels
- Johnson, Bonnie
- Johnson, Howard
- Jones, Elvin
- Jones, Eugenie
- Jones, Freddie
- Jones, Sean
- Jones, Thad
- Jordan, Sheila
- Jorgensen, Matt
- Joy, Samara
K
- Kahn, Ashley
- Kahr, Michael
- Keberle, Ryan
- Kelley, Carolyn J.
- Kelley, Robin D.G.
- Kelley-Gwen
- Kelly, Wynton
- Kennedy, Eric
- Kenny, Steve
- Kernin, Mike
- Keros, Leslie
- Klein, Guillermo
- Kleinsinger, Jack
- Klos, Yashua
- Knuffke, Kirk
- Kodalak, Richard
- Korbut, Pavel
- Korey, Judith
- Koton, Chuck
- Krech, Ed
- Kurt Elling
- Kwapisiewicz, Dariusz
L
- Lage, Julian
- Lando, Carlos
- Landrus, Brian
- Landsman, Howard
- Larson, Mike
- Las, Ursula
- Latimer, Charles
- Laubrock, Ingrid
- Lauren Deutsch
- Lee, John
- Lehman, Steve
- Leiberg, Helge
- Leisz, Greg
- Leonhart, Michael
- Levy, Aidan
- Lewis, James Brandon
- Lewis, Mel
- Lewis, Ramsey
- Liebman, Dave
- Life in E Flat
- Lindner, Jason
- Lindstrom, Johan
- Linehan, Ed
- Lisik, David
- Litweiler, John
- Lloyd, Charles
- Locke, Joe
- Long, Kyle
- Lovano, Joe
- Lowe, Allan
- Lu, Chien Chien
- Lucoff, Don
- Lupescu, Bogdan
- Lynch, Brian
M
- Mabern, Harold
- Mack Avenue Records
- Madsen, Peter
- Mahanthappa, Rudresh
- Malfitano, Frank
- Malone, Russell
- Manhattan Transfer
- Manning, George Doc
- Marcus, Todd
- Marek, Patrick
- Maret, Gregoire
- Marie, Rene
- Markley, Ben
- Marriott, Thomas
- Marsalis, Branford
- Marsalis, Wynton
- Marsalis Jr., Ellis
- Martin, David Stone
- Martinez, Pedrito
- Masso, Jose
- Masteller, Lois
- Mateo, Adriana
- Matt Pierson
- Mazurek, Rob
- McBride, Christian
- McCaslin-Donny
- McClair, Carolyn
- McCoy-Muriel
- McCraven, Makaya
- McDonough, John
- McLaughlin, John
- McMillan-Harold
- McNeely, Jim
- Mehldau, Brad
- Meisler, Rasmus
- Melford, Myra
- Mendoza, Vince
- Mercer, Michelle
- Metheny, Pat
- Meurkens, Hendrik
- Miguel Zenon
- Miles, Ron
- Miles Jr., Melvin
- Milkowski, Bill
- Miller, Allison
- Miller, Hal
- Milner, Dr. Bruce
- Mingus, Charles
- Mitchell, Billy
- Mitchell, Nicole
- Mitchell, Roscoe
- Modeski, John
- Mogavero, Carlo
- Monk, Thelonious
- Montgomery, Wes
- Moody, Douglas
- Moore, Marcus J.
- Moor Mother
- Moran, Jason
- More, Ikue
- Moreno, Pedro
- Morgan, Thomas
- Mori, Ikue
- Morris-Joe
- Motema Music
- Motian, Paul
- Muldrow, Georgia Anne
- Mulligan, Gerry
- Murphy-Webb, Margaret
- Musillami, Michael
- Muzurek, Rob
- Myers, Aaron
- Myers, Marc
N
O
P
- Pallatto, Joanie
- Palmieri, Eddie
- Panken, Ted
- Parker, Jeff
- Parker, William
- Parker-Sparrow, Bradley
- Parrott, Lisa
- Pastorius, Jaco
- Patitucci, John
- Patterson, Jason
- Pelt, Jeremy
- Peplowski, Ken
- Perins, Terry
- Perkins, Bob
- Person, Houston
- Peter Schnall.
- Peterson, Patty
- Pierson, Matt
- Pinderhughes, Elena
- Pi Recordings
- Plankensteiner, Helga
- Plummer, Viola
- PoKempner, Marc
- Pollack, Gabriel
- Pontremoli, Terri
- Poole, Kyle
- Porcar Cano, Antonio
- Porter, Bob
- Porter, Gregory
- Porter, Randy
- Poston, Ken
- Potter, Chris
- Pouler, Chris
- Primack, Bret
- Provizer, Norman
- Pudlow, Jan
- Pudlow, Mark
- Pyroclastic
R
- Ragsdale, Oliver
- Rainey, Tom
- Rashad, Yugen
- Ratliff, Ben
- Rawson, Brendan
- Reddan, James
- Redding, Gwen
- Redhouse Family Jazz Band
- Redman, Joshua
- Rega, Rita
- Reich, Howard
- Reid, Tomeka
- Relyea, Deanna
- Rentner, Simon
- Resonance Records
- Revis, Eric
- Ribeiro, Efrain
- Rick Mitchell
- Rifftides
- Rivera, Awilda
- Rivero, Little Johnny
- Roberts, Matana
- Robertson, Maurice
- Robinson, Bethany
- Robinson, Scott
- Rochera, Manolo Nebot
- Rogers, Louise
- Rojas, Marcus
- Rollins, Sonny
- Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes
- Roney, Wallace
- Roscoe Mitchell
- Rosenbloom, Brice
- Rosman, Fran Morris
- Ross, Joel
- Ross, Susan
- Rossetti, Luciano
- Rotili, Andrea
- Royal Bopsters
- Royston, Rudy
- Rubalcaba, Gonzalo
- Rudd, Rosswell
- Rudolph, Adam
- Ruffin, Mark
- Russell, Catherine
- Russonello, Giovanni
S
- Saje
- Sakairi, Rio
- Salvant, Cecile McLorin
- Samara Joy
- Samball, Mike
- Sanabria, Bobby
- Sanchez, Angelica
- Sanchez, Antonio
- Sanders, Pharoah
- Sands, Christian
- Sanford, David
- Santos, John
- Saulnier, Leah
- Saxophone Colossus: The Life and Music of Sonny Rollins
- schaffer
- Scheinman, Jenny
- Schlanger, Jeff
- Schneider, Maria
- Schot, Joke
- Schultze, Stefan
- Scofield, John
- Scott, Allen
- Scott, Christian
- Scott, Herb
- Seay, Clarence L.
- Seepersaud, Christopher
- Seepersaud, Therese
- Seidel, Mitchel
- Senior, Andy
- Serpa, Sara
- Sevian, Lauren
- Seymour, Gene
- SFJazz
- Shabaka and the Ancestors
- Shaw, Lee
- Shaw, Lew
- Sheila Jordan
- Shepp-Archie
- Shipp, Matthew
- Shore, Martin
- Shorter, Wayne
- Sidran, Leo
- Siegel, Glenn
- Siegel, Naomi Moon
- Silva, Susana Santos
- Singleton, Charlton
- Slaughter, Herman
- Smart, Yedidyah Syd
- Smith, Dick
- Smith, Dr. Lonnie
- Smith, Frederick
- Smith, Greer
- Smith, Wadada Leo
- Smoke Sessions Records
- smuly
- Smulyan, Gary
- Sorey, Tyshawn
- Spalding, Esperanza
- Sperrazza, Vinnie
- Stab, Philippe Levy
- Stafford, Terrell
- Steen, Ron
- Stein, Jason
- Stein, Judith
- Stein, Sammy
- Steven Bernstein
- Steve Turre
- Stewart, Bob
- Stewart, Frank
- Stewart, Luke
- Stith, DM
- Stitt, Katea
- Straight No Chaser
- Stryker, Mark
- Stylianou, Milissa
- Sumter, Sunny
- Sung, Fortuna
- Sunnyside Records
- Sun Ra Arkestra
- Sussman, Steven
- Sutherland-Cohen, Robert
- Swallow, Steve
- Swan, Pete
- Swell, Steve
- Swift, Veronica
- Syncopated Jazz Times
- SyncSpace.live
- Szwed, John
T
- Tabb, Derrick
- Taborn, Craig
- Tacuma, Jamaaladeen
- Tappan, Ann
- Tasic, Dragan
- Tate, Greg
- Taub, Alex
- Ted GIoia
- Terri Lyne Carrington
- Tesser, Neil
- The Buzz
- The Honest Broker
- The Manhattan Transfer
- The New York City Jazz Record
- The New York Times
- The Third Story
- Thomas, Charlie
- Thomas, Jay
- Thompson, Isaiah J.
- Threadgill, Henry
- Thumbscrew
- Thundercat
- Tidd, Anthony
- Tillman, Adrien
- Tisserand, Marion
- Tomeka Reid
- Transitional Technologies
- Travassos
- Trible, Dwight
- Trombone Shorty
- Trujillo, Ivan
- Tschernez, Greg
- Tsuruga, Akiko
- Tucker, Leah
- Turk, Francine
- Turner, Mark
- Turner-Richard Brent
- Turre, Steve
- Tyner, McCoy
V
W
- Wadada Leo Smith
- Wagner, Almarie
- Waldron, Mack
- Wali, Mensah
- Walker, Gary
- Walton, Cedar
- Washington, Kamasi
- Watkins, Philip
- Watson, Bobby
- Watts, Jeff "Tain"
- WBGO
- WBGO's The Checkout
- Webb, Chick
- Webber, Anna
- Weber, Dr. Ronald
- Weber, Mark
- Wellman, Angela
- Weston, Randy
- WGBO
- Whitaker, Rodney
- White, Dr. Michael
- Whitehead, Kevin
- Whitfield, Mark
- Widner, Jim
- Wiggins, Anthony
- Wilkins, Immanuel
- Willard, Patricia
- Willared Jenkins
- Williams, Buster
- Williams, David Leander
- Williams, Mars
- Williams, MJ
- Williams-Mary Lou
- Wilson, Matt
- Wilson, Steve
- Witkowski, Deanna
- Wolf, Warren
- Wolff, Don
- Wolff, Michael
- Wong, Francis
- Wong, Henry
- Woods, Phil
- Wooten, Victor
- Workman, Reggie
- Wycliff Gordon
