Jazz Awards 2003 Winners!
  1. Lifetime Achievement
    Cecil Taylor & Max Roach, 10 Year Reunion, Town Hall, NYC © Enid Farber


    - Cecil Taylor

  2. Musician of the Year
    - Wayne Shorter

  3. Up 'n' Coming Musician of the Year
    - Jason Moran

  4. Album of the Year


    - Footprints Live! (Verve) -- Wayne Shorter

  5. Reissue of the Year


    - A Love Supreme (Impulse) -- John Coltrane

  6. Historical Box Set of the Year


    - Charlie Christian, Genius of the Electric Guitar (Columbia Legacy)

  7. Record Label of the Year
    - Blue Note

  8. Producer of the Year tie
    - George Wein (Festival Productions)
    - Patricia Nicholson Parker (Vision Fest)

  9. Composer of the Year
    - Andrew Hill

  10. Arranger of the Year
    - Maria Schneider

  11. Male Vocalist of the Year
    - Andy Bey

  12. Female Vocalist of the Year
    @ 2002 Jazz Awards © R. Andrew Lepley


    - Cassandra Wilson

  13. Latin-Jazz Album of the Year


    - Cuban Odyssey (Blue Note) -- Jane Bunnett and Spirits of Havana

  14. Combo of the Year
    - Wayne Shorter Quartet

  15. Big Band of the Year
    Dave Holland, bass, with Steve Coleman playing alto sax © estate of Lona Foote


    - Dave Holland Big Band

  16. Trumpeter of the Year
    - Dave Douglas

  17. Trombonist of the Year
    - Roswell Rudd

  18. Miscellaneous Brass of the Year
    - Steve Bernstein (slide trumpet)

  19. Alto Saxophonist of the Year
    - Greg Osby

  20. Tenor Saxophonist of the Year
    - Wayne Shorter

  21. Soprano Saxophonist of the Year
    - Jane Ira Bloom

  22. Baritone Saxophonist of the Year
    - Hamiet Bluiett

  23. Clarinetist of the Year
    - Marty Ehrlich

  24. Pianist of the Year
    - Kenny Barron

  25. Organ-keyboardist of the Year
    - Dr. Lonnie Smith

  26. Guitarist of the Year
    - Russell Malone

  27. Bassist of the Year
    - Dave Holland

  28. Electric Bassist of the Year
    - Steve Swallow

  29. Strings Player of the Year
    © Ronnie James


    - Regina Carter

  30. Mallets Player of the Year
    - Stefon Harris

  31. Percussionist of the Year
    - Kahil El'Zabar

  32. Drummer of the Year
    - Matt Wilson

JAZZ JOURNALISM CATEGORIES

  1. Lifetime Achievement in Journalism
    - Gary Giddins

  2. Lifetime Achievement in Broadcasting -- The Willis Conover-Marian McPartland Award
    - Alyn Shipton - BBC Radio 3

  3. Photographer of the Year -- The Lona Foote-Bob Parent Award
    - Ken Franckling

  4. Writer of the Year -- The Helen Oakley Dance-Robert Palmer Award
    - Gary Giddins (Village Voice)

  5. Best Periodical
    - Jazz Times

  6. Best Website
    - www.AllAboutJazz.com

  7. Best Book of the Year
    - A Love Supreme: The Story of John Coltrane's Signature Album (Penguin Putnam), by Ashley Kahn

  8. Best Photo of the Year
    Sir Roland Hanna, Sept. 22, 2002


    - John Abbott


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