Jazz Journalists Association Jazz Awards 2008
Lifetime Achievement in Jazz	Marian McPartland
Musician of the Year	Herbie Hancock
Up & Coming Musician of the Year	Lionel Loueke
Record of the Year	Sky Blue Maria Schneider Orchestra Artists Share
Reissue/Historical Release of the Year	Cornell 1964 Charles Mingus Sextet Blue Note
Reissue/Historical Box Set of the Year	A Life In Time: The Roy Haynes Story Dreyfus Jazz
Record Label of the Year	Blue Note Records
Composer of the Year	Maria Schneider
Arranger of the Year	Maria Schneider
Male Singer of the Year	Andy Bey
Female Singer of the Year	Abbey Lincoln
Latin Jazz Album of the Year	Big Band Urban Folktales Bobby Sanabria Jazzheads
Small Ensemble of the Year	Ornette Coleman Quartet/Quintet
Large Ensemble of the Year	Maria Schneider Orchestra
Trumpeter of the Year	Terence Blanchard
Trombonist of the Year	Wycliffe Gordon
Player of Instruments Rare in Jazz	Scott Robinson, reeds/brass/antiques
Alto Sax Player of the Year	Ornette Coleman
Tenor Sax Player of the Year	Sonny Rollins
Soprano Sax Player of the Year	Jane Ira Bloom
Baritone Sax Player of the Year	James Carter
Clarinetist of the Year	Anat Cohen
Flutist of the Year	Nicole Mitchell
Pianist of the Year	Hank Jones
Organ–Keyboards of the Year	Dr. Lonnie Smith
Guitarist of the Year	Bill Frisell
Bassist of the Year	Christian McBride
Electric Bassist of the Year	Steve Swallow
Strings Player of the Year	Regina Carter
Mallets Player of the Year	Joe Locke
Percussionist of the Year	Candido Camero
Drummer of the Year	Roy Haynes
Events Producer of the Year	Patricia Nicholson–Parker, Arts for Art, RUCMA, Vision Festival
Jazz Journalism Lifetime Achievement Award	Doug Ramsey, author, biographer, blogger
Willis Conover–Marian McPartland Broadcasting Award	Nancy Wilson, for "Jazz Profiles" National Public Radio
Helen Dance–Robert Palmer Feature & Review Writing Award	Nate Chinen New York Times, JazzTimes
Best Periodical Covering Jazz	JazzTimes
Best Website on Jazz	AllAboutJazz.com
Best Book about Jazz	Playing the Changes: Milt Hinton's Life in Stories and Photographs by Milt Hinton, David G. Berger and Holly Maxson (Vanderbilt University Press)
Lona Foote–Bob Parent Photography Award	Milt Hinton (1910–2000)
Jazz Photo of the Year	"Time Stood Still for Andrew Hill," by Laurence Donohue-Greene
The Jazz Journalists Association 2008 Awards for the 'A Team' Activists, advocates, altruists, aiders and abettors of jazz
Dr. Valerie Capers, pianist, composer, emeritus chair of City University of New York Department of Music and Art at Bronx Community College Dana Gioia, Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts Lauren Deutsch, photographer and executive director of the Jazz Institute of Chicago Susan Muscarella, pianist-composer-arranger-educator, founder of JazzSchool (Berkeley) Phil Nimmons, clarinetist, improviser, father of Canadian jazz education George Russell, conceptualist, composer, orchestra leader, educator (New England Conservatory) Dick Wang, musician, educator (Univ of Illinois-Chicago), mentor, historian, archivist, co-founder, past president and current board member of the Jazz Institute of Chicago Dr. Herb Wong, founder of the Palo Alto jazz alliance and Berkeley public school jazz programs, broadcaster, record producer and annotator, past-president of the International Association of Jazz Educators, spirit of the Monterey Jazz Festival Wendy Oxenhorn, executive director of the Jazz Foundation of America, founder of Street News, blues harmonica player
Photos from the event by Enid Farber
-=[ Jazzhouse Entrance ]=-