[jja-announce] Jazz Awards Nominations Ballot and Instructions

[Ken Dryden]

Dear JJA Member:


Hey everybody who's a regular, full-fledged professional not support or student) member of the 
JJA -- (especially OFFICERS and BOARD MEMBERS, I mean you!)  NOW IS THE TIME to get your nominations ballot for the 12th annual JJA Jazz Awards in, to
 jjaballot2008 at yahoo.com.

 Below I have pasted in the ballot, which asks for up to 5 nominees in each category. 
Please cut and paste it into the body of a new email, put your name at the top, fill in as much as 
you're comfortable about, include nominees for the A Team Awards (for advocates, activists, 
altruists, aiders and abettors of jazz) -- and send that e-mail (and that e-mail only! 
Other messages won't be read!) to:

   jjaballot2008 at yahoo.com 

Guidelines have not changed, asterisked categories are
one time only awards with previous winners shown) Up to five nominations per
category, if skipping a category, please leave it in place and list “none.”


Correct spellings are greatly appreciated.


If more than 5 nominees are listed in a category, they will not be included in the total count.

Please use the parent company rather than an individual
label regarding nominations for Record Label of the Year.


Send the completed ballot in the body of an email
(please, no attachments!!!) to 


 


   jjaballot2008 at yahoo.com


 


The deadline for receiving Jazz Awards nominations is March 15, 2008.


Any questions can be sent to the above address, it will be checked several times a day)
 


Many thanks,


 


Ken Dryden


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The Ballot 


 


Lifetime Achievement in Jazz * (past winners are ineligible: Benny Carter, Max Roach, Sonny Rollins, Cecil Taylor, Ornette Coleman, John Lewis, Clark Terry, Dave Brubeck, Hank Jones, Roy Haynes, Andrew Hill) 




Musician of the Year 






 


Up & Coming Musician
of the Year* (5 or fewer CDs as a
leader, last year’s winner was Anat Cohen)





 


Jazz Album of the Year (Release date March 1, 2007 to Feb. 28, 2008)




 



Jazz Reissue of the Year,
single CD (Release date March 1, 2007 to Feb. 28,
2008)






 


Jazz Reissue of the Year,
boxed set (Release date March 1, 2007 to Feb. 28,
 2008)





 


Jazz Record Label of the
Year 








 


Jazz Events Producer of
the Year 








 


Jazz
Composer of the Year








Jazz Arranger of the Year 






 


Male Jazz Singer of the
Year 








 


Female Jazz Singer of the
Year 








 


Latin
Jazz Album of the Year




 


Small
Ensemble Group of the Year (< 9
pieces)







 


Large Ensemble of the Year (9+ pieces) 








 


Trumpeter of the Year 






 


Trombonist of the Year 








 


Player
of the Year of Instruments Rare in Jazz








Alto
Saxophonist of the Year




 


Tenor
Saxophonist of the Year




 


Soprano
Saxophonist of the Year




 


Baritone
Saxophonist of the Year




 


Clarinetist
of the Year




 


Flutist
of the Year




 


Pianist
of the Year




 


Organ-keyboards
of the Year




 


Guitarist
of the Year





 


Acoustic Bassist of the
Year 






 


Electric Bassist of the
Year 






 


Strings
Player of the Year




 


Mallets Player of the Year 






 


Percussionist
of the Year




 


Drummer
of the Year




 


Jazz Journalism Categories



 


Jazz Journalism Lifetime Achievement Award* (previous winners ineligible: Whitney Balliett, Stanley Dance, Nat Hentoff, Dan Morgenstern, Ira Gitler, Gary Giddins, Gene Lees, Bob Blumenthal, Howard Mandel, Francis Davis)



 


Excellence in Jazz Broadcasting: The Willis Conover-Marian McPartland Award* (previous winners ineligible: (previous winners ineligible:Phil Schaap, Neil Tesser, Marian McPartland, Dr. Billy Taylor, Kenny Washington, Michael Bourne, Alyn Shipton, Steve Schwartz, Rhonda Hamilton, Eric Jackson, Bob Porter) 







 Excellence in Photography: The Lona Foote–Bob Parent Award* (previous winners ineligible: William Claxton, William Gottlieb, Herman Leonard, Jimmy Katz, Chuck Stewart, Enid Farber, Ken Franckling, Lee Tanner, Jack Vartoogian, Gene Martin)



 

Excellence in Newspaper,
Magazine or Online Feature or Review Writing of the Year (3/1/2007-2/28/2008):
The Helen Dance–Robert Palmer Award 






 


Best Periodical Covering
Jazz 






 


Best Website Concentrating
on Jazz 






 


Best
Book About Jazz

 


Best
Jazz Photo of the Year 

Please send no more than one JPEG submission to Whit at jazzhouse.org


Do not send JPEGs along with your Jazz Awards ballot


 





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