[jja-announce] Jazz Awards nominations

[Howard Mandel]

Say members, that time has come again -- nominations for the Jazz  
Journalists Association's 2008 Jazz Awards are due by midnight  
Saturday night -- tonight -- so please take time to consider the best  
musicians and music-related achievements of March 1 2007 - Feb 28,  
2008, nominate as many as five contenders in each category, and send  
it completed to: JJABallot2008 at yahoo.com.

Information on the next round of voting and the circumstances of the  
JJA's announcement of winners will be forthcoming. Questions about  
those issues can be addressed to me, hman at jazzhouse.org -- best, Howard

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/Historcial release before
1982 (Release date March 1, 2007 to Feb. 28, 2008) 1
or 2 CDs--not boxed sets


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