List of JJA Awards winners of the 2000s
The list of JJA Awards for the 2000s includes all the prizes ( Jazz Awards ) awarded by the American Jazz Journalists Association from 2000 to 2009, divided into musician and jazz journalism categories.
Category of jazz musicians
Price for lifetime achievement ( Lifetime Achievement )
- 2000: Ornette Coleman
- 2001: John Lewis
- 2002: Clark Terry
- 2003: Cecil Taylor
- 2004: Dave Brubeck
- 2005: Hank Jones
- 2006: Roy Haynes
- 2007: Andrew Hill
- 2008: Marian McPartland
- 2009: Lee Konitz
Musician of the Year ( Musician of the Year )
- 2000: Dave Holland
- 2001: Joe Lovano
- 2002: Dave Holland
- 2003: Wayne Shorter
- 2004: Wayne Shorter
- 2005: Dave Holland
- 2006: Sonny Rollins
- 2007: Ornette Coleman
- 2008: Herbie Hancock
- 2009: Sonny Rollins
Album of the Year ( Album of the Year )
- 2000: Prime Directive - Dave Holland Quintet (ECM)
- 2001: 52nd Street Themes - Joe Lovano (Blue Note)
- 2002: Nocturne - Charlie Haden (Verve)
- 2003: Footprints Live! - Wayne Shorter (Verve)
- 2004: Alegria - Wayne Shorter (Verve)
- 2005: Concert in the Garden - Maria Schneider ( ArtistShare )
- 2006: Carnegie Hall 1957 - Thelonious Monk & John Coltrane (Blue Note)
- 2007: Sound Grammar - Ornette Coleman (Sound Grammar)
- 2008: Sky Blue - Maria Schneider Orchestra (ArtistsShare)
- 2009: Appearing Nightly - Carla Bley Big Band (Watt / ECM)
Music Producer of the Year ( Record Producer of the Year )
- 2000: Michael Cuscuna
from 2001 no longer awarded
Tribute album ( Tribute Album )
- 2000: Traveling Miles - Cassandra Wilson (Blue Note)
from 2001 no longer awarded
Reissue of the Year (Single CD) ( Reissue of the Year )
- 2000: The Complete Columbia Recordings 1955–1961 - Miles Davis and John Coltrane (Columbia Legacy)
- 2001: Louis Armstrong Hot Five and Seven (Columbia Legacy)
- 2002: Billie Holiday , Lady Day: The Complete Billie Holiday on Columbia, 1933–1944 (Columbia Legacy)
- 2003: A Love Supreme - John Coltrane (Impulse)
- 2004: The Complete Jack Johnson Sessions - Miles Davis (Columbia Legacy)
- 2005: Coleman Hawkins Centennial Collection (BMG Bluebird) Barry Feldman, Reissue Producer
- 2006: Song X - Pat Metheny / Ornette Coleman (Nonesuch)
- 2007: Music Written for Monterey 1965, Not Heard ... Played in Its Entirety at UCLA - Charles Mingus (CME-Sunnyside)
- 2008: Cornell 1964 - Charles Mingus Sextet ( Blue Note Records )
- 2009: Road Shows, Vol. 1 - Sonny Rollins (Doxy)
Historic box set of the year
- 2003: Charlie Christian , Genius of the Electric Guitar (Columbia Legacy)
- 2004: Miles Davis : The Complete Jack Johnson Sessions (Columbia Legacy)
- 2005: Albert Ayler : Holy Ghost ( Revenant Records ), Ben Young, Production Supervision
- 2006: Miles Davis , The Cellar Door Sessions 1970 (Columbia / Legacy)
- 2007: The Complete 1957 Riverside Recordings (Riverside) - Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane
- 2008: A Life In Time: The Roy Haynes Story (Dreyfus Jazz)
- 2009: The Lester Young / Count Basie Sessions 1936-40 ( Mosaic Records )
Label of the year
The prize was awarded from 2004
- 2004: Blue Note Records
- 2005: Palmetto Records
- 2006: Concord Music Group: Concord / Fantasy / Telarc
- 2007: ECM
- 2008: Blue Note Records
- 2009: Mosaic Records
Event Producer ( Events Producer )
- 2000: Michael Dorf ( KnitMedia )
- 2001: George Wein (Festival productions)
- 2002: André Ménard , Festival International de Jazz de Montréal
- 2003: not awarded
- 2004: George Wein (Festival productions)
- 2005: Todd Barkan (Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola, Jazz @ Lincoln Center)
- 2006: George Wein, Festival Productions
- 2007: Patricia Nicholson Parker (Vision Festival / Arts for Art, Inc.)
- 2008: Patricia Nicholson – Parker (Arts for Art, RUCMA, Vision Festival )
- 2009: George Wein (Festival productions)
Best live performances ( Finest live performances )
- 2000: Dave Holland Quintet
- from 2001 no longer awarded
arranger
- 2004: Maria Schneider
- 2005: Maria Schneider
- 2006: Maria Schneider
- 2007: Maria Schneider
- 2008: Maria Schneider
- 2009: Maria Schneider
composer
- 2000: Andrew Hill
- 2001: Andrew Hill
- 2002: Henry Threadgill
- 2003: Andrew Hill
- 2004: Maria Schneider
- 2005: Maria Schneider
- 2006: Andrew Hill
- 2007: Andrew Hill
- 2008: Maria Schneider
- 2009: Maria Schneider
Singer
- 2000: Kurt Elling
- 2001: Jimmy Scott
- 2002: Kurt Elling
- 2003: Andy Bey
- 2004: Andy Bey
- 2005: Andy Bey
- 2006: Kurt Elling
- 2007: Kurt Elling
- 2008: Andy Bey
- 2009: Kurt Elling
singer
- 2000: Shirley Horn
- 2001: Dianne Reeves
- 2002: Cassandra Wilson
- 2003: Cassandra Wilson
- 2004: Cassandra Wilson
- 2005: Luciana Souza
- 2006: Dianne Reeves
- 2007: Roberta Gambarini
- 2008: Abbey Lincoln
- 2009: Cassandra Wilson
Debut recording ( Recording Debut ) / Young Musicians ( Up 'n' Coming Musician of the Year )
from 2003: Up 'n' Coming Musician of the Year
- 2000: Soundtrack to Human Motion - Jason Moran ( Blue Note Records )
- 2001: Never Neverland - Jane Monheit (N-Coded Music)
- 2002: Come Away With Me - Norah Jones (Blue Note)
- 2003: Jason Moran
- 2004: Jeremy Pelt
- 2005: Jeremy Pelt
- 2006: Dafnis Prieto
- 2007: Anat Cohen
- 2008: Lionel Loueke
- 2009: Esperanza Spalding
Latin Jazz Album ( Latin Jazz Album )
- 2000: Briyumba Palo Congo and Live at the Village Vanguard - Chucho Valdés (Blue Note Records)
- 2001: Live at the Village Vanguard - Chucho Valdés (Blue Note)
- 2002: Sentir - Omar Sosa (Ota)
- 2003: Cuban Odyssey (Blue Note) - Jane Bunnett and Spirits of Havana
- 2004: Chucho Valdés , New Conceptions (Blue Note)
- 2005: Y Los Piratas del Flamenco - Jerry Gonzalez (Sunnyside)
- 2006: Bebo Valdés , Bebo de Cuba (Calle 54)
- 2007: Simpatico (ArtistShare) - Brian Lynch & Eddie Palmieri
- 2008: Big Band Urban Folktales - Bobby Sanabria (Jazzheads)
- 2009: Song for Chico Arturo O'Farrill (Zoho)
Brazilian jazz album of the year
- 2001: Everything I Love - Eliane Elias (Blue Note)
- 2002: Partido Out - Trio Da Paz (Malandro)
Small Ensemble ( Small Ensemble )
- 2000: Chick Corea and Origin
- 2001: Dave Holland Quintet
- 2002: Wayne Shorter Quartet
- 2003: Wayne Shorter Quartet
- 2004: Wayne Shorter Quartet
- 2005: Jason Moran Trio
- 2006: Wayne Shorter Quartet
- 2007: Ornette Coleman Quartet
- 2008: Ornette Coleman Quartet / Quintet
- 2009: SF Jazz Collective
Large ensemble ( Large Ensemble )
- 2000: Mingus Big Band
- 2001: Maria Schneider Orchestra
- 2002: Mingus Big Band
- 2003: Dave Holland Big Band
- 2004: Dave Holland Big Band
- 2005: Maria Schneider Big Band
- 2006: Gerald Wilson Orchestra
- 2007: Charles Tolliver Big Band
- 2008: Maria Schneider Big Band
- 2009: Maria Schneider Big Band
Trumpet
- 2000: Dave Douglas
- 2001: Dave Douglas
- 2002: Dave Douglas
- 2003: Dave Douglas
- 2004: Dave Douglas
- 2005: Clark Terry
- 2006: Dave Douglas
- 2007: Dave Douglas
- 2008: Terence Blanchard
- 2009: Terence Blanchard
trombone
- 2000: Wycliffe Gordon
- 2001: Wycliffe Gordon
- 2002: Wycliffe Gordon
- 2003: Roswell Rudd
- 2004: Roswell Rudd
- 2005: Roswell Rudd
- 2006: Wycliffe Gordon
- 2007: Wycliffe Gordon
- 2008: Wycliffe Gordon
- 2009: Roswell Rudd
Brass ( brass )
From 2003: Miscellaneous Brass of the Year , from 2005: Player of the Year of Instruments Rare in Jazz
- 2000: Howard Johnson
- 2001: Howard Johnson
- 2002: Howard Johnson
- 2003: Steve Bernstein
- 2004: Toots Thielemans
- 2005: Grégoire Maret , harmonica
- 2006: Toots Thielemans
- 2007: Scott Robinson
- 2008: Scott Robinson
- 2009: Richard Galliano , accordion
Alto saxophone
- 2000: Greg Osby
- 2001: Greg Osby
- 2002: Greg Osby
- 2003: Greg Osby
- 2004: Lee Konitz
- 2005: Phil Woods
- 2006: Phil Woods
- 2007: Ornette Coleman
- 2008: Ornette Coleman
- 2009: Rudresh Mahanthappa
Tenor saxophone
- 2000: Joe Lovano
- 2001: Sonny Rollins
- 2002: Chris Potter
- 2003: Wayne Shorter
- 2004: Chris Potter
- 2005: Joe Lovano
- 2006: Sonny Rollins
- 2007: Sonny Rollins
- 2008: Sonny Rollins
- 2009: Sonny Rollins
Woodwind Instruments ( Winds and Reeds )
- 2000: Steve Lacy
- 2001: Marty Ehrlich
no longer awarded from 2002
Soprano saxophone
- 2001: Jane Ira Bloom
- 2002: Wayne Shorter
- 2003: Jane Ira Bloom
- 2004: Steve Lacy
- 2005: Wayne Shorter
- 2006: Jane Ira Bloom
- 2007: Dave Liebman
- 2008: Jane Ira Bloom
- 2009: Branford Marsalis
Baritone saxophone
- 2001: Hamiet Bluiett
- 2002: James Carter
- 2003: Hamiet Bluiett
- 2004: Gary Smulyan
- 2005: Claire Daly
- 2006: James Carter
- 2007: Gary Smulyan
- 2008: James Carter
- 2009: Gary Smulyan
clarinet
- 2002: Don Byron
- 2003: Marty Ehrlich
- 2004: Paquito D'Rivera
- 2005: Don Byron
- 2006: Paquito D'Rivera
- 2007: Anat Cohen
- 2008: Anat Cohen
- 2009: Anat Cohen
flute
- 2004: Frank Wess
- 2005: Frank Wess
- 2006: Sam Rivers
- 2007: Frank Wess
- 2008: Nicole Mitchell
- 2009: Frank Wess
Piano ( Pianist of the Year )
- 2000: Kenny Barron
- 2001: Kenny Barron
- 2002: Bill Charlap
- 2003: Kenny Barron
- 2004: Hank Jones
- 2005: Jason Moran
- 2006: Bill Charlap
- 2007: Andrew Hill
- 2008: Hank Jones
- 2009: Hank Jones
Keyboards
- 2000: Larry Goldings
- 2001: Larry Goldings
- 2002: John Medeski
- 2003: Dr. Lonnie Smith
- 2004: Dr. Lonnie Smith
- 2005: Dr. Lonnie Smith
- 2006: Joey DeFrancesco
- 2007: Joey DeFrancesco
- 2008: Dr. Lonnie Smith
- 2009: Dr. Lonnie Smith
guitar
- 2000: Russell Malone
- 2001: Bill Frisell
- 2002: Russell Malone
- 2003: Russell Malone
- 2004: Bill Frisell
- 2005: Jim Hall
- 2006: Jim Hall
- 2007: Pat Metheny
- 2008: Bill Frisell
- 2009: Bill Frisell
Bass ( Bassist of the Year )
From 2001: Acoustic Bassist of the Year
- 2000: Dave Holland
- 2001: Dave Holland
- 2002: Dave Holland
- 2003: Dave Holland
- 2004: Dave Holland
- 2005: Dave Holland
- 2006: Ron Carter
- 2007: Dave Holland
- 2008: Christian McBride
- 2009: William Parker
Electric bass
- 2001: Steve Swallow
- 2002: Steve Swallow
- 2003: Steve Swallow
- 2004: Steve Swallow
- 2005: Steve Swallow
- 2006: Christian McBride
- 2007: Steve Swallow
- 2008: Steve Swallow
- 2009: Steve Swallow
Strings ( plucked and bowed strings )
- 2000: Regina Carter
- 2001: Regina Carter
- 2002: Regina Carter
- 2003: Regina Carter
- 2004: Regina Carter
- 2005: Regina Carter
- 2006: Regina Carter
- 2007: Regina Carter
- 2008: Regina Carter
- 2009: Billy Bang
Marimba / vibraphone
- 2000: Stefon Harris
- 2001: Stefon Harris
- 2002: Stefon Harris
- 2003: Stefon Harris
- 2004: Stefon Harris
- 2005: Stefon Harris
- 2006: Joe Locke
- 2007: Bobby Hutcherson
- 2008: Joe Locke
- 2009: Joe Locke
Percussion ( Percussion Master )
- 2000: Tito Puente
- 2001: Poncho Sanchez (Conga)
- 2002: Kahil El'Zabar
- 2003: Kahil El'Zabar
- 2004: Ray Barretto
- 2005: Kahil El'Zabar
- 2006: Ray Barretto
- 2007: Cyro Baptista
- 2008: Cándido Camero
- 2009: Hamid Drake
Drums
- 2000: Roy Haynes
- 2001: Billy Higgins
- 2002: Roy Haynes
- 2003: Matt Wilson
- 2004: Roy Haynes
- 2005: Roy Haynes
- 2006: Paul Motian
- 2007: Roy Haynes
- 2008: Roy Haynes
- 2009: Brian Blade
Jazz journalism categories ( Jazz Journalism Categories )
Prize for the life's work in jazz journalism ( Jazz Journalism Lifetime Achievement )
- 2000: Nat Hentoff
- 2001: Dan Morgenstern
- 2002: Ira Gitler
- 2003: Gary Giddins
- 2004: Gene Lees
- 2005: Bob Blumenthal
- 2006: Howard Mandel
- 2007: Francis Davis
- 2008: Doug Ramsey
- 2009: Mike Zwerin
Special achievements in broadcasting ( Excellence in Broadcast )
Subtitle: The Willis Conover-Marian McPartland Award
- 2000: Phil Schaap
- 2001: Michael Bourne ( WBGO -FM, Newark)
- 2002: Kenny Washington
- 2003: Alyn Shipton - BBC Radio 3
- 2004: Steve Schwartz (WGBH-FM, Boston)
- 2005: Rhonda Hamilton (WBGO-FM - Sirius Satellite)
- 2006: Eric Jackson (WGBH-FM, Boston)
- 2007: Bob Porter
- 2008: Nancy Wilson, for Jazz Profiles , National Public Radio
- 2009: Ben Young, Director, WKCR (Columbia University)
Special achievements in photography ( Excellence in Photography )
Subtitle: The Lona Foote-Bob Parent Award
- 2000: Herman Leonard
- 2001: Chuck Stewart
- 2002: Enid Farber
- 2003: Ken Frankling
- 2004: Lee Tanner
- 2005: Jack Vartoogian
- 2006: Jimmy Katz
- 2007: Gene Martin
- 2008: Milt Hinton
- 2009: John Abbott
Special achievements in writing ( Excellence in Writing )
From 2001: Excellence in Newspaper, Magazine or Online Feature or Review Writing / the Helen Dance-Robert Palmer Award
- 2000: Howard Mandel
- 2001: Bob Blumenthal
- 2002: Gary Giddins
- 2003: Gary Giddins
- 2004: Bill Milkowski
- 2005: Ben Ratliff
- 2006: Nate Chinen
- 2007: Nate Chinen
- 2008: Nate Chinen
- 2009: Nate Chinen
Best Film / Video of the Year ( Best Film-Video of the Year )
- 2000: Jazz Casuals - Ralph Gleason (Rhino)
- 2001: Jazz - Ken Burns
- 2002: Calle 54
from 2003 no longer awarded
Best magazine ( Best Periodical )
- 2000: JazzTimes
- 2001: JazzTimes
- 2002: JazzTimes
- 2003: JazzTimes
- 2004: JazzTimes
- 2005: JazzTimes
- 2006: JazzTimes
- 2007: JazzTimes
- 2008: JazzTimes
- 2009: JazzTimes
Best liner notes
- 2001: Howard Mandel , Bob Brookmeyer , Teddy Charles , Bill Crow , David X. Young, Juan Osaka McFelsnir, David X. Young's Jazz Loft (JazzMagnet)
Not awarded as of 2002
Best jazz website
- 2000: www.Jazzhouse.org - Whit Blauvelt, Webmaster
- 2001: www.Jazzhouse.org
- 2002: All About Jazz
- 2003: All About Jazz
- 2004: All About Jazz
- 2005: All About Jazz
- 2006: All About Jazz
- 2007: All About Jazz
- 2008: All About Jazz
- 2009: All About Jazz
Blog of the year
- 2009: Jazz Beyond Jazz by Howard Mandel
Best book
- 2000: Future Jazz - Howard Mandel (Oxford University Press)
- 2001: Oxford Companion to Jazz - Bill Kirchner (ed.) (Oxford University Press)
- 2002: New History Of Jazz - Alyn Shipton (Continuum)
- 2003: A Love Supreme: The Story of John Coltrane's Signature Album - Ashley Kahn (Penguin Putnam)
- 2004: Myself Among Others , George Wein with Nate Chinen (Da Capo)
- 2005: Living With Jazz - Dan Morgenstern (Pantheon)
- 2006: Take Five: The Public and Private Lives of Paul Desmond - Doug Ramsey (Parkside)
- 2007: The House That Trane Built: The Story Of Impulse Records - Ashley Kahn (WW Norton)
- 2008: Playing the Changes: Milt Hinton's Life in Stories and Photographs - Milt Hinton , David G. Berger and Holly Maxson (Vanderbilt University Press)
- 2009: A Power Stronger Than Itself: The AACM and American Experimental Music - George Lewis (University of Chicago Press),
Best photo of the year
- 2002: Enid Farber - Claire on the Stairs
- 2003: John Abbott
- 2004: John Abbott
- 2005: Henry Grimes , sepia , by John Abbott
- 2006: not awarded
- 2007: John Abbott
- 2008: Time Stood Still for Andrew Hill by Laurence Donohue-Greene
- 2009: Hank Jones, Montreal Jazz Festival 2008 , by Kris King
A Team Awards (for activists, advocates, altruists, aiders and abettors of jazz)
- 2004: Arthur H. Barnes, R. Jarrett Lilien, Sandy Jackson, Bethany Bultman, Rudy Van Gelder , Les Paul , Horace Silver , Chuck Niles, LaRue Brown Watson, Dr. Margaret Ray, Dr. Paul Martin
- 2005: Douglas Duchak, Bank One, Dr. Marc Brenner, The Boeing Company , Chicago Community Trust, Kraft Foods , Inc., The Heath Brothers , Martin Mueller, Lauren Roberts, AB Spellman ,
- 2007: Leslie Johnson , Bob Koester , Orrin Keepnews , Donald Harrison , Clint Rosemond , Mark Masters , F. King Alexander , Jose Rizo and Jan Perry
- 2008: Dr. Valerie Capers, Dana Gioia, Lauren Deutsch, Susan Muscarella, Phil Nimmons, George Russell , Dick Wang, Herb Wong , Wendy Oxenhorn .
- 2009: Herb Alpert , Agnes Varis , Bruce Lundvall , David Baker , Timuel Black , Steven Saltzman , Ruth Price ( Jazz Bakery ), Clarence Acox, Scott Brown, Peter Levinson , Richard Sudhalter
Special award 2009
- 2009: Mark Murphy - The Jazz Foundation of America and the Jazz Journalists Association: Special Career Honors for Words with Music
See also
- List of JJA Awards winners in the 1990s
- List of 2010s JJA Awards winners
- List of JJA Awards winners of the 2020s
Individual references / comments
- ↑ Jazz Awards 2000s Winners
- ↑ JJA Awards Winners 2006
- ↑ also nominated were: Hank Jones , Marian McPartland , Roy Haynes and Wayne Shorter
- ↑ also nominated were: Dave Douglas , Jason Moran , Wynton Marsalis
- ↑ also nominated were: Andrew Hill , Passing Ships (Blue Note); Branford Marsalis , Romare Bearden Revealed (Marsalis Music), Dave Holland, Extended Play (ECM) and Jason Moran , The Bandwagon (Blue Note)
- ↑ also nominated were: Duke Ellington , Ellington Uptown (Columbia Legacy), Duke Ellington, Festival Session (Columbia Legacy) and Rod Levitt , The Dynamic Sound Patterns of The Rod Levitt Orchestra
- ↑ also nominated: Complete Roy Eldridge Studio Recordings on Verve (Mosaic), Count Basie , America's # 1 Band (Columbia Legacy), Dexter Gordon , The Complete Trio & Quartet Studio Recordings (Steeplechase)
- ↑ were also nominated: Concord Records , ECM, Maxjazz , Mosaic Records and Palmetto
- ↑ also nominated were: Andre Menard ( Festival International de Jazz de Montréal ), Randall Kline (SFJazz) Tim Jackson ( Monterey Jazz Festival ) Todd Barkan (Jazz at Lincoln Center)
- ↑ also nominated were: Bill Holman , Gerald Wilson , Gil Goldstein , Slide Hampton
- ↑ also nominated were: Andrew Hill , Carla Bley , Dave Douglas , Myra Melford
- ↑ also nominated were: Curtis Stigers , Kevin Mahagony , Kurt Elling , Mark Murphy
- ↑ also nominated were: Abbey Lincoln , Dee Dee Bridgewater , Dianne Reeves , Lizz Wright and Sheila Jordan
- ↑ 2002 under Afro-Caribbean Jazz Album of the Year
- ↑ also nominated were: The Bad Plus , Branford Marsalis Quartet, Dave Douglas Quintet and the Dave Holland Quintet
- ↑ Also nominated were: Carla Bley Big Band, Gerald Wilson Orchestra, Joe Lovano Nonet, Maria Schneider Orchestra, Mingus Big Band
- ↑ also nominated were: Nicholas Payton , Roy Hargrove , Tom Harrell and Wynton Marsalis
- ↑ also nominated were: Robin Eubanks , Slide Hampton , Steve Turre and Wycliffe Gordon
- ^ Miscellaneous Brass of the Year
- ↑ also nominated were: Béla Fleck , James Carter and Steve Turre
- ↑ also nominated were: Bobby Watson , Greg Osby , Ornette Coleman and Steve Coleman
- ↑ also nominated were: Joe Lovano , Michael Brecker , Sonny Rollins and Wayne Shorter
- ↑ also nominated were: Dave Liebman , Evan Parker , Jane Ira Bloom and Wayne Shorter
- ↑ also nominated were: Hamiet Bluiett , James Carter , John Surman and Ronnie Cuber
- ↑ also nominated were: Buddy DeFranco , Don Byron , Michael Moore and Perry Robinson
- ↑ also nominated were: Dave Valentin , James Newton , Jane Bunnett , Lew Tabackin
- ↑ also nominated were: Cecil Taylor , Jason Moran , Keith Jarrett and Kenny Barron
- ↑ also nominated were: Joey DeFrancesco , John Medeski , Larry Goldings and Sam Yahel
- ↑ also nominated were: Jim Hall , John Scofield , Pat Martino , Russell Malone
- ↑ also nominated were: Charlie Haden , Christian McBride , John Patitucci , Ron Carter and William Parker
- ↑ also nominated were: Christian McBride , Marcus Miller , Richard Bona and Victor Wooten
- ↑ also nominated were: Billy Bang , Mark Feldman , Peggy Lee
- ↑ also nominated were: Bobby Hutcherson , Gary Burton , Joe Locke and Steve Nelson
- ↑ also nominated were: Cyro Baptista , Giovanni Hidalgo , Kahil El'Zabar , Trilok Gurtu
- ↑ also nominated were: Elvin Jones , Hamid Drake , Jeff "Tain" Watts , Matt Wilson