List of JJA Awards winners of the 2020s
The list of the JJA Awards winners of the 2020s shows all the prizes ( Jazz Awards ) awarded by the American Jazz Journalists Association from 2020, divided into the two categories of musicians and jazz journalism.
Category of jazz musicians
Price for lifetime achievement ( Lifetime Achievement )
- 2020: Carla Bley ; The nominees were: Roscoe Mitchell , Charles Lloyd , Eddie Palmieri , Chick Corea , Jimmy Cobb
Musician of the Year ( Musician of the Year )
- 2020: Terri Lyne Carrington ; nominated: Kris Davis , Charles Lloyd , Christian McBride , Roscoe Mitchell ,
Young Musician ( Up 'n' Coming Musician of the Year )
- 2020: Lakecia Benjamin , nominated: Brandee Younger , Jaimie Branch , James Brandon Lewis , Joel Ross
arranger
- 2020: Miguel Zenón , nominated: Michael Leonhart , Ted Nash , Brian Lynch
composer
- 2020: Kris Davis , nominated: Roscoe Mitchell , Guillermo Klein , Miho Hazama
Album of the Year ( Album of the Year )
- 2020: The Secret Between the Shadow and the Soul by Branford Marsalis (Okeh); nominated: Sonero: The Music of Ismael Rivera by Miguel Zenón (Miel Music); Diatom Ribbons from Kris Davis (Pyroclastic Records); Glitter Wolf from Allison Miller 's Boom Tic Boom (Royal Potato Family); We Are on the Edge: 50th Anniversary Celebration by the Art Ensemble of Chicago ( Pi Recordings ).
Reissue of the Year ( Reissue of the Year )
- 2020: Musical Prophet: The Expanded 1963 New York Studio Sessions by Eric Dolphy (Resonance Records); nominated: Evans in England: Live at Ronnie Scott’s by Bill Evans ( Resonance Records ); Back on Indiana Avenue: The Carroll DeCamp Recordings by Wes Montgomery (Resonance Records); The Music Never Stops by Betty Carter (Blue Engine Records); Blue World by John Coltrane (Verve); Hittin 'the Ramp: The Early Years (1936-1943) by Nat King Cole (Resonance Records).
Label of the year
- 2020: ECM , nominated: Resonance Records , Pi Recordings , Smoke Sessions Records , High Note Records / Savant
Medium Ensemble ( Midsize Ensemble )
(from 2014 Midsize Ensemble )
- 2020: Allison Miller 's Boom Tic Boom, nominated: Myra Melford 's Snowy Egret, Harriet Tubman , Branford Marsalis Quartet, Miguel Zenón Quartet
Large ensemble ( Large Ensemble )
- 2020: Art Ensemble of Chicago 50th Anniversary, nominated: Sun Ra Arkestra , Orrin Evans and the Captain Black Big Band, Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra , Anat Cohen Tentet
Singer
- 2020: Kurt Elling ; nominated: José James , Gregory Porter , Giacomo Gates
singer
- 2020: Cécile McLorin Salvant ; nominated: Veronica Swift , Jazzmeia Horn , Sara Gazarek , Catherine Russell
trumpeter
- 2020: Christian Scott aTundé Adjuah , nominated: Dave Douglas , Jeremy Pelt , Wadada Leo Smith , Wynton Marsalis , Brian Lynch
Trombonist
- 2020: Wycliffe Gordon , nominated: Michael Dease , Ryan Keberle , Steve Swell
Woodwinds ( Multi-Reeds Player )
- 2020: Joe Lovano , nominated: James Carter , Roscoe Mitchell , Scott Robinson
Alto saxophonist
- 2020: Miguel Zenón , nominated: Steve Lehman , Gary Bartz , Bobby Watson , Matana Roberts , Steve Coleman
Tenor saxophonist
- 2020: Chris Potter , nominated: Branford Marsalis , Melissa Aldana , Joe Lovano
Baritone saxophonist
- 2020: Lauren Sevian , nominated: Gary Smulyan , Claire Daly , James Carter , Ronnie Cuber , Scott Robinson
Soprano saxophonist
- 2020: Jane Ira Bloom , nominated: Sam Newsome , Dave Liebman , Branford Marsalis
flutist
- 2020: Nicole Mitchell , nominated: Charles Lloyd , Jamie Baum , Elena Pinderhughes
Clarinetist
- 2020: Anat Cohen , nominated: Ben Goldberg , Don Byron , Ken Peplowski
guitarist
- 2020: Bill Frisell , nominated: Mary Halvorson , Miles Okazaki , Julian Lage , John Scofield
pianist
- 2020: Kris Davis , nominations: Gerald Clayton , Chick Corea , Matthew Shipp , Myra Melford
Keyboard player
- 2020: Herbie Hancock , nominated: Akiko Tsuruga , Craig Taborn , Brian Charette
Bass player
- 2020: Linda May Han Oh , nominated: William Parker , Thomas Morgan , Christian McBride , Dave Holland , Ron Carter , Reggie Workman ,
Violinist / cellist / harpist
- 2020: Tomeka Reid , nominated: Brandee Younger , Jenny Scheinman
Percussionist
- 2020: Zakir Hussain , nominated: Pedrito Martinez , Adam Rudolph , Cyro Baptista
Marimba / vibraphonist
- 2020: Joel Ross , nominated: Warren Wolf , Stefon Harris , Joe Locke
drummer
- 2020: Terri Lyne Carrington , nominees Andrew Cyrille , Allison Miller , Tyshawn Sorey , Brian Blade
Players rarely instruments used ( Player of the Year of Instruments Rare in Jazz )
- 2020: Brandee Younger (harp}, nominated: Susan Alcorn (pedal steel guitar}, Grégoire Maret (harmonica), Gary Versace (accordion), Theon Cross (tuba), Scott Robinson (reeds, brass ua)
Jazz journalism categories ( Jazz Journalism Categories )
Prize for the life's work in jazz journalism ( Jazz Journalism Lifetime Achievement )
- 2020: Stanley Crouch ; nominated: Ben Ratliff , Larry Blumenfeld , Howard Reich , Dan Ouellette
The Helen Dance – Robert Palmer Award for Review and Feature Writing
- 2020: Nate Chinen, nominated: Larry Blumenfeld, Giovanni Russonello, Ted Panken
The Willis Conover-Marian McPartland Award for Broadcasting
- 2020: Richard Hadlock, "Annals of Jazz", KJAZ, KQED, KCSM; nominated: Rusty Hassan, WPFW; Simon Pensioner, "The Checkout" on WBGO; Alisa Clancy, KCSM, "A Morning Cup of Jazz."
The Lona Foote – Bob Parent Award for Photography
- 2020: Richard Conde, nominated: Robert Sutherland-Cohen, Peter Gannushkin, Steven Sussman
Best magazine / website
- 2020: JazzTimes , nominated: HotHouse , All About Jazz , The New York City Jazz Record , Down Beat , Jazziz
Blog of the year
- 2020: WBGO.org , nominated: Jazz Profiles by Steven Cerra, Do the Math by Ethan Iverson , Nate Chinen , Director of Editorial Content, JazzOnTheTube.com by Ken McCarthy, Jazz Wax by Marc Myers
Best book
- 2020: Jazz from Detroit (University of Michigan Press) by Mark Stryker; nominated: Music: A Subversive History (Basic Books), by Ted Gioia ; Rabbit's Blues: The Life and Music of Johnny Hodges (Oxford University Press), by Con Chapman; Women in Jazz: The Women, The Legends & Their Fights (8th House Publishing) by Sammy Stein; Miles Davis: New Research on Miles Davis and His Circle (Masaya Music) by Masaya Yamaguchi
Best photo
- 2020: Jazzmeia Horn , Belgrade Jazz Festival , by Nedici Dragoslav; nominated: Victor Lewis , Half Note Jazz Club in Athens, by Thrassos Irinis; Francesco Diodati Yellow Squeeds, Umbria Jazz Winter 2019 / Palazzo del Popolo by Andrea Rotili; Kiyoshi Kitagawa , Leopolis Jazz Fest Lviv, Ukraine , by Serhiy Horobets; Marco Piccirillo , Milk Jazz Way, Turin , by Carlo Mogavero.
Jazz Album Art of the Year
- 2020: A Wall Becomes A Bridge ( Kendrick Scott Oracle, Blue Note) by Yashua Klos; nominated: Playtime 2050 (Nick Sanders Trio, Sunnyside) by Leah Saulnier, Christopher Drukker; Water (Fima Chupakhin, s / r) by Andrew Nedzvedsky, Hellmark Studio; Dream A Little… ( Champian Fulton / Cory Weeds , Cellar Live) by Takao Fujioka; Longboard: Being Wild ( Alban Darche / Matthieu Donarien / Meivelyan Jacquot , YOLK Music) by Kerne Erickson © Greg Young Publishing, Inc. - design by Jean Depagne, Anima Production.
See also
- List of JJA Awards winners in the 1990s
- List of JJA Awards winners of the 2000s
- List of 2010s JJA Awards winners
- List of winners in the 2010s NPR Jazz Critics Poll
- List of 2010s Down Beat Poll winners
- List of 2020s Down Beat Poll winners