Nominees for the 2012 JJA Jazz Awards Announced

The Jazz Journalists Association announced the nominees for the 2012 JJA Jazz Awards, and several artists followed on this blog were nominated, including:

• Wayne Shorter and Horace Silver for Lifetime Achievement
  
• Sonny Rollins for Musician of the Year
  
• Keith Jarrett's Rio (ECM) and Sonny Rollins's Road Shows, Vol. 2 (Doxy Records) for Record of the Year (Purchase the CD, Rio, at Barnes & Noble. Purchase the CD, Road Shows, Vol. 2, at Barnes & Noble.)
  
• Miles Davis's Bootleg Sessions, Vol 1, Quintet Live in Europe 1967 (Columbia Legacy) for Best Historical or Boxed Set (Purchase the CD, Bootleg Sessions, Vol 1, Quintet Live in Europe 1967, at Amazon.com.)
• Sonny Rollins for Tenor Saxophonist of the Year
  
• Wayne Shorter for Soprano Saxophonist of the Year
  
• Lew Tabackin for Flutist of the Year
  
• Keith Jarrett for Pianist of the Year
  

Robert
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Miles Davis, Keith Jarrett, Sonny Rollins, Wayne Shorter, Horace Silver, Lew Tabackin