2012 JJA Jazz Awards Announced

Pavel Korbut's photo of Chick Corea,
winner of Photo of the Year

The 2012 JJA Jazz Awards were announced yesterday by the Jazz Journalists Association at the 16th annual Awards gala at the Blue Note Jazz Club in New York City. The complete list of winners is available here.

Among the winners were several musicians highlighted by this blog, including:

• Lifetime Achievement in Jazz: Horace Silver
• Musician of the Year: Sonny Rollins
• Record of the Year: Sonny Rollins, Road Shows, Vol. 2 (Doxy Records)  (Purchase the CD, Road Shows, Vol. 2, at Barnes & Noble.)
• Best Historic Recording/Boxed Set: Miles Davis, Bootleg Sessions, Vol. 1, Quintet Live in Europe 1967 (Columbia Legacy)  (Purchase the CD, Bootleg Sessions, Vol 1, Quintet Live in Europe 1967, at Amazon.com.)
• Tenor Saxophonist of the Year: Sonny Rollins
• Photo of the Year: Chick Corea by Pavel Korbut

Congratulations to all of the winners.

Robert
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