Sonny Rollins, a Barcelona fa dos anys (foto: Ricard Cugat).
Maria Schneider, inauguració i medalla d'or del festival 2011 (foto: Lorenzo Di Nozzi).
La Jazz Journalists Association va fer públic ahir a Nova York els seus premis anuals, un bon termòmetre del jazz (però això sí, exclusivament centrats en músics que són de o viuen i han fet carrera als Estats Units).
Rudresh Mahanthappa, a Luz de Gas (foto: Michael Weintrob).
Vijay Iyer, també a Luz de Gas (foto: Lorenzo di Nozzi).
A banda de Sonny Rollins, dos músics que passaran aviat per Catalunya, tots dos contrabaixistes: Ben Williams (a Tarragona el 19 de juliol amb la Pat Metheny Unity Band) i Christian McBride, que tocarà amb trio al Palau el 30 de novembre, en la clausura del 44 Voll-Damm Festival Internacional de Jazz de Barcelona.
La llista completa:
Lifetime Achievement in Jazz: Horace Silver
Musician of the Year: Sonny Rollins
Composer-Arranger of the Year: Maria Schneider
Up and Coming Artist of the Year: Ben Williams
Record of the Year: Sonny Rollins, Road Shows, Vol. 2 (Doxy Records)
Best Historic Recording/Boxed Set: Miles Davis, Bootleg Sessions, Vol. 1, Quintet Live in Europe 1967 (Columbia Legacy)
Record Label of the Year: ECM
Large Ensemble of the Year: Mingus Big Band
Small Ensemble of the Year: Joe Lovano Us Five
Best Male Vocalist: Kurt Elling
Best Female Vocalist: Gretchen Parlato
Trumpeter of the Year: Ambrose Akinmusire
Trombonist of the Year: Wycliffe Gordon
Multi-reeds Player of the Year: Anat Cohen
Alto Saxophonist of the Year: Rudresh Mahanthappa
Tenor Saxophonist of the Year: Sonny Rollins
Baritone Saxophonist of the Year: Gary Smulyan
Soprano Saxophonist of the Year: Jane Ira Bloom
Flutist of the Year: Nicole Mitchell
Clarinetist of the Year: Anat Cohen
Guitarist of the Year: Bill Frisell
Pianist of the Year: Vijay Iyer
Keyboard player of the Year: Gary Versace
Bassist of the Year: Christian McBride
Violinist of the Year: Regina Carter
Percussionist of the Year: Poncho Sanchez
Mallets Instrumentalist of the Year: Gary Burton
Drummer of the Year: Roy Haynes
Player of Instruments Rare in Jazz of the Year: Toots Thielemans, harmonica
Wycliffe Gordon, a la dreta (foto: Michael Weintrob).
AWARDS FOR JAZZ JOURNALISM
Lifetime Achievement in Jazz Journalism: Amiri Baraka
Helen Dance-Robert Palmer Award for Writing in the Year 2011:Larry Blumenfeld
Willis Conover-Marian McPartland Award for Broadcasting: Josh Jackson
Lona Foote-Bob Parent Award for Photography: Herb Snitzer
Print Periodical of the Year: JazzTimes
Website of the Year: AllAboutJazz.com
Blog of the Year: Marc Myers' Jazz Wax
Book of the Year: Norman Granz: The Man Who Used Jazz for Justice (University of California Press), by Tad Hershorn
Liner notes of the Year: Francis Davis, Sonny Rollins' Road Show, Vol. 2 (Doxy Records)
Photo of the Year: Chick Corea by Pavel Korbut
Short Form Jazz News Video of the Year: Victory! - The Making of J.D. Allen's Album by Mario Tahi Lathan
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