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Topic: 2012 JJA Jazz Awards Nominees
Posted By: idlero
Subject: 2012 JJA Jazz Awards Nominees
Date Posted: 16 Apr 2012 at 3:00am
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based on work done in 2011


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I think the problem with a lot of the fusion music is that it's extremely predictable, it's a rock rhythm and the solos all play the same stuff and they play it over and over again ...
Ken Burns



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Posted By: js
Date Posted: 10 Jun 2012 at 3:46am
Any word on the winners?


Posted By: idlero
Date Posted: 10 Jun 2012 at 5:27am
June 20 at the JJA NYC  Gala

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I think the problem with a lot of the fusion music is that it's extremely predictable, it's a rock rhythm and the solos all play the same stuff and they play it over and over again ...
Ken Burns


Posted By: idlero
Date Posted: 26 Jun 2012 at 12:07am
AWARDS FOR MUSIC
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

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I think the problem with a lot of the fusion music is that it's extremely predictable, it's a rock rhythm and the solos all play the same stuff and they play it over and over again ...
Ken Burns


Posted By: Cannonball With Hat
Date Posted: 26 Jun 2012 at 1:52am
Player of Instruments Rare in Jazz of the Year
LOL This is the one I want to win one year.


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Hit it on Five.

Saxophone Scatterbrain Blitzberg

Stab them in the ears.


Posted By: js
Date Posted: 26 Jun 2012 at 2:09am
Thanks Idero.



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