Aug 29th
LADYSMITH BLACK MAMBAZO
OSLO, NORWAY
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Aug 29th
DIANNE REEVES
DETROIT, MI
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Aug 30th
THE WAIFS
PAGOSA SPRINGS, CO
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Aug 30th
ESPERANZA SPALDING
DETROIT, MI
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Aug 30th
JOE LOVANO
RIMOUSKI, CANADA
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Anat Cohen Named Clarinetist of the Year-JJA 2008

June 19th -- On Wednesday June 18th at the Jazz Standard in NYC, Anat Cohen was the recipient of the award for "Clarinetist of the Year" by the Jazz Journalists Association. IMN congratulates Anat on this well deserved achievment.

The Jazz Journalists Association announced winners of the 2008 Jazz Awards, the non-profit professional organization's 12th annual celebration of excellence in jazz and jazz journalism, and induction of an "A Team" of activists, advocates, altruists, aiders and abettors of jazz.

The Jazz Awards are engraved statuettes, handed to attending recipients by jazz journalists and their supporters at a barbeque and beer lunch at the Jazz Standard, Wednesday June 18.

For further information about the Jazz Awards and Jazz Journalists Association, visit www.Jazzhouse.org