2012 JJA JAZZ AWARDS WINNERS!

Thursday June 21, 2012

The Jazz Journalists Association announced winners of the 2012 Jazz Awards at the Blue Note in New York City Wednesday. International Music Network artists took home five awards for Clarinetist of the Year and Multi-reeds Player of the Year (Anat Cohen), Best Male Vocalist (Kurt Elling), Small Ensemble of the Year (Joe Lovano Us Five), and Pianist of the Year (Vijay Iyer).

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O Que Você Quer Saber De Verdade	2:21	Marisa Monte
Freedom	4:36	The Gloaming
I'll Notice (Live)	6:03	Becca Stevens
Black Gold	5:17	Esperanza Spalding
Cucurrucu Paloma	4:01	Caetano Veloso
Jho Avido	3:58	Dobet Gnahoré
Calabash & Catamaran	3:53	Gabriel Kahane
Calling Me Home	2:35	Kathy Mattea
Playing with Pink Noise	3:02	Kaki King
Beautiful Africa	3:35	Rokia Traoré
Janjo La Maya (Travallier)	5:22	Richard Bona
Jabula	5:08	Vusi Mahlasela
Prime Directive	7:46	Dave Holland
Sketchy	5:33	John Scofield
Regalo De Dios	5:29	Spanish Harlem Orchestra
Zulu Laduma	3:02	Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Trio Blues	4:16	John Scofield
ODJus Fitxadu	3:25	Idan Raichel Project
Vijay Iyer, Solo - Patterns	8:31	Vijay Iyer
Chalomot Shel Acherim	3:40	Idan Raichel Project
Fire Waltz	4:36	Jason Moran
The Watcher (PRISM)	6:59	Dave Holland
Batoumambe	4:13	Habib Koité
Dala	3:51	Dobet Gnahoré
Bonnie's Song (Live)	4:35	Raul Midón
Morning Bell	5:42	Chris Potter
She'eriot Shel Ha'Chaim	3:06	Idan Raichel Project
Fleurette Africain	5:56	Terri Lyne Carrington
The Empty Chair (PRISM)	8:36	Dave Holland
The Jolly Seven / Rascal on the Haystack	3:52	Irish Homecoming
Tuneset	9:50	The Gloaming
Cailín Deas Crúite Na mBó	4:23	Altan
Ingots	3:53	Kaki King
Seven Minute Mind	5:38	The Bad Plus
Manalyuca	6:30	McCoy Tyner
Greensleeves ft. Derek Trucks (Guitars)	6:14	McCoy Tyner
The Wheel	7:01	Chris Potter
West Virginia, My Home	4:32	Kathy Mattea
One Man's Idea		Avishai Cohen
Simply Put	5:33	John Scofield
Passport	5:27	Joe Lovano
Náo Me Diga Adeus (All One)	2:47	Oscar Castro-Neves
Dirty Old Town (with Nancy Griffith)	4:44	Cherish The Ladies
Como Baila Mi Mulata	5:42	Spanish Harlem Orchestra
Vijay Iyer, Trio - Historicity	7:50	Vijay Iyer
Sunshine "I Can Fly" (Live)	9:33	Raul Midón
RFK in the Land of Apartheid	4:10	Jason Moran
Footprints	7:55	Wayne Shorter
You Send Me	1:30	Kurt Elling
Voodoo	3:04	Ghost Train Orchestra
There Is A Light That Never Goes Out	5:22	Becca Stevens
Anat's Dance		Anat Cohen
Last of the Mo'Ricans		Oscar Hernandez's Latin Jazz Quintet, Alma Libre
Avishai Cohen presents: The Big Vicious		Avishai Cohen
Birdyard	1:48	Joe Lovano
Woza	4:24	Vusi Mahlasela
Hot Tempered Blues	4:09	Ghost Train Orchestra
Refavela	5:56	Gilberto Gil
Ixegezi	2:12	Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Bibisa feat. Fatoumata Diawara	4:33	Roberto Fonseca
Just My Imagination	4:53	Dianne Reeves
Adios Felicidad	3:16	Omara Portuondo
80's	6:24	Roberto Fonseca
(I've Got To Use My) Imagination	4:38	Lizz Wright
Barbados	6:20	Joe Lovano
Joy Ryder	11:20	Wayne Shorter
Wari	4:16	Habib Koité
Thula Mama	3:42	Vusi Mahlasela
All Brothers		Anat Cohen
Charming Disease	4:37	Gabriel Kahane
Mi Negra Ave María	5:21	Roberto Fonseca
LA	3:07	Gabriel Kahane
Avishai Cohen presents: The Big Vicious		Avishai Cohen presents: The Big Vicious
Before the Snow	4:17	Tineke Postma
You Make Me (Live)	5:15	Becca Stevens
An Ghealóg	4:57	Altan
Crazy Stuff	5:01	Tineke Postma
Avishai Cohen presents: The Big Vicious		Avishai Cohen presents: The Big Vicious
Solipsist	2:31	Kaki King
Nakamokhura	4:07	Vusi Mahlasela
Touba - Daru Salaam	5:49	Youssou N'Dour
Jump Up	5:48	Jason Moran
Don't Take It That Way (Live)	4:26	Raul Midón
New Beginning		Oscar Hernandez's Latin Jazz Quintet, Alma Libre
Thalaza	4:00	Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Fellowship	3:33	Lizz Wright
Are We A Nation	3:58	SWEET HONEY IN THE ROCK
Ca Jé	3:49	Caetano Veloso
Amame Como Soy	3:26	Omara Portuondo
Memorias	11:04	Pedrito Martinez
I Remember, I Believe	5:30	Lizz Wright
I Want To Feel Good pt 2	3:57	The Bad Plus
Knives Out	8:29	Brad Mehldau
Mood Indigo		Avishai Cohen
Donegal Rain (with Vince Gill)	4:44	Cherish The Ladies
American Tune	1:30	Kurt Elling
The Women Gather	2:31	SWEET HONEY IN THE ROCK
Óró, Sé do Bheatha 'Bhaile	5:35	The Gloaming
Mr. PC ft. John Scofield (Guitars)	6:23	McCoy Tyner
Things Behind the Sun	4:37	Brad Mehldau
Sagal Ko	3:35	Youssou N'Dour
Alexander the Great	6:52	Saxophone Summit
Peace on Earth	5:05	Saxophone Summit
Pastorita	9:25	Pedrito Martinez
The Razor's Edge	6:18	Dave Holland
Leave Me A Place Underground	5:32	Tineke Postma
On Broadway	1:30	Kurt Elling
Lalla	3:29	Rokia Traoré
Depois	2:53	Marisa Monte
Radio Song (clip)	1:01	Esperanza Spalding
Great Round Burn	3:12	Kaki King
Money Jungle	6:22	Terri Lyne Carrington
Mulema	4:39	Richard Bona
Final Hour	2:46	Joshua Redman
M.B.	7:47	Brad Mehldau
Time Shift		Oscar Hernandez's Latin Jazz Quintet, Alma Libre
Sweet Thames Flow Softly	5:21	Irish Homecoming
I Like It That Way	3:10	SWEET HONEY IN THE ROCK
Mosaic Triad	6:00	Terri Lyne Carrington
Stop Kidding	2:32	Ghost Train Orchestra
Today Will Be A Good Day	5:09	Dianne Reeves

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