12.ročník ceny Jazz Journalists Association (JJA) Jazz Awards 2008 zažil slávnostné odovzdávanie cien 18.júna 2008 v New Yorku. O víťazoch hlasovali profesionálni členovia JJA a pre poriadok uvádzame aj všetkých nominovaných. Víťazi majú za menom tri výkričníky.
Sieň slávy – Celoživotné dielo:
* Herbie Hancock
* Marian McPartland !!!
* Oscar Peterson
* Wayne Shorter
* Lee Konitz
Hudobník roka 2008:
* Terence Blanchard
* Sonny Rollins
* Herbie Hancock !!!
* Maria Schneider
* Ornette Coleman
Nováčik roka 2008:
* Christian Scott
* Lionel Loueke !!!
* Peter Evans
* Roberta Gambarini
* Matana Roberts
* Tyshawn Sorey
* Jaleel Shaw
* Nicole Mitchell
Nahrávka / album roka 2008:
* A Tale of God's Will, Terence Blanchard (Blue Note/EMI)
* Sky Blue, Maria Schneider (ArtistShare) !!!
* The Joni Letters, Herbie Hancock (Verve)
* Pilgrimage, Michael Brecker (Heads Up)
* Abbey Sings Abbey, Abbey Lincoln (Verve)
Znovuvydaná nahrávka / album roka 2008:
* Compulsion, Andrew Hill (Blue Note)
* Cornell 1964, Charles Mingus Sextet (Blue Note) !!!
* Folk Songs For Far Out Folk, Fred Katz (Reboot Stereophonic)
* Sunshine of My Soul: Live at the Keystone Korner, Jaki Byard (HighNote)
Znovuvydaná nahrávka / album roka 2008 – Box set:
* Lady Day: The Master Takes and Singles, Billie Holiday (Columbia)
* The Complete On the Corner Sessions, Miles Davis (Columbia Legacy)
* A Life in Time: The Roy Haynes Story, Roy Haynes (Dreyfus Jazz) !!!
* The Quincy Jones ABC/Mercury Big Band Jazz Sessions (Mosaic Records)
* The Complete Lionel Hampton Victor Sessions 1937-1941 (Mosaic Records)
* Chu Berry: Classic Columbia and Victor Sessions (Mosaic Records)
* Duke Ellington — The Complete 1936-1940 Variety, Vocalion and Okey Small Groups Sessions (Mosaic Records)
* How Low Can You Go: Anthology of the String Bass, 1925-1941 (Dust to Digital)
Vydavateľstvo roka 2008:
* Arbors
* Blue Note !!!
* Clean Feed
* Concord
* ECM
* Palmetto
* Sunnyside
