
16.ročník ceny Jazz Journalists Association (JJA) Jazz Awards 2012 sa blíži. Ocenenia sa budú slávnostne odovzdávať 20.júna 2012 v New Yorku City a následne bude awards párty v slávnom newyorskom klube Blue Note. Zatiaľ sú známi nominovaní v jednotlivých kategóriách, v nomináciách sú známe i menej známe mená, takže rozhodovanie a boj o hlasy bude veľmi ťažký. Hlasovať o víťazoch budú môcť iba profesionálni členovia JJA.
Tu sú nominovaní v jednotlivých
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2011 Nominees for JJA JAZZ AWARDS: MEDIA
30. Tlačové Periodikum roka:
- DownBeat
- JazzTimes
- Jazziz
- The New York City Jazz Record
31. Webová stránka roka:
AllAboutJazz.com
JazzCorner.com
JazzTimes.com

JJANews.org
32. Blog roka:
"A Blog Supreme" (Patrick Jarenwattananon)
"Do The Math" (Ethan Iverson)
"Jazz Wax" (Marc Myers)
"Rifftides" (Doug Ramsey)
33. Najlepšia kniha roka o jazze:

- Norman Granz: The Man Who Used Jazz for Justice (University of California Press), by Tad Hershorn
- Nica's Dream: The Life and Legend of the Jazz Baroness (W.W. Norton & Company), by David Kastin
- Here and Now! The Autobiography of Pat Martino (Backbeat Books), by Pat Martino with Bill Milkowski
- Rifftide: The Life and Opinions of Papa Jo Jones (University of Minnesota Press), as told to Albert Murray, edited by Paul Devlin, afterword by Phil Schaap
- Coltrane on Coltrane: The John Coltrane Interviews (Chicago Review Press), edited by Chris DeVito
- Monument Eternal: The Music of Alice Coltrane (Wesleyan), by Franya J. Berkman
34. Najlepší notový zápis roka:
- Eddie Determeyer: The Complete Jimmie Lunceford Decca Sessions (Mosaic Records)
- Francis Davis: Sonny Rollins Road Show, Vol. 2 (Doxy Records)
- Francis Davis: Allen Lowe, Blues and the Empirical Truth (Music and Arts)
- John Edward Hasse, et al.: Jazz: Jazz: The Smithsonian Anthology (Smithsonian/Folkways)
- Tommy Vig: The Tommy Vig Orchestra: Welcome to Hungary! (Klasszikus Jazz Records)
- Neil Tesser: Kevin Kizer: Aspects (Blujazz Records)
- Neil Tesser: Eric Alexander: Don’t Follow the Crowd (HighNote)
- Neil Tesser: Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, Ugetsu , Ugetsu (Fantasy)
- Marc Myers: Montgomery: Movin', The Complete Verve Recordings (Hip-O Select)
- Marc Myers: Ella in Japan (Hip-O Select)
- Kevin Whitehead: Sam Rivers and the Rivbea Orch. - Trilogy (Mosaic Select)
- Kenny Washington: The Complete Ahmad Jamal Trio Argo Sessions (Mosaic Records)
- Howard Mandel: The Ethiopian Princess Meets the Tantric Priest (Rogue Art)
- Doug Ramsey: The Complete Atlantic Studio Recordings of the Modern Jazz Quartet (Mosaic Records)
- Doug Ramsey: Miles Español: New Sketches of Spain (Entertainment One Music)
- A.G. Quintero-Rivera: Miguel Zenón, Alma Adentro - The Puerto Rican Songbook (Marsalis Music)
- Christian Broecking: Alexander von Schlippenbach and Manfred Schoof: Blue Hawk (Jazzwerkstatt)
35. Helen Dance-Robert Palmer Award pre recenzie:
- Larry Blumenfeld
- Marc Myers
- Nate Chinen
36. Willis Conover - Marian McPartland Award pre vysielanie:
- Jim Wilke
- Josh Jackson
- L-inda Yohn
37. Lona Foote - Bob Parent Award pre fotografiu roka:
- Fran Kaufman
- Herb Snitzer
- Michael Jackson
38. Sieň slávy / celoživotné dielo – jazzový novinár:
- Amiri Baraka (tiež píše ako Leroi Jones)
- Will Friedwald
- Willard Jenkins
- Stanley Crouch
- Neil Tesser
39. Krátke video roka:
- Another Kind of Soul: A Coleman Family Legacy (trailer), by Ray Foley
- Victory! The Making of J.D.Allen´s album, by Mario Tahi Lathan
- Joel Holmes: Caught in the Act, by Brooklyn Independent television
- DMo CBB-A Sonic Party, by Dennis Connors
- Nicole Mitchell: Harriet Tubman-Flight to Freedom, by Floyd Webb
- The Philadelphia Clef Club of Jazz and Parforming Arts, by Jason Fifield
- Ben Allison on Walking the Jazz Composer´s Tightrope: The Carnegie Hall Debut, by Jeremy Robins
- New York Jazzed Out-Frank Lacy, by Jeremiah and Mathieu Mastin
40. Fotografia roka:
Vijay Iyer, by Lena Adasheva
Chick Corea, by Pavel Korbut
Wadada Leo Smith, by Michael Jackson
Esperanza Spalding, by Gulnara Khamatova
Carla Bley, by Patrick Hinely