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Hank Jones, Pianist of the Year, with the Photo of the Year of himself playing, by Kris King

The crowd at the Jazz Standard for the 2009 Jazz Awards, photo by Steven Sussman

Strings Player of the Year Billy Bang, with presenter Bill Milkowski

Howard Mandel, president of the Jazz Journalists Association (left) and Kurt Elling, Male Singer of the Year

George E. Lewis, author of Power Stronger Than Itself: The AACM and American Experimental Music, Book of the Year.

Mark Murphy, Words and Music recipient, with Wendy Oxenhorn (Jazz Foundation of America) and his companion

Trumpeter of the Year Terence Blanchard

Roberta Gambarini and Sheila Jordan, nominees for "Female Jazz Singer of the Year" (Photo by Steven Sussman)

Pianist Elio VillaFranca and Clarinetist of the Year Anat Cohen, photo by Steven Sussman

Carol Sudhalter, playing in honor of her brother Richard Sudhalter, posthumous A Team jazz advocate

Sonny Rollins' awards for Musician of the Year, Tenor Saxophonist of the Year and Best Historical Recording (Road Shows, Vol. 1), held aloft by his producer, trombonist and nephew Clifton Anderson

George Wein, Event Producer of the Year

Scott Robinson, multi-instrumentalist, with Maria Schneider's awards for Composer, Arranger and Large Ensemble of the Year, and with presenter Tim Wilkins

Yvonne Ervin at the microphone, starting presentation of Jazz Awards for Music Achievement (Photo by Steven Sussman)

Dan Morgenstern, dean of jazz journalists (left) with Bruce Lundvall, "A Team" jazz activist

Dr. Lonnie Smith, Organist of the Year

Jane Bunnett, soprano sax, and her Spirits of Havana ensemble: singer Venissa Santi and trumpeter Larry Cramer

Doug Ramsey, blogging at www.artsjournal.com/rifftides, Lifetime Achievement in Jazz 2008, announcing Lifetime Achievement in Jazz 2009 winner Mike Zwerin (Photo by Steven Sussman)

Rudresh Mahanthappa, Alto Saxophonist of the Year, with presenter Francis Davis

Pianist Marian Petrescu, photo by Steven Sussman

Jazz Notes: Special Jazz Awards Issue

Featuring photos from the 2009 JJA Jazz Awards, with Howard Mandel's official president's report

At the JJA's 13th Annual Jazz Awards we

Announced our 2009 award winners
Honored winners and nominees in more than 40 categories
Introduced our 2009 "A Team" inductees (Activists, Advocates, Altruists, Aiders and Abettors of Jazz)
Enjoyed Jazz Standard's cocktail barbeque, featuring performances by

Marian Petrescu and Andreas Öberg

sponsored by Sunnyside Records

Charles Tolliver Big Band

sponsored by HalfNote Records & B.P.R. Music

Carol Sudhalter and Daryl Sherman
Matt Miller's trio

Since 1997, the Jazz Journalists Association's annual Jazz Awards have honored excellence in jazz music, presentation and journalism. The JJA's professional members --- some 400 writers, broadcasters, photographers and new media producers worldwide -- nominate and vote in two stages to choose award winners. Starting in 2001, the JJA Awards have celebrated an "A Team" of activists, advocates, altruists, aiders and abettors of jazz. The JJA Jazz Awards are the only international awards presented by independent jazz journalists.

2009 Photo of the Year

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