2011

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PERIODICAL/WEBSITE OF THE YEAR

AllAboutJazz.com
DownBeat
JazzTimes
The New York City Jazz Record (formerly AllAboutJazz-New York)
Signal To Noise

BLOG OF THE YEAR

A Blog Supreme, by Patrick Jarenwattananon

Do The Math, by Ethan Iverson

JazzBeyondJazz, by Howard Mandel

JazzWax, by Marc Myers

Rifftides, by Doug Ramsey

BEST BOOK ABOUT JAZZ

A Biographical Guide To The Great Jazz And Pop Singers, by Will Friedwald (Pantheon)

African Rhythms: The Autobiography of Randy Weston, composed by Randy Weston/arranged by Willard Jenkins (Duke University Press)

I Walked With Giants: The Autobiography of Jimmy Heath, by Jimmy Heath and Joseph McLaren (Temple University Press)

Saxophone Colossus: A Portrait of Sonny Rollins, photographs by John Abbott, text by Bob Blumenthal (Abrams)

Where the Dark and the Light Folks Meet: Race and the Mythology, Politics, and Business of Jazz, by Randall Sandke -- Rowman & Littlefield Publishing

BEST LINER NOTES OF THE YEAR

Dan Morgenstern - It's About That Time, Hot Club of Detroit (Mack Avenue)

Hank Shteamer – The Complete Novus & Columbia Recordings of Henry Threadgill & Air (Mosaic)

Steven Lasker – The Complete 1932-1940 Brunswick, Columbia, and Master Recordings of Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra (Mosaic)

THE HELEN DANCE-ROBERT PALMER AWARD FOR REVIEW AND FEATURE WRITING

Ben Ratliff
Larry Blumenfeld
Marc Myers
Nate Chinen

THE WILLIS CONOVER–MARIAN MCPARTLAND AWARD FOR BROADCASTING

Gary Walker
Jim Wilke
Josh Jackson
Linda Yohn
Phil Schaap

THE LONA FOOTE- BOB PARENT AWARD FOR PHOTOGRAPHY

Jimmy Katz
John Abbott
Michael Jackson
Mitchell Seidel

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT IN JAZZ JOURNALISM

Amiri Baraka (also writing as Leroi Jones)
Ben Ratliff
Bill Milkowski
Stanley Crouch

SHORT FORM VIDEO OF THE YEAR

Henry Threadgill: Playing It Unsafe - Jeremy Robins, producer/director

I Heart Jazz - Alan Mezquida, producer/director

Jazz Robots - Joe Hundertmark, producer/director

Sonny Rollins: Getting It Back Together - Bret Primack, producer/director 

TK Blue: Latin Bird, by Brian Grady - producer/director

PHOTO OF THE YEAR

Benny Powell by Lena Adasheva

Carla Bley by John Watson

Esperanza Spalding by Andrea Canter

Maceo Parker by Bill King

Sonny Rollins by John Abbott

Tom Harrell by David Kawai