MUSICIAN OF THE YEAR - Sonny Rollins
COMPOSER OF THE YEAR - Jason Moran
UP AND COMING ARTIST OF THE YEAR - Ambrose Akinmusire
RECORDING OF THE YEAR - Bird Songs Joe Lovano Us Five(Blue Note)
HISTORICAL RECORDING, BOXED SET OR SINGLE CD REISSUE OF THE YEAR
The Complete 1932-1940 Brunswick, Columbia, and Master Recordings of Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra - Duke Ellington (Mosaic)
RECORD LABEL OF THE YEAR - Blue Note
FEMALE SINGER OF THE YEAR - Dee Dee Bridgewater
MALE SINGER OF THE YEAR - Kurt Elling
LARGE ENSEMBLE OF THE YEAR - Mingus Big Band
SMALL ENSEMBLE OF THE YEAR - Joe Lovano Us Five
ARRANGER OF THE YEAR - Bill Holman
TRUMPETER OF THE YEAR - Ambrose Akinmusire
TROMBONIST OF THE YEAR - Wycliffe Gordon
TENOR SAXOPHONIST OF THE YEAR - Sonny Rollins
ALTO SAXOPHONIST OF THE YEAR - Rudresh Mahanthappa
BARITONE SAXOPHONIST OF THE YEAR - James Carter
SOPRANO SAXOPHONIST OF THE YEAR - Jane Ira Bloom
CLARINETIST OF THE YEAR - Anat Cohen
FLUTIST OF THE YEAR - Nicole Mitchell
GUITARIST OF THE YEAR - Russell Malone
PIANIST OF THE YEAR - Fred Hersch
BASSIST OF THE YEAR - Christian McBride
DRUMMER OF THE YEAR - Matt Wilson
PERCUSSIONIST OF THE YEAR - Bobby Sanabria
ORGANIST/KEYBOARDIST OF THE YEAR - Dr. Lonnie Smith
MALLET INSTRUMENTALIST OF THE YEAR - Stefon Harris
VIOLINIST OF THE YEAR - Billy Bang
PLAYER OF THE YEAR INSTRUMENTS RARE IN JAZZ - Toots Thielemans, harmonica
PERIODICAL/WEBSITE OF THE YEAR - JazzTimes
BLOG OF THE YEAR - A Blog Supreme, by Patrick Jarenwattananon
BEST BOOK ABOUT JAZZ - I Walked With Giants: The Autobiography of Jimmy Heath, by Jimmy Heath and Joseph McLaren (Temple University Press)
BEST LINER NOTES OF THE YEAR - 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
Nate Chinen
THE WILLIS CONOVER—MARIAN MCPARTLAND AWARD FOR BROADCASTING - Phil Schaap
THE LONA FOOTE- BOB PARENT AWARD FOR PHOTOGRAPHY - Jimmy Katz
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT IN JAZZ JOURNALISM - Bill Milkowski
SHORT FORM VIDEO OF THE YEAR - Sonny Rollins: Getting It Back Together - Bret Primack, producer/director
PHOTO OF THE YEAR - Sonny Rollins by John Abbott