Lifetime Achievements in Jazz: Wadada Leo Smith
Jazz Musician of the Year: Mary Halvorson
Composer of the Year: Wadada Leo Smith, Mary Halvorson
Arranger of the Year: Steven Bernstein
Vocal Group of the Year: Duchess
Trumpeter of the Year: Wadada Leo Smith
Clarinetist of the Year: Anat Cohen, Ben Goldberg
Guitarist of the Year: Bill Frisell, Mary Halvorson
Strings player of the Year: Sara Caswell, Tomeka Reid
Percussionist of the Year: Zakir Hussain
