A Train congratulates our Jazz Journalists Association Nominees for Performance & Recordings

JJA Jazz Awards - JJA Jazz Awards

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

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Congratulations to Airto Moreira on being named the Readers choice as “Percussionist of the Year” in the 87th Annual DownBeat Readers Poll!

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A Train congratulates:

Anat Cohen for her song “Ima” included on Terri Lyne Carrington, Julian Lage and Negah Santos’s album New Standards Vol. 1 Winner: Best Jazz Instrumental Album.

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A Train Congratulates our artists on the ‘JazzTimes Top 40’ Jazz albums of 2022

#40 Janel Leppin – Ensemble Volcanic Ash

#35 Luke Stewart’s Silt Trio – The Bottom

#18 Wadada Leo Smith – The Emerald Duets

#9 Wadada Leo Smith, Jack DeJohnette & Vijay Iyer – A Love Sonnet for Billy Holiday

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A Train Congratulates Winners of the 87th Downbeat Magazine Readers Poll

Clarinet: Anat Cohen

Percussion: Airto Moreira

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