Jazz Journalists Association Announces Nominees for 16th Annual JJA Jazz Awards

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2012 Jazz Journalists Association Jazz Awards, African American, Ambrose Akinmusire, Craig Taborn, Eric Harland, Esperanza Spalding, Gary Burton, J.D. Allen, Jack DeJohnette, John Scofield, Keith Jarrett, Lee Konitz, Mary Halvorson, Pat Metheny, Ron Carter, Roy Haynes, Sonny Rollins, Warren Wolf

Finalist nominees for the 16th annual Jazz Awards presented by the Jazz Journalists Association have been announced at www.JJAJazzAwards.org. The nominations demonstrate the rich diversity of music that may have been overlooked by mainstream media and other music industry-generated Awards programs.

Iconic veteran instrumentalists including Sonny Rollins, Keith Jarrett, Phil Woods Lee Konitz, Gary Burton, Ron Carter, Roy Haynes, Jack DeJohnette, Pat Metheny and John Scofield are among the nominees who will vie for votes with newly emerged talents such as trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire, pianist Craig Taborn, tenor saxophonist J.D. Allen, guitarist Mary Halvorson, bassist Esperanza Spalding, vibist Warren Wolf and drummer Eric Harland in some of the 40 categories celebrating excellence in jazz and jazz journalism. Winners of the Jazz Awards will be selected from the nearly 200 nominees through voting by the JJA’s international membership of writers, photographers, broadcasters and new media producers professionally involved with jazz. Awards are for accomplishments and productions from calendar year 2011, except in two categories for Lifetime Achievement.

Weasel Walter, Mary Halvorson and Peter Evans -][- Electric Fruit [Thirsty Ear]

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Jazz, Mary Halvorson, Peter Evans, Weasel Walter

Weasel Walter, Mary Halvorson and Peter Evans - Electric Fruit

Weasel Walter, Mary Halvorson and Peter Evans -][- Electric Fruit – [Thirsty Ear Recording, 2011]

Taken together, these three vibrant musicians represent the best of a coming generation of new talent with the NY Times and the Village Voice calling them “dazzling and light years ahead of their peers”. Mary Halvorson, Peter Evans and Weasel Walter, forge a frenetic, yet painterly style of modern improvisational music, imbued with the intense speed and density of information that modern civilization faces.

The players distinct instrumental voices weave labyrinthine strands of counterpoint. The music is brisk, strange and articulate, presenting a dry and witty sense of humor and play. —Thirsty Ear.com

Release Date: January 25th, 2011 CD

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