Wayne Shorter will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award at the upcoming Jazz Music Awards

Famous and talented saxophonist and composer Wayne Shorter will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award this year at the first edition of the Jazz Music Awards, which will be held on October 22 at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Center in the city of Atlanta, USA.

Shorter, 88, burst onto the scene in the late 1950s as a member of Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers. Over the next decade he joined the Miles Davis quintet and later became one of the founders of the legendary fusion group. Meteorological bulletin.

Winner of eleven Grammy Awards, Shorter received the Recording Academy Lifetime Achievement Award (which distributes Grammys) in 2015 and the prestigious Polar Music Prize in 2017.

The most awarded

There will be six other honorary awards at these Jazz Music Awards, as well as eight competing categories.

Famous pianist and composer McCoy Tyner, who passed away in 2020, will receive the Jazz Legend Award. Trumpeter and composer Ambrose Akinmusire will receive the Jazz Innovator Award. Singer, composer and teacher Dr. Lenora Helm Hammonds will receive the Jazz Education Award. Avant-garde saxophonist and composer Henry Threadgill will receive the Jazz Composer Award. And veteran musician and teacher James H. Patterson will receive the Jazz Impact Award.

the nominations

The Baylor Project is the most nominated group in the competing categories, with three nominations for their Generations album.

With two nominations are Orrin Evans, Kenny Garrett, Brian Culbertson, Christian McBride and Brandee Younger.

According to Wendy F. Williams, creator and executive producer of the Jazz Music Awards, “We are honored to recognize and present a wide range of innovative and dynamic artists, including our six honorary awards and 33 nominees.”

He added, “We are the first and only awards show to recognize and celebrate jazz on an international platform in the US. By recognizing the work of nominees and awardees, we give thanks to the rich heritage of jazz, which is an integral part of the culture and of American music.

The ceremony includes performances by Dee Dee Bridgewater, Ledisi, Lizz Wright and Jazzmeia Horn. The musical director of the opening will be Terri Lyne Carrington.

The complete list

Best mainstream artist

• Joey De Francesco, More music
• Kenny Garrett, Sounds from the ancestors
• Christian McBride and Inside Straight, live at Village Vanguard
• Brandee Younger Somewhere Different

Best contemporary artist

• Brian Bromberg, A little driving music
• Ben Mug, BRILLIANT!
• Lindsey Webster, “I Didn’t Mean”
• Ragan Whiteside, “The Cuff”

Best duo, group or big band

• The Baylor Project, Generations
• Jazzmeia Horn and its noble strength, dear love
• Christian McBride and Inside Straight, live at Village Vanguard
• Count Basie Orchestra, live at Birdland
• Kevin Eubanks and Orrin Evans, EEE (Eubanks-Evans-Experience)

Best New Jazz Artist

• Simon Moullier Countdown
• Julieta Engenio, Salta
• Kazemde George, I insist
• Samara Joy Samara Joy

Best Vocal Performance

• The Baylor Project, Generations
• Somi Kakoma, Dreaming
• Zenzile Stacey Kent, Songs from other places
• Shawnn Monteiro, there you are

Best Mainstream Album

• The Baylor Project, Generations
• Orrin Evans, The Magic of Now
• Kenny Garrett, Sounds from the ancestors
• Brandee Younger Somewhere Different

Best Contemporary Album

• Bob Baldwin, The Stay at Home Series, Volume 1
• Brian Culbertson, The Trilogy
• Red Sonny Emory, Ascension of the Soul
• Gabriel Mark Hasselbach, Tongue & Groove

Song of the Year (public vote)

• Norman Brown, “Back At Ya”
• Brian Culbertson, “Feel the Love”
• Justin Lee Schultz, “Gruv Kid”
• James “PJ” Spraggins, “From here”

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