Roscoe Mitchell
Charles Lloyd Carla Bley
Eddie Palmieri
Chick Corea
Jimmy Cobb
Jazz Musician of the Year
Kris Davis
Charles Lloyd
Christian McBride
Roscoe Mitchell Terri Lyne Carrington
Record of the Year
Sonero - The Music of Ismael Rivera, by Miguel Zenón (Miel Music)
Diatom Ribbons, by Kris Davis (Pyroclastic Records)
Glitter Wolf, by Allison Miller's Boom Tic Boom (Royal Potato Family) The Secret Between the Shadow and the Soul, by Branford Marsalis (Okeh)
We Are On the Edge - 50th Anniversary Celebration, by the Art Ensemble of Chicago (Pi Recordings)
Photo of the Year Jazzmeia Horn, Belgrade Jazz Festival by Nedici Dragoslav
"When on June 28, 1928, Louis Armstrong unleashed the spectacular cascading phrases of the introduction to West End blues, he established the general stylistic direction of jazz for several decades to come."