2008 Jazz Awards

[Mark Stryker]

http://www.jazzhouse.org/2008finalists.html

Note the appearance of LK among the nominees for the Jazz Journalism Lifetime Achievement Award. The nomination only cites his work for the Chicago Tribune, Down Beat and as an author. No mention of his contributions to organissimo.

(By the way, I'm not a member -- just passing along the press release.)

Edited May 5, 2008 by Mark Stryker

[Niko]

imho there is something wrong with the nominations in the category "best website"

[Guest Bill Barton]

Nice to see Cuong Vu in the trumpet category...

[RDK]

imho there is something wrong with the nominations in the category "best website"

No shit. We gotta do some campaigning next year!

[Uncle Skid]

In addition to our esteemed moderator, it looks like Chicago is well represented in that list.

Nice to see Steve Swell in there, too. That guy is nothing short of amazing.

[Chuck Nessa]

Swell, Kart and a couple of others aside, this is an embarrassing list. What a bunch of tools.

[jimi089]

Swell, Kart and a couple of others aside, this is an embarrassing list. What a bunch of tools.

Amen.

[Christiern]

I agree, Chuck, knowing full well that I will never named for anything, because I have been quite critical of Mandel and others in this bunch. Will they give Crouch the vote? He, of course, was more than critical of Mandel.

Like all such award entities, this one is severely skewed by considerations that bear little or no relation to the subject at hand. If a Grammy becomes a dust-collecting, lusterless knickknack before you can say "leonard feather," imagine the shelf-life of this thing.

[Ken Dryden]

I am mystified at the votes for Stanley Crouch, especially given his boorish behavior during the two awards shows to which he was invited, even though he has never been a JJA member.

I still remember laughing hard after Francis Davis' comments about Crouch's self-indulgent drum solo and comedian Al Lewis' remark ("I remember Big Sid Catlett, now there was a real drummer!"). I wondered if Crouch thought about taking a swing at either one of them...

[Bright Moments]

imho there is something wrong with the nominations in the category "best website"

lets keep this place our little secret!

[Nate Dorward]

Hey, even Daniel Smith gets a nod! I'd certainly vote for him in a "worst of the year" poll....!

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

And what the hell's this lot supposed to mean?

Record Label of the Year

Arbors

Blue Note

Clean Feed

Concord

ECM

Palmetto

Sunnyside

Blue Note? Concord?

MG

[Ken Dryden]

It means some people were thinking of the back catalog rather than the new releases.

[Guest Bill Barton]

I am mystified at the votes for Stanley Crouch, especially given his boorish behavior during the two awards shows to which he was invited, even though he has never been a JJA member.

I still remember laughing hard after Francis Davis' comments about Crouch's self-indulgent drum solo and comedian Al Lewis' remark ("I remember Big Sid Catlett, now there was a real drummer!"). I wondered if Crouch thought about taking a swing at either one of them...

Ah, the perennial question: "Is the Grouch a better drummer than he is a writer or vice versa or none of the above?" If he had taken a swing at either Davis or Lewis I'd bet that it wouldn't have landed in rhythm and it sure as hell wouldn't have "swung."