Jazz Clarinetist of the Year
The Jazz Clarinetist of the Year Anat Cohen has won the honor eight years in a row from 2007-2014. This honor is given out by The Jazz Journalist Association.
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Finalists for the JJA Jazz Awards honor excellence in music-making and music documentation. These musicians are nominated by 60 professional Jazz Journalists Association members.
Following is a list of winners in past years. If you see “none” next to a year, either no-one was nominated and/or the clarinetist category was not developed.
You might notice a little consistency on this list. Anat Cohen has won Jazz Clarinetist of the Year from 2007-2023.
Anat Cohen Jazz Clarinetist Recordings2023 - Anat Cohen
2022 - Anat Cohen
2021 - Anat Cohen
2020 - Anat Cohen
2019 - Anat Cohen
2018 - Anat Cohen
2017 - Anat Cohen
2016 - Anat Cohen
2015 - Anat Cohen
2014 - Anat Cohen
2013 - Anat Cohen
2012 - Anat Cohen
2011 - Anat Cohen
2010 - Anat Cohen
2009 - Anat Cohen
2008 - Anat Cohen
2007 - Anat Cohen
2006 - none
2005 - Don Byron
2004 - none
2003 - Marty Ehrlich
2002 - Don Byron
2001 – “Winds and Reeds of the Year” Marty Ehrlich (saxophones, clarinets, and flutes)
1997-2000 No evidence of wind or clarinet awards given these years.
Video of Anat Cohen
This one features Anat Cohen with Paquito D’Rivera...
If you like the video, get the book here and work on page 4, measures 5-8 lower octave.
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