2011 JazzWeek Award Winners Announced at JazzWeek Summit

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June 18, 2011

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2011 JAZZWEEK AWARD WINNERS ANNOUNCED AT JAZZWEEK SUMMIT

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – Winners were announced in 13 different categories on Saturday morning, June 18, at the JazzWeek Summit’s annual awards brunch.

The annual Duke Dubois Humanitarian Award was given to longtime jazz promoter and industry advocate Dr. Jazz (Bob Cohen) in recognition of his years of heartfelt service to the jazz community.

The Duke Dubois award is given to an individual to recognize a long-standing commitment to jazz, jazz radio, jazz education and generous service to the jazz community. This person exemplifies mentoring and leadership skills for others in the industry. It was established in the name of Duke Dubois, a respected jazz radio promotion representative who died tragically in a fall. Duke encouraged the best from musicians and from those who programmed the music and he firmly believed in jazz education. He was a mentor to hundreds who have made their career in jazz.

Stations of the year and programmers of the year for large, medium and small markets and for internet-only stations, promotion company of the year, record of the year and label of the year were also recognized.

A complete list of winners is as follows:

Station of the Year, Markets 1-25: KSDS, San Diego
Station of the Year, Markets 26-79: WWOZ, New Orleans
Station of the Year, Markets 80+: KCCK, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Internet Station of the Year: taintradio.org
Programmer of the Year, Markets 1-25: Linda Yohn, WEMU, Ypsilanti, Mich.
Programmer of the Year, Markets 26-79: Brad Stone, KSJS, San Jose
Programmer of the Year, Markets 80+: Bob Stewart, KCCK, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Internet Programmer of the Year: Russ Davis, MOJA Radio
Promoter or Promotion Company of the Year: Groov Marketing and Promotion
Record of the Year: The Gate, Kurt Elling (Concord)
Label of the Year: ECM
Label receiving most airplay: HighNote/Savant
Duke Dubois Humanitarian Award: Dr. Jazz

Nominees are selected by JazzWeek subscribers, including: jazz radio programmers, jazz record company executives and independent jazz radio record promoters.

JazzWeek, celebrating its 10th anniversary in August, is the weekly online publication dedicated to jazz and jazz radio programming.

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If you’d like more information about the JazzWeek Awards, the JazzWeek Summit or JazzWeek.com, please call Editor/Publisher Ed Trefzger at 585-226-1968, mobile: 585-455-4850 or email ed.trefzger@jazzweek.com. More details on this year’s JazzWeek Summit may be found at http://summit.jazzweek.com/