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Bassist Ben Williams, who released his debut album "State of Art" last year after winning the 2009 Thelonious Monk International Competition, was honored as the top up-and-coming artist. Hard bop pianist-composer Horace Silver, known for creating such standards as "The Preacher," "Sister Sadie," and "Song For My Father," received the award for lifetime achievement in jazz. Poet and political activist Amiri Baraka was recognized with the award for lifetime achievement in jazz journalism. Other winners, chosen in voting by members of the Jazz Journalists Association, included Ambrose Akinmusire (trumpet), Wycliffe Gordon (trombone), Bill Frisell (guitar), Regina Carter (violin), Christian McBride (bass), Gretchen Parlato (female singer), Kurt Elling (male singer), Roy Haynes (drums), Maria Schneider (composer/arranger), Gary Smulyan (baritone saxophone) and Jane Ira Bloom (soprano saxophone). ___ Online:
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