Awards

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN IN JAZZ AWARDS

2011

Honoring
Paul Ash, Rhonda Hamilton, Remembering Trudy Pitts
Youth-In-Action:  Annmarie Errico, Rachel Rodgers

2010

Honoring
Robin Bell-Stevens, Emme Kemp, Mary Lou Williams

2009

Annie Ross
Remembering Etta Jones

2008

Sarah McLawler, Marion McPartland, Carline Ray

2006

10/6/06
Tribute to Cobi Narita, founder and President of IWJ

2001

3/25/01
Lifetime Achievement Award ("A Living Legend")
Nancy Wilson and Vi Redd
IWJ Jazz Masters Award
Jane Ira Bloom
IWJ Trailblazer Award
Nnenna Freelon
IWJ Youth-in-Jazz Award
Katty Rodriguez, Meryl Zimmerman and Vanessa Azzarelli
IWJ Impact Award
Nick Mathis
IWJ Man of the Year Award
Dr. Billy Taylor
IWJ Legacy Award
Lil Hardin

1999

12/19/99
IWJ Lifetime Achievement Award ("A Living Legend")
Ruth Brown
IWJ Jazz Masters Award
Maria Schneider
IWJ Trailblazer Award
Mickey Davidson
IWJ Youth-in-Jazz Awards
Lily Dremeaux and Allison Mondesir
IWJ Impact Award - Supporting Arts & Professionals
Cobi Narita
IWJ Impact Award - Posthumous
Marie St.Louis
IWJ Man of the Year Award
Barry Harris
IWJ Legacy Award
Mary Lou Williams

1998

6/28/98 - 1st IWJ Jazz Masters Award
Dee Dee Bridgewater
6/28/98 - 1st IWJ Trailblazers Award
Geri Allen, Cindy Blackman, Regina Carter, Fostina Dixon and Cecilia Smith
6/28/98 - 1st IWJ Youth-in-Jazz Award
Charenee Paulette Wade

1997

4/20/97 - Honoring the Lives and Work of Harlem’s Great Dancing Ladies
Norma Miller, Harriet "Quicksand" Browne and Marion Coles
12/14/97 - IWJ Lifetime Achievement in Jazz Award ("A Living Legend")
Joya Sherrill, Annie Ross and Laurel Wilson

1996

3/31/96 - 1ST IWJ Lifetime Achievement Award ("A Living Legend")
Betty Carter, Chris Connor, Dorothy Donegan, Ella Fitzgerald, Lena Horne, Shirley Horn, Jane Jarvis, Etta Jones, Peggy Lee, Abbey Lincoln, Melba Liston, Sarah McLawler, Marion McPartland, Anita O’Day, Carline Ray and Dakota Staton
4/28/96 - 1st Mother of Magnificence Award
Elvira "Baby Sanchez" Davis, Cissy Houston and Yvette Glover
9/29/96 - 1st Man of the Year Award
Frank Owens
12/8/96 - IWJ Lifetime Achievement in Jazz Award ("A Living Legend")
Toshiko Akiyoshi, Patti Bown, Joanne Brackeen, Valerie Capers, Della Griffin, Bertha Hope, Emme Kemp, Gloria Lynne, Helen Merrill, Trudy Pitts, Irene Reid and Teri Thornton


 

 

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