Annual Jazz Tribute Awards & Concert
The Annual Jazz Tribute Awards & Concert was established to recognize and honor artists for their immense contributions in furthering the art form of jazz. This major fund-raising event attracts musicians and jazz lovers from all over Southern California and supports the general operations of the organization and its education programs – including Jazz in Schools and Bill Green Mentorship Program.
2024 Jazz Tribute LifeTime achievement Award honoree Marcus Miller with Keeland Bowers, LAJS Music Director John Clayton, the legendary Stanley Clarke and Earth, Wind & Fire’s Ralph Johnson
Jazz Tribute 2024 with Lifetime achievement honoree Marcus Miller and Jazz Vocalist honoree Veronica Swift
2024 Jazz Tribute Concert & Awards – That’s a Wrap!
October 5th was the night to celebrate an outstanding evening of jazz at CSUN’s Plaza del Sol! Our evening was hosted by the unparalleled Alonzo Bodden who thanked the CSUN
LA Jazz Society 40th Anniversary Celebration…
Hundreds of guests enjoyed a special evening with the Clayton Hamilton Jazz Orchestra, John Clayton, Jeff Hamilton, Tierney Sutton, Sara Gazarek and many more. We renamed the Flip & Shelly
Jazz Tribute Concert & Awards – October 29th – That’s a Wrap!
It was a beautiful evening for our Pre-Concert VIP Reception on the patio at 1600 Vine. Over 100 guests – honorees, presenters, and sponsors – enjoyed appetizers and wine as
NOVEMBER 23, 2020 – 6:00 PM PST
A BIRTHDAY SALUTE TO JOHNNY MANDEL
October 28, 2020 – A Celebration for the Love of Jazz!
Well what can we say – a two hour spectacular event with some of the greatest voices and musicians in the business! Hosted by the wonderful LeRoy Downs; our event was
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Tribute Award
- 1983 Harry ‘Sweets’ Edison*
- 1984 Shelly Manne*
- 1985 John Collins*
- 1986 Jimmy Rowles*
- 1987 George ‘Red’ Callender*
- 1988 Gerald ‘Wig’ Wiggins*
- 1989 Bob Cooper*
- 1990 Conte Candoli*
- 1991 Harold Land, Sr.*
- 1992 Harry ‘Sweets’ Edison*
- 1993 Ray Brown*
- 1994 Benny Carter*
- 1995 Louie Bellson*
- 1996 Buddy Collette*
- 1997 Terry Gibbs
- 1998 Horace Silver*
- 1999 Kenny Burrell
- 2000 David L. Abell*
- 2001 Gerald Wilson*
- 2002 Herbie Hancock
- 2003 Quincy Jones
- 2004 Les McCann*
- 2005 Jack Sheldon
- 2006 John Clayton
- 2006 Jeff Hamilton
- 2007 Johnny Mandel*
- 2008 James Moody*
- 2009 George Duke**
- 2010 Poncho Sanchez
- 2011 Arturo Sandoval
- 2012 Wayne Shorter
- 2013 Sheila E., Pete, Juan, and Peter Michael Escovedo
- 2014 Florence “Flip” Manne*
- 2015 Alan & Marilyn Bergman*
- 2017 Johnny Mandel*
- 2019 Lee Ritenour
- 2021 Peter Erskine
- 2022 Rickey Minor
Jazz Educator
1985 Samuel Browne
1986 Gerald Wilson*
1987 John Rinaldo*
1988 Dick Grove*
1989 Joel Leach
1990 Lyle ‘Spud’ Murphy*
1991 Bill Green*
1992 Joyce Collins
1993 Woody James
1995 Bobby Bryant*
1996 Dr. Thom Mason
1997 Charlie Haden
1998 Bobby Rodriguez
1999 Bill Berry*
2000 Ann Patterson
2001 Fernando Pullum
2002 James Newton
2003 Shelly Berg
2004 Uan Rasey*
2005 Ron McCurdy
2007 Greg Samuel
2008 Patrice Rushen
2010 John Mosley
2011 Ira Nepus
2012 Roger Neumann*/Scott Whitfield
2013 Ernie Fields, Jr., Charles Owens, and Maestro Delbert Taylor*
2017 Don Erjavec
2019 Anthony “Tony” White
2021 Mitch Glickman
Lifetime Achievement
1986 Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis*
1987 Marsha Royal*
1988 Leonard Feather*
1989 Vi Redd
1990 Buddy Collette*
1991 Oscar Meza
1992 Teddy Edwards*
1993 Dorothy Donegan*
1994 Red Norvo*
1995 Jeannie & Jimmy Cheatham*
1997 Snook Young*
1998 James Moody*
2000 Lee Young Sr*
2001 Herb Ellis
2002 John Levy
2003 Plas Johnson
2004 Red Holloway*
2005 Buddy Childers*
2006 Tommy LiPuma*
2007 Marla Gibbs
2008 Bud Shank*
2009 Frank Capp
2010 Mike Melvoin*
2011 Jeff Clayton
2012 John Pisano*
2013 Hubert Laws
2015 George Bohanon
2016 Quincy Jones
2017 Johnny Mandel*
2022 Bill Holman*
Flip & Shelly Manne New Talent Award
1985 Larry Koonse
1986 Scott Colley
1987 Mike Fahn
1988 Eric Reed
1989 Steve Gregory
1990 Cecilia Coleman
1991 James Mahone
1992 Katisse Buckingham
1993 Linda Martinez*
1994 Donald Vega
1995 Washington Preparatory High School Jazz Ensemble
1996 Scheila Gonzalez & Zaine Musa
1997 Danton Boller
1998 Elijah James
1999 Miles Mosely
2000 Kevin Kanner
2001 LA County High School for the Arts Jazz Choir Ensemble
2002 Gerald Clayton
2003 Austin Peralta
2004 Kristopher Bowers
2005 Katie Thiroux
2006 Isaiah Morfin
2007 Eric Lamm
2008 Adam Moezinia
2009 Sammy Miller
2010 Chloe Feoranzo
2011 Max Lesser
2012 Jamael Dana Dean
2013 Alex Smith
2014 Nicholas Lee
2015 Julian Gomez
2016 Evan Abounassar
2017 Joey Curreri
2018 Matthew Kuperberg
2019 Samantha Quevedo
2021 Evan Dexter
2022 Luciano Soriano and Jack Lieberman
2023 Charlie French / Jordan Klein
David L. Abell Angel Award
2008 Herb Alpert Foundation
2009 Cathy & Howard Stone
2012 Jim Barrall
2016 Jackie & Howard Banchik
2017 Seth MacFarlane
2019 Lucy & Mike Peak
Leonard Feather Jazz Communicator Award
1993 Chuck Niles
1994 Zan Stewart
1995 Myrna Daniels & Bob Comden
1997 Ken Borgers
2004 Don Heckman
2005 Chuck Cecil
2006 Helen Borgers
2008 Mark Cantor
2022 Saul Levine, Stephanie Levine KJAZZ
Terri Merrill-Aarons Founder Award
1994 Vicki Pedrini
1995 Darlene Chan
1996 Bette Y. Cox
1997 Al Nodal
1998 Uan Rasey*
2001 The Pedrini Family
2002 Howard Rumsey
2003 Catalina Popescu
2004 Remo Belli
2005 Clora Bryant
2006 Sybil Coker
2007 Ken Poston
2009 Joe Rothman & John McClure
2010 Anita E. Berry
2012 Terence Love
Jazz Composer/Arranger Award
1987 Johnny Mandel*
1988 Claire Fischer*
1989 Horace Silver*
1990 Nat Peirce*
1991 ‘Shorty’ Rogers*
1992 Gerald Wilson*
1993 Billy Byers*
1994 Lalo Schifrin
1995 Billy May*
1996 Van Alexander*
1998 John Clayton
1999 Roger Kellaway
2000 Teddy Edwards*
2001 Elmer Bernstein*
2002 Roger Neumann*
2003 Alan Broadbent
2004 Sam Nestico*
2005 Lennie Niehaus*
2006 Billy Childs
2007 Bob Florence*
2008 Tom Kubis
2010 Bill Cunliffe
2012 Gordon Goodwin
2021 Vince Mendoza
Jazz Vocalist Award
1991 Carmen McRae*
1992 Bill Henderson*
1993 Lorez Alexandria*
1994 Ernie Andrews*
1995 Ruth Price
1996 Sue Raney
1997 Joe Williams*
1998 Barbara Morrison*
2000 Dianne Reeves
2001 Marlena Shaw
2002 Annie Ross
2003 Keely Smith
2004 Patti Austin
2005 Diane Schuur
2006 Tierney Sutton
2007 Linda Hopkins
2008 Steve Tyrell
2009 Mary Stallings
2010 Dee Dee Bridgewater
2011 Monica Mancini
2012 Denise Donatelli
2019 Jane Monheit
2021 Carmen Bradford
2022 Ledisi
Jazz Impresario Award
- 2019 Betty Hoover*
