# Jazz Guitarist of the Year! Videos

- Link: https://jazzblues.eu/2020/05/18/jazz-guitarist-of-the-year-videos/
- Published: 2020-05-18T23:54:38+01:00
- Author: https://JazzBlues.EU

**A favorite category: Jazz Guitarist of the Year! Here are the JJA finalists.**

[Mary Halvorson](https://www.facebook.com/Mary-Halvorson-57517398303/?__tn__=KH-R&eid=ARD_i1honM24QWCOuvmDeV1mRN1Huyw2vuVr9pPb12y7wAERlxsQIFnfDj0WRcAPBEgg8KYiBrCScHES&fref=mentions&__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARADdcCHk-mLmFqkxAz9l3Sc2mj-oOHU6mieB8SeGo-Db6B-BEU9k1bo_z5CgkxGLUlq1VPIUN6IcECg2YtgyV1MFJev0mTuOwuCG_ViIpMgFffgE59-4zaY1z8cm2OqNqMESIWNO_N2VcyOqx5uvmZP2SwmkKG3qJV7ksXYJOgkpJaUuNOTE0HjvNYQOdJDZQKd2EsuyRMfsy0lQBPA6dt-JeYQTwtOWuniZ0TV3xyL5mvtimG-ROCzFbHYgzN2wBzA407D885tFjyabKD_y96Tkt8Nn3a5XBZ4v_4V9FgLK7wcBDRVrXjoqYlTkbUeIRIy5ZSN2y5YCfzbP5G0rVXkwDyjLSiThzjC0hePEEhuaTnqanzqHXhNTpUNfBlDJ2T7xHLZn-Rp73oLGOu3E26iMCqGMS3h7OMrv-NPJCAm_EOm1VojDoVXHBJPYUzFSk1lQQ4deNpKLugjWstAaLdiL1H-U7Yic2o4QGGyYgIm17fhTJ-6pSXMPPtiZ74LPLgA7FMW8Fuh729vVDBm5Q)

[http://www.maryhalvorson.com](http://www.maryhalvorson.com/?fbclid=IwAR3iEHHAt2U_rxyA39voU3YmQ4WsWcIlyKWFaYMFsJwAb1HkzfRF3da-yRo)

[Miles Okazaki](https://www.facebook.com/miles.okazaki/?__tn__=KH-R&eid=ARBZunrbRLuaBOiowQIK_YUK2-jlwYsGlzBHw0n-Toxm1TVsrsJhFo5PGfriQF3ADOm9eRjr4d3j5zMm&fref=mentions&__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARADdcCHk-mLmFqkxAz9l3Sc2mj-oOHU6mieB8SeGo-Db6B-BEU9k1bo_z5CgkxGLUlq1VPIUN6IcECg2YtgyV1MFJev0mTuOwuCG_ViIpMgFffgE59-4zaY1z8cm2OqNqMESIWNO_N2VcyOqx5uvmZP2SwmkKG3qJV7ksXYJOgkpJaUuNOTE0HjvNYQOdJDZQKd2EsuyRMfsy0lQBPA6dt-JeYQTwtOWuniZ0TV3xyL5mvtimG-ROCzFbHYgzN2wBzA407D885tFjyabKD_y96Tkt8Nn3a5XBZ4v_4V9FgLK7wcBDRVrXjoqYlTkbUeIRIy5ZSN2y5YCfzbP5G0rVXkwDyjLSiThzjC0hePEEhuaTnqanzqHXhNTpUNfBlDJ2T7xHLZn-Rp73oLGOu3E26iMCqGMS3h7OMrv-NPJCAm_EOm1VojDoVXHBJPYUzFSk1lQQ4deNpKLugjWstAaLdiL1H-U7Yic2o4QGGyYgIm17fhTJ-6pSXMPPtiZ74LPLgA7FMW8Fuh729vVDBm5Q)

[http://www.milesokazaki.com](http://www.milesokazaki.com/?fbclid=IwAR0WuZepsLquME2XFkMb34XIWOPWV0jVo4l23VjvgFNcTriygLPYxaDsstE)

[Bill Frisell](https://www.facebook.com/billfrisell/?__tn__=KH-R&eid=ARAXs_PGxMlkMtdLrizoK5Oy5-ZIRRWCYGbePM0RMUgDnzX6Lv6p53FH62HocGA_OqnpLEWttkJUzzbQ&fref=mentions&__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARADdcCHk-mLmFqkxAz9l3Sc2mj-oOHU6mieB8SeGo-Db6B-BEU9k1bo_z5CgkxGLUlq1VPIUN6IcECg2YtgyV1MFJev0mTuOwuCG_ViIpMgFffgE59-4zaY1z8cm2OqNqMESIWNO_N2VcyOqx5uvmZP2SwmkKG3qJV7ksXYJOgkpJaUuNOTE0HjvNYQOdJDZQKd2EsuyRMfsy0lQBPA6dt-JeYQTwtOWuniZ0TV3xyL5mvtimG-ROCzFbHYgzN2wBzA407D885tFjyabKD_y96Tkt8Nn3a5XBZ4v_4V9FgLK7wcBDRVrXjoqYlTkbUeIRIy5ZSN2y5YCfzbP5G0rVXkwDyjLSiThzjC0hePEEhuaTnqanzqHXhNTpUNfBlDJ2T7xHLZn-Rp73oLGOu3E26iMCqGMS3h7OMrv-NPJCAm_EOm1VojDoVXHBJPYUzFSk1lQQ4deNpKLugjWstAaLdiL1H-U7Yic2o4QGGyYgIm17fhTJ-6pSXMPPtiZ74LPLgA7FMW8Fuh729vVDBm5Q)

[https://www.billfrisell.com](https://www.billfrisell.com/?fbclid=IwAR1lZhaZgVB9xi_kbqLu1NXDr2NGFZZWbB8IuvTHdN5ErtMUF0S0nJ2BdPo)

[Julian Lage](https://www.facebook.com/julianlage/?__tn__=KH-R&eid=ARA320RDkkgseVF-ywG-6Pjj14Ovo-SIazAZsONjtLEqhdOcSKmszXWxHRuZULBgiVWj6ZOeyR4jb_nA&fref=mentions&__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARADdcCHk-mLmFqkxAz9l3Sc2mj-oOHU6mieB8SeGo-Db6B-BEU9k1bo_z5CgkxGLUlq1VPIUN6IcECg2YtgyV1MFJev0mTuOwuCG_ViIpMgFffgE59-4zaY1z8cm2OqNqMESIWNO_N2VcyOqx5uvmZP2SwmkKG3qJV7ksXYJOgkpJaUuNOTE0HjvNYQOdJDZQKd2EsuyRMfsy0lQBPA6dt-JeYQTwtOWuniZ0TV3xyL5mvtimG-ROCzFbHYgzN2wBzA407D885tFjyabKD_y96Tkt8Nn3a5XBZ4v_4V9FgLK7wcBDRVrXjoqYlTkbUeIRIy5ZSN2y5YCfzbP5G0rVXkwDyjLSiThzjC0hePEEhuaTnqanzqHXhNTpUNfBlDJ2T7xHLZn-Rp73oLGOu3E26iMCqGMS3h7OMrv-NPJCAm_EOm1VojDoVXHBJPYUzFSk1lQQ4deNpKLugjWstAaLdiL1H-U7Yic2o4QGGyYgIm17fhTJ-6pSXMPPtiZ74LPLgA7FMW8Fuh729vVDBm5Q)

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[John Scofield](https://www.facebook.com/johnscofieldguitarist/?__tn__=KH-R&eid=ARBJZLOSpHqNwVTZHl5onnJU5a8EnXB8PaOWMLRlXOtmxnOBudszVcB2Ede_jy9Hl0KmhK6f0g2zlk62&fref=mentions&__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARADdcCHk-mLmFqkxAz9l3Sc2mj-oOHU6mieB8SeGo-Db6B-BEU9k1bo_z5CgkxGLUlq1VPIUN6IcECg2YtgyV1MFJev0mTuOwuCG_ViIpMgFffgE59-4zaY1z8cm2OqNqMESIWNO_N2VcyOqx5uvmZP2SwmkKG3qJV7ksXYJOgkpJaUuNOTE0HjvNYQOdJDZQKd2EsuyRMfsy0lQBPA6dt-JeYQTwtOWuniZ0TV3xyL5mvtimG-ROCzFbHYgzN2wBzA407D885tFjyabKD_y96Tkt8Nn3a5XBZ4v_4V9FgLK7wcBDRVrXjoqYlTkbUeIRIy5ZSN2y5YCfzbP5G0rVXkwDyjLSiThzjC0hePEEhuaTnqanzqHXhNTpUNfBlDJ2T7xHLZn-Rp73oLGOu3E26iMCqGMS3h7OMrv-NPJCAm_EOm1VojDoVXHBJPYUzFSk1lQQ4deNpKLugjWstAaLdiL1H-U7Yic2o4QGGyYgIm17fhTJ-6pSXMPPtiZ74LPLgA7FMW8Fuh729vVDBm5Q)

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These are the finalist nominees for the 2020 JJA Jazz Awards. Nominees in most categories
were chosen by the votes of the Professional Journalist Members of the Jazz Journalists
Association. Nominations were made on the basis of work done in calendar year 2019,
with the exception of Lifetime Achievement Awards categories, in which nominations
are for a lifetime body of work. Members and others were able to submit their own
work for consideration in the Photo of the Year category; a committee of JJA Members
chose the nominees in that category from among the submissions.

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