The winner of the Jazz Journalists Association’s 10th annual Jazz Awards for Male Singer of the Year is

K*U*R*T E*L*L*I*N*G

Full list of winners here.

The Jazz Awards are presented in 41 categories, including Lifetime Achievement in Jazz and in Jazz Journalism, and also honor jazz advocates, activists, altruists, aiders and abettors in an “A Team” selected by an executive committee of the JJA’s freelance writers, photographers, broadcasters, educators and website creators. All nominees are invited guests at the party at B.B. King’s, a fundraiser supporting the non-profit JJA’s education, audience-outreach and professional mentoring initiatives.