JazzChicago's Song of the Year 2007
Wynton Marsalis - "From the Plantation
to the Penitentiary"

2007 was a great year for Jazz music. Joan Stiles combined Monk with Basie in a "brilliant" original number, while McCaslin and David Binney traded shredding saxophone lines on our #1 album. Enrico Rava's trumpet became the wind, while Ari Brown's "Richard's Tune" took us all back for a welcome ride on a blue train. Finally, in any other year, Blanchard's heart-wrenching performance on his "Levees" would have taken the prize, but Wynton's angry social commentary on the title track is, in the end, most unforgettable.

Song of the Year
Wynton Marsalis - From the Plantation to the Penitentiary

Runners up:
Terence Blanchard - Levees
Donny McCaslin - Madonna
Ari Brown - Richard's Tune
Joan Stiles - The Brilliant Corners of Thelonious Jumpin' Jeep
Enrico Rava - The Wind