Pepper Keenan, Dr. John, Phil Anselmo and Walter “Wolfman” Washington at the Big Easy Awards.
Big Easy Award winners were announced Monday night at ceremonies held at the Sugar Mill. Celebrity presenters included John Goodman, Harry Shearer and Dr. John. The evening also featured performances by Entertainer of the Year Troy “Trombone Shorty” Andrews and Orleans Avenue, Best Rock winner Bonerama, the Imagination Movers with DJ Jubilee, Best Cabaret winner Dorian Rush, the cast of Altar Boyz and others. Theater Person of the Year Bob Edes Jr. also won Best Actor in a Drama for I Am My Own Wife, which collected five awards. A complete list of winners is after the jump.
2010 Big Easy Music Awards
SPECIAL RECOGNITION AWARDS
Entertainer of the Year
Troy “Trombone Shorty” Andrews
Lifetime Achievement Award
Germaine Bazzle
Theater Person of the Year
Bob Edes Jr.
Lifetime Achievement in Theater
Ron Gural
Business Recognition in Music
Irvin Mayfield’s Jazz Playhouse at the Royal Sonesta Hotel
WWOZ Guardian of the Groove
K. Balewa, On-air Personality
WWOZ Guardian of the Groove
Chris Wells, Off-air Volunteer
MUSIC AWARds
BEST MALE PERFORMER
Troy “Trombone Shorty” Andrews
BEST FEMALE PERFORMER
Germaine Bazzle
BEST ALBUM OF 2009
How to Be a Cannonball, Alex McMurray
BEST TRADITIONAL JAZZ
Dr. Michael White
BEST CONTEMPORARY JAZZ
Terence Blanchard
BEST CONTEMPORARY BRASS BAND
Soul Rebels
BEST TRADITIONAL BRASS BAND
Storyville Stompers
BEST GOSPEL CHOIR
Tyrone Foster and the Arc Singers
BEST GOSPEL GROUP/INDIVIDUAL
Leo Jackson and the Melody Clouds
BEST FUNK
Ivan Neville and Dumpstaphunk
BEST RHYTHM AND BLUES
Joe Krown Trio with Walter “Wolfman” Washington & Russell Batiste Jr.
BEST RAP/HIP HOP
Truth Universal
BEST BLUES
Anders Osborne, Jumpin’ Johnny Sansone and John Fohl
BEST ROCK
Bonerama
BEST ROOTS ROCK
Paul Sanchez
BEST ZYDECO
Nathan Williams & the Zydeco Cha Chas
BEST CAJUN
Lost Bayou Ramblers
BEST COUNTRY/FOLK
Gal Holiday and the Honky Tonk Revue
BEST LATIN
Los Po-Boy-Citos
BEST WORLD MUSIC/REGGAE
Gringo do Choro
BEST EMERGING GROUP OR ARTIST
Sasha Masakowski
BEST DJ/ELECTRONICA
DJ Soul Sister
BEST HEAVY METAL
Down
BEST MIXED BAG
Imagination Movers
Theater Awards
BEST COMEDY
Valley of the Dolls
Running with Scissors
BEST DRAMA
I Am My Own Wife
All Kinds of Theatre and Southern Rep
BEST MUSICAL
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
FourFront Theatre
BEST DIRECTOR OF A COMEDY
Richard Read
Valley of the Dolls
BEST DIRECTOR OF A DRAMA
Carl Walker
I Am My Own Wife
BEST DIRECTOR OF A MUSICAL
David W. Hoover
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
BEST MUSICAL DIRECTOR
Jefferson Turner
Altar Boyz
FourFront Theatre
BEST CHOREOGRAPHY
Kelly Fouchi
Altar Boyz
BEST SET DESIGN
David Raphel
I Am My Own Wife
BEST LIGHTING DESIGN
Marty Sachs
I Am My Own Wife
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Veronica Russell
Camelot
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY
Jessie Terrebonne
The Little Dog Laughed
Le Petit Theatre du Vieux Carre
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN COMEDY
A.J. Allegra
Mr. Marmalade
NOLA Project
BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY
Natalie Boyd
Mr. Marmalade
BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY
Brian Peterson
Valley of the Dolls
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA
Samantha Beaulieu
A Raisin in the Sun
Anthony Bean Community Theater
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA
Leon Contavesprie
The Glass Menagerie
Marigny Theatre and To Do Productions
BEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA
Lyla Hay Owen
The Glass Menagerie
BEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA
Bob Edes Jr.
I Am My Own Wife
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Heidi P. Junius
Irving Berlin’s White Christmas
Le Petit Theatre du Vieux Carre
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
Brian Peterson
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
BEST ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Chase Kamata
Oliver!
Summer Lyric Theatre at Tulane University
BEST ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
Jamie Wax
Damn Yankees
Le Petit Theatre du Vieux Carre
BEST ORIGINAL WORK OF THEATRE
Loup Garou
Raymond “Moose” Jackson, ArtSpot Productions, Mondo Bizarro
BEST UNIVERSITY PRODUCTION
Little Shop of Horrors
Musical Theatre Workshop at Tulane’s Music Department
BEST CABARET
Dorian Rush
Livin’ Janis
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A CHILD
Aaron Richert
Oliver!
