Jazz & Blues Award

The Jazz & Blues Award Berlin is an annual music award ceremony in Berlin, which was founded in 2001 " Jazz Initiative eV Berlin" by the lifted out of the baptism.

Characteristics

The Jazz Initiative Berlin, which organizes the awards, is an association of jazz promoters, jazz clubs, musicians and jazz lovers, whose aim is to give the Jazz the federal capital a reasonable podium.

On the Jazz & Blues Award, which has become an established event in the German jazz scene, such as the growing interest of the media and the rising candidate and show attendance, is annually a Jury Prize (Combo Award, Special Award) Grant, and an audience award. Price figure is the " Ella ", a bronze statue, now also known as the "Berlin Jazz Oscar". By the year of 2007, nearly one hundred bands and artist at the award ceremony. For most of them this appearance was the beginning of a sustainable career. One of the patrons of the event was Till Bronner, who was honored at the 6th Jazz & Blues Award Berlin 2006 by the President of the German Jazz Federation as German jazz ambassador.

List of winners

  • 2001: Night Train, Jacobien Vlasman Quartet
  • 2002: Godwana
  • 2003: Manfred Dierkes Trio ( Combo Award), Rolf von Nordenskjold Orchestra ( Special Award)
  • 2004: Deep Strings (combo Award), Waldi Weiz and Band ( Special Award)
  • 2005: Griese Cap Quartet (combo Award), Sinti Swing Berlin ( Special Award)
  • 2006: Kattorna (combo Award), Abdourahmane Diop & Griot Music Company ( Special Award)
  • 2007: Blowing Front ( Combo Award), Jazz Vocals ( Special Award)
  • 2008: Marc Schmolling & Iris Roman ( German Real Book ), Mo'Blow ( Funk Jazz )

Discography

  • 2001: Jazz & Blues Award 2001 (studio 1058 )
  • 2002: Jazz & Blues Award 2002 ( monopoly)
  • 2003: Jazz & Blues Award 2003 ( monopoly)
  • 2004: Jazz & Blues Award 2004 ( monopoly)
  • 2005: Jazz & Blues Award 2005 ( Icestorm )
  • 2006: Jazz & Blues Award 2006 (studio 1058 )
  • 2007: Jazz & Blues Award 2007 (studio 1058 )

Swell

  • Ronny Jakubaschk: The first Jazz & Blues Award in the BKA awarded, in: Berliner Zeitung on 16 August 2001
  • Sylke Merbold: Jazz & Blues Award 2005, In: Jazz Zeitung, Heft2/2006
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