BBC Jazz Awards
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The BBC Jazz Awards were set up in 2001 and had the status of one of the premier jazz awards in the UK. There were awards for Best Musician, Best Vocalist, Rising Star, Best Album, Jazz Innovation, Radio 2 Jazz Artist, Services to Jazz, Best of Jazz amongst others. In March 2009, the BBC made a decision to axe the BBC Jazz Awards.[1]
Winners
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2005
- Best Band: Acoustic Ladyland
- Best Instrumentalist: Peter King
- Best Vocalist: Liane Carroll
- Rising Star: Gwilym Simcock
- Radio 2 Artist of the Year: Jamie Cullum
- Jazz on 3 Innovation Award: Huw Warren
- Best of Jazz Award: Liane Carroll
- Jazz Line-Up Album of the Year: All Is Know – Tony Kofi
- Gold Award: Acker Bilk
- Services to Jazz: John Cumming, Director serious.org
- Lifetime Achievement: Oscar Peterson
2007
- Jazz Line-Up Best Band Award: Finn Peters' Finntet[2][3]
- Best Instrumentalist Award: Julian Siegel[2][3]
- Best Vocalist Award: Ian Shaw[2][3]
- Rising Star Award: Simon Spillett[2][3]
- Radio 2 Heart of Jazz Award: Martin Taylor[2][3]
- Radio 2 Jazz Artist of the Year: Curtis Stigers[2][3]
- Jazz on 3 Innovation Award: Tom Bancroft[2][3]
- Jazz Line-Up Album of the Year: Displaced - Neil Cowley Trio[2][3]
- International Award: Madeleine Peyroux[2][3]
- Services to Jazz Award: Gary Crosby[2][3]
- Lifetime Achievement Award: Dave Brubeck[2][3]
2008
- Lifetime Achievement: Return to Forever[4]
- Gold Award: Sir John Dankworth and Dame Cleo Laine[4]
- International Award: Charlie Haden
- Album Of The Year: The Blessing – All is Yes
- Best Vocalist: Christine Tobin
- Best Instrumentalist: Tony Kofi
- Jazz Line-Up Band of The Year: Tom Cawley's Curios[4]
- Jazz on 3 Innovation Award: Fraud[4][5]
- Heart of Jazz Award: Tommy Smith[4]
- Radio 2 Artist Of The Year: Humphrey Lyttelton[4]
- Services to Jazz: Alan Bates[4]
- Rising Star Award: Kit Downes
References
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