BBC Jazz Awards
The BBC Jazz Awards were set up in 2001 and had the status of one of the premier jazz awards in the United Kingdom (among those presenting the awards were Denis Lawson, Sue Mingus, Humphrey Lyttelton, Ian Carr, Clive James, Mike Gibbs, Julian Joseph, Moira Stuart, Annie Whitehead, Mark Knopfler, Dave Brubeck, and Kenneth Clarke).[1] There were awards for Best Musician, Best Vocalist, Rising Star, Best Album, Jazz Innovation, Radio 2 Jazz Artist, Services to Jazz, Best of Jazz and others.
Programmes linked to the awards were broadcast on both Radio 2 and Radio 3. In March 2009, the BBC announced that the Jazz Awards were closed.[2]
Winners
2002
- Best Album: Brian Kellock Trio Live At Henry's
- Best Band: Jazz Jamaica All Stars
- Best Vocalist: Stacey Kent
- Best Instrumentalist: John Surman
- Rising Star: Soweto Kinch
- Best New Work: John Taylor, Green Man Suite
- Jazz Innovation: Matt Bourne
- Services to Jazz: Chris Hodgkins (Jazz Services)
- International Award of the Year: Hugh Masekela
- Jazz Heritage Award: Chris Barber
- Lifetime Achievement 1: Cleo Laine & John Dankworth
- Lifetime Achievement 2: Stan Tracey
2005
- Album of the Year: All Is Know, Tony Kofi
- Best Band: Acoustic Ladyland
- Best Vocalist: Liane Carroll
- Best Instrumentalist: Peter King
- Rising Star: Gwilym Simcock
- Artist of the Year: Jamie Cullum
- Services to Jazz: John Cumming[3]
- Lifetime Achievement: Oscar Peterson
- Innovation Award: Huw Warren
- Best of Jazz: Liane Carroll
- Gold Award: Acker Bilk
2006
- Album of the Year: The Lyric, Jim Tomlinson
- Best of Jazz: Anita Wardell
2007
- Album of the Year: Displaced, Neil Cowley Trio
- Best Band: Finn Peters' Finntet
- Best Vocalist: Ian Shaw
- Best Instrumentalist: Julian Siegel
- Rising Star: Simon Spillett
- Artist of the Year: Curtis Stigers
- International Artist: Madeleine Peyroux
- Services to Jazz: Gary Crosby
- Lifetime Achievement: Dave Brubeck
- Innovation Award: Tom Bancroft
- Heart of Jazz: Martin Taylor
2008
- Album of the Year: All is Yes, The Blessing
- Best Band: Tom Cawley's Curios
- Best Vocalist: Christine Tobin
- Best Instrumentalist: Tony Kofi
- Rising Star: Kit Downes
- Artist of the Year: Humphrey Lyttelton
- International Artist: Charlie Haden
- Services to Jazz: Alan Bates
- Lifetime Achievement: Return to Forever
- Innovation Award: Fraud
- Heart of Jazz: Tommy Smith
- Gold Award: Cleo Laine and John Dankworth
2011
- Album of the Year: Exile, Gilad Atzmon's Orient House Ensemble
- Best Band: Guy Barker's International Septet
- Best Vocalist: Claire Martin
- Best Instrumentalist: Brian Kellock
- Rising Star: Jamie Cullum
- International Artist: Esbjörn Svensson Trio
- Services to Jazz: Tony Dudley-Evans
- Lifetime Achievement: George Shearing
- Innovation Award: Byron Wallen
- Jazz Heritage: The Merseysippi Jazz Band
- Best New Work: Interrupting Cutler, Brian Irvine
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References
- "Winners of the BBC Radio Jazz Awards 2002". All About Jazz. 15 August 2002. Archived from the original on 13 February 2008.
- Donovan, Paul (22 March 2009). "Mystery of missing BBC music awards". The Sunday Times. London. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
- "John Cumming of Serious OBE in Queen's Birthday Honours". londonjazznews.com. 14 June 2014. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
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