BBC Jazz Awards | |
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Awarded for | Jazz music |
Venue | Various |
Country | United Kingdom |
First awarded | 2001 |
Last awarded | 2011 | (as The British Jazz Awards)
Website | Official website |
Television/radio coverage | |
Network | BBC Radio 2 and BBC Radio 3 |
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] It briefly returned in 2011 as The British Jazz Awards but has not been held since.
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