BBC Jazz Awards

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BBC Jazz Awards
Awarded for Jazz music
VenueVarious
Country United Kingdom
First awarded2001
Last awarded2011 (as The British Jazz Awards)
Website www.bbc.co.uk/music/jazzawards2008/
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.

Contents

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

2001

The winners were: [3]

2002

The winners were: [1]

2003

The winners were: [4]

2004

The winners were: [5]

2005

The winners were: [6]

2006

The winners were: [8]

2007

The winners were: [9]

2008

The winners were: [10]

2011

The winners were:

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