Académie du Jazz
The French national Académie du Jazz is a cultural non-profit association founded in 1955 , whose main task is to annually select the best musicians and best album productions in jazz .
In the course of its history, the Académie du Jazz was directed by André Hodeir , then Maurice Cullaz and Claude Carriere (from 1993). Since 2007 it has been under the leadership of François Lacharme . The honorary presidents of the Académie included or include Jean Cocteau , the composers Georges Auric and Henri Sauguet , the music critic Charles Delaunay , the violinists Stéphane Grappelli and André Hodeir, Maurice Cullaz, the pianist Martial Solal and Frédéric Charbaut, co-founder of the Jazz à Saint festival -Germain-des-Prés .
The categories of the jazz prizes awarded are:
- Prix Django Reinhardt for the French jazz musician of the year
- Prix Sidney Bechet for the best French jazz musician in traditional style (until 2002)
- Grand Prix de l'Académie du jazz for the best jazz album of the year
- Prix Boris Vian or (since 2005) Prix du Disque Français for the best jazz album of the year by a French musician
- Prix Bill Coleman or (since 2004) the Prix du Jazz Classique for the best album of classical jazz
- Prix de la Meilleure Réédition ou du Meilleur Inédit (2000–2006 Prix Maurice Cullaz ) for the best republication or new release of previously unpublished jazz recordings
- Prix Fats Waller , for the best re-release of recordings (until 1994, most recently only for albums of classical jazz)
- Prix Billie Holiday or (since 2005) Prix du Jazz Vocal for the best vocal jazz album
- Prix Mahalia Jackson for the best gospel album (until 2002)
- Prix Big Bill Broonzy or (since 2005) Prix Blues for the best blues album
- Prix Otis Redding or (since 2005) Prix Soul for the best R & B / Soul album
- Prix Bobby Jaspar or (since 2005) Prix du Musicien Européen as a lifetime achievement award for European jazz musicians
- Prix Charles Delaunay or (since 2005) Prix du Livre de Jazz for the best jazz book
Web links
- Official website of the Académie du jazz (French)
- L'Académie du Jazz couronne Émile Parisien, Pierrick Pédron et Brad Mehldau . francetv.fr, January 16, 2013 (French)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Official descriptions of the jazz prizes awarded by the Academy ( memento of December 2, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (French)