Ben Webster Prize
The Ben Webster Prize is a jazz prize awarded annually by the Ben Webster Foundation, which honors Danish or American jazz musicians or any other person who has made a name for himself as a supporter of jazz in both countries. The award is named after the American musician Ben Webster , who spent the last ten years of his life in Copenhagen and promoted the city's jazz scene. The foundation's prize money comes from Webster's annual royalties. In addition, an honorary award has been awarded (regularly in recent years).
The award is presented at a ceremony with its own concert and therefore takes place in a jazz venue , often the Jazzhus Montmartre , Søpavilionen , Copenhagen Jazzhouse , Dronningesalen of the Royal Library , the jazz club of the Free City of Christiania , Sofies Kælderen or Tivoli Gardens . The prize money is currently (2014) DKK 25,000.
List of award winners
- 1977 Jesper Thilo
- 1978 Simon Spang-Hanssen
- 1979 Erling Kroner
- 1980 Ole Molin
- 1981 Ernie Wilkins
- 1982 Jesper Lundgaard , Mads Vinding
- 1983 Marilyn Mazur , Bent Jædig
- 1984 Allan Botschinsky
- 1985 Jørgen Emborg , Cæcilie Norby
- 1986 Ole Kock Hansen
- 1987 Jens Winther
- 1988 Doug Raney
- 1989 Thomas Clausen
- 1990 Ben Besiakov
- 1991 Jonas Johansen , Tomas Franck
- 1992 Søren Kristiansen
- 1993 Kristian Jørgensen , Finn Ziegler
- 1994 Niels Jørgen Steen , Christina Nielsen
- 1995 Henrik Bolberg
- 1996 Jacob Fischer
- 1997 Svend-Erik Nørregaard , Carsten Dahl
- 1998 Benita Haastrup , Thomas Fryland
- 1999 (Honorary Award 90 Years Ben Webster) Alex Riel , Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen , Olivier Antunes
- 2000 Horace Parlan
- 2001 Pernille Bévort , Per Møller Hansen
- 2002 Christina von Bülow , Jens Klüver
- 2003 Bob Rockwell
- 2004 Jan Persson
- 2005 Jan to Vohrde
- 2006 Morten Lund
- 2007 Fredrik Lundin
- 2008 Niels Lan Doky , Chris Minh Doky
- 2009 Lennart Ginman
- 2010 Kresten Osgood
- 2011 Bo Step
- 2012 Jan Kaspersen
- 2013 Jacob Christoffersen
- 2014 sense Eeg
- 2015 Uffe Steen
- 2016 Heine Hansen
- 2017 Mathias Heise
- 2018 Jan Harbech / Henrik Gunde
- 2019 Kasper Tranberg
List of winners of the special prize ( Ben Webster Prize of Honor )
- 1984 Børge Roger Henrichsen
- 1989 Papa Bue
- 1995 Ole Fessor Lindgreen
- 1996 Svend Asmussen
- 2002 Hugo Rasmussen
- 2003 Arnvid Meyer
- 2006 Ed Thigpen
- 2007 Erik Moseholm
- 2009 Lars Thorborg
- 2010 Ray Pitts
- 2011 Anders Stefansen
- 2012 Klaus Albrectsen
- 2013 Palle Mikkelborg
- 2014 Tove Enevoldsen
- 2015 Vincent Nilsson
- 2016 Ole Streenberg
- 2017 Jens Søndergaard