British Jazz Awards
The British Jazz Awards are a British jazz prize awarded annually since 1987, also known as the Jazz Oscars in Great Britain . Prizes will be given for the individual instruments, albums, big bands, small groups, up-and-coming talent (rising star), media and services to British jazz. The prize was awarded in Birmingham until 1995 , then with the change of sponsor until 2004 in London (where the award ceremony in the BAFTA building always met with great media interest), and later also in various locations in Great Britain. Voting is made with ballot papers distributed publicly in record stores, jazz festivals, jazz clubs and via the media (for example, 20,000 were distributed in 2005, when the prize was awarded again in Birmingham), and sometimes also with online voting later.
The awards are recently organized by Big Bear Music (for example 2007, 2010) and sponsored by Jazz Rag Magazine and UK Jazz Radio (2011).
Award winners
2005
- Piano: Gwilym Simcock
- Singing: Clare Teal
2007
- Trumpet: Guy Barker
- Trumpet: Dennis Rollins
- Clarinet: Alan Barnes
- Alto saxophone: Soweto Kinch
- Tenor saxophone: Karen Sharp
- Guitar: Martin Taylor
- Piano: David Newton
- Bass: Alec Dankworth
- Drums: Ralph Salmins
- Other instruments: Jim Hart (vibraphone)
- Singing: Clare Teal
- Rising Star: Karen Sharp
- Big Band: BBC Big Band
- Small Group: Stan Tracey Trio
- New CD: Abram Wilson Ride! Ferris Wheel (Dune Records)
- CD Reissue: Tubby Hayes The Little Giant (Proper Records)
- Media: theJazz (private British jazz broadcaster)
- Services to British Jazz: George Melly
2008
- Trumpet: Bruce Adams
- Trumpet: Alan Barnes
- Clarinet: Alan Barnes
- Alto saxophone: Alan Barnes
- Tenor saxophone: kind of themes
- Guitar: Martin Taylor
- Piano: David Newton
- Bass: Dave Green
- Drums: Steve Brown
- Other instruments: Jim Hart (vibraphone)
- Singing: Val Wiseman
- Rising Star: Freddie Gavita (Trumpet)
- Big Band: Back to Basie
- Small Group: Digby Fairweather 's Half Dozen
- New CD: Humphrey Lyttelton Cornucopia 2 (Calligraph)
- CD Reissue: Humphrey Lyttelton Bad Penny Blues (Lake)
2009
- Trumpet: Guy Barker
- Trumpet: Mark Nightingale
- Clarinet: Alan Barnes
- Alto saxophone: Alan Barnes
- Tenor saxophone: Karen Sharp
- Guitar: Martin Taylor
- Piano: David Newton
- Bass: Andrew Cleyndert
- Drums: Steve Brown
- Other instruments: Alan Barnes (baritone saxophone)
- Singing: Claire Martin
- Rising Star: Amy Roberts
- Big Band: Back to Basie
- Small Group: Digby Fairweathers Half Dozen
- New CD: Humphrey Lyttleton Cornucopia 3 (Calligraph)
- CD Reissue: Humphrey Lyttleton Humph Experiments (Lake)
2010
- Trumpet Guy Barker
- Trombone Mark Nightingale
- Clarinet, alto saxophone Alan Barnes
- Tenor saxophone Karen Sharp
- Craig Milverton piano
- Guitar Martin Taylor
- Bass Dave Green
- Steve Brown drums
- Other instruments: Alan Barnes (baritone saxophone)
- Singing Claire Martin
- Rising Star Kit Downes
- Big band Back to Basie
- Small group Digby Fairweather 's Half Dozen
- new CD: Scott Hamilton, Alan Barnes: Hi-Ya (Woodville)
- Reissue CD: Tubby Hayes Jazz Genius (Fantastic Voyage)
2011
- Trumpet: Bruce Adams
- Trumpet: Mark Nightingale
- Clarinet and alto saxophone: Alan Barnes
- Tensor saxophone : Simon Spillett
- Piano: David Newton
- Guitar: Martin Taylor
- Bass: Dave Green
- Drums: Steve Brown
- Other instruments: Alan Barnes (baritone saxophone)
- Singing: Val Wiseman
- Emerging Talent: (Rising Star) Amy Roberts
- Big Band: Back to Basie
- Small Group: Digby Fairweather 's Half Dozen
- new CD: Bateman Brothers Band: Now You has Jazz (Lake)
- Reissue CD: Tubby Hayes Three Classic Albums Plus (Avid)
2012
- Trumpet: Enrico Tomasso
- Trumpet: Mark Nightingale
- Clarinet and alto saxophone: Alan Barnes
- Tensor saxophone: Karen Sharp
- Piano: David Newton
- Guitar: Martin Taylor
- Bass: Alec Dankworth
- Drums: Steve Brown
- Other instruments: Courtney Pine (soprano saxophone)
- Singing: Liane Carroll
- Emerging Talent: (Rising Star) Jamie Brownfield
- Big band: SNJO
- Small Group: Digby Fairweather 's Half Dozen
- new CD: Derek Nash Acoustic Quartet: Joyriding (Jazzizit)
- Reissue CD: Stan Tracey Leader and Sideman (Avid)
2013
- Trumpet: Enrico Tomasso
- Trumpet: Mark Nightingale
- Clarinet and alto saxophone: Alan Barnes
- Tensor saxophone: Bobby Wellins
- Piano: Garreth Williams
- Guitar: Jim Mullen
- Bass: Dave Green
- Drums: Steve Brown
- Other instruments: Jim Hart (vibraphone)
- Singing: Anita Wardell
- Emerging Talent: (Rising Star) Tim Thornton
- Big Band: BBC Big Band
- Small Group: Digby Fairweather 's Half Dozen
- new CD: Claire Martin : Too Much in Love to Care (Linn)
- Reissue CD: Stan Tracey Three Classic Albums Plus (Avid)
2014
- Trumpet: Steve Waterman
- Trumpet: Mark Nightingale
- Clarinet: Alan Barnes
- Alto saxophone: Soweto Kinch
- Tensor saxophone: Karen Sharp
- Piano: Dave Newton
- Guitar: Jim Mullen
- Bass: Alec Dankworth
- Drums: Steve Brown
- Other instruments: Jim Hart (vibraphone)
- Singing: Liane Caroll
- Emerging Talent: (Rising Star) Reuben James
- Big Band: BBC Big Band
- Small Group: Digby Fairweather 's Half Dozen
- new CD: Martin Taylor / Alan Barnes: Two for the Road (Woodville)
- Reissue CD: Stan Tracey Three Classic Albums (Avid)
2015
- Trumpet: Guy Barker
- Trumpet: Mark Nightingale
- Clarinet: Alan Barnes
- Alto saxophone: Nigel Hitchcock
- Tensor saxophone: Karen Sharp
- Piano: Zoe Rahman
- Guitar: Jim Mullen
- Bass: Alec Dankworth
- Drums: Clark Tracey
- Other instruments: Amy Roberts (flute)
- Singing: Clare Teal
- Emerging Talent: (Rising Star) Laura Jurd
- Big Band: BBC Big Band
- Small Group: Digby Fairweather 's Half Dozen
- new CD: Liane Carrol : Seaside (Linn Records)
- Reissue CD: Johnny Dankworth Duet for 16 (Vocalion)
2016
- Trumpet: Rico Tomasso
- Trumpet: Mark Nightingale
- Alto saxophone: Soweto Kinch
- Tenor saxophone: Alex Garnett
- Guitar: Nigel Price
- Bass: Alec Dankworth
- Singing: Liane Carroll
- Various instruments: Ross Stanley (organ)
- Clarinet: Alan Barnes
- Piano: Jason Rebello
- Drums: Clark Tracey
- Rising Star : Alexander Bone
- Small Group : Digby Fairweather 's Half Dozen
- Big Band: Echoes of Ellington
- Album of the Year: Hero of Jason Rebello
- Album of the year (re-release): Tubby Hayes - Split Kick Live in Sweden 1972
- Services to Jazz : Simon Spillett
2017
- Trumpet: Freddie Gavita
- Trumpet: Mark Nightingale
- Clarinet: Alan Barnes
- Alto saxophone: Soweto Kinch
- Tenor saxophone: Karen Sharp
- Piano: Nikki Iles
- Guitar: Martin Taylor
- Bass: Alec Dankworth
- Drums: Clark Tracey
- Various instruments: Ross Stanley (organ)
- Singing: Clare Teal
- Rising Star : Rory Ingham
- Small Group : Nigel Price Organ Trio
- Big Band: Scottish National Jazz Orchestra
- Album of the year: The Lowest Common Denominator by Gilad Atzmon / Alan Barnes
- Album of the year (re-release): Humphrey Lyttelton - Dusts off the Archives
2018
- Trumpet: Enrico Tomasso
- Trumpet: Mark Nightingale
- Clarinet: Alan Barnes
- Alto saxophone: Alan Barnes
- Tenor saxophone: Karen Sharp
- Piano: Dave Newton
- Guitar: Jim Mullen
- Bass: Dave Green
- Drums: Winston Clifford
- Various instruments: Courtney Pine (soprano saxophone)
- Singing: Claire Martin
- Rising Star : Alexandra Ridout
- Small Group : Kansas Smitty's House Band
- Big Band: Gareth Lockrane Big Band
- Album of the year: Ask Me Now by Alan Barnes & Dave Newton
- Album of the year (re-release): Humphrey Lyttelton - Sir Humph's Delight
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ The 2005 price from All About Jazz ( Memento from March 22, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ 2007 winners from Big Bear Records ( Memento from September 19, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ Blogspot London Jazz
- ↑ Winners in the 2016 Jazz Awards at LondonJazz News
- ↑ British Jazz Awards 2017 Results Announced
- ↑ British Jazz Awards 2018 Results Announced