German Jazz Trophy
Under the motto "A Life for Jazz ", the " German Jazz Trophy " honors musicians who have given jazz new impulses and promoted its importance through their life's work. The prize is awarded annually jointly by the Art and Culture Foundation of Sparda-Bank Baden-Württemberg, the magazine “neue musikzeitung” and the internet portal jazzzeitung.de. The statue, endowed with € 15,000, was designed by the Stuttgart sculptor Otto Hebert Hajek .
The award ceremony takes place every year at the start of the Jazzopen Stuttgart in the SpardaWelt Event Center in Stuttgart. Accompanying the award ceremony there will be a concert by the award winner on site.
The jury includes TV presenter and jazz lover Markus Brock , editor-in-chief of the “neue musikzeitung” magazine, Andreas Kolb, managing director of the event agency Opus Jürgen Schlensog, and Martin Hettich, chairman of the Foundation for Art and Culture at Sparda-Bank Baden-Württemberg .
The idea for the award of the trophy was launched in 2001 by the Kulturgesellschaft Musik und Wort eV Stuttgart.
Award winners
- 2001: Erwin Lehn
- 2002: Paul Kuhn
- 2003: Wolfgang Dauner
- 2004: Toots Thielemans
- 2005: Kenny Wheeler
- 2006: Dick Hyman
- 2007: Jean-Luc Ponty
- 2008: Hugo Strasser
- 2009: Carla Bley
- 2010: Jacques Loussier
- 2011: Dave Holland
- 2012: Monty Alexander
- 2013: Lee Konitz
- 2014: Chris Barber
- 2015: Ralph Towner
- 2016: Klaus Doldinger
- 2017: Abdullah Ibrahim
- 2018: Rolf and Joachim Kühn
- 2019: Dee Dee Bridgwater
Individual evidence
- ↑ German Jazz Trophy 2007 for Jean-Luc Ponty (www.nmz.de)
- ↑ German swing legend: The "German Jazz Trophy" for Hugo Strasser (www.nmz.de)
- ↑ Pianist Carla Bley receives German Jazz Trophy (www.jazzecho.de)
- ↑ Pianist Jacques Loussier receives "German Jazz Trophy 2010" (www.bild.de)
- ↑ Dave Holland honored for life's work (www.welt.de)
- ↑ The German Jazz Trophy 2012 goes to the pianist Monty Alexander (www.nmz.de)
- ↑ Lee Konitz receives "German Jazz Trophy" (www.diepresse.com)
- ↑ Band leader Chris Barber receives "German Jazz Trophy 2014" (www.focus.de)
- ↑ German Jazz Trophy for Ralph Towner (www.jazzecho.de)
- ↑ Awarding of the German Jazz Trophy to Klaus Doldinger as part of the Jazz Open Stuttgart (www.warnermusic.de)
- ↑ German Jazz Trophy 2017 goes to Abdullah Ibrahim (www.jazzzeitung.de)
- ^ Shared brotherly - German Jazz Trophy 2018 goes to Kühn & Kühn (www.jazzecho.de)
- ↑ Dee Dee Bridgewater receives German Jazz Trophy (www.jazzzeitung.de )