The nominees in 27 of the 31 categories (*) of the third edition of the German Prize are announced. The Awards Ceremony will be at the jazzahead! trade fair in Bremen on 27 April. Each winner will receive not just a trophy but also a 10,000 Euro prize.
ARTISTS (17 Categories in total, 15 with nominations(*))
Vocal: Cansu Tanrikulu | Natalie Greffel | Sanni Est
Woodwinds : Jakob Manz | Nicole Johänntgen | Volker Holly Schlott
Brass Instruments : Antonia Hausmann | Joo Kraus | Matthias Schriefl
Piano/Keyboards: Elias Stemeseder | Marlies Debacker | Simon Nabatov
Guitar: Keisuke Matsuno | Kurt Rosenwinkel | Peter Meyer
Bass: Felix Henkelhausen | Lisa Wulff | Nick Dunston
Drums/Percussion: Anika Nilles | Eva Klesse | Günter “Baby” Sommer
Special Instruments: Jean-Louis Matinier | Kathrin Pechlof | Rabih Abou-Khalil
Band of the Year: Insomnia Brass Band | Julia Hülsmann Quartet | Olga Reznichenko
Trio
Large Ensemble of the Year: Essen Jazz Orchestra | POTSA LOTSA XL | Stefan Schultze Large
Ensemble
Wind Instruments International: Arve Henriksen | Ibrahim Maalouf | Lakecia Benjamin
Piano/Keyboards International: Craig Taborn | Jason Moran | Kaja Draksler
String Instruments International: Jeff Parker | Sam Gendel | Tomeka Reid
Drums/Percussion International : Makaya McCraven | Sun-Mi Hong | Terri Lyne Carrington
Band of the Year International : Black Lives – From Generation to Generation | James Brandon Lewis Quartet | The Comet is Coming
RECORDING/PRODUCTION (7 CATEGORIES)
Instrumental Album of the Year: Masako Ohta & Matthias Lindermayr – Mmmmh | Melt Trio – Consumer | Pollon – ∆∆∆
Vocal Album of the Year: Heiner Schmitz & Cologne Contemporary Jazz Orchestra feat. Veronika Morschner – Tales From The Wooden Kingdom | LUAH – MO VI MENTO | Magnetic Ghost Orchestra – Magnetic Ghost Orchestra
Debut Album of the Year: Athina Kontou & Mother – Tzivaeri | InEvitable – InEvitable | Lukas DeRungs – KOSMOS SUITE
Broadcast Production of the Year: Hörspiel „Die Ballade von Robin Hood“ by John von Düffel | Play Jazz: NDR Bigband: Im Konzert mit Julia Hülsmann | SWR Big Band: Das Heimspiel, produced by Hans-Peter Zachary
Instrumental Album of the Year International: Christina Dahl Trio – Souls of the Wind | Martial Solal – Live in
Ottobrunn | Wadada Leo Smith, Andrew Cyrille, Qasim Naqvi – Two Centuries
Vocal Album of the Year International: Camille Bertault & David Helbock – Playground | Cécile McLorin Salvant – Ghost Song | Daniel Herskedal & Emilie Nicolas – Out of the Fog
Debut Album of the Year International: DOMI & JD Beck – NOT TiGHT | Golnar Shahyar (GolNar) – Tear Drop | Vicente Hansen Atria – Orlando Furioso
LIVE (2 Categories)
Venue of the Year
Donau 115, Berlin | Loft, Köln | Saxstall, Tharandt (Saxony)
Festival of the Year
Cologne Jazzweek | Jazzfest Berlin | moers festival
COMPOSITION/ARRANGEMENT (2 Categories)
Composition of the Year
Christian Achim Kühn – Tantalos | Diego Pinera – Through Hell | Heidi Bayer – Cookie Dough
Arrangement of the Year
Diego Pinera – Bartók | Omer Klein – Oriental Folk Song | Wanja Slavin – Medusa’s Champagne
SPECIAL PRIZES OF THE JURY (3 Categories, 1 with nominations(*) )
Journalistic Achievement
Babette Michel – DLF Kultur Einstand: Where is home? Der südafrikanische Cellist, Sänger und Komponist Abel Selaocoe
Franziska Buhre, Julia Neupert – Jazz-Frauen. Wegbereiterinnen im Off | Tobias Rapp – Der mit den Geistern spricht
(*) There are four further categories: Artist of the Year, International Artist of the Year Lifetime’s Work and a special prize where the winners will be announced at the ceremony.
The prize is supported by the Federal Government’s Commissioner for Culture and the Media and produced and developed by Initative Musik
One Response
Wonderful to read that list. then the heart sinks for woeful cultural neglect in UK…lucky if you get a very modest plaque to take home and a night out with mouthful of talk wine and snacks on parliament house thames patio. At least, good on those few parliamentarians with their ears and hearts in right place.