The Golden Django, named after guitarist

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musicians in Europe. The trophy is a creation of the French painter Raymond Moretti. It was first introduced in France (in 1992), then in

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(1995), in Sweden and Italy (1999) and finally in

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Since 1995, Belgium has had its own Golden Django ceremony. It was first proposed to reward both

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and

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Belgian jazz musicians, but since 2000, only one musician receives the trophy, alternating French-speaking and Dutch-speaking winners each year. The next year, they introduced the new talent award. The ceremony was cancelled in 2004. {, class="wikitable" , - ! Year !! French-speaking !! Flemish !! New talent !! Special prize , - , 1995 , , Philip Catherine (guitar) , ,

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Bert Joris Bert Joris (born 18 January 1957 in Antwerp) is an internationally renowned jazz trumpeter, composer and arranger from Belgium. In 1996 he received the Golden Django The Golden Django, named after guitarist Django Reinhardt, is an award for ja ...

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Charles Loos Charles Loos (born 29 July 1951 in Brussels) is a Belgian jazz pianist and composer. In 1972 he began studying composition and jazz orchestra at Berklee College of Music in Boston, while he already followed a classical formation in Belgium. B ...

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Nathalie Loriers Nathalie Loriers (born 27 October 1966, Namur) is a Belgian jazz pianist and composer. Music career In 1991 Loriers formed her own quartet with Kurt Van Herck (saxophone), Philippe Aerts (double bass) and Mimi Verderame (drums). She also has he ...

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Frank Vaganée Frank Vaganée (born 19 March 1966, in Mechelen) is a Belgian jazz saxophonist and composer. He has his own trio with Philippe Aerts recently replaced by Rosario Bonnacorso on the double bass, and Dré Pallemaerts on drums. He is co-leader of ...

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Nicolas Thys Nicolas Thys (born 27 August 1968) is a Belgian bassist. He graduated in 1994 from the Hilversum Conservatory (in the Netherlands), where he also taught bass and double bass. Thys took private lessons with Dave Holland, Marc Helias and Ma ...

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Erik Vermeulen Erik Vermeulen (born 15 October 1959 in Ypres, Belgium) is a Belgian jazz pianist. He entered the Belgian jazz scene when he was 22 with his trio. At the time, it featured Heyn Van de Geyn on bass and Dré Pallemaerts on drums. Soon after t ...

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References

Jazz in Belgium website
Jazz awards Belgian music awards