The Echo Jazz (stylized as ECHO JAZZ) was a German music prize, an
Echo Music Prize
Echo Music Prize (stylised as ECHO, ) was an accolade by the , an association of recording companies of Germany to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry. The first ECHO Awards ceremony was held in 1992, and was set up to honor ...
for personalities and production of
jazz
Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Its roots are in blues, ragtime, European harmony, African rhythmic rituals, spirituals, h ...
. It was awarded annually by the between 2010 and 2018.
The awards had been given in 30 categories, including ensemble of the year, male and female singer of the year, record label, and lifetime achievement. In 2012, the criteria for entry included album release date and "two outstanding reviews from music journalists." Conductor
Claus Ogermann was given the ECHO Jazz Lifetime Achievement Award in 2012.
Awards were decided by a 12-member jury based on critical and commercial appeal.
Echo Jazz was disestablished in 2018.
Jury
* Christiane Böhnke-Geisse
*
Ralf Dombrowski
* Stefan Gerdes (
NDR)
* (C.A.R.E. Music Group)
* (
WDR)
* (Karsten Jahnke Konzertdirektion)
* Astrid Kieselbach (
Universal Music
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)
*
Siegfried Loch (
ACT Music
ACT is a German record label founded in 1992 by Siegfried Loch. It is a division of ACT Music + Vision founded by Loch and Annette Humpe in 1988. ACT started as a pop music label but folded soon after it started. Loch turned it into a jazz labe ...
)
* Stefanie Marcus (Traumton Records & Jazz- & World Partner)
* Wilma Rehberg (
Sony Music
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)
* (
Enja Records
Enja Records is a German jazz record company and label based in Munich which was founded by jazz enthusiasts Matthias Winckelmann and Horst Weber in 1971.
The label's first release was by Mal Waldron, and early releases included European and Jap ...
)
Winners
2017
; International Winners:
* Ensemble:
Branford Marsalis Quartet, ''Upward Spiral'', (Okeh/Sony Music)
* Singer:
Norah Jones
Norah Jones ( ; born Geethali Shankar; March 30, 1979) is an American singer-songwriter and musician. She has won several awards for her music and, , has sold more than 53 million records worldwide. '' Billboard'' named her the top jazz artist of ...
, ''Day Breaks'', (Blue Note/Universal Music)
* Instrumentalists
** Piano/keyboards:
Kenny Barron
Kenneth Barron (born June 9, 1943) is an American jazz pianist and composer who has appeared on hundreds of recordings as leader and sideman and is considered one of the most influential mainstream jazz pianists since the bebop era.
Early life
...
, ''Book Of Intuition'', (Impulse/Universal Music)
** Saxophone/woodwinds:
Émile Parisien
Émile Parisien (born 12 October 1982) is a French soprano and alto saxophonist, jazz musician, and composer.
Career
Émile Parisien entered the fifth class at the age of 11 in the first class of Marciac's ''College de jazz'', where he studie ...
, ''Sfumato'', ACT Music
** Drums/percussion:
Antonio Sanchez Anthony Sanchez, Antonio Sanchez or Tony Sanchez may refer to:
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, ''The Unity Sessions'', (Nonesuch/Warner Music)
** Brass:
Cuong Vu
Cuong Vu (Cường Vũ) (born 19 September 1969) is a Vietnamese-American jazz trumpeter. In addition to his own work as a bandleader, Vu was a member of the Pat Metheny Group. He is the first American person of Vietnamese descent to win a Grammy ...
, ''Cuong Vu Trio Meets Pat Metheny'', (Nonesuch/Warner Music)
** Guitar:
Charlie Hunter
Charlie Hunter (born May 23, 1967) is an American guitarist, composer, producer and bandleader. First coming to prominence in the early 1990s, Hunter plays custom-made seven- and eight-string guitars on which he simultaneously plays bass line ...
, ''Everybody Has A Plan Until They Get Punched In The Mouth'', (Ground Up/Universal Music)
* Bestseller: Singer
Gregory Porter
Gregory Porter (born November 4, 1971) is an American singer, songwriter and musician. He has twice won the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album: first in 2014 for '' Liquid Spirit'' and then again in 2017 for '' Take Me to the Alley''.
Ear ...
, ''Take Me To The Alley'', (Blue Note/Universal Music)
; National Winners:
* Ensemble:
Joachim Kühn New Trio, ''Beauty & Truth'', ACT Music
* Singer:
Lucia Cadotsch, ''Speak Low'', yellowbird
* Instrumentalists
** Piano/keyboards:
Michael Wollny
Michael Wollny (born 25 May 1978) is a German jazz pianist and a professor at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Leipzig. He has played with international musicians including Joachim Kühn, Tamar Halperin, Marius Neset, Andreas Schaerer, Émil ...
, ''Tandem'', ACT Music
** Saxophone/woodwinds: Daniel Erdmann, ''Daniel Erdmann's Velvet Revolution'', BMC
** Drums/percussion: Diego Piñera, ''My Picture'', Octason Records
** Bass/bassguitar:
Eva Kruse, ''On The Mo'', Redhorn Records
** Bass:
Lars Danielsson
Lars Danielsson (born 5 September 1958) is a Swedish jazz bassist, composer, and record producer.
Biography
Danielsson was born in Smålandsstenar, and was educated at the music conservatory in Gothenburg. He plays double bass, electric bass ...
, ''Sun Blowing'', ACT Music
** Brass: Frederik Köster, ''Canada'', Traumton Records
** Guitar:
Arne Jansen
Arne Jansen (born 26 November 1975) is a German jazz guitarist.
Biography
As a teenager Jansen picked up the guitar, inspired by Jimi Hendrix and the Dire Straits. The great storytellers of pop, such as Bob Dylan and Joni Mitchell also belonge ...
, ''Nine Firmaments'', Traumton Records
** Special instruments:
Vincent Peirani
Vincent Peirani (born 24 April 1980) is a French jazz accordionist, vocalist and composer who has played internationally, collaborating with Denis Colin, François Jeanneau, Youn Sun Nah, Émile Parisien, Michel Portal, Louis Sclavis, and Mich ...
, ''Tandem'', Act Music
* Large ensemble:
Marius Neset
Marius Søfteland Neset (born 2 January 1985) is a Norwegian jazz musician (saxophone) living in Copenhagen. He is known from collaborations within the jazz bands "People Are Machines", "Kaktusch", " JazzKamikaze" and Django Bates projects "Sto ...
&
London Sinfonietta
The London Sinfonietta is an English contemporary chamber music, chamber orchestra founded in 1968 and based in London.
The ensemble has headquarters at Kings Place and is Resident Orchestra at the Southbank Centre. Since its inaugural concert ...
, ''Snowmelt'', ACT Music
* Newcomer: Anna-Lena Schnabel, ''Books, Bottles & Bamboo'', enja
* Special awards: Arne Reimer for ''American Jazz Heroes'', E.S.T. Symphony
See also
*
Echo Klassik
The Echo Klassik, often stylized as ECHO Klassik, was Germany's major classical music award in 22 categories. The award, presented by the , was held annually, usually in October or September, separate from its parent award, the Echo Music Prize
...
References
External links
* (archived)
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Jazz awards
German music awards
2018 disestablishments in Germany
Awards disestablished in 2018