The Prix Django Reinhardt is an award granted by the French

Académie du Jazz The Académie du jazz (English: Jazz Academy) is a non-profit French association created in 1954, which annually awards the best artists and the best musical productions in the world of jazz. The founding president was violinist André Hodeir follow ...

for the best French jazz musician of the year. It is named after

Django Reinhardt Jean Reinhardt (23 January 1910 – 16 May 1953), known by his Romani nickname Django ( or ), was a Romani-French jazz guitarist and composer. He was one of the first major jazz talents to emerge in Europe and has been hailed as one of its most ...

. The prize is determined by a jury of jazz journalists, producers, and musicians. In 2006 the double CD ''50 ans Prix Django Reinhardt'' (with booklet) was released for the prize's 50th anniversary.

Winners

* 2017: Fred Nardin * 2016: Paul Lay * 2015: Airelle Besson * 2012:

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 studi ...

* 2011:

Nguyên Lê Nguyên Lê (Vietnamese: ''Lê Thành Nguyên''; born 14 January 1959) is a French jazz musician and composer of Vietnamese ancestry. His main instrument is guitar, and he also plays bass guitar and guitar synthesizer. He has released albums ...

* 2010: Sylvain Luc * 2009: Stéphane Guillaume * 2008: Médéric Collignon, Géraldine Laurent * 2007: Pierre Christophe * 2006:

Pierrick Pedron Pierrick is a given name. Notable people with the name include: *Pierrick Bourgeat (born 1976), French alpine skier *Pierrick Capelle (born 1987), French professional footballer *Pierrick Cros (footballer, born 1991) (born 1991), French football pl ...

* 2005:

François Moutin François () is a French masculine given name and surname, equivalent to the English name Francis. People with the given name * Francis I of France, King of France (), known as "the Father and Restorer of Letters" * Francis II of France, King o ...

Louis Moutin Louis may refer to: * Louis (coin) * Louis (given name), origin and several individuals with this name * Louis (surname) * Louis (singer), Serbian singer * HMS ''Louis'', two ships of the Royal Navy See also Derived or associated terms * Lewis ( ...

* 2004:

Pierre de Bethmann Pierre is a masculine given name. It is a French form of the name Peter. Pierre originally meant "rock" or "stone" in French (derived from the Greek word πέτρος (''petros'') meaning "stone, rock", via Latin "petra"). It is a translation ...

* 2003:

Jacky Terrasson Jacky Terrasson (born November 27, 1965) is a French jazz pianist and composer. Background Terrasson's mother is African-American from Georgia, and his father is French. From his parents he heard classical music as a child. He began piano lesson ...

* 2002: Bojan Zulfikarpašić (Bojan Z) * 2001:

Baptiste Trotignon Baptiste Trotignon (born 1974) is a French jazz pianist and composer. Life and career Trotignon was born near Paris in 1974. He started playing the violin at the age of 6 and the piano three years later. His first solo piano album was 2003's ''S ...

* 2000:

Jean-Michel Pilc Jean-Michel Pilc (born October 19, 1960, in Paris, France) is a jazz pianist, composer and educator currently living in Montreal, Canada. Music career A native of Paris, Pilc moved to New York City in 1995. He started a trio with drummer Ari ...

* 1999:

Sophia Domancich Sophia Domancich (born 25 January 1957) is a French pianist and jazz composer.''Biographie de Sophia Domancich'' sur le site de lCité de la musique de Paris/ref> Life and Work Domancich began learning piano at the age of six and attended th ...

* 1998:

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* 1997:

Daniel Huck Daniel Huck (born March 22, 1948, Paris) is a French jazz reedist and singer. Huck started on trombone but abandoned it in his teens, switching to alto saxophone when he was nineteen and working on the waitstaff at the Parisian club Jazzland. He ...

* 1996:

Simon Goubert Simon may refer to: People * Simon (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the given name Simon * Simon (surname), including a list of people with the surname Simon * Eugène Simon, French naturalist and the genus ...

* 1995:

Emmanuel Bex Immanuel ( he, עִמָּנוּאֵל, 'Īmmānū'ēl, meaning, "God is with us"; also romanized: , ; and or in Koine Greek of the New Testament) is a Hebrew name that appears in the Book of Isaiah (7:14) as a sign that God will protect the H ...

* 1994:

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Stéphane Belmondo Stéphane Belmondo (; born July 8, 1967) is a French jazz trumpeter, flugelhornist, and drummer. Including recordings made with his brother Lionel Belmondo and Yusef Lateef, he won the best French album category ''(L'Album français de l'année ...

* 1993:

Laurent de Wilde Laurent de Wilde (born in Washington, D.C. in 1960) is a French jazz pianist, composer, and writer. Biography Born in Washington, D.C., and raised in France from 1964, he joined the École Normale Supérieure in 1981, philosophy section. In 19 ...

Sylvain Beuf Sylvain Beuf (born April 6, 1964, Paris)Andre Clergeaut, "Sylvain Beuf". '' The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz''. 2nd edition, ed. Barry Kernfeld. is a French jazz saxophonist, composer, and arranger. Beuf studied classical music in Orsay and jaz ...

* 1992:

Richard Galliano Richard Galliano (born 12 December 1950, Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes) is a French accordionist of Italian heritage. Allmusic biography/ref> Biography He was drawn to music at an early age, starting with the accordion at 4, influenced by his fath ...

* 1991: Jean-Loup Longnon * 1990:

Hervé Sellin Hervé is a French language, French masculine given name of Breton language, Breton origin, from the name of the 6th-century Breton Saint Hervé. The common latinization of the name is Herveus (also ''Haerveus''), an early (8th-century) latinizati ...

* 1989:

Laurent Cugny Laurent Cugny (born 14 April 1955 in La Garenne-Colombes) is a French jazz musician (pianist, bandleader, composer and arranger), jazz critic and musicologist. In 1987, he recorded two albums with his big band Lumière and Gil Evans Ian Erne ...

* 1988:

Louis Sclavis Louis Sclavis (born 2 February 1953) is a French jazz musician. He performs on clarinet, bass clarinet, and soprano saxophone in a variety of contexts, including avant-garde jazz, free jazz, free improvisation and contemporary classical. Life ...

* 1987:

Marc Ducret Marc Ducret (born 19 August 1957) is a contemporary avant-garde jazz guitarist who frequently collaborates with saxophonist Tim Berne. Ducret's guitar style is idiosyncratic, having been called "highly original and very expressive," but also ...

* 1986:

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* 1985: Antoine Hervé * 1984:

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* 1983: Éric Le Lann * 1982:

Michel Petrucciani Michel Petrucciani (; ; 28 December 1962 – 6 January 1999) was a French jazz pianist. From birth he had osteogenesis imperfecta, a genetic disease that causes brittle bones and, in his case, short stature. He became one of the most accomplish ...

* 1981:

François Couturier François Couturier (born 2 May 1950 in Fleury-les-Aubrais, Orléans) is a French jazz pianist. Biography Couturier began learning piano at the age of six. A year after earning his degree in classical piano and musicology in 1977, he met J ...

* 1980:

François Jeanneau François Jeanneau (born June 15, 1935, Paris) is a French jazz saxophonist, flautist, and composer. Jeanneau studied flute under René Leroy at the Paris Conservatory, but was an autodidact on saxophone.Michel Laplace, "Francois Jeanneau". '' The ...

* 1979:

Alain Jean-Marie Alain Jean-Marie (born 1945 in Pointe-a-Pitre, Guadeloupe) is a French jazz pianist. Biography Jean-Marie taught himself to play piano from age eight. He played in dance orchestras in Guadeloupe (especially that of Robert Mavounzy), lived in Can ...

* 1978:

Michel Graillier Michel Graillier (18 October 1946, Lens, Pas-de-Calais, France – 11 February 2003, Paris) was a French jazz pianist. Biography From the ages of four to eighteen, Graillier studied classical piano in Lens, France. During adolescence, he work ...

* 1977: Henri Texier * 1976:

Christian Escoudé Christian Escoudé (born 1947) is a French Gypsy jazz guitarist. He grew up in Angoulême and is of Romani descent on his father's side. His father was also a guitarist who was influenced by Django Reinhardt. When Escoudé was ten, his father b ...

* 1975:

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* 1974:

Jean-François Jenny-Clark Jean-François "J.F." Jenny-Clark (12 July 1944 in Toulouse, France – 6 October 1998 in Paris) was a French double bass player. He was estimated as one of the most important bass players of European jazz.Allmusic credits/ref> Together with dru ...

* 1973:

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* 1972:

Bernard Lubat Bernard Lubat (born July 12, 1945, Uzeste) is a French jazz drummer, pianist, singer, percussionist, vibraphonist, and accordionist. Lubat grew up in a musical family (his father played trumpet) and he received formal training at the Bordeaux Con ...

* 1971:

Ivan Jullien Ivan Jullien (October 27, 1934 – January 3, 2015) was a French jazz trumpeter. Jullien played with Claude Bolling and Jacques Denjean early in his career, and was the bandleader for the Paris Jazz All Stars in 1966-1967. He recorded as a leader ...

* 1970:

François Guin François Guin (born May 18, 1938, in Contres) is a French jazz musician and bandleader. Guin is a musical polymath, having learned violin, piano, voice, trombone, trumpet, and flute. As a trumpeter, he worked with Marc Laferrière in 1957, then ...

* 1969:

Michel Roques Michel Roques (20 July 1946 – 8 October 2006) was a French bicycle racing, racing cyclist. He rode in the 1973 Tour de France. References External links

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* 1968:

Michel Portal Michel Portal (born 27 November 1935) is a French composer, saxophonist, and clarinetist. He plays both jazz and classical music and is considered to be "one of the architects of modern European jazz". Early life Portal was born in Bayonne on 2 ...

* 1967:

Jean-Luc Ponty Jean-Luc Ponty (born 29 September 1942) is a French jazz violinist and composer. Early life Ponty was born into a family of classical musicians in Avranches, France. His father taught violin, his mother taught piano. At sixteen, he was admitt ...

* 1966: Gilbert Rovère * 1965:

Jean-Louis Chautemps Jean-Louis Chautemps (6 August 1931 – 25 May 2022) was a French jazz saxophonist. Career Born in Paris, Chautemps initially studied medicine and law, and began playing saxophone at age 16. His first major gig was with Jef Gilson in 1950. In ...

* 1964:

Eddy Louiss Eddy Louiss (2 May 1941 – 30 June 2015) was a French jazz musician. Eddy started playing in his father Pierre's orchestra in the 1950s. Pierre changed the family name from Louise to Louiss. As a vocalist, he was a member of Les Double Six of ...

* 1963:

Pierre Michelot Pierre Michelot (3 March 1928 – 3 July 2005) was a French jazz double bass player and arranger. Early life Michelot was born in Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis, Paris on 3 March 1928. He studied piano from 1936 until 1938. He switched to playin ...

* 1962: Maurice Vander * 1961:

René Urtreger René Urtreger (born July 6, 1934) is a French bebop pianist. Early life Urtreger was born in Paris and began his piano studies at the age of four, studying privately first, and then at the Conservatory. He studied with an orientation toward jaz ...

* 1960:

Georges Arvanitas Georges Arvanitas (June 13, 1931 – September 25, 2005) was a French jazz pianist and organist. Life and career He was born in Marseille, a child of Greek immigrants from Constantinople. At the age of four he began studying piano and initially ...

* 1959:

Roger Guérin Roger Guérin (9 January 1926, Saarbrücken – 6 February 2010, Nîmes) was a French jazz trumpeter and singer. Initially a violinist, Guérin studied trumpet and cornet at the Paris Conservatory and won a first prize there as a teenager. ...

* 1958:

Barney Wilen Bernard "Barney" Jean Wilen (4 March 1937 – 25 May 1996) was a French tenor and soprano saxophonist and jazz composer. Life Wilen was born in Nice, France; his father was an American dentist turned inventor, and his mother was French. He began ...

* 1957:

Christian Chevallier Christian Chevallier ( Angers, 12 July 1930 - 14 September 2008) was a French songwriter, arranger In music, an arrangement is a musical adaptation of an existing composition. Differences from the original composition may include reharmoniz ...

* 1956:

Martial Solal Martial Solal (born August 23, 1927) is a French jazz pianist and composer. Biography Solal was born in Algiers, French Algeria, to Algerian Jewish parents. He was persuaded to study clarinet, saxophone, and piano by his mother, who was an oper ...

* 1955: Guy Lafitte {{div col end Jazz awards French music awards Awards established in 1955 1955 establishments in France