GERMAN JAZZ PRIZE 2023 - The nominees have been selected

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GERMAN JAZZ PRIZE 2023
The nominees have been selected

    ●   eighty-one national and international nominations in thirty-one
        award categories
    ●   presentation of the German Jazz Prize on April 27, 2023 at the
        Metropol Theater Bremen

This April, the German Jazz Prize will be awarded for the third time. A total of
eighty-one nominees are up for the coveted prize, which has been awarded
since 2021 by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the
Media, Claudia Roth, in cooperation with Germany’s central music funding
institution, Initiative Musik. Who gets to take home a trophy and €10,000 in
prize money will be announced at the award ceremony on April 27, 2023, at
the Metropol Theater in Bremen.

The twenty-five-member expert jury of the German Jazz Prize reviewed more
than 1,000 entries and selected musicians and projects in thirty-one categories
who have made extraordinary artistic achievements and innovative
contributions this past year in national and international contexts. These
categories are divided into: Artists, Recording/Production, Live,
Composition/Arrangement and Special Prizes of the Jury. The three nominees
for the category „Venue of the Year“ were determined by the members of the
German Jazz Union.

Jana Herzen, a member of the expert jury and president of the U.S. label
Motéma Music, which celebrates its 20th anniversary in this year, summed up
the nominee selection process:

        "I’m impressed with the generous initiative of the German Jazz Prize
        and am grateful to serve as a special jury member for this country
        which contributed to the rise of Motéma via the Hamburg-based
        distributor Membran. The deep immersion into Germany’s
        contemporary jazz scene that was required by this jury position led me
        on a surprising and diverse musical adventure that was rich with

artistic dedication and authentic creativity and marked by moments of
        profound beauty, and good humor as well. The passionate discussion
        among the jurors as we narrowed a broadly deserving field down to
        just three nominees was rewarding though not easy. I continue to be
        amazed at the transformative ways this American-born art form
        blossoms internationally. I also appreciate that there is an international
        dimension to the awards as well."

In the next phase, the main jury, consisting of members of the expert jury
together with prominent jazz musicians and public figures, will determine the
award winners, who will be honored on April 27 at the Metropol Theater
Bremen with the German Jazz Prize. The cash awards for both nominees and
prize winners total more than €350,000.

The members of the main jury and the names of the thirty-one award winners
will be announced at a later date. More information on the German Jazz Prize
and this year’s concert evening (including ticket sales) as well as an overview
of the nominees and the expert jury can be found at www.deutscher-
jazzpreis.de.

The nominees of the German Jazz Prize 2023 at a glance

ARTISTS

        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

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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

    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

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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

       Venue of the Year
       Donau 115, Berlin | Loft, Köln | Saxstall, Tharandt (Saxony)

       Festival of the Year
       Cologne Jazzweek | Jazzfest Berlin | moers festival

COMPOSITION/ARRANGEMENT

       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

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SPECIAL PRIZES OF THE JURY

         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

GERMAN JAZZ PRIZE
Since 2021, the German Jazz Prize has been honoring outstanding artistic
achievements in the national and international jazz scenes in 31 categories. It is
developed and produced by the Initiative Musik with project funds from the Federal
Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media. The third edition will be held in
cooperation with the jazzahead! trade fair.

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