The Golden Django, named after guitarist

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, is an award for

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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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(2001).

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

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) , , Bert Joris (trumpet) , , – , , – , - , 1997 , , Charles Loos (piano) , , Kurt Van Herck (saxophone) , , – , , – , - , 1998 , ,

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(saxophone) , , Chris Joris (percussion) , , – , , Jean Warland ( bass) , - , 1999 , , Nathalie Loriers (piano) , , Jeroen Van Herzeele (saxophone) , , – , , – , - , 2000 , , Steve Houben (saxophone, flute) , , – , , – , , Edmond Harnie (trumpet) , - , 2001 , , – , , Frank Vaganée (saxophone) , ,

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(bass) , , Robert Pernet (jazz historian) , - , 2002 , , Philippe Aerts (double bass) , , – , , Anne Wolf (piano) , , Rik Bevernage (producer from

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) , - , 2003 , , – , , Erik Vermeulen (piano) , , Nicolas Kummert (saxophone) , , Jean-Marie Peterken (organizer of festivals) , - , 2005 , , Eric Legnini (piano) , , – , ,

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References

Jazz in Belgium website
Jazz awards Belgian music awards