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 it was set up to hono ...

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, with its roots in blues and ragtime. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a major ...

. 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 Universal Music Group N.V. (often abbreviated as UMG and referred to as just Universal Music) is a Netherlands, Dutch–United States, American multinational Music industry, music corporation under Law of the Netherlands, Dutch law. UMG's cor ...

) * (

ACT Music ACT is a German record label founded in 1992 by Siegfried Loch. It is a division of ACT + Music Video 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 label, ...

) * Stefanie Marcus (Traumton Records & Jazz- & World Partner) * Wilma Rehberg (

Sony Music Sony Music Entertainment (SME), also known as simply Sony Music, is an American multinational music company. Being owned by the parent conglomerate Sony Group Corporation, it is part of the Sony Music Group, which is owned by Sony Entertainment ...

) * (

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 The Branford Marsalis Quartet is a jazz band. Current members * Branford Marsalis – saxophones *Joey Calderazzo - piano (1999–present) *Eric Revis - bass guitar (1997–present) * Justin Faulkner - drums (2009–present) Past members *Jeff ...

, ''Upward Spiral'', (Okeh/Sony Music) * Singer:

Norah Jones Norah Jones (born Geethali Norah Jones Shankar; March 30, 1979) is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. She has won several awards for her music and as of 2012, has sold more than 50 million records worldwide. ''Billboard'' named her the ...

, ''Day Breaks'', (Blue Note/Universal Music) * Instrumentalists ** Piano/keyboards:

Kenny Barron Kenny Barron (born June 9, 1943) is an American jazz pianist, 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. Biography Born in Philadel ...

, ''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 studi ...

, ''Sfumato'', ACT Music ** Drums/percussion:

Antonio Sanchez Anthony Sanchez, Antonio Sanchez or Tony Sanchez may refer to: Sports * Antón (footballer) (1914–2005), Spanish footballer born ''Antonio Sánchez Valdés'' * Antonio Sánchez (boxer) (1905–?), Spanish boxer * Antonio Sánchez (footballer, ...

, ''The Unity Sessions'', (Nonesuch/Warner Music) ** Brass:

Cuong Vu Cuong Vu (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. Biography Born in Saigon on September 19, 1969, Vu immigrated to Seattle with his ...

, ''Cuong Vu Trio Meets Pat Metheny'', (Nonesuch/Warner Music) ** Guitar:

Charlie Hunter Charlie Hunter (born May 23, 1967) is an American guitarist, composer, 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 lines, chords, a ...

, ''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 actor. 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''. Early li ...

, ''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, Ém ...

, ''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 Eva Kruse (born 16 October 1978) is a German jazz musician (upright bass, bass guitar) and composer. Biography Kruse was raised in Brunsbek in Schleswig-Holstein. In her childhood and youth, she received eleven years of classical piano lesson ...

, ''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, ''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 Micha ...

, ''Tandem'', Act Music * Large ensemble: Marius Neset &

London Sinfonietta The London Sinfonietta is an English contemporary 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 in 1968—givi ...

, ''Snowmelt'', ACT Music * Newcomer: Anna-Lena Schnabel, ''Books, Bottles & Bamboo'', enja * Special awards: Arne Reimer for ''American Jazz Heroes'', E.S.T. Symphony

References

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* (archived) {{DEFAULTSORT:Echo Jazz Jazz awards German music awards 2018 disestablishments in Germany Awards disestablished in 2018

Jury

Winners

2017

See also

References

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