BBC Jazz Awards
Tuesday, July 5, 2005
The fifth BBC Jazz Awards were presented at the Mermaid Theatre in London last Saturday.
This year's awards had an emphasis on the heritage of the music and veterans such as Acker Bilk and Oscar Peterson were among the winners. The full list of winners is:
Best Band Acoustic Ladyland
Jazz On 3 Innovation Huw Warren
Rising Star Gwilym Simcock
Best Vocalist Liane Carroll
Radio 3 Jazz Line-up Album of the Year Tony Kofi
Radio 2 Jazz Artist of the Year Jamie Cullum
Best Instrumentalist Peter King
Best of Jazz Liane Carroll
Gold Award Acker Bilk
Services to Jazz John Cumming
Lifetime Achievement Oscar Peterson
Jazz On 3 Innovation Huw Warren
Rising Star Gwilym Simcock
Best Vocalist Liane Carroll
Radio 3 Jazz Line-up Album of the Year Tony Kofi
Radio 2 Jazz Artist of the Year Jamie Cullum
Best Instrumentalist Peter King
Best of Jazz Liane Carroll
Gold Award Acker Bilk
Services to Jazz John Cumming
Lifetime Achievement Oscar Peterson