Congratulations to all of the finalists and winners from last night's Australian Jazz Bell Awards for 2019:
Best Jazz Vocal album:
Josh Kyle – Trombone Song Cycle
Harriett Allcroft – Archie
Margie Lou Dyer – Old Digger’s Picnic
Best Instrumental Jazz album:
Sam Anning – Across A Field As Vast As One
Matt Jodrell – Echoes of Harlem
Barney McAll – Zephyrix (feat Monash Art Ensemble)
Best Produced album:
Barney McAll – Zephyrix (feat Monash Art Ensemble)
Sam Anning – Across A Field As Vast As One
Mat Jodrell – Echoes of Harlem
Best Australian Jazz Ensemble of the Year:
Andrea Keller – Five Below Live
Jonathan Zwartz – Animarum
Sam Anning – Across A Field As Vast As One
Young Jazz Artist of the Year:
Niran Dasika – Suzaku
Flora Carbo – Erica
Josh Bennier – To the Bone
Best Jazz Work of the Year:
Jonathan Zwartz – ‘Animarum’ (from Animarum)
Mat Jodrell – For My Folks (From Echoes of Harlem)
Sam Anning – ‘Sweethearts’ (from Across A Field As Vast As One)
Hall of Fame:
Sandy Evans
Posthumous Hall of Fame inductees:
Bryce Rohde
Horst Liepolt
Allan Zavod
There were also 4 individual artists who became the most recent inductees into the Graeme Bell Hall of Fame. One of these inductees, Sandy Evans, had this to say about her inclusion:
"I am honoured and humbled to be inducted into the Bell Awards Hall of Fame...My deepest thanks to the Bell Awards for bestowing this honour on me. Every musician I have worked with and continue to work with in the Australian jazz community deserves this Award, along with so many others who make our scene so vibrant and unique. I can only accept this award on behalf of all my colleagues and friends. I extend my deepest thanks to them for sharing the joy of music-making with me and constantly inspiring and teaching me about the infinite possibilities of our art-form."
