Jazzpar Prize
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The Jazzpar Prize (established 1990) is an annual Danish prize within jazz. The winner is one out of five nominees, among internationally recognized performers of jazz. The award is 200,000 Danish crowns and a bronze statue by Jørgen Haugen Sørensen. The ceremony is held in Copenhagen in the late spring, and begins a week of jazz activities in the capitol. The main sponsor for many years was the Scandinavian Tobacco Company.
- 2004 : Aldo Romano
- 2003 : Andrew Hill
- 2002 : Enrico Rava
- 2001 : Marilyn Mazur
- 2000 : Chris Potter
- 1999 : Martial Solal
- 1998 : Jim Hall
- 1997 : Django Bates
- 1996 : Geri Allen
- 1995 : Tony Coe
- 1994 : Roy Haynes
- 1993 : Tommy Flanagan
- 1992 : Lee Konitz
- 1991 : David Murray
- 1990 : Muhal Richard Abrams