Golden Django
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The Golden Django is an award for jazz musicians in Europe named after guitarist Django Reinhardt. The trophy is a creation of the French painter Raymond Moretti. It was first introduced in France (in 1992), then in Belgium (1995), in Sweden and Italy (1999) and finally in Denmark (2001).
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Since 1995, Belgium has its own Golden Django ceremony. It was first proposed to reward both French-speaking and Flemish Belgian jazz musicians, but since 2000, only one musician receives the trophy, alterning French-speaking and Dutch-speaking winners each year. The next year, they introduced the new talent award. The ceremony was cancelled in 2004.
| Year | French-speaking | Flemish | New talent | Special prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Philip Catherine (guitar) | Marc Godfroid (trombone) | - | - |
| 1996 | Sadi (vibes) | Bert Joris (trumpet) | - | - |
| 1997 | Charles Loos (piano) | Kurt Van Herck (saxophone) | - | - |
| 1998 | Fabrizio Cassol (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) | Nicolas Thys (bass) | Robert Pernet (jazz historian) |
| 2002 | Philippe Aerts (double bass) | - | Anne Wolf (piano) | Rik Bevernage (producer from De Werf) |
| 2003 | - | Erik Vermeulen (piano) | Nicolas Kummert (saxophone) | Jean-Marie Peterken (organizer of festivals) |
| 2005 | Eric Legnini (piano) | - | Pascal Schumacher (vibraphone) | Sim Simons (journalist) |
