THE EUROPEAN JAZZ FOUNDATION & THE EURODJANGO

	" EURODJANGO " The European Jazz Trophy (A Label for European Jazz) VOIR VERSION FRANÇAISE
Table of contents : The founders / foreward / purpose / ways / categories / objectives / radio /TV / who's who / honor committee

THE EUROPEAN JAZZ FOUNDATION :
Frank Hagège
LE CIRQUE ROYAL ( BRUXELLES)
la RTBF et France 3

created by Raymond Moretti

have organized on February 11, 2000 the first " EURODJANGO " European Jazz trophy or " Eurojazz Awards " (A Label for European Jazz in Europe)
SEE PROGRAM BELOW

EUROPEAN JAZZ FOUNDATION FOUNDING MEMBERS :

Georges DUMORTIER : General secretary of the Music Council of the French Speaking Community in Belgium.
Frank HAGEGE : Music publisher and organizer of " Django d'Or / Golden Django " the Jazz trophy.
André NICOLAS : Consultant

FORWARD - EUROPE

Europe, an ensemble of countries of various mentalities and specific habits, does not have any particular ethnic or linguistic unity.
And yet, men, artists, whether they were born in Lisbon, Madrid, Paris, Brussels, Berlin, Rome, Vienna, London, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Oslo, Geneva or Helsinki, on each occasion of encounter, dialogue, exchange, mutual respect, talk and mostly when listening to each other show comprehension. Needless to say they are :

THE JAZZ MUSICIANS

WHY ?

The future of Europe also depend on the success of fruitful exchanges which are based on a formidable heritage made of the mosaic of the myriad of cultural richness.
At a time when different countries of the European Union organize, with growing success, international jazz festivals which remain tributary to American jazz, The European Jazz Foundation, jointly with the RTBF (Belgian Radio & Television of the French speaking community) and France 3, decided to raise to the challenge of creating a unifying musical event.
By rallying a very large public, the EuroDjango will enable European jazz musicians to acquire a fame to commensurate with their talent.

HOW ?

It is in Europe that jazz, a world cultural patrimony, drives best the symbols who make the particularity of this music :

Since 1992 on the initiative of Frank Hagège, a number of the EU countries reward jazz musicians by allocating " Django d'Or / Golden Django " awards.
France, Belgium, Sweden and Italy, who already have the Django award have established the basis for a credible European distinction.
The musicians rewarded by national juries of Django d'Or constitute a pre-selection for the EURODJANGO (Eurojazz Awards).
The European finalists will be selected by the members of these juries who will be joined by designated juries by the radio and television organizations of other European countries.
The jury of a given country will not vote for musicians of his own country.

CATEGORIES :

Confirmed European Musicians : (the musician must have performed and commercialized, in his own country, at least three albums, age notwithstanding).
New European Talent : (should have at least three albums as leader and be under 30 years of age).
Special Award : (a person designated for his/her notoriety and/or contributing action towards music and the jazz musicians).

The European jazz Foundation trusts that the winners will unanimously receive due recognition by specialists, press and jazz music affectionates.

" EURODJANGO " The reference for European jazz musicians

OBJECTIVES :

European jazz music and the musicians are constantly lacking adequate media exposure,they hardly move or very little between the EU countries.

The EURODJANGO will be an encouraging factor for the musicians to meet international professionals (either because they will be present during the award ceremony, or through media exposure as the ceremony will be televised and largely transmitted).

The European Jazz Foundation is aiming to ease circulation of musicians within the EU space.

At the crossroad of ethnic influences Jazz finds its identity in the respect of individuality.

RADIOS/TELEVISIONS

Solely devoted to jazz music and musicians, the EURODJANGO event, which knows no frontiers, will be the occasion for a grand and exceptional concert :

Friday February 2000 (20:30)
at the Cirque Royal in Brussels
organized with LE BOTANIQUE, RTBF, FRANCE 3, l'U.E.R. and R.F.I.
This exceptional event will be broadcast :
On Television by the RTBF, France 3 and a number of other countries, members of the Eurovision.
On radio by the countries members of the EBU (European Broadcasting Union)
The real opportunity for a large scale exposure of the Eurodjango is an occasion to engage in a European policy which is up to reputation for the sake of jazz.
PROGRAM
(to be confirmed) :
The EUROPOOL JAZZ ORCHESTRA, led by Christoph MUDRICH (Germany)
Philippe BROCHET (sax), Thomas GIRARD (sax), Guy SCHADECK (sax), Ernie HAMMES (tp), Helmut BECKER (tp), Claude MIRANDOLA (tp), Phil ABRAHAM (tb), Jan KAMP (tb), François COCHET (tb), Christophe MUDRICH (piano), Jean-Luc MIOTTI (bass), Olivier STRAUCH (drs), AMBY (perc.)
MUSICIANS :
Guitar :
Philip CATHERINE (Belgium), Tribute to René THOMAS
Babik REINHARDT (France)
Violin :
Florin NICOLESCU (Roumanie), Alexandre CAVALIERE (13, Belgium)
Piano :
Anna JBANOVA (17 ans, Romania), Première of "Sonate en état de jazz" by Alexis WEISSENBERG
Martial SOLAL (France)
Clarinet :
Putte WICKMAN (Sweden), Gianluigi TROVESI (Italy), etc...
Rhythm section : André CECCARELLI (drs) and Jean-Marc JAFFET (basse) (France).
Saxophonist Arne DOMNERUS (Denmark) and pianist Nathalie LORIERS (Belgium) were among the award winners.

WHO'S WHO

Georges Dumortier

OCCUPATION : Director General of the Botanique (Brussels center for theatre and concerts)
INVOLVEMENTS : Secretary Gyneral music council of the French speaking community.

Frank Hagège

OCCUPATION : musical publisher, producer (RDC Records)
EVENTS :
- Creation of the international Django d'Or jazz trophy
- Organizer of Django d'or in France, Belgium, Sweden and Italy,
- Founder of Festival Django Reinhardt at Samois sur Seine,
TELEVISION :
- Managing producer : Festival international d'Antibes Juan les pins,
- La Nuit des Musiciens,
- Jazz Japon d'aujourd'hui,
- Philharmonie et Accordéon,
- Hommage à Sidney Bechet,
- Django d'or France,
- Django d'or Belgique,
INVOLVEMENTS :
- Board member : Les Allumés du Jazz (Vice President)
- Arts, Nuances et Culture (Secretary general)
- C.N.E.A. " Comité National pour l'Education Artistique "(member of the national bureau)
- F.C.M. " Fond pour la Création Musicale "
- Nuits des Musiciens (treasurer)
- SORECOP " Société pour la Rémunération de la Copie Privée sonore "
- S.P.P.F. " Société des Producteurs de Phonogrammes Français " (assistant treasurer)
- Studio des Variétés
MISCELLANEOUS :
- Counselor for communication Festival International de Tabarka
- Coordinator Accordéon 2000

André Nicolas

OCCUPATION : Consultant EURODJANGO

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SPONSORED BY THE CITY OF BRUSSELS

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