Django d'Or (jazz music award)

The Golden Django, named after guitarist Django Reinhardt, is an award for jazz musicians in Europe created by the French producer Frank Hagège. 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).

Belgian palmares

Since 1995, Belgium has had its own Golden Django ceremony, sponsored by Sabam. It was first proposed to reward both French-speaking and Flemish Belgian jazz musicians, but since 2000, only one musician receives the trophy, alternating French-speaking and Dutch-speaking winners each year. The next year, they introduced the new talent award. A special prize was also created. The ceremony was cancelled in 2008.

Year	French-speaking	Flemish	New talent	Special prize
1995	Philip Catherine (guitar)	Marc Godfroid (trombone)	–	–
1996	Sadi (vibraphone)	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)
2006	–	–	–	George Avakian (Record Producer and Manager)
2007	Pierre Van Dormael (guitar)	–	Pascal Mohy	Marc Van den Hoof

References

• Jazz in Belgium website