FORMER JURY MEMBERS
Here you can find former jury members of the German Jazz Prize:
Owner Donau115
“Late Night Jazz” Presenter and Author; Winner of the German Radio Prize, WDR Jazz Prize for Journalistic Achievements
Owner of the Skip Records label
Freelance Cultural Journalist, Presenter and Podcaster, International Music Journalism Award 2021
Artistic Director Jazz Festival Bingen Swingt, Director schwere reiter musik Munich
Program Manager North Sea Jazz Festival
Guitarist, Producer; Curator Haus der Kulturen der Welt (HKW) – Projects “The Backroom” and “Black Atlantic”
Freelance Presenter, Author and Editor in the Field of Culture, Music, Jazz for Corso, DLF, WDR and BR, among others.
Comedian
Music Critic and Author
Owner of the Music Company GLM Music
Jazz Singer, Professor of Jazz and Pop Singing at the Mannheim University of Music, Head of the Stimmwerk Singing School
Artistic Producer & Talent Development Metropole Orkest
Jazz Editor rbbKultur, Presenter, Author
Saxophonist and Composer
Communications Manager ACT Music
Musicologist and Music Educator, Jazz Pianist and Founder of o-tone music
Freelance Curator (e.g. SUPERGAU Festival), Lecturer (HfMT Hamburg), Artistic Director Jazz & The City Festival Salzburg
Pianist, Composer & Podcaster
Founder, President, Recording Artist Motéma Music
Managing Director, Artist Agent and Booker at Handshake Booking, Festival Organiser Honey Lake Sessions.
Curator Counterflows Festival Glasgow, Senior Producer Café OTO
Artist Manager and Agent at Air Artist Agency, Organiser LetterOne RISING STARS Jazz Award
Internationally renowned Jazz Double Bass Player, three-time ECHO Jazz Award winner
Swedish Jazz and Improvisation Singer
Jazz Guitarist, Composer, Lecturer at the University of Lucerne
Artistic Director Enjoy Jazz Festival, Speaker of the UNESCO Cities of Music
Director of the Jazzinstitut Darmstadt
Editorial Director WDR 3 Jazz & World
Marketing/Distribution Manager ECM Records
Singer, Composer
Actress, Singer
Freelance Jazz Journalist
Vocalist, Arranger, Composer; Queer Cheer Collective
Booking Agent & Tour Promoter (Karsten Jahnke Konzertdirektion), Festival Programming (ELBJAZZ)
Artistic Director CASA DEL JAZZ (Rome), JAZZMI Festival (Milano)
Jazz Singer
Managing Director Traumton Records, Board Member VUT
Music Journalist and Concert Presenter
Booking Agent & Artist Manager Jazzhaus Artists / Jazzhaus Freiburg GmbH
Singer, Songwriter
Recording Artist, Producer, Archivist
Jazz Editor SWR2
Saxophonist and Composer
Founder and Artistic Director of We Jazz
Label Manager for Distribution at Outhere Music, Nomadic Record Dealer; Radio Co-Host of Jazz Programs
Jazz Pianist and Composer
Opera Singer, Professor in singing
Booker and founder of the maganda agency
Guitarist, Multi-Instrumentalist, Songwriter, Producer
Vocalist, Composer, Professor at the Jazz Institute Berlin
Artistic Director at “The Jazz Gallery” New York City
Music Journalist and Presenter at Bayrischer Rundfunk, Jazz Singer
Singer, Composer, Co-Organiser of the PENG Festival
Artistic Director jazzahead! and Sendesaal Bremen
Founder Shoestring Jazz Booking
Radio / Music Journalist, NDR Kultur
Owner / Producer Gearbox Records
Jazz Trumpet Player and CEO of Ella & Louis Jazz Club Mannheim
Booking Agent at Tinka Steinhoff Booking
Radio Program Director / Producer and Tour and Artist Manager
Trumpeter, Pianist, Composer, Founder & Musical Director XJAZZ Festival
Music Critic
Music Producer, Songwriter, DJ, Grammy Nominee, Ivor Novello Award-Winner, Entrepreneur with Focus on Sustainability
Jazz and Soul Singer
Managing Director Moers Kultur GmbH/moers festival
Artist and Concert Manager; Tambour Music Management
Jazz Musician and Pianist
Booking Agent, Manager, Tour Promoter, Wolkenstein Agency