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EBU European Jazz Competition 2011:
The Awards
Rotterdam, July 9, 2011
The trio from Finland, "Herd" is the winner of the "SENA Award Best Group 2011". Piano player Thierry Castel of the Castel van Damme Quartet received the "NORMA Award Best Solist 2011".
After a night of inspired presentations of young international jazz talent, the chairman of the jury, Benjamin Herman, reviewed the winning Herd as follows. "Very original group with great individual musicians that captures the Scandinavian jazz vibe" and "Herd possesses the ability to really built a song and to change their style during the set". According to the jury, best soloist Thierry Castel is a dynamic piano player and a great storyteller. The legendary piano player Barry Harris, one of the other jurors for this occasion, specifically expressed how much he loved Castel's touch.
Also New York tenor player Tony Malaby and the jazz producer for Swedish radio Janne Lindvall and the chairman of the EBU Jazz producers group from Slovenia Hugo Sekoranja, completed the jury.
foto's: Ruud Zinzen
